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THE UTTERMOST FARTHING.
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, Publishers, [1914]. Octavo. pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7 [8] 9-296, frontispiece and 3 inserted illustrations by H. Weston Taylor, original dark red cloth stamped in gold and black to front and spine. First edition. A tale of murder and revenge. Not published in the U.K. until 1920 as "A Savant's Vendetta". Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 383-384.
TRAGEDY IN E FLAT.
New York: Hillman-Curl, Inc., 1939. Octavo, [1] [1-8] 9-267 [268: blank], original gray cloth, front and spine stamped in dark red. First U.S. edition. A Detective-Inspector Anthony Slade novel. A Hillman-Curl Clue Club mystery.
ZARLAH THE MARTIAN.
New York: R. F. Fenno & Company, [1909]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-194 [note: title leaf is a cancel tipped in on a stub], inserted frontispiece, title page printed in red and black, original red cloth, front panel stamped in gold and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Visual communication is established with an advanced civilization on Mars and a human spirit is scientifically transferred into the body of one of the Martian inhabitants. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 956. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 372. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 99. Locke, Voyages in Space 94. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 473. Kopp 825. Not in Lewis (1984) or Sargent (1988). Bleiler (1978), p. 88. Reginald 06417. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 G-544. Hanna, A Mirror for the Nation 1509.
SHADOWS OF IMAGINATION: THE FANTASIES OF C. S. LEWIS, J. R. R. TOLKIEN AND CHARLES WILLIAMS...
Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press. London and Amsterdam: Feffer & Simons, Inc., [1979]. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-vii [viii-ix] x-xvii [xviii-xx] 1-190 [191-196: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], cloth. First printing of the enlarged edition. Collects thirteen essays by Chad Walsh, Hillegas, and others, enlarged by inclusion of a new essay, "The Wonder of The Silmarillion," by Peter Kreeft.
LOST IN THE RENTHARPIAN HILLS: SPANNING THE DECADES WITH CARL JACOBI...
Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, [1985]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Biography with two appendices, the first an extensive bibliography (pages 76-119), the second facsimile reproductions of fifteen letters from August Derleth, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith and others. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 8-34. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 354.
SENSUOUS SCIENCE FICTION FROM THE WEIRD AND SPICY PULPS.
[Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1984]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects seven stories from TERROR TALES, SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES, MARVEL TALES and other pulps by Wayne Robbins, Richard Tooker, Lew Merrill and others.
THE FIVE JARS ...
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1922. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7 [8-10] 11-172, seven inserted plates with illustrations by Gilbert James, original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, fore-edge rough-trimmed, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. "A semi-juvenile story told in the form of a long letter to a young friend ... Light, fanciful, mildly ironic, and very pleasurable reading." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 914. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-192. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 234. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 108. Reginald 07816.
THE FIVE JARS. Introduction by Rosemary Pardoe.
Penyffordd, Chester: Ash-Tree Press, 1995. Octavo, cloth. Later edition. Limited to 300 copies. The Ash-Tree Press edition adds a new introduction by Rosemary Pardoe. The second book published by the Ash-Tree Press and their first hardcover volume, preceded by LADY STANHOPE'S MANUSCRIPT AND OTHER SUPERNATURAL TALES.
THE FIVE JARS. Introduction by Rosemary Pardoe.
Penyffordd, Chester: Ash-Tree Press, 1995. Octavo, cloth. Later edition. Limited to 300 copies. The Ash-Tree Press edition adds a new introduction by Rosemary Pardoe. The second book published by the Ash-Tree Press and their first hardcover volume, preceded by LADY STANHOPE'S MANUSCRIPT AND OTHER SUPERNATURAL TALES.
A PLEASING TERROR: THE COMPLETE SUPERNATURAL WRITINGS OF M. R. JAMES. Introduction by Steve Duffy.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 2001. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 1000 copies. A definitive edition of the supernatural fiction of James, including stories and fragments left out of the collected edition of 1931, as well as writings by James about the ghost story and secondary material about this author, one of the chief architects of the twentieth-century ghost story.
BLOOD ON MY HANDS: A COLLECTION OF NEW PIECES BY MEMBERS OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION...
[London]: Macmillan, [1972]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Original anthology. "A collection of studies of real-life crimes mostly by authors who write crime fiction..." - jacket flap.
THE BODY IN THE BILLIARD ROOM.
New York: Viking, 1987. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Inspector Ghote.
DEATH OF A FAT GOD.
New York: Dutton, 1966. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Mrs. Craggs.
INSPECTOR GHOTE HUNTS THE PEACOCK.
New York: Dutton, 1968. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition.
IS SKIN-DEEP, IS FATAL.
New York: Dutton, 1965. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition.
MRS CRAGGS: CRIMES CLEANED UP.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition.
MURDER MUST APPETIZE.
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1981. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Non fiction on early 20th century British detective fiction.
THE SHERIFF OF BOMBAY.
Garden City: The Crime Club/Doubleday, 1984. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Inspector Ghote.
BATS FLY UP FOR INSPECTOR GHOTE.
Garden City: The Crime Club/Doubleday, 1974. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. Inspector Ghote.
SILK.
[New York]: ROC, [1998]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. This award winning author's first novel. "Despite its title, there's nothing smooth or sexy about this skin-crawling debut from Kiernan, an author with one helluvan imagination and a startling lack of inhibition. At the center of this modern gothic horror story is Spyder Baxter, a deeply troubled young woman haunted by terrifying memories of childhood and her insane, abusive father. But his transgressions were so heinous that the demons aren't just in her head anymore; they've taken on a life of their own and are taking over Spyder's house, crawling out of the basement and into everything and everyone she cares about. Caught in Spyder's web of bad karma are a motley crew of disenfranchised Gen Xers all living on the edge and trying to heal various psychic wounds of their own." - Publisher's Weekly.
THE BEEKEEPER'S APPRENTICE: OR ON THE SEGREGATION OF THE QUEEN.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1994]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's second book. Signed by King on the title page. A Sherlockian adventure.
A GRAVE TALENT.
New York: St Martin's Press, [1993]. Octavo, boards. First edition, first issue with Hebrew dedication printed upside down. The author's first book. Signed by King on the title page. Winner of the Edgar award for best first novel. The first Kate Martinelli novel.
A GRAVE TALENT.
New York: St Martin's Press, [1993]. Octavo, boards. First edition, first issue with Hebrew dedication printed upside down. The author's first book. Publisher's press release laid in. Winner of the Edgar award for best first novel. The first Kate Martinelli novel.
TO PLAY THE FOOL.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1995]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's third novel, a sequel to A GRAVE TALENT. A Kate Martinelli mystery novel.
TO PLAY THE FOOL.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1995]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's third novel, a sequel to A GRAVE TALENT. A Kate Martinelli mystery novel.