Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, [1958]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Alex Schomburg, cloth. Later, second printing. A planet with technology superior to that of the Solar Federation's space navy enters our solar system, threatening billions of humans living on the planets orbiting our Sun. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961.

London: William Rider & Son Ltd., 1912. Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix [x] xi [xii] 1-403 [404: printer's imprint] + sixteen-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, four inserted plates with illustrations by Phillys Vere Campbell, original decorated red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. "Occult thriller by prolific mystery writer; young lovers caught in conflict between black and white magicians, also Atlantean memories, reincarnation, metempsychosis, prophecies. A potpourri of supernatural themes to keep the pot boiling, and the plot moving briskly. Unencumbered by the occult jargon that clogs other Rider weirds in this period." - Robert Knowlton. [Reference: Barron (ed) Horror Literature 3-98. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 875. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 119. Bleiler (1978), p. 105. Reginald 07603].

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, MCMXXVI [1926]. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-vi] vii-ix [x] xi-xii [xiii-xiv] 1-348 [349-352: blank], publisher's black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. First edition, first printing. The first of Van Dine's twelve Philo Vance novels, many of which were made into feature films. THE BENSON MURDER CASE was the first detective novel to make the bestseller list. The Philo Vance books were incredibly popular during their time and Philo even had his own radio show. "In 1923, a combination of overwork, emotional strain, and drug abuse brought about the collapse of a little-known art critic named Willard Huntington Wright. During his long convalescence, he began reading detective stories for amusement. After devouring several hundred, he decided that he could write better whodunits than those he'd read, prepared synopses for three murder puzzles, and was offered a contract by Maxwell Perkins, the legendary Scribner's editor. Thus was born Philo Vance, the first important character in the history of novel-length American detective fiction ... Though today's readers tend to find him intolerably stilted, Van Dine is of crucial historical importance as the creator of the skeletal structure for the classic American detective novel and of the first great American Sherlock Holmes figure. The structure was perfected in the early 1930s by Ellery Queen, and both Queen and Rex Stout created more durable American Holmeses, but Van Dine was the pioneer, and it's most unlikely that Ellery Queen and Nero Wolfe would have come into existence without him" (Francis M. Nevins). A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. [Reference: Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 807-808].

Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1927. Octavo, single issue, cover art by C. C. Senf, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Ray Cummings, Flavia Richardson (pseudonym for Christine Campbell Thompson; her first appearance in WTs), Arthur J. Burks, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].

Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1928. Octavo, single issue, cover art by C. C. Senf. pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn, Murray Leinster, H. Warner Munn, Robert E. Howard (verse), Everill Worrell, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].

Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1930. Octavo, cover by Hugh Rankin, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn, August Derleth, Edmond Hamilton, Paul Ernst, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].

Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1930. Octavo, single issue, cover art by Hugh Rankin, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn, August Derleth, Edmond Hamilton, Paul Ernst, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].

Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1935. Octavo, single issue, cover art by M[argaret] Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Howard Wandrei, Clark Ashton Smith, Hazel Heald ("Out of the Eons" with an uncredited H. P. Lovecraft),and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].

Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1936. Octavo, single issue, cover art by M[argaret] Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Robert E. Howard ("The Hour Dragon, conclusion - Conan), Jack Williamson, Carl Jacobi, Robert Bloch, and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736.

Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1937. Octavo, single issue, cover art by Virgil Finlay, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Edmond Hamilton, August Derleth, Robert Bloch, Henry Kuttner and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].

Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover art by Virgil Finlay, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Carl Jacobi, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert Bloch, H. P. Lovecraft (verse), Robert E. Howard (verse), Jack Williamson, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].

New York, NY: Weird Tales, 1939. Octavo, single issue, cover art by Virgil Finlay, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by H. P. Lovecraft ("The Wicked Clergyman"), C. L. Moore, Edmond Hamilton, Manly Wade Wellman, Robert Bloch, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736].