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PETALS ON THE WIND.
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1980]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's second novel and sequel to FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC. Review slip laid in.
HOUR OF THE MANATEE.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition.
BLACK LAND WHITE LAND.
Garden City, New York: Published for the Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1937. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. A Reggie Fortune novel.
THE CAT'S WHISKER ...
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1944. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-223, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, fore-edge untrimmed. First edition. A Reggie Fortune novel. Published in the UK in 1945 by Macdonald as DEAD MAN'S EFFECTS. Mr. Fortune investigates murder and sabotage during World War II. [Reference: Hubin (1994), p. 41].
HONOUR AMONG THIEVES.
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1947. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-191 [192: blank], original gray boards, front and spine panels stamped in black, fore-edge untrimmed. First U.S. edition. A novel featuring shyster lawyer Joshua Clunk. [Reference: Hubin (1994), p. 41].
MEET MR. FORTUNE: A REGGIE FORTUNE OMNIBUS.
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1942. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1] 2-546 [547-548: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original black cloth, spine panel stamped in red, fore-edge untrimmed. First edition. An omnibus volume collecting a novel, THE BISHOP'S CRIME (1940) and twelve stories featuring Reggie Fortune, plus "Mr. Fortune," an essay by Bailey introducing his fictional sleuth. [Reference: Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime 2336. Hubin (1994), p. 41].
MR. CLUNK'S TEXT.
New York: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1939. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-303 [304-306: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, cream endpapers. First U.S. edition. A novel featuring shyster lawyer Joshua Clunk. Published in the UK as THE VERON MYSTERY (1939). [Reference: Hubin (1994), p. 42].
MR. FORTUNE FINDS A PIG.
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1943. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-269 [270: blank], original blue gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, cream endpapers. First U.S. edition. A Reggie Fortune novel. Mr. Fortune investigates a mysterious outbreak of typhus fever in a remote village in Wales during World War II. [Reference: Hubin (1994), p. 41].
THE TWITTERING BIRD MYSTERY.
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1937. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-299 [300: blank], original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained red, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed, cream endpapers. First U.S. edition. The fourth novel featuring shyster lawyer Joshua Clunk. Published in the UK as CLUNK'S CLAIMANT (1937). [Reference: Hubin (1994), p. 41].
THE WRONG MAN.
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1945. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [11-4] 5-6 [7-8] 9-252 [253-254: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original burgundy cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, fore-edge untrimmed. First edition. A novel featuring shyster lawyer Joshua Clunk. The UK edition was published in 1946 by Macdonald. [Reference: Hubin (1994), p. 42].
THE ISLES OF SUNSET.
London: Isbister & Company, 1904. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-3] 4-307 [308: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], title page printed in red and black, original pictorial blue cloth, front panel stamped in black, gray, yellow and white, spine panel stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. Collection of mostly supernatural fiction. "...Benson's wild, elemental imagery and his sure sense of atmosphere make these tales worth searching for..." - Tymm (ed.): Horror Literature 3-12. [Reference: Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 106. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 28-31. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-11. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 63. Bleiler (1978), p. 20. Reginald 01120].
GHOSTS IN THE HOUSE. Introduction by Hugh Lamb.
Penyffordd, Chester: Ash-Tree Press, 1996. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 400 copies plus a few extras for legal deposit purposes. Collects nineteen stories, all selected from A. C. Benson's THE HILL OF TROUBLE (1903), THE ISLE OF SUNSET (1905) and BASIL NETHERBY (1927) and R. H. Benson's THE LIGHT INVISIBLE (1903) and A MIRROR OF SHALOTT (1907), plus "Haunted Houses," a nonfiction article by R. H. Benson first reprinted here, with introduction by editor Hugh Lamb.
GHOSTS IN THE HOUSE. Introduction by Hugh Lamb.
Penyffordd, Chester: Ash-Tree Press, 1996. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 400 copies. Collects stories from the A.C. Benson's THE HILL OF TROUBLE, THE ISLES OF SUNSET and BASIL NETHERBY and R.H. Benson's THE LIGHT INVISIBLE and THE MIRROR OF SHALOTT.
TRENT INTERVENES.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. Octavo, pp. [1-10] [1-2] 3-259 [260: printer's note] [261-262: blank], original gray cloth, covers stamped in dark red, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed, top edge stained dark red. First U.S. edition. Collects twelve stories. [Reference: Hubin, p. 67. Queen's Quorum 93].
BEST DETECTIVE STORIES OF THE YEAR 1955.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1955. Octavo, boards. First edition. Anthology of detective fiction selected from popular magazines. Collects twelve stories with Evan Hunter, Ellery Queen, Ray Bradbury, John D. MacDonald, Richard Marsten and others.
CROSS OVER NINE.
New York: The Macaulay Company, [1935]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-255 [256: blank], original beige boards, front and spine stamped in orange. First edition. From the rear panel calling it a mystery-horror story. "It is the tale of John Witherby, physical superman, in a contest of strength and racing, smashing violence with a man called the Doctor, and his gorillas, for possession of John's inheritance and for the fancy of the Doctor's female decoy." The first mystery using this pseudonym. [Reference: Hubin, p. 123].
THE NIGHT FLOWER.
New York: The Macaulay Company, [1936]. Octavo, pp. [1] [1-4] 5-7 [8] 9-311 [312-318], jacket art by Edward D'Ancona, original black cloth, front and spine stamped in red. First edition. After an armored car robbery in which guards are murdered, Charles Pursivant, a reformed criminal, is enlisted to recover the money and capture the criminals. E. C. Beckwith in the NY Times (16 August, 1936) wrote "This reviewer confidently chooses this book - as the best written, most artfully constructed and thoroughly interesting crime-adventure novel published thus far within the year." Second and final mystery using this pseudonym. [Reference: Hubin, p. 123].
MERCHANTER'S LUCK.
New York: DAW, [1982]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. DAW Books 488. Paperback original. Set in the author's Alliance-Union Universe. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-105].
WAVE WITHOUT A SHORE.
New York: DAW, [1981]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. DAW Books 444. Paperback original. Set in the author's Alliance-Union Universe. "Wave Without a Shore is an example of soft science fiction and is a philosophical story that takes place on the planet "Freedom" shared by humans and the alien "Ahnit" race which is native to the planet. Humans had been on Freedom for several hundred years and do not recognize the aliens, they do not see them, and instead use terms such as "invisibles" or "pilferage" when referring to the Ahnit. This idyllic life is shattered when a student confronts the situation and begins consorting with the aliens. As the protagonist begins noticing the Ahnit and even trying to speak about them, he finds, unwillingly, that he too becomes unmentionable. The story is an allegory of race/class/caste relations in modern society with the themes explored including alienation, invisibility, and metaphysics." - Wikipedia. [Reference: Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions].
THE BOOK OF MORGAINE.
Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1979]. First hardcover edition. First printing with code "J21" on page [632]. Collects GATE OF IVREL (1976), WELL OF SHIUAN (1978), and FIRES OF AZEROTH (1979), all paperback originals. Time travel science fantasy series in the the protagonist Morgaine travels through gates in which you can travel to other worlds but the gates also facilitate time travel. To prevent paradoxes Morgaine's mission is to destroy the gates. The stories are set in the author's Alliance-Union universe. GATE OF IVREL is the author's first published novel. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-185. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-70].
CHERNEVOG.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1990]. Octavo, frontispiece by Keith Parkinson, full leather, a.e.g. Limited edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Cherryh. Introduction by James Gunn. Second book of a fantasy series set in ancient Russia, preceded by Rusalka (1989). Part of the Easton Press signed first edition series.
DOWNBELOW STATION.
New York: Daw Books, Inc., [1981]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. First printing with code "L10" on page 438. Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. Part of the author's Alliance-Union Universe future history series. Winner of the 1981 Hugo award for best novel. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-232].
DOWNBELOW STATION.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1986]. Octavo, full leather, a.e.g. Later edition. New introduction by Donald Wollheim. Part of the author's Alliance-Union Universe future history series. Winner of the 1981 Hugo award for best novel. Collector's notes laid in. Issued as part of the Easton Press "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-232].
DOWNBELOW STATION.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1986]. Octavo, full leather, a.e.g. Later edition. New introduction by Donald Wollheim. Part of the author's Alliance-Union Universe future history series. Winner of the 1981 Hugo award for best novel. Collector's notes laid in. Issued as part of the Easton Press "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-232].
GLASS AND AMBER.
Cambridge, MA: The NESFA Press, 1987. Octavo, boards. First edition. Of a limitation of 1000 copies this is one of 225 numbered copies signed by Cherryh and artist Barclay Shaw of from a limited edition of 1000. Commemorative book for Boskone 24. Collects seven stories and five essays (several from speeches). At least one story is revised for this collection.
























