Anthology
DARK THINGS.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House: Publishers, 1971. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 3051 copies printed. Original anthology with twenty-four stories by H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, Basil Copper, Robert E. Howard, Ramsey Campbell, and others. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-422. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-256.
DARK THINGS.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House: Publishers, 1971. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 3051 copies printed. Original anthology with twenty-four stories by H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, Basil Copper, Robert E. Howard, Ramsey Campbell, and others. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-422. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-256.
THE NIGHT SIDE: MASTERPIECES OF THE STRANGE & TERRIBLE ...
New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1947]. Octavo, illustrations by Lee Brown Coye, First edition. This copy signed by Nelson Bond at his story entry. Collects twenty-three stories by H. P. Lovecraft, John Metcalfe, Arthur Machen, Robert Bloch, Margery Lawrence, Ray Bradbury and others. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 527. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-257.
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 Collection of 18 unpublished stories.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.
WHO KNOCKS?: TWENTY MASTERPIECES OF THE SPECTRAL FOR THE CONNOISSEUR ...
New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1946]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-ix [x] [1-2] 3-391 [392-396: blank], original pictorial gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green. First edition, first printing with "R" monogram on copyright page. A collection of twenty stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Algernon Blackwood, A. E. Coppard, August Derleth (writing as "Stephen Grandon"), H. P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, H. R. Wakefield and others, with "foreword" and brief notes about the contributors by Derleth, and illustrations by Lee Brown Coye. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 526. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-265.
DARK MIND, DARK HEART.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House: Publishers, 1962. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Original anthology with seventeen stories by Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, William Hope Hodgson, Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft, and others. The Campbell story is his first published, when he was just 16 years old. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-347. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-255.
DARK MIND, DARK HEART.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House: Publishers, 1962. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Original anthology with seventeen stories by Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, William Hope Hodgson, Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft, and others. The Campbell story is his first published, when he was just 16 years old. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-347. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-255.
COMBAT SF.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. First edition so stated on copyright page. First edition. Collects twelve stories by Poul Anderson, Jerry Pournelle, Gene Wolfe, and others. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-859.
THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION: NINTH ANNUAL COLLECTION
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1992]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Twenty-eight stories with fiction by Brian Aldiss, William Gibson, Greg Egan, Pat Cadigan and many others. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-534.
BEST SCIENCE FICTION STORIES OF THE YEAR, SEVENTH ANNUAL COLLECTION.
New York: E. P. Dutton, [1978]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects seven stories by John Varley, Edward Bryant, Michael Bishop, George R. R. Martin, and others.
MODERN CLASSICS OF SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1992]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. Collects twenty-six stories by Damon Knight, Jack Vance, Roger Zelazny, Gene Wolfe, Joanna Russ, James Tiptree, Jr., William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Connie Willis, and others, all originally published between 1955 and 1983.
HARD-BOILED DAMES: STORIES FEATURING WOMEN DETECTIVES, REPORTERS, ADVENTURERS, AND CRIMINALS FROM THE PULP FICTION MAGAZINES OF THE 1930s.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1986]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed sheet by the editor laid in. Preface by Marcia Muller. Collects fifteen stories, all with a brief introduction. The stories are offset from the pulp appearances.
HARD-BOILED DAMES: STORIES FEATURING WOMEN DETECTIVES, REPORTERS, ADVENTURERS, AND CRIMINALS FROM THE PULP FICTION MAGAZINES OF THE 1930s.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1986]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Preface by Marcia Muller. Collects fifteen stories, all with a brief introduction. The stories are offset from the pulp appearances.
AGAIN, DANGEROUS VISIONS ...
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First printing with code "N7" on page 760. Major original anthology with forty-six fictions by Ursula K. Le Guin, Thomas M. Disch, Gene Wolfe, Kurt Vonnegut, and many others. A sequel to Ellison's classic DANGEROUS VISIONS (1967). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1335.
AGAIN, DANGEROUS VISIONS ...
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. Octavo, cloth. First edition. First printing with code "N7" on page 760. Signed by Ellison on the half title page. Major original anthology with forty-six fictions by Ursula K. Le Guin, Thomas M. Disch, Gene Wolfe, Kurt Vonnegut, and many others. A sequel to Ellison's classic DANGEROUS VISIONS (1967). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1335.
EPOCH.
New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1975]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Original anthology. Signed by Jack Vance at the head of his story, "The Dogtown Tourist Agency." Also fiction by Larry Niven, Ursula K. Le Guin, Frederick Pohl, Clifford Simak, George R. R. Martin, Joanna Russ, A. A. Attanasio and others. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1340.
LORD JOHN TEN.
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1988. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Original anthology celebrating ten years of this fine small press with short stories, essays, poetry, photographs and a play. Twenty six contributors which include Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Raymond Carver, Stan Freberg, Jim Harrison, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert B. Parker, John Updike and others.
CUTTING EDGE.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1986. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Original anthology collecting twenty stories by Peter Straub, Karl Edward Wagner, Charles L. Grant, Ramsey Campbell, Clive Barker, Robert Bloch, Whitley Strieber, and others. "... this volume is required reading for anyone tracing the current evolution of horror fiction." - Barron, ed., Horror Literature 4-344. Barron, ed., Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-423.
LORD JOHN TEN: A CELEBRATION.
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1988. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. One of 75 numbered copies specially bound in quarter leather and boards signed by Etchison and the other contributors comprising the "deluxe" issue. Original anthology celebrating ten years of this fine small press with short stories, essays, poetry, photographs and a play. Twenty six contributors which include Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Raymond Carver, James Crumley, Gerald R. Ford, Stan Freberg, Jim Harrison, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert B. Parker, John Updike and others.
LORD JOHN TEN: A CELEBRATION.
Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1988. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A miscellany of short fiction, essays, poetry and other material. Includes short stories by Etchison, Whitley Strieber, Bruce Francis, Joyce Carol Oates, Jack Dann and Barry Malzberg, Ramsey Campbell and others, an essay on the horror film by Robert Bloch, a poem by Ray Bradbury, and other contributions.
METAHORROR.
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant Publisher, Inc., [1992, i.e. 1993]. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the editor Etchison, the artist Tom Canty and twenty of the twenty-one contributors which includes David Morrell, Peter Straub, Thomas Tessier, Karl Edward Wagner, Ramsey Campbell, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and others. (Joyce Carol Oates did not sign). Mostly original anthology first published as a paperback original. The Peter Straub story "The Ghost Village" won a World Fantasy Award (1993) and the book won the same award for Best Anthology.
MOTHER WAS A LOVELY BEAST: A FERAL MAN ANTHOLOGY OF FICTION AND FACT ABOUT HUMANS RAISED BY ANIMALS.
Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chilton Book Company, [1974]. cloth. First edition. Collection of fiction by Gene Wolfe, Mack Reynolds, William L. Chester and others, with introductory essay on feral man by Farmer and extracts from his memoirs of "Lord Greystoke."
THE BEST FROM FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION 22ND SERIES.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twelve stories by Richard Cowper, Robert Bloch, Joanna Russ, John Varley, Manly Wade Wellman, and others. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 4-652.
THE BEST HORROR STORIES FROM THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1988]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-four stories by Charles Beaumont, Stephen King, Brian W. Aldiss, Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, Stephen Gallagher, Lisa Tuttle, Robert Aickman, Lucius Shepard, Manly Wade Wellman, Michael Shea, and others.
BEST GAMBLING STORIES.
London: Faber and Faber, 1961. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects thirteen stories. Includes "A Game of Bridge at Blades" from MOONRAKER by Ian Fleming. Other authors include Ernest Hemingway, Damon Runyon, Max Beerbohm, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle and others.