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DROMENON: THE BEST WEIRD STORIES OF GERALD HEARD.
[Leyburn, North Yorkshire]: Tartarus Press, [2001]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Limited to 350 numbered copies, this is copy 71. Collects nine stories from previous volumes; THE GREAT FOG AND OTHER WEIRD TALES (London, 1947), THE GREAT FOG: WEIRD TALES OF TERROR AND DETECTION (U.S., 1944) and THE LOST CAVERN AND OTHER TALES OF THE FANTASTIC (London, 1949). Includes a 16 page introduction by John Cody.
THE LOST CAVERN AND OTHER TALES OF THE FANTASTIC ...
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., [1948]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-262 [263-264: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original gray boards, front and spine panels stamped in green, top edge stained yellow green, fore-edge untrimmed. First edition. Collects four novellas, including "The Cup," perhaps the best of Heard's fantasies. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-83. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 785. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1544-46].
MURDER BY REFLECTION.
New York: The Vanguard Press, [1942]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-283 [284-288: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained yellow, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. First edition. Mystery novel of psychological suspense. "...this is not actually a tale of crime-and-puzzlement but a psychological horror story, and one of spine-tingling originality and excellence..." - New York Times book review, 11 October, 1942. [Reference: Hubin (1994), p. 388].