Memories of H.P. Lovecraft by C.M. Eddy, Jr. and Muriel E. Eddy
This pre-order item is expected to ship in September of 2025.
The Gentleman from Angell Street collects memories of H.P. Lovecraft as written by some of his home-town companions, C.M. Eddy, Jr. and Muriel E. Eddy. In addition to long-form recollections of the Old Gent by both C.M. and Muriel Eddy, the book will include Muriel Eddy's memorial poems in honour of Lovecraft, correspondence between and related to the Eddys and Lovecraft, Lovecraft's revisions of Eddy manuscripts, and archival photographs. This spectacular new edition also features a foreword by Sean Branney & Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society.
First published as a black-and-white softcover volume by Fenham Publishing, the new Helios House Press offering represents a substantially expanded and embellished edition of The Gentleman from Angell Street—more than doubling its size. With significant new material, an all-new layout and design, and high-quality production values we know this is an edition Lovecraft fans and enthusiasts of weird fiction will not want to miss! The contents will be presented in full colour on quality paper in a hardcover edition featuring a book cloth quarter-binding and beautiful gold foil accents. It will sit perfectly on a shelf next to other Helios House Press titles, complementing any library of fine books.
Bibliographic Information
Title: The Gentleman from Angell Street: Memories of H.P. Lovecraft
Author: C.M. Eddy, Jr. & Muriel E. Eddy
Date of publication: 2025
Format: Hardcover, 8 × 10 inches (203 × 254 mm)
Pages: approx. 174
Language: English
This pre-order item is expected to ship in September 2025.
This is a beautifully-bound hardback collection of notes regarding Lovecraft, as preserved by two people from Providence who knew him well, the Eddys. Much of the contents are fascinating on several levels, from providing insight into Lovecraft the man and author, through to how the imprecision of memory and storytelling embellishment of genuine events, can alter how those events are recalled at different times later. The final, lengthy, essay on Lovecraft’s mention of a “Dark Swamp” in northwestern Rhode Island in two letters, and its subsequent reinterpretation and over-elaboration by the recent Internet generation, provides a case-study of one such shifting pattern of perceptions in a manner that Lovecraft might have deemed laughable. The book is somewhat troubled by too-frequent typographical errors, especially in the extensive “Correspondence” chapter, and some of the facsimile document images are insufficiently legible, unfortunate in such an otherwise quality presentation. Despite these issues, this is a valuable work for serious Lovecraft enthusiasts wishing to delve beyond his stories, although those without prior knowledge may wish it had more annotations for better clarity. Such folk may find listening to the substantial series of “Voluminous” podcasts, available for download from the main HPLHS website, will assist with some of these aspects, however. This is overall a fine addition to the background information about Lovecraft currently available in print.
A beautiful book with much interesting content. On p. 2 I think the photo of Susie Phillips is a very early one--ca. 1875-80. I wonder if the adult male pictured on the same page is really her husband Winfield S. Lovecraft. Winfield (d. 1898) was committed to Butler Hospital in 1893, before his 40th birthday. The picture looks like a man at least that old.
Fantastic book! Visually and in terms of content, simply superb
This is absolutely a beautiful book that makes my collection of H.P.Lovecraft's material even bigger and more precious! Thank you so much for your excellent work!
was pleasantly surprised by how professionally the book presents and the amount of details. If you enjoy HPLC as much as I do, then this work of art belongs in your collection, right next to your Necronomicon!
