The Spirit of Revision: Lovecraft’s Letters to Zealia Brown Reed Bishop (2nd ed.)

H.P. Lovecraft

Bibliographic Information

Title: The Spirit of Revision: Lovecraft’s Letters to Zealia Brown Reed Bishop (2nd ed.)
Author: H.P. Lovecraft
Editors: Sean Branney & Andrew Leman
Date of publication: 2022
Format: Hardcover, 8 × 10 inches (203 × 254 mm)
Pages: 200
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-911683-08-7

Helios House Press is excited to offer the second edition printing of The Spirit of Revision: Lovecraft's Letters to Zealia Brown Reed Bishop, edited by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman and published in partnership with the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society.

The Spirit of Revision examines H.P. Lovecraft's correspondence with one of his revision clients, Zealia Brown Reed Bishop. Mrs. Bishop was an aspiring young writer, who became of a revision client of Lovecraft's 1920s. Through dozens of detailed letters, Lovecraft coached and advised her over the course of several years, and they went on to collaborate on the stories "The Curse of Yig", "The Mound", and "Medusa's Coil". The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society carefully scanned and transcribed the original manuscripts which date from 1927 to 1936. Thirty-six new letters to Mrs. Bishop are presented in sequence with eighteen previously known letters to create the most thorough picture of the correspondence between Lovecraft and Bishop possible. The collection is extensively annotated by Branney and Leman, and includes pictures of reference documents which Lovecraft recommended to his clients, newspaper clippings, a cartoon by Lovecraft, and much more.

First published as a black-and-white, softcover book by the HPLHS, Helios House Press is proud to be publishing a beautiful second edition. Printed in full colour on high-quality paper and presented in a smythe-sewn, lay-flat quarter-bound hardcover binding with gold foil accents, this edition is a must-have for collectors and lovers of fine books alike.

“The Spirit of Revision is truly, exceedingly remarkable. … I highly recommend this to all novice and seasoned writers, and to all Lovecraft fans; it will not disappoint.”
― Monica Wasserman
“…in every possible way the new hardcover version from Helios House and the HPLHS is a triumphant improvement. I was actually brought to tears leafing through it.”
― Christian, HPLHS customer