Fantasy
DRAGONS AND NIGHTMARES: FOUR SHORT NOVELS.
Baltimore: Mirage, 1968. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Collects "A Good Knight's Work," "The Eager Dragon," "Nursemaid to Nightmares" and "Black Barter." Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-39.
LOST IN TIME AND SPACE WITH LEFTY FEEP.
Pacifica, California: Published by Creatures at Large, [1987]. First edition. First of a projected three volume set collecting all the Lefty Feep stories. This volume collects the first eight from FANTASTIC ADVENTURES, plus one original to this collection. Introduction by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and interview with Bloch conducted by editor John Stanley.
THE SKULL OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE: AND OTHER STORIES.
London: Robert Hale, 1975. Octavo, cloth. First British and first hardcover edition. Story collection.
A HANNES BOK SHOWCASE.
Lancaster, PA: Charles F. Miller Publisher, [1995]. Octavo, quarter leather with boards. First edition. This is copy "A" of 26 lettered copies, signed on a special limitation page by the editor Stephen Korshak and Fred Pohl who wrote the introduction. This is the deluxe leatherbound edition. Another showcase of the artists work, color and black and white.
A HANNES BOK TREASURY.
Novato, CA/Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, [1993]. Octavo, quarter leather with boards. First edition. This is copy "A" of 26 lettered copies, signed on a special limitation page by the editor Stephen Korshak and Ray Bradbury who wrote the introduction. This is the deluxe leatherbound edition. Complete retrospective of the artists work with 45 full color and 50 black and white illustrations including previously unpublished works.
NIGHTMARES AND DAYDREAMS.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1968. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2040 copies printed. Collects fourteen stories and a poem. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 229.
NIGHTMARES AND DAYDREAMS.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1968. Octavo, illustration by Ronald Clyne, cloth. First edition. Story collection, fourteen stories and a poem. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 229.
NIGHTMARES AND DAYDREAMS.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1968. Octavo, illustration by Ronald Clyne, cloth. First edition. Story collection, fourteen stories and a poem. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 229.
THE THIRTY-FIRST OF FEBRUARY.
New York: Gnome Press, [1949]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects thirteen short stories. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 228.
JEHOVAH'S DAY.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, n.d., [1928]. pp. [1-8] 1-492, original maroon cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, publisher's windmill device stamped in blind on rear panel. First edition. This novel "... conflates the mythic figure of Eryops, the Mud Puppy, who embodies the force of Evolution over aeons, and a Near Future catastrophe which destroys London." - SFE online. "... is a work of tremendous scope. The day in question had lasted for a hundred million years, from a morning of mud puppies in primordial slime to an evening of today. To quote the author, the day "is spread out in a circle, with the morning and evening running together around the edge." The foreground of the novel is a story of modern London. Behind each character is his remotest ancestor, and each is true to his type, mud puppy, horse, fish or reptile." - book review in The Scarsdale Inquirer, 12 April, 1929. Bleiler (1978), p. 27. Reginald 01630.
THE BEST FROM FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION: EIGHTH SERIES.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1949. Octavo, cloth. First edition.
THE COMPLEAT WEREWOLF: AND OTHER STORIES OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1969]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Posthumous collection of ten stories. "As the sub-title indicates, only some of these magazine pieces from the 40s are sf proper, but all are witty and enjoyable tales of the fantastic." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 75.
THE COMPLEAT WEREWOLF: AND OTHER STORIES OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1969]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Posthumous collection of ten stories. "As the sub-title indicates, only some of these magazine pieces from the 40s are sf proper, but all are witty and enjoyable tales of the fantastic." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 75. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-44. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 232. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 66. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 1119.
THE CAT'S PAJAMAS: STORIES.
[New York]: William Morrow An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2004]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories and a poem.
DARK CARNIVAL.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 3112 copies printed. The author's first book. Collects twenty-seven stories, most first appearing in magazines, sixteen from WEIRD TALES. Six stories are published here for the first time; "The Maiden," "The Emissary," "Jack-in-the-Box," "Uncle Einer," "The Night Sets," and "Next in Line." Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42.
DARK CARNIVAL.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 3112 copies printed. The author's first book. Collects twenty-seven stories, most first appearing in magazines, sixteen from WEIRD TALES. Six stories are published here for the first time; "The Maiden," "The Emissary," "Jack-in-the-Box," "Uncle Einer," "The Night Sets," and "Next in Line.". Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42.
DARK CARNIVAL.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first book. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in year of publication by Bradbury: "FOR / A. Langley Searles / WITH MY VERY BEST WISHES / FROM / RAY BRADBUY / MAY 15, 1947" Searles was a member of first fandom and founded the noted amateur magazine Fantasy Commentator, considered on the earliest fan based academic journals. Collects twenty-seven stories, most first appearing in magazines, sixteen from WEIRD TALES. Six stories are published here for the first time; "The Maiden," "The Emissary," "Jack-in-the-Box," "Uncle Einer," "The Night Sets," and "Next in Line." Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42.
DARK CARNIVAL.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first book. Collects twenty-seven stories, most first appearing in magazines, sixteen from WEIRD TALES. Six stories are published here for the first time; "The Maiden," "The Emissary," "Jack-in-the-Box," "Uncle Einer," "The Night Sets," and "Next in Line." Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #254. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-42.
DRIVING BLIND.
New York: Avon Books, [1997]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories.
THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-two stories including "The Fog Horn," "The Pedestrian," and "A Sound of Thunder." The author's fourth book. "The Fog Horn" is the source story for the film "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" (1952) and "A Sound of Thunder" was filmed in 2006. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-62. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 258.
THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-two stories including "The Fog Horn," "The Pedestrian," and "A Sound of Thunder." The author's fourth book. "The Fog Horn" is the source story for the film "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" (1952) and "A Sound of Thunder" was filmed in 2006. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-62. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 258.
A GRAVEYARD FOR LUNATICS.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Fantastic mystery set in Hollywood of the 1950s involving a young screenwriter.
A GRAVEYARD FOR LUNATICS: ANOTHER TALE OF TWO CITIES.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Fantastic mystery set in Hollywood of the 1950s involving a young screenwriter.
THE ILLUSTRATED MAN.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects eighteen stories plus prologue and epilogue, including "The Velt," "Kaleidoscope," "The Long Rain," and "Zero Hour." Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-63. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 256. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 1008-13.
LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Octavo, quarter cloth with boards. First edition. Collection of 22 stories, several original to this collection and several with variant titles from original publications. Nominated for 1977 World Fantasy Award for best collection.