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Monday, July 27, 2009

Farnsworth Wright of 1904

A recent auction showed Wright's (probably) one and only amateur journalism publication. The seller stated:

THE LAUREL - MARCH, 1904
PUBLISHED & EDITED BY FARNSWORTH WRIGHT

Farnsworth Wright was a legendary figure in the history of Weird Tales, Pulpdom, and the fictional lives of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith. Were it not for Farnsworth Wright, would the quality of Weird Tales have been as high as it was? Would the artistic freedom he allowed have been present? Would his editorial scrutinies and suggestions to writers that aided their writings have been suggested by other editors? Farnsworth Wright is nearly as major a figure as the writers he promoted!

Farnsworth Wright was only briefly associated with Amateur Journalism and his contributions are few. This is the only issue he ever published himself and is very very rare. I {the seller of item} have never seen another copy of this journal in nearly forty years of collecting and selling in this genre. This is a thin four page issue.

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