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ALIEN FLESH.
Philadelphia: Oswald Train, 1977. Octavo, illustrated by Stephen Fabia, cloth. First edition. Introduction by E. Hoffman Price. Dark fantasy novel of man transformed into a beautiful woman via sorcery in Egypt with the undertone sensuality and decadence. Expanded from the short story “Lynne Foster Is Dead!”, Weird Tales, November 1938.
THE PHANTOM-FIGHTER ...
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran: Publishers, 1966. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2022 copies printed. The first collection of stories featuring occult detective Jules de Grandin, ten stories, all first published in WEIRD TALES between 1925 and 1935. "Weak pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales ... [with] recklessly plundered motifs from many sources without any real attempt at consistency." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 4-123. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-163. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1362. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 811-6. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-191.
THE PHANTOM-FIGHTER...
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran: Publishers, 1966. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2022 copies printed. The first collection of Jules de Grandin stories, ten in volume, all first published in WEIRD TALES 1925-1935. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-163. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1362. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 811-6. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-191.
ROADS ...
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1948. Octavo, illustrations by Virgil Finlay, cloth. First trade (and first hardcover) edition. 2137 copies printed. Signed by artist Virgil Finlay on the front free endpaper. Quinn's first book (reprinting what is perhaps his best short story) first published in book form in 1938 as a paperbound Christmas booklet. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 5-265. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-309. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1361. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 53. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-192.
ROADS.
N.p. Conrad H. Ruppert, Christmas 1938. pp. [1-4] 5-47 [48: blank] [note: first page is headed "Christmas, 1938 / Dear Friends:"], decorated cream and olive green wrappers printed in red and black, stapled. First edition. Quinn's first book, printed for private distribution in an edition of less than 100 copies. This novella, perhaps Quinn's best story, first appeared in the January 1938 issue of WEIRD TALES. An imaginative Santa Claus fable by the most popular and the most prolific contributor to WEIRD TALES. A commercial edition was produced by Arkham House in 1948. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 5-265. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-309. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1361. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 53. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-192.
ROADS.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1948. Octavo, illustration by Virgil Finlay, cloth. First trade (and first hardcover) edition. 2137 copies printed. The author's first book (reprinting what is perhaps his best short story) first published in book form in 1938 as a paperbound Christmas booklet. Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 3-309. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 53.
WEIRD CRIMES AND SERVANTS OF SATAN.
[Shelburne, Ontario, Canada]: The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 1998. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collection of a series of thirteen true crime articles written for Weird Tales in the 1920s. The first group of stories are weird crimes gathered from European cases. Introduction by Peter Ruber.