New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects fifteen stories by R. A. Lafferty, Robert Silverberg, Jack Vance, William Tenn, Kit Reed, Stephen King, and others. Includes "Gladys's Gregory" by John Anthony West and other dystopian tales.

New York: Chelsea House, 1926. Octavo, cloth. First edition.

New York: Alfred H. King, [1932]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-6 [7-8] 9-311 [312: blank], original gray cloth, spine and front cover stamped in red, top edge stained gray, fore edge uncut, bottom edge rough cut. First U. S. edition. In a hoax a modern scientist supposedly brings George Washington back to life. First published in ARGOSY-ALL-STORY 15 October - 19 November 1927. "Journalism and science in the Roaring Twenties ... Competent commercial Munsey fiction, with some good touches." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 264. [Reference: Hubin, p. 100].

London: Hutchinson & Company, n.d., [1939]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7-8 [9-10] 11-431 [432: blank] + 52-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. The author's first and only novel. The novel is narrated by Gregory Beldite, the current owner of Dax-Beldite, a biological research and engineering firm, The Death Guard details the creation and demise of the Flesh Guard, synthetic life forms without thought or emotion designed to replace human beings as soldiers during times of war. Although Dax-Beldite’s operations are secretly funded by the British government, the rest of the world learns of the Flesh Guard’s existence when a small contingent accidentally slaughters an entire village near a research compound in the Congo. Fearing eventual world domination, all the major European nations invade England a pre-emptive measure. The resulting holocaust and carnage caused by the invasion and the defensive deployment of the Flesh Guard is witnessed firsthand by Beldite both on and off the battlefield. Because the Flesh Guard cannot be destroyed by conventional means, the units that are incapacitated or blown to pieces during combat devolve into a self-replicating oviplasm that spawns deformed, mutated organisms that devastate England. Although not published until 1939, The Death Guard, according to Chadwick’s preface was written immediately after World War I. The novel, however, clearly reflects the political climate of the late 1930s. Covering a span of time up to the early 1970s, Chadwick’s novel depicts England as a fascist dictatorship, and Beldite references Hitler as one of the great villains of the recent past. As a future war novel, The Death Guard is ahead of its time, predicting not only nuclear weapons and genetic engineering but also radar tracking systems and remote-controlled unmanned drones. Chadwick’s account of Europe engaged in an arms race that consists of covert weapons development, industrial profiteering, and broken peace treaties anticipates the actual Cold War as series of complex chess moves designed to maintain a delicate balance of power. Well-written and thought-provoking, The Death Guard is a seminal work of science fiction on par with H. G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. Chadwick’s vision of England as a wasteland overrun by biological horrors recalls the work of William Hope Hodgson, and his critique of the socio-political forces that underlie warfare establishes his novel firmly in the tradition of later classics such as Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War. Despite its rarity and relatively unknown status even today, The Death Guard deserves to be widely acknowledged as a foundational work in the development of science fiction. - Boyd White. "The most horrific of all the future war novels published in the run-up to World War II ... Copies of the original edition are extremely rare, most of the print run having mysteriously vanished when hostilities actually broke out (possibly because the horrific text was considered a threat to morale) ..." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 2-18. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-227. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 74. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 49. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Bleiler (1948), p.74; (1978), p. 41. Reginald 02793].

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1990. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. A Mongo mystery.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. The first Mongo mystery novel.

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, [1908]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-448, six inserted illustrations, publisher's red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in white, pictorial paper onlay affixed to front panel. First edition. The first collection of Wallingord stories. [Reference: QQ 39. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 20. Hubin (1994), p. 158. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 C-355].

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Murder and blackmail, and a dead man-who may still be alive. [Reference: Hubin, p. 194].

Baltimore, MD: The Mirage Press, 1969. Octavo, illustrations by Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel, Gray Morrow and others, cloth. First edition. One of 1500 numbered copies (1485). 1500 copies printed. Essays and articles by Howard, Leiber, de Camp, Poul Anderson and others on heroic fantasy with emphasis on the writings of Robert E. Howard.

San Bernardino: Borgo Press, 1977. Octavo, wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.