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KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., [1946]. Octavo, cloth. First U. S. edition. A dark mystery. The violent protaganist kills a man and eventually lands in jail for another crime. A woman whom, he can't stay away from, tries to keep him out of trouble. A witness to the murder comes forward and the woman murders him. "A tight narrative of recklessness, ruthlessness, which in its way is holding." - Kirkus Review, 28 February, 1946. Basis for the film noir of the same title with Burt Lancaster and Joan Fontaine. [Reference: Hubin, p. 123. Johnson, The Dark Page (1), p. 42. Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, 220. Silver and Ward (eds.), Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd edition), pp. 159-160].
KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., [1946]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A dark mystery. The violent protaganist kills a man and eventually lands in jail for another crime. A woman whom, he can't stay away from, tries to keep him out of trouble. A witness to the murder comes forward and the woman murders him. "A tight narrative of recklessness, ruthlessness, which in its way is holding." - Kirkus Review, 28 February, 1946. Basis for the film noir of the same title with Burt Lancaster and Joan Fontaine. [Reference: Hubin, p. 123. Johnson, The Dark Page (1), p. 42. Selby, Dark City: The Film Noir, 220. Silver and Ward (eds.), Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd edition), pp. 159-160].
MURDER PLUS: TRUE CRIME STORIES FROM THE MASTERS OF DETECTIVE FICTION.
New York: Pharos Books, 1992. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback original. True crime stories written by some of the great mystery writers: Jim Thompson, Dashiell Hammett, Lionel White, Day Keene, Brett Halliday, Harlan Ellison and many more.
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].
THE BRAZEN BULL.
Melbourne, London, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd, [1952]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects six stories.
THE HORRIBLE DUMMY AND OTHER STORIES.
London, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd, [1944]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A mixed collection of twenty-three stories that "... contains some of his best work." - Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-128. [Reference: Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-115. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 128. Bleiler (1978), p. 114].
LONDON STORIES: SELECTED SHORT STORIES...
[Lakewood, CO]: Centipede Press, [2012]. Octavo, cloth with pictorial front board. First edition. 200 copies printed. Introduction by Paul Duncan. Collects twenty-five stories, including noir, science fiction, and dark fantasy.
MEN WITHOUT BONES AND OTHER STORIES.
London, Melbourne, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd, [1952]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A collection of twenty-two stories including science fiction, fantasy and horror. [Reference: See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-160 (citing a different collection of thirteen stories published in 1962 under the same title). Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 242. King list, p. 390. Winter list, p. 269. Reginald 08213].
NIGHT AND THE CITY.
[Lakewood, CO]: Centipede Press, [2012]. Octavo, cloth with pictorial front board. New edition. 200 copies printed. Crime story set in the London underworld of the 1930s. Filmed twice. Includes reproductions of the film posters from the 1950 film.
ON AN ODD NOTE: SCIENCE FICTION STORIES.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1958]. Small octavo, cover art by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine 268. Paperback original. Collects thirteen stories. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-190].
SAD ROAD TO THE SEA: A COLLECTION OF STORIES.
London, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd, [1947]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects thirty-five very short stories, including some criminous, horror and dark fantasy.
NAMELESS PLACES.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1975. Octavo, jacket illustration by Tim Kirk, cloth. First edition. Anthology of original stories, some Lovecraftian. Authors include Thomas Burnett Swann, Robert Aickman, Stephen Goldin, Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell, Lin Carter, E. Hoffman Price and others. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-288.
MONEY MEN and ONE-SHOT DEAL.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1981. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Author's first book. Basis for the Wesley Snipes film "Boiling Point."