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AT THE EARTH'S CORE.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1922. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-277 [278: blank] [279-282: ads], nine inserted plates with illustrations by J. Allen St. John, original gray-green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Prehistoric men and beasts are discovered in the earth's hollow interior. The first of the six novels comprising the Pellucidar series, first published as a four-part serial in ALL-STORY WEEKLY, 4 April through 25 April, 1914. Filmed in 1976 with Doug McClure in the title role. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-25; (1981) 1-29; (1987) 1-15; (1995) 1-15; and (2004) II-191. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 311. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 104. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 93-6. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02269. Heins AEC-1.
THE GATES OF DOOM.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii [ix-x][1-3] 4-321 [322: blank], original black cloth, front and spine stamped in orange. First U. S. edition, later dust jacket. Set in 18th century England, spies, plots and mistaken identities.
ICON: A RETROSPECTIVE... with LEGACY: SELECTED DRAWINGS AND OF FRANK FRAZETTA with TESTAMENT: A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE AND ART OF FRANK FRAZETTA. 3 volumes.
Grass Valley, CA: Underwood Books, 1998, 1999, 2001. 3 volumes, pictorial boards. First trade editions. All three volumes produced by Underwood Books. Besides much of his legendary work the volumes include work previously unpublished and work that has not been published in any previous Frazetta art book as well as revised works and essays about Frazetta and his art.
FRANK FRAZETTA: A RETROSPECTIVE.
New York: Alexander Gallery, [1994]. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. Catalog to commemorate the exhibition and sale of Frazetta work at the Alexander Gallery, November 1-December 10, 1994. Sketches, drawings and paintings, a comprehensive sampling of his work. A beautiful, well produced volume.
THE VAMPYRE: A BEDSIDE COMPANION.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1978]. Octavo, boards. First U. S. edition. Anthology of vampire stories from the 18th century to the early 20th century. Some material here has not been anthologized and some is newly translated to English. Includes some traditional fiction as well as folklore accounts. A lengthy seventy-three page introduction by the editor looks at the development of the vampire genre from Lord Ruthven to Count Dracula. Includes analysis of significant stories from that period and presents them in chart form.
AND AFTERWARD, THE DARK: SEVEN TALES.
Sauk City: Arkham House [Publishers, Inc.], 1977. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Seven stories with introduction by Edward Wagenknecht. Includes the science-fiction-horror hybrid, "The Flabby Men," pp. 165-222, a novella set in the future after the Earth has been poisoned by nuclear war. Mankind's fragile remaining civilization is menaced by jelly-like ocean dwelling fungoid creatures who absorb their victims. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-99.
FROM EVIL'S PILLOW.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1973. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects five stories. "...this collection demonstrates the verbal precision, meticulous attention to detail, mastery of tone and implication, and adroit narrative structuring that have established him as one of Great Britain's masters of the genre." - Barron: Horror Literature 4-84. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-84. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-76.
THE CASTLE OF IRON.
New York: Gnome Press, [1950]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Sequel to THE INCOMPLETE ENCHANTER and followed by WALL OF SERPENTS. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-106. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 491. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 7. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 279. In 333.
WISCONSIN MURDERS.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran: Publishers, [1968]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1958 copies printed. Nonfiction; accounts of Wisconsin homicides.
CARNACKI THE GHOST-FINDER.
Sauk City, WI: Mycroft and Moran, 1947. Octavo, illustration by Frank Utpatel, cloth. First U. S. edition. Adds three stories not included in the British edition (Nash, 1913). Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 3-89, Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #819. Queen's Quorum #53. Hubin, p. 407.
A PRAED STREET DOSSIER.
Sauk City, WI: Mycroft & Moran: Publisher, 1968. First edition. 2904 copies printed. Collects four articles about Solar Pons, including "The Beginnings of Solar Pons," and three Pons stories, "The Adventure of the Bookseller's Clerk," and two "The Adventure of the Snitch in Time" and "The Adventure of the Ball of Nostradamus," fantastic "off trail" stories written in collaboration with Mack Reynolds.
THE CHRONICLES OF SOLAR PONS.
Sauk City, WI: Mycroft & Moran: Publisher, 1973. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The final collection of Pons tales. Collects ten stories, foreword by Allen Hubin. Hubin, pp. 229-230.
THE CASEBOOK OF SOLAR PONS.
Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran: Publishers, 1965. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects twelve stories with a foreword by Vincent Starrett and a monograph by Michael Harrison. Hubin, pp. 229-230.
THE REMINISCENCES OF SOLAR PONS.
Sauk City: Mycroft and Moran: Publishers, 1961. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects eight Solar Pons adventures, introduction by Anthony Boucher and includes a chronology of Solar Pons stories. Hubin, pp. 229-230.
THE RETURN OF SOLAR PONS.
Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran: Publishers, 1958. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects thirteen Solar Pons adventures with in introduction by Edgar Smith. Hubin, pp. 229-230.
THE MEMOIRS OF SOLAR PONS.
Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran: Publishers, 1951. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The second collection of Solar Pons stories. Collects eleven stories with an introduction by Ellery Queen. Hubin, pp. 229-230.
"IN RE: SHERLOCK HOLMES": THE ADVENTURES OF SOLAR PONS.
Sauk City: Mycroft and Moran, 1945. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The first Solar Pons collection, twelve stories. "As pastiche goes, these are quite good, and arguably the best of their kind-- rarely has such an open copy of an original had so many impressive followers-- Solar Pons can count among his fans the likes of Ellery Queen, Vincent, Starrett and Anthony Boucher." - From an article on Solar Pons by Gregg Zullo and Kevin Burton Smith at the Thrilling Detective website. Hubin, pp. 229-230.
THE FOURTH BOOK OF JORKENS.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects thirty-three Jorkens tales. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Literature #588. See Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 3-124.
LONESOME PLACES.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, [1962]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2201 copies printed. Story collection. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 523. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-93.
OVER THE EDGE.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House: Publishers, 1964. Octavo, jacket art by Frank Utpatel, cloth. First edition. Collection of 18 unpublished stories. Includes William Hope Hodgson, H. R. Wakefield, H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Carl Jacobi, Fritz Leiber, Ramsey Cambell and others.
DWELLERS IN DARKNESS.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1976. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's final collection, stories from Weird Tales, Strange Stories, Amazing and other sources. This includes two macabre mystery stories which feature Judge Peck. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-92.
PORTRAITS IN MOONLIGHT.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1964. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's second collection of short fiction published by Arkham House. Most of the stories were first published in WEIRD TALES. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 894. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-123.
STORIES OF DARKNESS AND DREAD.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1973. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 3472 copies printed. Collection of eighteen stories. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-46.
COLONEL MARKESAN AND LESS PLEASANT PEOPLE.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House: Publishers, [1966]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2405 copies printed. Collects seventeen stories first published in Weird Tales, Strange Tales, and Strange Stories between 1930 and 1947, mostly during the period 1930 to 1939. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 530.
THE HOUNDS OF THE TINDALOS.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. Octavo, jacket illustration by Hannes Bok, cloth. First edition. The author's first book of fiction. Twenty-one stories, most first published in WEIRD TALES, UNKNOWN WORLDS and other pulps between 1924 and 1944. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 3-131. Bleiler: The Guide To Supernatural Fiction #1034.