The Inhabitant of the Lake & Less Welcome Tenants

The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by British author J. Ramsey Campbell, who dropped the initial from his name in subsequent publications. It was released in 1964 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,000 copies and was the author's first book. The stories are part of theCthulhu Mythos. Campbell had originally written his introduction to be included in the book The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces under the title "Cthulhu in Britain". However, Arkham's editor, August Derleth, decided to use it here (retitled "A Word from the Author").

The stories utilise such settings as Brichester, Goatswood and Clotton - Campbell's equivalent English invented locales comprising the Severn Valley (Cthulhu Mythos), based upon Lovecraft's invention of such locales as Arkham, Dunwich, and Kingsport. The title story introduces Campbell's fictitious book of occult lore (similar to Lovecraft'sNecronomicon, The revelations of Glaaki (see Books of the Cthulhu Mythos.

Near Fine - This copy has a clean, bright and crisp dust jacket with $4.00 price intact.  The book itself is tight with no bumps, but the page edges are darkened from age and dust.  Signed on title page.