Here’s a crisp look at a Donald A. Wollheim Vol. 1, No. 1 magazine from 1936, with Lovecraft on the cover though without a cover illustration. Presumably Lovecraft had a copies of Fanciful Tales in the mail, as he was still alive at the Autumn/Fall of 1936. This scan is from the facsimile published by Necronomicon Press in 1977.

The issue is on Archive.org in full, albeit with a unsatisfactory and blurry scan, or perhaps it was hastily made by a hand-held digital camera with macro…

Also, Wormwoodiana brings news of a new issue of Biblio-Curiosa, dedicated to articles on “unusual writers” and “strange books”.