SMFS list member David Goudsward edited and annotated
the new book, Old World Footprints by Cassie Symmes. Published by
Bold Ventures Press, it is currently available in paperback and hardcover at
the publisher.
Publisher Synopsis:
Preface by H.P. Lovecraft (ghosting for Frank Belknap Long)
Edited and annotated by David Goudsward; Foreword by Bobby
Derie
In 1928, Mrs. William B. Symmes published a 32-page
travelogue. The 300-copy run was privately distributed by Mrs. Symmes among her
friends and family. The book's publisher was amateur pressman W. Paul Cook and
his Recluse Press imprint. Mrs. Symmes' nephew, Frank Belknap Long is credited
for the preface, actually ghostwritten by H. P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft proofread
the book for Cook, and may have edited it as well. The involvement of Cook,
Long, and Lovecraft transforms an unremarkable travelogue by Cassie Symmes into
one of the rarest of Lovecraft-related publications.
Bold Ventures Press proudly presents a new edition, edited
and annotated by Lovecraft scholar David Goudsward. It is illustrated by photos
and period postcards, and includes a foreword by pulp scholar Bobby Derie and
Cassie’s biography.
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