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THE HUNTSMAN.
New York: Atheneum, 1982. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. The first volume in the "The Huntsman" series. Well regarded SF for youngsters.
PLANET OF THE WARLORD.
New York: Atheneum, 1982. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The fourth volume in the "Last Legionary" series. Well reg"One of the best examples of space opera for young readers...quick moving, suspenseful, action-filled." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-529.
YOUNG LEGIONARY.
New York: Atheneum, 1983. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The fifth and final volume in the "Last Legionary" series. Well regarded SF for youngsters."One of the best examples of space opera for young readers...quick moving, suspenseful, action-filled." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-529.
TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., [1919]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-93 [94: printer's imprint] [95-100: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks with terminal leaf used as rear paste-down], fifteen illustrations by E. Joyce Shillington Scales, pictorial boards. First edition. Collects nine stories and a poem. "Antiquarian ghost stories, by no means tedious, deftly balancing a light tone with darker terrors. One of the more notable successors to M. R. James." - Robert Knowlton. "A beautifully illustrated and highly sought after collection of Gray's supernatural tales which is a classic of the antiquarian ghost genre ... Although the stories are firmly in the antiquarian tradition of Gray's Cambridge contemporary M. R. James, they are strong enough to stand on their own merits, combining ghostly atmosphere with wit and erudition in a highly entertaining and original manner." - Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 237. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-74. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 121. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 186. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-87. Reginald 07712. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978).
TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., [1919]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-93 [94: printer's imprint] [95-100: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks with terminal leaf used as rear paste-down], fifteen illustrations by E. Joyce Shillington Scales, pictorial boards. First edition. Collects nine stories and a poem. "Antiquarian ghost stories, by no means tedious, deftly balancing a light tone with darker terrors. One of the more notable successors to M. R. James." - Robert Knowlton. "A beautifully illustrated and highly sought after collection of Gray's supernatural tales which is a classic of the antiquarian ghost genre ... Although the stories are firmly in the antiquarian tradition of Gray's Cambridge contemporary M. R. James, they are strong enough to stand on their own merits, combining ghostly atmosphere with wit and erudition in a highly entertaining and original manner." - Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 237. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-74. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 121. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 186. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-87. Reginald 07712. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978).
NUMBER SEVEN QUEER STREET.
Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran: Publishers, 1969. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Collects five stories with the psychic detective Miles Pennoyer. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 113. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-123. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 985. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 255. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-142.
NUMBER SEVEN QUEER STREET.
Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran: Publishers, 1969. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects five stories with the psychic detective Miles Pennoyer. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 113. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-123. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 985. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 255. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-142.
NUMBER SEVEN QUEER STREET.
[London]: Robert Hale Limited, [1946]. Octavo, cloth. Second printing. Seven cases of psychic detective Dr. Miles Pennoyer; literate and imaginative stories, though at times too wordy, particularly when Lawrence indulges in occult sermonizing. The first printing of this edition is rare (the second more often encountered yet by no means common). The British editions are significant in that they retain the two final cases, which were dropped from the later Mycroft & Moran edition. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 113. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-123. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 985. Sullivan (ed), Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime 3436. Hubin (1994), p. 488.
ZERO POINT.
London: Printed in England & Published by Curtis Warren Ltd., [1952]. Octavo, cover by Gordon C. Davies, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Planetary rivals of our solar system fight for control of a planet orbiting Sirius. Harbottle and Holland A206. Reginald 06025.
ALL GOD'S CHILDREN.
New York: Mason/Charter, 1975. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The second Jacob Asch mystery. "Lyons is one of the best of the current crop of California detective writers; his approach is stylistically closer to Chandler, not as consciously literary and portentous as late MacDonald." - See Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 500-501. Hubin, p. 519.
AT THE HANDS OF ANOTHER.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. A Jacob Asch mystery. See Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 501.
THE DEAD ARE DISCREET.
New York: Mason and Lipscomb, [1974]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first mystery and first to feature Jacob Asch. "Lyons is one of the best of the current crop of California detective writers; his approach is stylistically closer to Chandler, not as consciously literary and portentous as late MacDonald." - See Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 500-501.
THE DEAD ARE DISCREET.
New York: Mason and Lipscomb, [1974]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first mystery and first to feature Jacob Asch. "Lyons is one of the best of the current crop of California detective writers; his approach is stylistically closer to Chandler, not as consciously literary and portentous as late MacDonald." - See Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 500-501.
THE DEAD ARE DISCREET.
New York: Mason & Lipscomb, [1974]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first mystery and first to feature Jacob Asch. "Lyons is one of the best of the current crop of California detective writers; his approach is stylistically closer to Chandler, not as consciously literary and portentous as late MacDonald." - See Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 500-501. Hubin, p. 519.
DEAD RINGER.
New York: Mason/Charter, 1977. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed by Lyons on the half title page. A Jacob Asch mystery. "Lyons is one of the best of the current crop of California detective writers; his approach is stylistically closer to Chandler, not as consciously literary and portentous as late MacDonald." - See Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 500-501. Hubin, p. 519.
THE CAERLEON EDITION OF THE WORKS OF ARTHUR MACHEN...
London: Martin Secker, [1923]. Octavo, nine volumes, inserted frontispiece (photographic portrait of Machen) in volume one, original sage-green cloth, front panels stamped in gold and ruled in blind, spine panels stamped in gold, rear panels ruled in blind, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. The Caerleon (first collected) edition. Limited to 1000 numbered sets signed by Machen. This is number 392. The works collected here are: THE GREAT GOD PAN (with "The Inmost Light" and "The Red Hand"); THE THREE IMPOSTORS; THE HILL OF DREAMS; THE SECRET GLORY; HIEROGLYPHICS; A FRAGMENT OF LIFE (with "The White People"); THE TERROR (with THE BOWMEN and THE GREAT RETURN); FAR OFF THINGS; and THINGS NEAR AND FAR.
THE GLORIOUS MYSTERY... Edited by Vincent Starrett.
Chicago: Covici-McGee Co., 1924. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-219 [220: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], original decorated blue cloth, front cover stamped in gold and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained black, other edges untrimmed. First edition. Mixed collection of fiction and nonfiction including several stories published here for the first time. Edited with foreword by Vincent Starrett, whose efforts did much to awaken interest in Machen's work. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1078. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-155. Bleiler (1978), p. 130. Goldstone & Sweetser 28a.
THE GREEN ROUND.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1968. Octavo, cloth. First U. S. edition. 2058 copies printed. Text offset from that of the 1933 Ernest Benn edition. The author's last novel. "... a shocker written on assignment, tells of a man whose life is clogged with horrors set by the Little People." - Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction Writers, p. 357. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-134. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1081. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 278. In 333.
THE GREEN ROUND.
London: Ernest Benn Limited, [1933]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-7] 8-218 [219: blank] [220: printer's imprint] [221-222: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original red cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. The author's last novel. "... a shocker written on assignment, tells of a man whose life is clogged with horrors set by the Little People." - Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction Writers, p. 357. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-134. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1081. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 278. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 130. Reginald 09461. Goldstone and Sweetser 46a.
THE GREEN ROUND.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1968. Octavo, cloth. First U. S. edition. Text offset from that of the 1933 Ernest Benn edition. The author's last novel. "... a shocker written on assignment, tells of a man whose life is clogged with horrors set by the Little People." - Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction Writers, p. 357. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-134. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1081. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 278. In 333.
THE GREEN ROUND.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1968. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. 2058 copies printed. Text offset from that of the 1933 Ernest Benn edition. The author's last novel. "... a shocker written on assignment, tells of a man whose life is clogged with horrors set by the Little People." - Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction Writers, p. 357. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 4-105. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-134. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1081. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 278. In 333.
THE GREEN ROUND.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1968. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Text offset from that of the 1933 Ernest Benn edition. The author's last novel. "... a shocker written on assignment, tells of a man whose life is clogged with horrors set by the Little People." - Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction Writers, p. 357. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-134. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1081. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 278. In 333.
GUINEVERE AND LANCELOT & OTHERS ... BEING A SELECTION OF ESSAYS AND STORIES ... Edited by Michael T. Shoemaker and Cuyler W. Brooks, Jr.
Newport News, Virginia: The Purple Mouth Press, 1986. Large octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Collects nine essays and two stories, the first being the title piece, an Aurthurian story, "Guinevere and Lancelot" and "Rituals."
THE HILL OF DREAMS.
N.p. [Horam, East Sussex]: Tartarus Press, [1998]. Octavo, boards. Later edition. Limited to 350 numbered copies. This novel, first published as a six-part serial in HORLICK'S MAGAZINE July - December 1904 under the title "The Garden of Avallaunius," was first published in book form in February 1907 as THE HILL OF DREAMS. "The ultimate novel of escapism, obviously deeply felt and written with considerable artistry." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-229. The Tartarus edition adds two illustrations by Sime intended for the book but not included, two introductions by Arthur Machen written for later editions (one previously unpublished), an introduction for a later edition by Lord Dunsany, and a new introduction by Mark Valentine. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 124-25. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1073. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 147. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 278. Bleiler (1978), p. 130. Reginald 09462.
THE HOUSE OF SOULS.
London: E. Grant Richards, 1906. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-xiii [xiv-xvi] [1-2] 3-513 [514] [515: ad for The Three Impostors] [516: blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Sidney H. Sime, original pictorial gray cloth with cover design by Sime in black, gold and light green. First edition. Second binding with "GRANT / RICHARDS" at base of spine panel. Collects the contents of THE GREAT GOOD PAN (1894) and THE THREE IMPOSTORS (1895), the latter with some revisions and omissions, plus the first book appearance of three tales, "A Fragment of Life," "The White People," and "The Red Hand." "... Machen's most important collection." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 277. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-135. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1072. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 147. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-157. Bleiler (1978), p. 130. Reginald 09464. Goldstone and Sweetser 10e.