First edition. First Printing. H. P. Lovecraft The Haunter of the Dark and Other Tales of Horror. The title page states 1951 and no indication of later printings. Publisher: London: Victor Gollancz Limited. 8vo [5.25" x 7.5"] [iv] [iv Introduction] [ii Contents] 11-303 [i blank]. Original orange cloth covers. Spine lettered in black. All edges trimmed.  Dust jacket with 10/6 price.

Book condition: Very Good+ Spine edges lightly bumped. Binding is tight. Text has usual foxing from edge of book not effecting the text. No previous owner inscriptions.

Dust Jacket condition: Very Good+ Unclipped dust jacket. Spine cover is bright with very light rubbing.

Robert Blake - a young man with an interest in the occult - becomes fascinated by a large disused church set on a hill which he can see from his lodgings. His research reveals that the church has a sinister history and is dreaded by the local inhabitants as being haunted by a primeval evil. The ten short stories include:

The Outsider

The Rats in the Walls

Pickman’s Model

The Call of Cthulhu

The Dunwich Horror

The Whisperer in Darkness

The Colour out of Space

The Haunter of the Dark

The Thing on the Doorstep

The Music of Erich Zann

A fantastic find, especially with a very good dust jacket, for this classic horror set of short stories.