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THE BEETLE: A MYSTERY ...
London: Skeffington & Son, 1897. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-viii [1-2] 3-351 [352: blank], four inserted plates with illustrations by John Williamson, title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, black, and green, publisher's monogram stamped in black on rear panel, light green and white floral patterned endpapers. First edition. Lurid, sensational novel of detection and macabre horror. "With the exception of DRACULA this was probably the most popular horror novel of the 1890s." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1111. "... considered an offbeat classic by Lovecraft and other commentators. Dorothy Scarborough calls it 'the most curdling example' of 'entomological supernaturalism.' The plot, which focuses on ancient Egypt, features a priestess of Isis who haunts the modern world in both human and beetle manifestations. In addition to terror, the novel offers humor, suspense, and memorable minor characters. Lovecraft ranks it on the same level as Stoker's DRACULA." - Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-162. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 126-27. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-141. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 151. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature, p. 78. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 283. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 134. Reginald 09696. Glover and Greene 327. Hubin (1994), p. 553.
CURIOS: SOME STRANGE ADVENTURES OF TWO BACHELORS ...
London: John Long, 1898. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [7] 8-287 [288: blank] + eight-page publisher's catalogue dated "October 1898" inserted at rear, title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial dark gray cloth, front panel stamped in light gray, black, red and gold, spine panel stamped in gold, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear cover, all edges untrimmed. First edition. Linked series of seven tales featuring two curio hunters, mostly criminous encounters excepting the sixth episode, "The Adventure of Lady Wishaw's Hand," in which a malevolent medieval relic (the severed hand of an ancestor) continues to punish those family members who do not honor an ancestral feud. The first episode, "The Adventure of the Pipe," is a rationalized supernatural story about a "haunted" meerschaum pipe with a loathsome tentacled creature carved on the bowl that moves when the pipe is smoked. "... there was a lot more to Marsh than THE BEETLE ... Marsh is an unfairly neglected writer who will repay the effort of getting his books." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 283. Bleiler, The Guide to the Supernatural Fiction 1112. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 352. Hubin (1994), p. 553. Wolff 4563.
FRIVOLITIES ESPECIALLY ADDRESSED TO THOSE WHO ARE TIRED OF BEING SERIOUS ...
London: James Bowden, 1899. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-336 + undated 16-page publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in red, black, white and gold, spine panel stamped in black and gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. A collection of short fiction, at least half of which are crime stories. Hubin (1994), p. 554.
THE RETURN OF SKULL FACE.
[West Linn, OR]: FAX Collector's Editions, [1977]. Octavo, illustrations by Stephen E. Leialoha. boards. First edition. Sequel to Skull Face, completed by Lupoff.
THE RETURN OF SKULL FACE.
[West Linn, OR]: FAX Collector's Editions, [1977]. Octavo, illustrations by Stephen E. Leialoha. boards. First edition. Sequel to Skull Face, completed by Lupoff.
THE RETURN OF SKULL FACE.
[West Linn, OR]: FAX Collector's Editions, [1977]. Octavo, illustrations by Stephen E. Leialoha. boards. First edition. Sequel to Skull Face, completed by Lupoff.
VANISHING LADIES.
[London: T.V. Boardman & Company, Limited, 1961]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. Signed on the title page: "Evan / "Richard Marsten" / Hunter." Part of the Boardman American Bloodhound Mystery series.
"YELLOW PERIL": THE ADVENTURES OF SIR JOHN WEYMOUTH-SMYTHE.
New York: Richard Marek, 1978. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Adventure novel in the pulp tradition.
THE DEADLY DUO.
[New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1959]. Small octavo, cover by Freeman Elliot, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Dell A194. Paperback original. Filmed in 1962 with noirish elements.
METROPHAGE.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1988. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. The author's first book. "Likable hoodlum Jonny Qabbala has run-ins with various gangsters and corrupt powers in a decaying Lost Angeles of the 21st century. The cyberpunkish background is brilliantly evoked..." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 236. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-222. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009.
INTERSECTIONS: THE SYCAMORE HILL ANTHOLOGY.
New York: Tor, [1996]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Original anthology collecting fourteen stories by Bruce Sterling, Karen Joy Fowler, Nancy Kress, Jonathan Lethem, and others.
THINNER.
London: New English Library, 1984. Octavo, Hardcover. First British edition.
THE BACHMAN BOOKS: FOUR EARLY NOVELS ...
New York and Scarborough, Ontario: NAL Books / New American Library, [1985]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First combined (and first hardcover) edition. Collects RAGE, THE LONG WALK, ROADWORK and THE RUNNING MAN with new introduction, "Why I Was Bachman," by King.
BEWARE!
Toronto and New York: Paperjacks, 1987. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
MIDNIGHT'S LAIR.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1993]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. hardcover edition. Inscribed by Laymon First published in the U.K. under the "Richard Kelly" pseudonym.
ONE RAINY NIGHT.
London: Headline, 1991. Octavo, boards. First edition.
OUT ARE THE LIGHTS.
[London]: Headline, [1993]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition. First published as a paperback original in 1982 by New English Library. This edition includes the novel Out Are The Lights and adds five short stories, not all included in the original edition.
[THE MOON HOAX] THE CELEBRATED "MOON STORY," ITS ORIGIN AND INCIDENTS; WITH A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR, AND AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING, I. AN AUTHENTIC DESCRIPTION OF THE MOON; II. A NEW THEORY OF THE LUNAR SURFACE, IN RELATION TO THAT OF THE EARTH.
New York: Bunnell and Price, 1852. 12mo, pp. [1-3] 4-143 [144: blank], flyleaves at front and rear, original decorated black cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold and blind. First hardcover edition, and first printing of this text. This work, prepared by a close acquaintance of Locke, provides a biographical sketch of Locke; anecdotes about the reception of Locke's report; appendices presenting an authentic description of the Moon; and the text of Locke's successful hoax perpetrated in the NEW YORK SUN, in August 1835, which pretended to reveal a discovery that men and animals existed on the Moon. The revelations, supposedly reprinted from the actually defunct EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, were so cleverly wrought that, for a short time, the report was given credence in scientific circles in the United States and Europe. The report was soon denounced as a hoax by the public press and Richard Adams Locke (1800-1871), a reporter for the SUN, was identified as the perpetrator of the "ingenious astronomical hoax." Interest in the lunar discoveries increased the SUN'S circulation to more than nineteen thousand, the largest of any daily of that time. According to William Gowans, who reprinted the story in 1859, Locke's account created such public interest that the owners of the SUN published sixty thousand copies of it in pamphlet form. The pamphlet was published in September 1835 and every copy was sold in less than a month. Nevertheless, the 1835 printings are rare and only a handful of copies survive. See Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 1-23; and (1981) 1-137. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1348 and 1349. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 728. Howgego, Encyclopedia of Exploration: Invented and Apocryphal Narratives of Travel L44. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 142. Locke, Voyages in Space 130. Bleiler (1978), p. 125 (citing earlier editions). Reginald 09129B. Wright (I) 1704a (citing an earlier undated 11-page edition probably published in 1835).
DRACULA'S CHILDREN.
Sagaponack, New York, London, England: The Permanent Press, Jay Landesman Limited, [1981]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First hardcover edition. First published as a paperback original by Dell with the title CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT. Vampire novel. On Douglas E. Winter's list of "Best Horror Fiction 1951-1985." Winter list (Best Horror Fiction 1951-1985).
DRACULA'S CHILDREN.
Sagaponack, New York, London, England: The Permanent Press, Jay Landesman Limited, [1981]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. First published as a paperback original by Dell with the title CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT. Vampire novel. On Douglas E. Winter's list of "Best Horror Fiction 1951-1985." Winter list (Best Horror Fiction 1951-1985).
CIRCUMPOLAR!
New York: Timescape Books, 1984. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Pulp like adventure novel. Anatomy of Wonder 4-304.
LOVECRAFT'S BOOK.
[Sauk City, WI]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1985]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Alternate history novel with H.P. Lovecraft as a character, involving German intrigue between the World Wars.
LOVECRAFT'S BOOK.
[Sauk City, WI]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1985]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Alternate history novel with H.P. Lovecraft as a character, involving German intrigue between the World Wars.
LOVECRAFT'S BOOK.
[Sauk City, WI]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1985]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Alternate history novel with H.P. Lovecraft as a character, involving German intrigue between the World Wars.
LOVECRAFT'S BOOK.
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1985]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 3544 copies printed. Alternate history novel with H. P. Lovecraft involved in a wild Nazi plot in 1927 for the overthrow the government of the United States.