The Necronomicon, a "nonfiction" book which revolves around and even attempts to reconstruct H.P. Lovecraft's celebrated grimoire, has a crowded title page: Introduced by COLIN WILSON Researched by ROBERT TURNER AND DAVID LANGFORD With contributory material by DR. STANISLAUS HINTERSTOISSER L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING ANGELA CARTER Illustrated by GAVIN STAMP and ROBERT TURNER Edited by GEORGE HAY The late George Hay devised the project, and the division of labour is implied by the four-way royalty split in which the Hay estate, Langford, Turner and Wilson still receive equal shares. About the actual contents, I hardly dare speak a word. In keeping with the murky, rebarbative, cryptic and crepuscular nature of this text, the English-language editions all have very dark covers enlivened with silver foil which doesn't scan well -- so the artwork above is the frontispiece rather than any jacket design. Publication Date (Third Edition): 1992 Publisher: Skoob Books, London Format: Trade paperback ISBN: 1871438160 Page Count: 184pp Cover Design: Mark Lovell Availability: Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com; Skoob Books (But Skoob lacks on-line ordering facilities, preferring to sell through ABEbooks: click here to look up The Necronomicon.)

• Publication Date (Second Edition): 1980
• Publisher: Corgi, London
• Format: Trade paperback
• ISBN: 0552980935
• Page Count: 184pp
• Cover Design: anon
• Availability: out of print

• Publication Date (First Edition): 1978
• Publisher: Neville Spearman, Jersey
• Format: Hardback
• ISBN: 0859780260
• Page Count: 184pp
• Cover Design: Reg Boorer
• Availability: out of print