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The United Amateur. Georgetown, IL; Elroy, WI; Athol, MA; and Warren, OH: The United Amateur Press Association of America, 1915-1925. All but one in stapled wraps. To include: XIV, nos. 3 and 4; XV, no. 3; XVI, nos. 5, 8, and 9; XVII, nos. 3 and 5; XVIII, no. 1 and 2; XX, no. 1; and XXV, no. 1. One with mentions of Lovecraft, and all of the rest with at least one contribution from him, with most consisting of his nonfiction and poetry. Some notable inclusions are Lovecraft's first contribution to the magazine, his column "Department of Public Criticism" in XIV, no. 3 (January 1915); the first appearance in print of the poem "March" in XIV, no.4 (March 1915); the poem "Ode for July Fourth, 1917" and "Editorially" (unsigned) in XVI, no. 9 (July 1917); "Little Journeys to the Homes of Prominent Amateurs" (signed El Imparcial) in XV, no. 3 and XVI, no. 9; "Astrophobos" (signed Ward Phillips) in XVII, no. 3 (Jan. 1918); "The Literature of Rome" in XVIII, no. 2 (Nov. 1918) (the second half of the essay was never reprinted); "Poetry and the Gods," a fiction collaboration under a pseudonym with Anna Helen Crofts in XX, no. 1 (Sept. 1920); and "The Poetry of John Ravenor Bullen" in XXV, no. 1 (Sept. 1925). Joshi I-B-ii-120, 131, 168, 169, 212, 255; I-B-iii-9, 86, 102, 103, 122, 171, 177; I-B-iv-a-14.
Most 9 3/4 x 7 in.
From A Private Chapel Hill Collector H. P. Lovecraft was Editor or President for numerous issues.
Condition varies will all generally good or very good. With occasional stain, soiling, light grime or scuffing, spotting, chip, and tear; a couple previously folded; frequent creasing, toning, and rusted staples; one with a few subtle hand-written corrections to text; one issue with wraps mostly detached and with long tears at the fold, one with two leaves detached but present, and one with a small hole only slightly impacting text.
