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THE END OF A WORLD. Translated from the French by Jeffery E. Jeffery.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-2] 3-268 [269: colophon] [270: blank] [note: title leaf mounted on a stub], illustrations, title page printed in brown and black, original decorated yellow cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and green, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel, top edge stained green, decorated endpapers. First edition in English. Prehistoric romance recording the last cycle in the history of a community of the Cro-Magnon period. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-4. Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS, VIII (March 1981), 41. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 015. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 21 (recording a copy of the British issue). The Stuart Teitler Collection of Lost Race Fiction, p. 5. Bleiler (1978), p. 5. Reginald 00340.
HUMOUR & FANTASY.
London: John Murray, [1931]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects the following titles in one volume: Vice Versa, The Tinted Venus, A Fallen Idol, The Talking Horse, Salted Almonds and The Brass Bottle. In these collected volumes, some of which are story collections, there are stories of fantasy and horror, The Tinted Venus concerns a Greek statue that comes to life.
HUMOUR & FANTASY.
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., [1931]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects the following titles in one volume: Vice Versa, The Tinted Venus, A Fallen Idol, The Talking Horse, Salted Almonds and The Brass Bottle. In these collected volumes, some of which are story collections, there are stories of fantasy and horror, The Tinted Venus concerns a Greek statue that comes to life.
ANTHONOLOGY.
[New York]: Tor, [1985]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories including the unpleasant meat-is-murder story "In the Barn," first published in AGAIN, DANGEROUS VISIONS edited by Harlan Ellison (1972).
MACROSCOPE.
Boston: Gregg Press, [1985]. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. "Four people set out on a voyage through both inner and outer space, the cosmos and the psyche to discover the source of a signal which destroys the minds of those who attempt to use the macroscope, a machine that sees through space and time" (Survey). The four use the macroscope, an alien artifact in Earth orbit to leave the Solar System and travel to the destroyer station (an artificial planet) which is actually one of the "guardian stations placed in space by an infinitely superior alien race to prevent any species from ruining themselves or others with advanced technology before they are mature enough morally to resist the temptations of galactic conquest ... Although not an allegory in the strictest sense of the term, MACROSCOPE is a novel constructed upon varied interpretations of the concept of unity ... [It] is a novel with a vast sweep that combines ideas and epic action in a way that typifies the most ambitious and exhilarating science fiction ... [It] is a complex, exciting book to read ..." (Survey). 1970 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-32. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 221. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1308-11.
THE EERIE BOOK.
London: J. Shiells & Co., 1898. Tall octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-4] 5-211 [212: colophon] [note: inserted plates are included as part of publisher's pagination], fifteen inserted plates with illustrations by W. B. Macdougall, title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial white buckram, front and spine panels stamped in black, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition, first issue. Collects sixteen stories and extracts from longer works by Edgar Allan Poe, Catherine Crowe, Mary Shelley, and others. "The three stories by Mrs. Crowe ... come from her GHOSTS AND FAMILY LEGENDS (1858), which is almost impossible to find." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 41. Bleiler (1978), p. 10. Reginald 00490.
THE GRIM CARETAKER.
London: Strothers Bookshop's Ltd, n.d., [1944]. Octavo, pp. [1-2: front covers] [3] 4-49 [50] [51-52: rear cover] pictorial wrappers. First edition. The second of three paperbacks published in 1944 featuring Lucian Carolus, Professor of Archaeology and scholar of the supernatural, an occult investigator in the vein of Hodgson’s Thomas Carnacki. In this book Carolus investigates a case of demonic possession at an isolated English estate. Highlights include a mysterious manservant with mesmeric powers and a battle with possessed mouse. Good pulp fun of the period. THERE WERE NO ASPER LADIES, the first Carolus adventure involves a case of vampirism and the final Carolus title, UNCANNY ADVENTURES, is a collection of 5 short stories which include werewolves and devil worshippers. Day, The Checklist of Fantastic Literature in Paperbound Books, p. 3. Reginald 00531. Hubin (1994), p. 32. Not in Bleiler.
THERE WERE NO ASPER LADIES.
London: The Mitre Press, n.d., [1944]. Octavo, pp. [1-3] 4-126 [127-128: ads], pictorial wrappers. First edition. "The first of the Lucian Carolus occult detective stories, a full-length novel of vampirism." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 23. Bleiler (1978), p.11. Reginald 00532. Hubin (1994), p. 32.
A TASTE OF TREASURE.
New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1966]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition.
ISSAC ASIMOV'S TOMORROW'S VOICES. Collected by the Editors of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
New York: The Dial Press / Davis Publications, Inc., [1984]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Original anthology collecting fifteen stories by Jayge Carr, David Brin, Mary R. Gentle and others, and a poem by Bruce Boston.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER SCIENCE.
New York: Publishers' Fiscal Corporation, 1930. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Cover painting by H.W. Wesso. Features stories by David R. Sparks, Harl Vincent and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER SCIENCE.
New York: Publishers' Fiscal Corporation, 1930. Octavo, cover painting by Wesso[lowski], pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Captain S.P. Meek, Harl Vincent and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER SCIENCE.
New York: Publishers' Fiscal Corporation, 1930. Octavo, cover painting by Wesso[lowski], pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Captain S.P. Meek, Harl Vincent and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER SCIENCE.
New York: Publishers' Fiscal Corporation, 1930. Octavo, cover painting by Wesso[lowski], pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. The second issue. Stories by Victor Rousseau, Harl Vincent, Hugh B. Cave and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER SCIENCE.
New York: The Clayton Magazines, Inc., 1933. Octavo, single issue, cover painting by Wesso[lowski], pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Murray Leinster cover story. The penultimate Clayton issue. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER SCIENCE.
New York: Publishers' Fiscal Corporation, 1930. Octavo, cover painting by Wesso[lowski], pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Victor Rousseau, Ray Cummings, L.A. Eshbach and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER SCIENCE.
New York: Publishers' Fiscal Corporation, 1930. Octavo, cover painting by Wesso[lowski], pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Victor Rousseau, Ray Cummings, L.A. Eshbach and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103.
THE JUDAH LION CONTRACT.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1972. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Fawcett # T2608. Paperback original. A Joe Gall spy thriller. Joe Gall is a ruthless free-lancer called "The Nullifer."
THE WHITE WOLVERINE CONTRACT.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1971. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Fawcett # T2508. Paperback original. A Joe Gall spy thriller. Joe Gall is a ruthless free-lancer called "The Nullifer."
THE DEVIL TREE OF EL DORADO.
New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, [1897]. Octavo, original brown cloth stamped in gold and bronze to front cover and spine. First edition. Lost race novel. "Youthful explorers find a lost city in Venezuela on Mount Raraima, the same site Conan Doyle was to use in The Lost World." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 1-5.
THE LOST.
[London]: HarperCollins Publishers, [1996]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Vampire novel set in Transylvania. "An atmospheric variation on the vampire theme that pays homage to Stoker's DRACULA..." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-15.
THE TALISMAN.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1999. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 600 copies. Horror novel.
TRAIN'S TRUST: A WESTERN STORY.
New York: Chelsea House, 1926. Octavo, cloth. First edition.
THE MAGIC MAN: AND OTHER SCIENCE-FANTASY STORIES.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1965]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Fawcett Gold Medal d1586. Paperback original. Collect eighteen stories, introduction by Ray Bradbury, afterword by Richard Matheson.
YONDER.
New York: Bantam Books, [1958]. First edition. Bantam Books A1759. Collects 15 stories, two of which had appeared in Playboy (one of the top fiction markets of the day), and one short screenplay. The author attained success quickly but was struck down in his early 30s by a mysterious illness that aged him grotesquely. His output nevertheless remains impressive. While the publisher's blurb compares him to Poe, Saki and John Collier, it seems safe at least to class him with (to mention true comparables) Fritz Leiber, Avram Davidson, Ray Bradbury and Frederic Brown.