Fantasy
THE NEW GULLIVER OR TRAVELS IN ATHOMIA ...
Westminster: The Roxburghe Press, Limited, n.d., [1897]. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-x [xi] xii-xiii [xiv-xvi] [1] 2-160, sixteen plates with illustrations by T. P. Collings, title page printed in green, original pictorial tan cloth, front, spine and rear panels stamped in red and navy blue, all edges untrimmed, brown coated endpapers. First edition. The narrator, a professor of natural sciences, is shrunk to insect size and encounters pleasure and peril while exploring his garden. "A sugarcoated natural history lesson." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 72. Bleiler (1978), p. 64. Reginald 04521.
THE GILDED CHAIN.
[New York]: Avon Eos, [1998]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Advance uncorrected proof. Fantasy novel.
THE CHARWOMAN'S SHADOW.
London & New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. Octavo. original blue cloth, spine and front panels stamped in gold. First edition. Signed by Dunsany on the front free end paper. One of the author's best fantasies. "An excellent fantasy in the tradition of George MacDonald." - Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 3-117. Tymm: Fantasy Literature pp. 79.
THE FOURTH BOOK OF JORKENS.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First U. S. edition. Collects thirty-three Jorkens tales. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Literature #588. See Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 3-124.
THE FOURTH BOOK OF JORKENS.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1948. Octavo, cloth. First U. S. edition. Collects thirty-three Jorkens tales. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Literature #588. See Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 3-124.
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.
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.
THE GODS OF PEGANA, TIME AND THE GODS, THE SWORD OF WELLERAN, A DREAMERS TALES, THE BOOK OF WONDER, THE LAST BOOK OF WONDER.
New York: John W. Luce & Company, n.d., [1917]. Octavo, six volumes, each illustrated by Sidney H. Sime, cloth backed boards. Later printings, the "Gift Edition." The first volume has an eight line poem in Dunsany's hand and all volumes signed by him on the half title page.
JORKENS BORROWS ANOTHER WHISKEY.
London: Michael Joseph, [1954]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The fifth and last of the Jorkens books. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 592. See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-124. See Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1508-09.
TIME AND THE GODS.
London & New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. Large octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-2] 3-232 [233-236: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], double flyleaves at front and rear, ten inserted plates with illustrations by Sidney H. Sime, original vellum-backed orange cloth, front, spine and rear panels ruled in gold, leather label lettered and ruled in gold affixed to spine panel, t.e.g., fore and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled endpapers. Limited edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Dunsany with each plate signed by artist Sidney H. Sime. A deluxe edition of Dunsany's second book, first published in 1906 by William Heinemann. New "preface" by Dunsany dated 19 October 1922. See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-118. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 574. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 75. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, p. 77. Bleiler (1978), p. 66. Reginald 04631. Anderson I.2.c.1.
A FISH DINNER IN MEMISON...
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1941. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 998 numbered copies. A prequel to MISTRESS OF MISTRESSES (1935). The second book of the unfinished Zimiamvian trilogy. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-126. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 320. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature V, pp. 2206-13. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, pp. 86-7.
A FISH DINNER IN MEMISON...
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1941. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 998 numbered copies. A prequel to MISTRESS OF MISTRESSES (1935). The second book of the unfinished Zimiamvian trilogy. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-126. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 320. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature V, pp. 2206-13. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, pp. 86-7.
STYRBIORN THE STRONG.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1926]. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 15-256 [257-260: blank] [Note: text complete despite gap in pagination], illustrated by Keith Henderson, original black cloth, front and spine stamped in gold, publisher's device stamped in blind on rear panel, top edge stained blue. First edition. Adventure novel based on Norse saga with Styrbiorn son of the Swedish King Olaf.
BORN TO EXILE.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1978. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Fantasy novel.
BORN TO EXILE.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1978. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Fantasy novel.
ANGRY CANDY.
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1988. Octavo, full decorated leather. First edition. Limited edition (quantity not stated) bound in full green leather with inserted leaf signed by Ellison. The Easton Press signed edition preceded the Houghton Mifflin trade edition by a week. Collects seventeen stories. Includes "Paladin of the Lost Hour," Hugo Award winner for best novelette, 1974. This same story's teleplay won Ellison a Writer's Guild of America Award (for the Twilight Zone episode in 1987). Also includes "Soft Monkey" an Edgar Award winning short story, 1988. This volume also won the World Fantasy Award for best collection. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-374.
ELLISON WONDERLAND.
[London]: Millington, [1979]. Octavo, boards. First trade hardcover edition. Preceded by the British Science Fiction Book Club edition. Signed on the title page by Ellison. Collects sixteen stories from magazine sources. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 608.
LOVE AIN'T NOTHING BUT SEX MISSPELLED: TWENTY-TWO STORIES ...
New York: Trident Press, [1968]. Octavo, jacket by Diane and Leon Dillon, cloth backed boards. First edition. Twenty-two stories, some non-genre. "There is racial madness, abortion and death, desperate loneliness here as the author presents All the Sounds of Fear.Ellison writes with an earnest vitality. Not a flabby sentence in the lot, as he pursues lost gods and ever present demons. Good." - Kirkus review, 5/1/68.
LOVE AIN'T NOTHING BUT SEX MISSPELLED: TWENTY-TWO STORIES ...
New York: Trident Press, [1968]. Octavo, jacket by Diane and Leon Dillon, cloth backed boards. First edition. Twenty-two stories, some non-genre. "There is racial madness, abortion and death, desperate loneliness here as the author presents All the Sounds of Fear.Ellison writes with an earnest vitality. Not a flabby sentence in the lot, as he pursues lost gods and ever present demons. Good." - Kirkus review, 5/1/68.
LOVE AIN'T NOTHING BUT SEX MISSPELLED: TWENTY-TWO STORIES ...
New York: Trident Press, [1968]. Octavo, jacket by Diane and Leon Dillon, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Ellison to fellow author Tom Disch: "For Tim Disch-- / with awe. / Harlan Ellison / 22 Jan 76 / NYC." A fine association. Twenty-two stories, some non-genre. "There is racial madness, abortion and death, desperate loneliness here as the author presents All the Sounds of Fear.Ellison writes with an earnest vitality. Not a flabby sentence in the lot, as he pursues lost gods and ever present demons. Good." - Kirkus review, 5/1/68.
NO DOORS, NO WINDOWS.
Baltimore: Borderlands Press, 1991. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Ellison. Contents as per 1975 Pyramid Books edition; introduction (here revised and expanded) and sixteen stories.
SHATTERDAY.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A bookplate signed by Ellison limited to 1000 numbered copies is laid in. Collects sixteen stories. Includes "Jeffty is Five," Nebula Award winner, 1977 and Hugo Award winner, 1978 for best short story. The story also won the 1999 online Locus poll as best short story of all time. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-206.
SHATTERDAY.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Ellison on the title page. Publisher's two page promotional letter laid in. Collects sixteen stories. Includes "Jeffty is Five," Nebula Award winner, 1977 and Hugo Award winner, 1978 for best short story. The story also won the 1999 online Locus poll as best short story of all time. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-206.
STALKING THE NIGHTMARE.
Huntington Woods, Michigan: Phantasia Press, 1982. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 700 numbered copies signed by Ellison. Collects sixteen stories and four essays.
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.