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THE CURSE OF DOONE.
New York: The Mystery League, Inc., Publishers, 1930. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-4] 5-6 [7-8] 9-315 [316-318: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original decorated black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green. First edition. A German spy impersonates a vampire. "THE CURSE OF DOONE is typical Horler, which is to say it is inspired nonsense ... This and Horler's other novels are high camp by today's standards. THE CURSE OF DOONE is just one of several that can be considered, for their hilarious prose, pomposity, and absurd plots, as classics of their type." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 380-81. Hubin (1994), p. 413.
THE CURSE OF DOONE.
New York: The Mystery League, Inc., Publishers, 1930. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-4] 5-6 [7-8] 9-315 [316-318: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original decorated black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green. First edition. A German spy impersonates a vampire. "THE CURSE OF DOONE is typical Horler, which is to say it is inspired nonsense ... This and Horler's other novels are high camp by today's standards. THE CURSE OF DOONE is just one of several that can be considered, for their hilarious prose, pomposity, and absurd plots, as classics of their type." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 380-81. Hubin (1994), p. 413.
THE EVIL MESSENGER.
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, [1938]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-314 [315] [316: ad], original light blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, blue end papers. First edition. "Mystery thriller of the weird and supernatural, featuring the occult detective Sebastain Quinn." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 116. Bleiler (1978), p. 102. Reginald 37850. Hubin (1994), p. 413.
THE VAMPIRE.
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd., [1935]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii 9-288 + 48-page publisher's catalogue "for the Autumn 1935" inserted at rear, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, First edition. Inscribed and signed by Horler on the front free end paper, dated in 1936. Vampire story "told in the manner of an espionage thriller ... Also included are ceremonial magic, a Black Mass, a nasty dwarf, kidnappings, plans for human sacrifice, political dirty work, stalking, and the triumph of good, but at a cost." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 842. Bleiler (1978), p. 103. Reginald 07405. Carter, The Vampire in Literature, p. 70. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 116.