Title: The Very Old Folk Title Record # 69027
Author: H. P. Lovecraft
Date: 1927-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Year Language Title 1989ⓘTranslated by Franz Rottensteiner German Das uralte Volk 1993ⓘTranslated by Jean-Pierre Mourlon French Le peuple ancien [as by Howard P. Lovecraft] 2017ⓘTranslated by Usch Kiausch German Das uralte Volk 2021ⓘTranslated by Francisco Innocêncio Portuguese O povo antiquíssimo 2021ⓘTranslated by David Camus French Le peuple très ancien [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft] 2022ⓘTranslated by Enrico De Luca. Italian Fasci di Lettere: H. P. Lovecraft

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Scienti-Snaps, Summer 1940	1940-00-00	ed. Walter E. Marconette, Jack Chapman Miske	Empress Publications		$0.10?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	28	quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	fanzine	Walter E. Marconette
Marginalia	1944-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House		$3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 377	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Virgil Finlay
Uncollected Prose and Poetry	1978-08-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Necronomicon Press		$5.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vii+ 80	ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.	coll	Jason Eckhardt
Hallowe'en Hauntings: Stories About the Most Ghostly Night of the Year	1984-10-00	ed. Peter Haining	William Kimber	0-7183-0536-1	£7.50?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	223	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Ionicus
Azatoth	1989-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #230)	3-518-38127-X / 1627	DM 14.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	311	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tom Breuer
Night Ocean et autres nouvelles	1993-05-03	Howard P. Lovecraft	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2519)	2-277-22519-3		250	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Philippe Druillet
Miscellaneous Writings	1995-02-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Arkham House	0-87054-168-4	$29.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiii+ 569	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	James Turner (I)
Night Ocean et autres nouvelles	2005-02-20	Howard P. Lovecraft	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #2519)	2-290-34766-3		250	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Richard Guérineau?Richard Guerineau
The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged	2008-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Barnes & Noble Books (Library of Essential Writers)	978-1-4351-0793-9		xiv+ 1098	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Sven Geier
The Complete Fiction	2011-03-01	H. P. Lovecraft	Barnes & Noble Books (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics)	978-1-4351-2296-3	$20.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 1098	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Sven Geier
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre	2011-07-21	H. P. Lovecraft	Gollancz	978-0-575-09963-0	£16.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xvii+ 538	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Les Edwards
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre	2011-07-21	H. P. Lovecraft	Gollancz	978-0-575-09935-7	£20.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xvii+ 538	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Les Edwards
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre	2011-07-21	H. P. Lovecraft	Gollancz / Orion	978-0-575-09936-4	£10.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Les Edwards
Complete Collection of H. P. Lovecraft	2014-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Ageless Reads	978-1-4566-2416-3			ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft	2014-09-09	H. P. Lovecraft	Race Point Publishing (Knickerbocker Classics)	978-1-63106-001-4	$35.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xvii+ 1102	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Dave Carson
The Complete Works	2016-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	uncredited	978-1-5390-3331-8		609	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft	2016-07-01	H. P. Lovecraft	Chartwell Books	978-0-7858-3420-5		xvii+ 1102	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction	2017-05-20	H. P. Lovecraft	Benediction Classics	978-1-78139-824-1	$14.75?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	480	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction	2017-05-22	H. P. Lovecraft	Benediction Classics	978-1-78139-825-8	$24.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	728	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Die geliebten Toten	2017-09-28	Howard Phillips Lovecraft	Festa (H. P. Lovecrafts Bibliothek des Schreckens #2644)	978-3-86552-570-3	€29.99?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	335	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The H. P. Lovecraft Collection	2017-10-03	H. P. Lovecraft	Sirius / Arcturus Publishing	978-1-78888-069-5	$6.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936	2018-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Pulp-Lit Productions	978-1-63591-328-6		xxi+ 790	ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Howard V. Brown
Macabre Stories	2018-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Sirius / Arcturus Publishing	978-1-78428-828-0		158	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The H. P. Lovecraft Collection	2018-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Sirius / Arcturus Publishing	978-1-78428-860-0	$59.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936	2018-03-15	H. P. Lovecraft	Pulp-Lit Productions	978-1-63591-321-7	$64.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	791	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Howard V. Brown
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936	2018-03-15	H. P. Lovecraft	Pulp-Lit Productions	978-1-63591-322-4	$29.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	814	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Howard V. Brown
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936	2018-03-15	H. P. Lovecraft	Pulp-Lit Productions	978-1-63591-323-1	$8.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Howard V. Brown
The Complete Weird-Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft: In One Volume	2019-06-12	H. P. Lovecraft	Pulp-Lit Productions	978-1-63591-363-7	$5.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Margaret Brundage
H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction	2019-11-01	H. P. Lovecraft	Benediction Classics	978-1-78943-032-5	$24.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	480	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre	2020-03-19	H. P. Lovecraft	Gollancz	978-1-4732-3064-4	£25.00?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	560	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Les Edwards
H. P. Lovecraft: Das Gesamtwerk	2020-10-28	H. P. Lovecraft	Festa	978-3-86552-882-7	€69.99?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	493, 493, 478, 494, 492, 495	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Timo Wuerz
H. P. Lovecraft: Das Gesamtwerk II	2020-10-28	H. P. Lovecraft	Festa			493	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Timo Wuerz
Contos reunidos do mestre do horror cósmico	2021-02-15	Bruno Costa, H. P. Lovecraft	Editora Ex Machina	978-65-991795-0-1		560	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Tulio Caetano
Récits horrifiques: Contes de jeunesse - récits humoristiques	2021-09-00	Howard Phillips Lovecraft	Mnémos?Mnemos (Intégrale Howard Phillips Lovecraft #5)	978-2-35408-997-9		338	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Zdzislaw Beksinski
Intégrale	2021-09-14	Howard Phillips Lovecraft	Mnémos?Mnemos (Intégrales)		€120.00?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR		hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Zdzislaw Beksinski , Zdzislaw Beksinski , Zdzislaw Beksinski , Zdzislaw Beksinski , Zdzislaw Beksinski , Zdzislaw Beksinski , Zdzislaw Beksinski
Fasci di Lettere: H. P. Lovecraft	2022-10-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Caravaggio Editore (Fasci di Lettere)		€4.90?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR		other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.	chap
The Complete Fiction	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Barnes & Noble Books	978-1-4351-2296-3		xiv+ 1098	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Sven Geier
The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Race Point Publishing (Knickerbocker Classics)	978-1-63106-001-4	£25.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xvii+ 1102	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Dave Carson
The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Barnes & Noble Books (Library of Essential Writers)	978-1-4351-0793-9		xiv+ 1098	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Sven Geier

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Reviews

• Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 295 - 454)