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ONE FOR THE MONEY. (a.k.a. BLACK WINGS HAS MY ANGEL).
London: Robert Hale, [1985]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Noir mystery novel first published as a paperback original in 1953. An escaped convict plans a armored car heist in Denver. In a new review referencing the original Gold Medal publication: "...literary quality wasn’t the main criterion for publication, but on the evidence of Black Wings Has My Angel, a flawless 1953 heist novel by Elliott Chaze..., it wasn’t disqualifying either. On a technical level, it is possible to write a perfect crime novel. You might say Black Wings Has My Angel is beyond perfection." - Review by Christian Lorentzen, Vulture, January 13, 2016.
AMONG THE DANGS: TEN SHORT STORIES ...
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1961]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first story collection. In addition to the fine title story, this collection of short fiction includes "The NRACP," which depicts a racist, authoritarian dystopia set in a near future America. The National Relocation Authority: Colored Persons (NRACP) brings Black Americans bit by bit into a huge Colored Persons Reserve in Nevada where they are slaughtered for their meat. A "grisly modern enactment of Swift's 'Modest Proposal' ..." - Amis, New Maps of Hell, p. 154. [Reference: Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 274. Reginald 04796].
REPRIEVE FROM PARADISE.
New York: Gnome Press Inc., [1955]. Octavo, green cloth, spine stamped in black. First edition. A post-atomic war dystopia in which the now static authoritarian "Hierarchy" ruling the Earth has encouraged human reproduction, resulting in overpopulation and the extinction of most insects and animals. [Reference: Brians, Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction, 1895-1984, p. 192. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 255].
THE SORCERY CLUB.
London: William Rider & Son, Limited, 1912. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] [1] 2-342 [343-344: ads] + 16-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, four inserted plates with illustrations by Phyllis Vere Campbell, original pictorial medium blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in light blue and gold. First edition. "Sensational occult thriller concerning confederacy of occultists who discover secrets of Atlantean magic and employ these to nefarious ends. His best work of supernatural fiction, distinct from the ghost-hunting collections." - Robert Knowlton. The illustrations are superb. [Reference: Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 140. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-153. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1249. Eichner, Atlantean Chronicles, p. 180. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy Volume II, p. 86. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 307. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-184. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 389. Bleiler (1978), p. 150. Reginald 10922].