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THE WOLVES OF GOD AND OTHER FEY STORIES...
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Ltd, [1921]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-328, original decorated tan cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. Collects fifteen supernatural stories written by Blackwood, all but one expanded from story ideas by Wilson (the original Swede in "The Willows"), including the classic tales "Running Wolf," "The Decoy," and "The Empty Sleeve." Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Supernatural Fiction, pp. 36-7. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-26. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 201. Bleiler (1978), p. 25. Reginald 01412. Ashley A.20.1 (binding variant 1).
NIGHT VISIONS 6.
Arlington Hgts, IL: Dark Harvest, 1988. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 600 numbered copies signed by Wilson, Tepper Garton, Koontz (introduction) and artist Phil Parks. This is copy number 276. Original anthology with five stories. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-356.
NIGHT VISIONS 9.
Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 475 numbered copies signed by Tessier, Kisner, Hautala, Wilson (introduction) and artist Phil Parks. This is copy number 411. Original anthology with thirteen stories.
COTTAGE SINISTER.
Philadelphia: Roland Swain Company, Publishers, 1931. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] 1-279 [280-282: blank], original brown and black patterned cloth. First edition. The author's first mystery novel and the first using this pseudonym. "...a well crafted novel about a series of poisonings in a small English village." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers (4th ed.), p. 864. Hubin, p. 629.
THE CITY IN THE SEA.
New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Co., Incorporated, [1951]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Author's first science fiction novel.
THE LONG LOUD SILENCE.
New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Co., Inc., [1952]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Half of the United States is devastated by a nuclear and biological war. "Commendable: perhaps the most realistic of the early treatments of a post-Bomb world in American sf." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 214. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1143. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1238-41.
THE SCIENCE-FICTION SUBTREASURY.
New York, Tortonto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1954]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Story collection.
THE STALKING MAN.
New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1949]. Octavo, pictorial boards. First edition. Mystery novel with Charles Horne, insurance investigator.
TO KEEP OR KILL.
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1947]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Author's second mystery and second Charles Horne novel. Signed inscription by Tucker, a presentation copy: "For-- / -who, until he began / to read my books, / called me friend. / Wilson (Bob) Tucker / 10-18-47."
TO KEEP OR KILL.
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1947]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Author's second mystery and second Charles Horne novel.
THE WARLOCK.
Garden City: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Spy thriller.
THE YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN.
London: Robert Hale & Company, [1971]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. "Time travellers are horrified to find a near-future America riven by interracial war. A simple but moving cautionary tale." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 434. Hugo award nominee and Nebula award nominee. Pringle: Science Fiction The 100 Best Novels #65.
THE YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN.
New York: Ace Publishing Corporation, [1970]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Books 94200. Paperback original. "Time travellers are horrified to find a near-future America riven by interracial war. A simple but moving cautionary tale." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 434. Hugo award nominee and Nebula award nominee. Tucker's best SF novel and one of the major fictions of the 1970s. Published as part of the highly regarded Ace "Science Fiction Special" series. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1145. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 65. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2520-24.
YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1979. Octavo, cloth. First U. S. hardcover edition. Text offset from that of the 1970 Ace edition. New introduction by Sandra Miesel. "Time travellers are horrified to find a near-future America riven by interracial war. A simple but moving cautionary tale." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 434. Hugo award nominee and Nebula award nominee. Tucker's best SF novel and one of the major fictions of the 1970s. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1145. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 65. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2520-24.
WHEN DEATH COMES STEALING.
New York: Putnam, 1994. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Author's first mystery. A Tamara Hayle novel.
CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1940]. pp. [1-12] 13-127 [128], 96 black and white photographs by Edward Weston, original black cloth, front and spine stamped in silver. First edition. Collection of photographs by Edward Weston made during the period of 1937-39 while he was on Guggenheim fellowships (the first photographer to receive those grants). Text from a diary kept by his second wife, Charis. Edward Weston is considered to be one of the master photographers of the 20th Century.
THE MIND PARASITES.
Sauk City: Arkham House: Publishers, 1967. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Text offset from plates used for the 1967 British Arthur Barker edition. A novel with a homage to Lovecraft and his Cthulhu mythos. "Probing the reasons behind a close friend's suicide, archeologist Gilbert Austin discovers the existence of "mind parasites" ostensibly products of an ancient race [the Tsathogguans], that inhibit man's creativity and drain his psychic vitality." "...Wison's imaginative harnessing of Lovecraftian imagery to his philosophy of human possibility is challenging and stimulating." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 5-79. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-503. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1401-06. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-232.
NECESSARY DOUBT.
New York: Trident Press, 1964. Octavo, cloth. First edition.
THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE.
London: Arthur Barker Limited, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Wilson's second philosophical science fiction story again successfully reinvents the Lovecraft mythos to illuminate a personal vision." - Barron (ed.), Horror Literature 4-331. Cawthorn & Moorcock: Fantasy: The 100 Best Books #88.
THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE.
London: Arthur Barker Limited, [1969]. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Wilson's second philosophical science fiction story again successfully reinvents the Lovecraft mythos to illuminate a personal vision." - Barron (ed.), Horror Literature 4-331. Cawthorn & Moorcock: Fantasy: The 100 Best Books #88.
THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., [1971]. Octavo, cloth. First U. S. edition. "Wilson's second philosophical science fiction story again successfully reinvents the Lovecraft mythos to illuminate a personal vision." - Barron (ed.), Horror Literature 4-331. Cawthorn & Moorcock: Fantasy: The 100 Best Books #88.
RITUAL IN THE DARK.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1960. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first novel. A psychological thriller about a modern Jack the Ripper who kills women in London's Whitechapel district.
RITUAL IN THE DARK.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1960. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first novel. A psychological thriller about a modern Jack the Ripper who kills women in London's Whitechapel district. Hubin, p. 869.
THE SPACE VAMPIRES.
London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1976. Octavo, Hardcover. First British edition. Filmed as LIFEFORCE (1985) by Tobe Hooper. Anatomy of Wonder 4-503 (1995). Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-332.
THE WORLD OF VIOLENCE.
London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1963. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's third novel.