Fantasy
LITTLE, BIG.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. 1982 World Fantasy award winner. "A now recognized landmark of modern fantasy, Crowley's novel encompasses many worlds in its ambitious scope and triumphs on all counts ..." "A literate, touching and unassuming masterpiece." - Barron (ed.), Fantasy Literature, 4A-79. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-85. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels #76.
LITTLE, BIG.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first British edition. 1982 World Fantasy award winner. "A now recognized landmark of modern fantasy, Crowley's novel encompasses many worlds in its ambitious scope and triumphs on all counts ..." "A literate, touching and unassuming masterpiece." - Barron (ed.), Fantasy Literature, 4A-79. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-85. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels #76.
LITTLE, BIG.
Toronto, New York, London, Sydney: Bantam Books, [1981]. Octavo, decorated wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback original. 1982 World Fantasy award winner. "A now recognized landmark of modern fantasy, Crowley's novel encompasses many worlds in its ambitious scope and triumphs on all counts ..." "A literate, touching and unassuming masterpiece." - Barron (ed.), Fantasy Literature, 4A-79. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels #76.
LITTLE, BIG.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982. Octavo, boards. First British and first hardcover edition. 1982 World Fantasy award winner. "A now recognized landmark of modern fantasy, Crowley's novel encompasses many worlds in its ambitious scope and triumphs on all counts ..." "A literate, touching and unassuming masterpiece." - Barron (ed.), Fantasy Literature, 4A-79. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-85. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels #76.
NOVELTY.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [1989]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Collection of four short novels, "Great Work of Time" won the 1990 World Fantasy Award for best novella. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-292.
NOVELTY.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [1989]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. This copy signed by Crowley. Collection of four short novels, "Great Work of Time" won the 1990 World Fantasy Award for best novella. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-292.
NOVELTY.
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [1989]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects four short novels, "Why the Nightingale Sings at Night," "Great Work of Time," "In Blue," and "Novelty." "Great Work of Time" won the 1990 World Fantasy Award for best novella. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-292.
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF MR. MIDDLETON.
Chicago: Herbet M. Stone and Co., 1903. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Story collection, mostly mystery oriented but some fantasy/horror content.
BLACK THORN, WHITE ROSE.
New York: An AvoNova Book William Morrow and Company, Inc., [1994]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Original anthology with eighteen stories by Nancy Kress, Patricia C. Wrede, Jane Yolen, Howard Waldrop, Roger Zelazny, Peter Straub, Storm Constantine, and others.
SNOW WHITE, BLOOD RED.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., [1993]. Octavo, jacket illustration by Tom Canty, cloth backed boards. First edition. Original anthology of fairy tales for adults. Authors include Charles de Lint, Nancy Kress, Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee and others.
THE AVRAM DAVIDSON TREASURY: A TRIBUTE COLLECTION. Edited by Robert Silverberg & Grania Davis.
New York: Tor, [1998]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects thirty-seven stories. Publisher's promotional flyer letter laid in.
PEREGRINE: PRIMUS.
New York: Walker and Company, [1971]. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Sterling classical fantasy in a classical mode." - Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 4A-80. "Calling this a sword-and-sorcery novel would be technically accurate but would miss the distinctive character of the book, which is filled not only with high adventure and an epic quest but also with a fascinating setting, an early medieval world that, though it contains magic, is nonetheless close enough to our own for the reigning faith to be Christian in nature." - Barron, ed., Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-88.
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1947]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Story that was the basis for the classic 1947 Christmas film (as well as the later versions). The novella was published to capitalize on the 1947 film release.
THE CHECKLIST OF FANTASTIC LITERATURE IN PAPERBOUND BOOKS.
Denver, New York: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Publications, 1965. Wrappers. First edition. Listing by author, title date and publisher of paperback fiction of "paper-covered books with a sufficient tinge of the super-natural, or, the super-scientific as to warrant placement in the science-fantasy field" (from the information page). Includes U.S. and U.K. editions, from the early 1940s to 1964. Meant to a companion volume to his Supplemental Checklist of Fantastic Literature (1963) (which was for hardcovers), and ultimately to supplement Bleiler's checklist. A pioneering effort for paperback material.
THE SUPPLEMENTAL CHECKLIST OF FANTASTIC LITERATURE.
Denver, New York: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Publications, [1963]. Wrappers. First edition. Meant as a supplement to Bleiler's 1948 Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Extends Bleiler's then listings to 1963 and includes titles that Bleiler missed.
TALES BEYOND TIME: FROM FANTASY TO SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1973. Octavo, boards. First edition. Adventures in time and space for children.
WALL OF SERPENTS.
New York: Avalon Books, 1960. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Third volume in the "Incomplete Enchanter" series. Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 3-106.
WALL OF SERPENTS.
New York: Avalon Books, [1960]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The third volume in the adventures of Harold Shea. Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 3-106.
THE INCOMPLETE ENCHANTER.
Philadelphia: The Prime Press, [1950]. Octavo, cloth. Later edition. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-106. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 489.
TALES FROM GAVAGAN'S BAR.
New York: Twayne Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1342. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 921.
TALES FROM GAVAGAN'S BAR.
New York: Twayne Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1342. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 921.
TALES FROM GAVAGAN'S BAR.
New York: Twayne Publishers, [1953]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by De Camp on the half title page. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1342. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 921.
DEMONS AND DINOSAURS.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1970. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Poetry collection.
DEMONS AND DINOSAURS.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1970. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed by De Camp on the title page. Poetry collection.
THE PRISONER OF ZHAMANAK.
Huntington Woods, MI: Phantasia Press, 1982. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition.