Horror
YESTERDAY KNOCKS. Introduction by Patricia and Lionel Fanthorpe.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 2003. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Ghost stories in the vein of M.R. James. This volume collects all eleven of the author's ghost stories, the first five which appeared in a privately printed volume with the same title.
THE COMPLEAT WEREWOLF AND OTHER STORIES OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1969]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects ten stories. 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.
NEPHELE.
New York: New Amsterdam Book Co., 1896. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A Bleiler title, a ghost story. Barron (ed.) Fantasy Literature 2-20.
THE BISHOP OF HELL.
London: The Bodley Head, 1949. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A collection of twelve stories including the nasty "Kecksies" and other excellent tales selected by Bowen as her personal favorites with perceptive introduction by Michael Sadleir. "...one of the great supernatural writers of this century." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 50-1. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 41. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 247. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-33. See Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-41.
BLACK MAGIC: A TALE OF THE RISE AND FALL OF ANTICHRIST.
London: Alston Rivers, Ltd., 1909. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vi [1-2] 3-390 [391: blank] [392: ad] [note first leaf is a blank preceding half title leaf] + 24-page publisher's catalogue for Autumn 1908 inserted at rear, verso of half title leaf and recto of title leaf printed in black and green, original pictorial gray cloth, front panel stamped in gold, black and blue, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. The author's first weird novel. "... a rousing historical melodrama in which the sorceress Ursula becomes Pope Joan, and very nearly the Antichrist. It remains one of the best diabolist thrillers." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 50. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-32. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 23. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 245. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 38. Bleiler (1978), p. 28. Reginald 01698.
KECKSIES AND OTHER TWILIGHT TALES.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, [1976]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4391 copies printed. Collects twelve stories. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 248. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-41. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-33.
KECKSIES AND OTHER TWILIGHT TALES.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, [1976]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4391 copies printed. Collects twelve stories. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 248. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-41. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-33.
KECKSIES AND OTHER TWILIGHT TALES.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, [1976]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 4391 copies printed. Collects twelve stories. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 248. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-41. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-33.
TWILIGHT AND OTHER SUPERNATURAL ROMANCES. Introduction by Jessica Amanda Salmonson.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1998. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Collection of supernatural stories edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson.
TWILIGHT AND OTHER SUPERNATURAL ROMANCES. Introduction by Jessica Amanda Salmonson.
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1998. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Signed by Salmonson on the title page. Collects seventeen stories, two previously unpublished, and an article describing Bowen's own ghostly experience.
KATASTROPHE.
[New York]: HarperCollins Publishers, [2000]. Octavo, boards. First edition. In regressing a person to a past life, he channels Adolf Hitler. The author's first book.
THE CIRCUS OF DR. LAO AND OTHER IMPROBABLE STORIES.
New York: Bantam Books, [1956]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Bantam Giant A1519. Collects the title novella by Charles G. Finney and eleven stories by Nigel Kneale, E. B. White, Roald Dahl, Shirley Jackson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Loren Eiseley, and others. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 263.
DANDELION WINE.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Author's first novel. Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 4A-44. Pringle: Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels #19.
DANDELION WINE...
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo. cloth. First edition. "A bucolic evocation of Bradbury's youth through rose-colored glasses. Though not strictly fantastic, this poetic blend of nostalgia and ever-so-slightly macabre happenings defines the author's view of the past as a country of the bizarre and the wonderful, and is central to Bradbury's fantasy world." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-44. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 19.
DARK CARNIVAL.
Springfield, PA, Gauntlet Publications, 2001. Octavo, cover painting by Ray Bradbury, leatherette. First limited and expanded edition. One of 700 numbered copies, signed by Bradbury and by Clive Barker (who writes the afterword). New edition, first limited, of Bradbury's first book. Edited by Donn Albright, nine page new introduction by Bradbury. This edition also includes four stories, contemporary to the rest of the contents but not in the original edition, archival material and an afterword by Clive Barker. Wrap around dust jacket is an original painting by Bradbury. 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. 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. 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. Inscribed and signed by Bradbury on the front free end paper. Also laid in is a post card signed by Bradbury from 1949 addressed to Don Day. 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.
A MEMORY OF MURDER.
[New York]: A Dell Book, [1984.]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Dell 15559. Paperback original. Collects fifteen stories first published in the 1940s in the detective and horror pulps.
THE OCTOBER COUNTRY.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Octavo, illustrations by Joe Mugnaini, original red cloth, lettered in black. First edition. Currey binding 'B', second state-BB logo printed corrected at base of spine. This title reprints the contents of Dark Carnival, most with revisions and includes four stories collected for the first time. See Barron: Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #259.
THE OCTOBER COUNTRY.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Octavo, illustrations by Joe Mugnaini, original red cloth, lettered in black. First edition. Currey binding 'B', first state, logo inverted at base of spine. This title reprints the contents of Dark Carnival, most with revisions and it also includes four stories collected here for the first time. See Barron: Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #259.
THE OCTOBER COUNTRY.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Octavo, Illustrated by Joe Mugnaini, original red cloth, lettered in black. First edition. Currey binding 'B', first state, logo inverted at base of spine. This title reprints the contents of Dark Carnival, most with revisions and it also includes four stories collected here for the first time. See Barron: Horror Literature 3-34. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #259.
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. Octavo, cloth. First edition. "...remains the quintessential Bradbury fiction." – Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1769-73. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-45. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-51.