Horror
THE SHADOW ON THE BLIND AND OTHER GHOST STORIES. Introduction by Richard Dalby and John Pelan.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 2001. Octavo, cloth. Enlarged edition. Limited to 500 copies. Reprints nine stories from the scarce 1895 edition and one additional that was unpublished.
CRASH.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1973]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed bookplate by the author laid in. Filmed in 1996 by David Cronenberg with James Spader and Holly Hunter. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-16.
THE WASP FACTORY.
London: Macmillan, [1984]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first book. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-19. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 90.
THE WASP FACTORY.
London: Macmillan, [1984]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first book. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-20. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 90.
A BOOK OF GHOSTS ...
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. London: Methuen & Co., [1904]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-383 [384: printer's imprint], eight inserted plates with illustrations by D. Murray Smith, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. First U.S. edition. The U.S. edition was made up from sheets of the British edition with a Putnam title leaf replacing the Methuen one. Collects twenty-one stories. "Collection of ghost stories, some dating back to the 1850s. Most are slight tales of apparitions; the most interesting are 'Pomps and Vanities,' a tale of possession; and 'The Merewigs,' a farce in which persons who made no spiritual progress in their last incarnation must now haunt the British Museum." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 2-6. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 26-7. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 97. Bleiler (1978), p. 15. Reginald 00865.
A BOOK OF GHOSTS. Introduction by Richard Dalby.
Penyffordd, Chester: Ash-Tree Press, 1996. Octavo, cloth. Enlarged edition. Limited to 400 copies. Collects the twenty-one stories published in the 1904 Methuen edition and adds two other supernatural tales by Baring- Gould, "A Dead Man's Teeth" and "The Old Woman of Wesel," and a new 13- page introduction by Richard Dalby. "Collection of ghost stories, some dating back to the 1850s. Most are slight tales of apparitions; the most interesting are 'Pomps and Vanities,' a tale of possession; and 'The Merewigs,' a farce in which persons who made no spiritual progress in their last incarnation must now haunt the British Museum." - Barron (ed), Horror Literature 2-6. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 26-7. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 97. Bleiler (1978), p. 15. Reginald 00865.
BOOKS OF BLOOD V.
Santa Cruz: Scream/Press, 1989. Octavo, imitation leather. First thus. One of 333 numbered copies signed by Barker and artist Harry O. Morris.
BOOKS OF BLOOD Volumes 4-6 (three books).
London and Sydney: Sphere Books Limited, [1985]. Small octavo, three books, pictorial wrappers. First editions. Paperback originals. Each volume signed by Barker to "Tim [Underwood]" and date 30th July 1985. The second set of three volumes of short fiction. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-21.
THE BOOKS OF BLOOD, VOLS. 1 & 2.
London: Sphere, 1984. Octavo, Hardcover. First combined edition & First hardcover edition. Signed by Barker.
CABAL.
New York, London, Sydney, Toronto, Tokyo: Poseiden Press, [1988]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition, trade issue. Signed inscription by Barker on the title page. Comprises the title novella and four short fictions (these four comprise volume 6 of the Books of Blood). Cabal was filmed as NIGHTBREED. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-21.
THE DAMNATION GAME.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1985]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed inscription by Barker on the title page. The author's first novel. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-23. Jones & Newman: Horror: 100 Best Books #95.
THE DAMNATION GAME.
New York: An Ace / Putnam Book Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1987]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. Signed by the author on the half-title page. The author's first novel. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-23. Jones & Newman: Horror: 100 Best Books #95.
THE DAMNATION GAME.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1985]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first novel. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror 6-23. Jones & Newman: Horror: 100 Best Books #95.
IN THE FLESH.
New York: Poseidon Press, 1986. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Published in Britain as BOOKS OF BLOOD, VOL. 5.
IN THE FLESH.
New York: Poseidon Press, 1986. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Published in Britain as BOOKS OF BLOOD, VOL. 5.
THE INHUMAN CONDITION.
New York: Poseidon Press, 1986. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Signed by the author. Published in Britain as BOOKS OF BLOOD, VOL. 4.
THE INHUMAN CONDITION.
New York: Poseidon Press, 1986. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Published in Britain as BOOKS OF BLOOD, VOL. 4.
THE INHUMAN CONDITION.
New York: Poseidon Press, 1986. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Published in Britain as BOOKS OF BLOOD, VOL. 4.
WEAVEWORLD.
New York: Poseidon Press, [1987]. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance reader's copy, uncorrected proof. Signed inscription by Barker in 1987 on the title page. Barron (ed.): Horror Literature 4-23. Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 4A-18.
THE FACE AND THE MASK.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, [1895]. Small octavo, pp. [1-4] [1] 2-250 [251: ads] [252: blank], five inserted plates with illustrations by A. Hencke, original pictorial green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in silver, silver top edge, other edges untrimmed. First U.S. edition. A scarce collection of short fiction including "The Doom of London," a catastrophe story, and "The Great Pegram Mystery, a Sherlock Holmes parody. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-8 and (1981) 1-14. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 101. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 126 and 127. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 046. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 28. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 55. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 55. Bleiler (1978), p. 16. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 51.
FAREWELL MISS JULIE LOGAN: A WINTRY TALE.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-103 [104-106: blank]. cloth. First U.S. edition, later printing. Later printing of the first U.S. edition, Scribner's colophon is present on the copyright page, but no "A". Supernatural story with hint of vampirism. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction # 1752.
BEST OF BEAUMONT.
Toronto, New York, London, Sydney: Bantam Books, [1982]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Collect twenty-two stories, including several previously unpublished. Introduction by Ray Bradbury, afterword by Christopher Beaumont.
THE HUNGER: AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: Bantam Books, [1959]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam Books A 1917. Collects seventeen stories.
THE MAGIC MAN: AND OTHER SCIENCE-FANTASY STORIES.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1965]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Fawcett Gold Medal d1586. Paperback original. Collect eighteen stories, introduction by Ray Bradbury, afterword by Richard Matheson.
DREAMS AND DAYLIGHTS.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Story collection with some supernatural and fantasy content.