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These. Look for the revised and corrected editions, which are easy to find if you look up Arkham House editions of these collections. Even Wikipedia tells you which ones they are and how many were printed. Most of the meme editions from big publishers use the free domain texts that weren’t restored to Lovecraft’s manuscripts, nor even corrected for obvious mistakes. A lot of his work was butchered by editors of magazines. Later on, Derleth began to shove his own worldview into Lovecraft until people thought it was the genuine article, which also caused issues; these are the Arkham House editions to avoid. Look for the ones that came after they were corrected.
More recent collections came out at Hippocampus Press with notes. They might be cheaper if you live in the States.