The Lurker at the Threshold
| First published | 1945 |
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| Publisher | Arkham House |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Novel |
| Cover art | Ronald Clyne |
| Pages | 196 |
| Price | $2.50 |
Notes
According to S. T. Joshi, of the novel's 50,000 words, 1,200 were written by Lovecraft. According to Tuck, those 1,200 words were a short essay titled "The Round Tower" along with other notes [Tuck's source: The Arkham Sampler, Spring 1948, p. 49].
No statement of printing or edition. The colophon states that 3000 copies were printed. The actual number is 3041 copies per S.T. Joshi's Sixty Years of Arkham House. The publication series is stated on the copyright page. Derleth Thirty Years of Arkham House: 13. Joshi Sixty Years of Arkham House: 13. Jaffery The Arkham House Companion: 14. Nielsen Arkham House Books: 13.
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| The Lurker at the Threshold | 1948 | Hutchinson | Hardcover | Novel | 224 | |||
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1948 | Museum Press | Hardcover | Novel | 224 | ||
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1968 | Gollancz | Hardcover | Novel | 196 | ||
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1970 | Panther | Paperback | Novel | Gino D'Achille | 160 | |
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1971 | Beagle Books / Ballantine | Paperback | Novel | 95058 | Gino D'Achille | 160 |
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1971 | Beagle Books / Ballantine | Paperback | Novel | 95058 | Gino D'Achille | 160 |
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1973 | Panther | Paperback | Novel | Bob Haberfield | 160 | |
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1976 | Ballantine Books | Paperback | Novel | Murray Tinkelman | 186 | |
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1988 | Carroll & Graf | Paperback | Novel | 186 | ||
| The Lurker at the Threshold | 1989 | Gollancz | Paperback | Novel | Les Edwards | 196 | ||
| The Lurker at the Threshold | 1999 | Carroll & Graf | Paperback | Novel | 186 | |||
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2003 | Carroll & Graf | Trade Paperback | Novel | Albert Pinkham Ryder | 196 | |
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2004 | Carroll & Graf | Trade Paperback | Novel | Albert Pinkham Ryder | 196 | |
| The Lurker at the Threshold | 2004 | Carroll & Graf | Trade Paperback | Novel | 196 |
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
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| 1948 | Arthur F. Hillman | Fantasy Review, December 1948-January 1949 |
| 1953 | Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. & James J. Donahue & Donald M. Grant | '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel |
| 1976 | Howard Waldrop | Delap's F & SF Review, August 1976 |
| 1983 | Everett F. Bleiler | The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 295 - 454) |
| 1988 | Graham Masterton | Horror: 100 Best Books |
| 1988 | Baird Searles | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1988 |
| 1988 | Stefan Dziemianowicz | Crypt of Cthulhu, Yuletide 1988 |
| 1989 | Sharon E. Martin | Thrust, #33, Spring 1989 |
| 1990 | Andy Sawyer | Paperback Inferno, #83 |