Creepy H.P. Lovecraft Covers

Early 1970's H.P. Lovecraft paperbacks with creepy covers by John Holmes.

Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Volume 1.

The Lurking Fear.

At the Mountains of Madness.

Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Volume 2.

The Shuttered Room.

These and a lot more H.P. Lovecraft paperbacks are for sale at my Ebay store.

Arkham House Lovecraft Books

This is turning into an H.P. Lovecraft Halloween around here. Here's the 1980's Arkham House hardcovers with cover art by Raymond Bayless.

The Dunwich Horror and Others, 1984.

At the Mountains of Madness, 1985.

Dagon and Other Macabre Tales, 1987.

H.P. Lovecraft Paperbacks

A couple of H.Pl Lovecraft paperbacks from Panther Books.

The Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward.

The Lurking Fear, 1970.

Michael Whelan & H.P. Lovecraft

Michael Whelan created these stunning paintings as covers for Del Rey's 1980s paperback editions of the work of famed author H.P. Lovecraft. Imagery from both paintings was ultimately published as seven total covers: six using tight details one larger "best of" collection that reproduced a larger section of the paintings. A couple samples of the published covers are below. The paintings are for sale right now if you have some spare cash around.

The Dunwich Horror

by H.P. Lovecraft, Jove/HBJ edition, 1978. Art by Rowena.

Demons...

...when desiring a human form for evil purposes, take to themselves the bodies of hanged men. Entry #196 of The Commonplace Book of H.P. Lovecraft.




Art by Rick Sardinha, buy a print here.

Arkham House

Arkham House is a publishing company started in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. Originally began to preserve the works of H.P. Lovecraft, the press went on to publish works by authors such as Robert E. Howard, Ray Bradbury, Clark Ashton Smith, Frank Belknap Long, Robert Bloch, and Ramsey Campbell. The covers for Arkham House editions are always graphically interesting, and oftentimes really creepy. Here's a selection:




Who Fears the Devil by Manly Wade Wellman, 1963. Cover art by Lee Brown Coye.




Witch House by Evangeline Walton, 1945.




The Traveling Grave by L.P. Hartley, 1948.




3 Tales of Horror by H.P. Lovecraft, 1967. Cover art by Lee Brown Coye.




The Doll and One Other by Algernon Blackwood, 1946.




The Survivor and Others by H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth.1957.




Strange Gateways by E. Hoffman Price, 1967.




Something Near by August Derleth, 1945.




Something Breathing by Stanley McNail, 1965.




Skull-Face and Others by Robert E. Howard, 1946. Cover art by Hannes Bok.




The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces by H.P. Lovecraft and Divers Hands, 1959.




Poems for Midnight by Donald Wandrei, 1964.




The Outsider and Others by H.P. Lovecraft, 1939. Cover art by Virgil Finlay.




Not Long For This World by August Derleth, 1948.




Nine Horrors by Joseph Payne Brennan, 1958.




At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft, 1964. Cover art by Lee Brown Coye.




The Mask of Cthulhu by August Derleth, 1958.




Invaders From the Dark by Greye la Spina, 1960.




The Horror From the Hills by Frank Belknap Long, 1963.




Dagon and Other Macabre Tales by H.P. Lovecraft, 1965. Cover art by Lee Brown Coye.




A Hornbook for Witches by Leah Bodine Drake, 1950.




Genus Loci and Other Tales by Clark Ashton Smith, 1948.




Dreams and Fancies by H.P. Lovecraft, 1962.




Demons and Dinosaurs by L. Sprague de Camp, 1970.




Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by H.P. Lovecraft and Others, 1969.

Covering Cthulu

A collection of covers illustrating the work of H.P. Lovecraft.

Below are two covers for Arkham House editions of Lovecraft's work. The artist for these two covers was Lee Brown Coye.


At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft. Arkham House, 1964.



Dagon and other Macabre Tales by H.P. Lovecraft. Arkham House, 1965.


The book below, with a cover by an unknown artist, was distributed through Scholastic Book catalogs given to grade school kids in the 1960's and 1970's. This book served as an introduction to H.P. Lovecraft for many children of that time period.


The Shadow Over Innsmouth, by H.P. Lovecraft. Scholastic Books, 1971.


After we had gotten the above Scholastic book and been freaked out by it in the sixth grade, we went to the local bookstore and probably found one of these volumes with the disturbing covers by John Holmes.



At the Mountains of Madness, by H.P. Lovecraft. Ballantine Books, 1971.


A poorly-rendered, pulpesque zombie graced the cover of this Avon edition:





Cry Horror! by H.P. Lovecraft. Avon Books, 1959.


Not by H.P. Lovecraft, but this volume by Brian Lumley contains tales of the Cthulu Mythos and sports a nice cover by Stephen Fabian.





The Horror at Oakdeene & Others, by Brian Lumley. Arkham House, 1977.


I couldn't resist one more by Lumley. This one features some very early art by Michael Whelan.



The Transition of Titus Crow, by Brian Lumley. Daw Books, 1975.