A MAN FROM GENOA AND OTHER POEMS ... With a preface by Samuel Loveman. Athol, Mass. Published by W. Paul Cook The Recluse Press, 1926. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-31 [32: blank], publisher's blue cloth, front and rear panels ruled in blind, printed paper label affixed to front panel, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. Limited to 315 copies. Long's first book and the first book printed at The Recluse Press. Presentation copy with contemporary signed inscription by Long to Wilfred Blanch Talman (1904-1986), a friend and correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft and an irregular member of the Kalem Club, on the front paste-down: "For / Wilfred Talman / with sincere regards of / Frank Belknap Long, Jr." / New York, October 13, 1926." Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 119. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 270. Bleiler (1978), p. 126. See Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 6-34. Talman's bookplate is affixed to the paste-down below Long's inscription. Touch of rubbing to cloth and head and tail of spine panel and corners, else a fine copy. An excellent association copy. (#174234).
Price: $1,500.00
"Published January, 1926" on copyright page.