Lakeport, California: The Futile Press, March 1938 (volume 2, number 2). Octavo, single issue, letterpress, plain wrappers, stitched. The variant with plain stitched wrappers. The thirteenth of the fourteen issues of THE SCIENCE FICTION CRITIC. Prints "Six Letters" by H. P. Lovecraft, three written to James Blish and William H. Miller, Jr. and three written to Nils H. Frome, on pages 3-10. At the conclusion of the text on page 10 there is an "H. P. Lovecraft" signature in ink. According to legend, Lovecraft pre-signed some blank sheets prior to his death in 1937 and this issue of the magazine was printed so as to incorporate the signature. It is not Lovecraft's signature. Moskowitz, The Immortal Storm, p. 46. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), pp. 97-8. A fine copy. Scarce. (#158815).
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