Reference
FANTASTIC LIVES: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS BY NOTABLE SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS.
Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, [1981]. Octavo, pp. [i-vii] viii-xi [xii-xiv] 1-215 [216-218: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], cloth. First edition. Collection of eight autobiographical essays by Harlan Ellison, Philip Jose Farmer, R. A. Lafferty, Katherine MacLean, Barry N. Malzberg, Mack Reynolds, Margaret St. Clair, Norman Spinard, and A. E. van Vogt. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) 10-169.
WHO'S WHODUNIT.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1969. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Pseudonym index for writers of detective, mystery and crime fiction.
ALTERNATE WORLDS: THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION.
Englewood Cliffs, N. J. Prentice-Hall, Inc., [1975]. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. Large oversize (coffee-table book) volume, profusely illustrated history of science fiction from the earliest days. "A readable and concise popular history..." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 8-62. Winner of a special Hugo Award in 1976.
ALTERNATE WORLDS: THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION.
Englewood Cliffs, N. J. Prentice-Hall, Inc., [1975]. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. Large oversize (coffee-table book) volume, profusely illustrated history of science fiction from the earliest days. Gunn, award-winning SF author and respected literary scholar, devoted many years to collecting the often rare photographs that compliment the highly readable text. "A readable and concise popular history..." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 8-62. Winner of a special Hugo Award in 1976.
SCIENCE FICTION BOOK REVIEW INDEX 1974-1979.
Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1981. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Volume two in Hall's series, the first covering the years 1923-1973. Research aid listing sources of book reviews.
PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS: THE NOVELS OF DASHIELL HAMMETT.
Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, [1985]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Study of each of Hammett's novels as detective fiction and literature.
A LIST OF THE ORIGINAL APPEARANCES OF DASHIELL HAMMETT'S MAGAZINE WORK.
N.p. The Kent State University Press, [1968]. Octavo, cloth. First edition.
THE NECRONOMICON FILES: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE LEGEND.
[Mountain View, CA]: Night Shade Books, [1998]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Investigation of the history of the Necronomicon.
AGE OF WONDERS: EXPLORING THE WORLD OF SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Walker and Company, [1984]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Exploration of the appeal of SF by one of the most important editors of modern science fiction. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 8-66.
GRUMBLES FROM THE GRAVE ...
New York: Ballantine Books, [January 1990, i.e. November 1989]. Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-xviii, [1-2] 3-281 [282-283] [284-286: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], illustrations, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A selection of letters written by Heinlein between 1939 and 1972, mainly to his editors (including John W. Campbell) and his longtime agent Lurton Blassingame. Appendixes include "Cuts in Red Planet" and "'Postlude' to Podkayne of Mars–Original Version." Edited, with "A Short Biography of Robert A. Heinlein" and other material, by Virginia Heinlein.
SHADOWS OF IMAGINATION: THE FANTASIES OF C. S. LEWIS, J. R. R. TOLKIEN AND CHARLES WILLIAMS...
Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press. London and Amsterdam: Feffer & Simons, Inc., [1979]. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-vii [viii-ix] x-xvii [xviii-xx] 1-190 [191-196: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], cloth. First printing of the enlarged edition. Collects thirteen essays by Chad Walsh, Hillegas, and others, enlarged by inclusion of a new essay, "The Wonder of The Silmarillion," by Peter Kreeft.
RUNES OF AHRH EIH ECHE [cover title].
[Lamoni, Iowa: Jonathan Bacon, 1976.]. Large octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-38 [39-40] [note: pagination includes covers], pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. This copy signed by Jonathan Bacon. Prints the texts of twenty-six letters by Howard as well as his article, "Ghost Camp of Colorado," the latter first published here in a book.
SELECTED LETTERS 1923-1930 and SELECTED LETTERS 1931-1936. Edited by Glenn Lord with Rusty Burke and S. T. Joshi. [Two volumes].
[West Warwick, Rhode Island]: Necronomicon Press, [1989 & 1991]. Octavo, two volumes, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First editions. Collects letters to Tevis Clyde Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and others.
SELECTED LETTERS 1923-1930 and SELECTED LETTERS 1931-1936. Edited by Glenn Lord with Rusty Burke and S. T. Joshi. [Two volumes].
[West Warwick, Rhode Island]: Necronomicon Press, [1989 & 1991]. Octavo, two volumes, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. Collects letters to Tevis Clyde Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and others.
DARK VALLEY DESTINY: THE LIFE OF ROBERT E. HOWARD.
[New York]: Bluejay Books Inc., [1983]. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-402 [403-406: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], cloth. First edition. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 8-34.
THE DARK BARBARIAN: THE WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD. A CRITICAL ANTHOLOGY.
Westport, Connecticut, London, England: Greenwood Press, [1984]. Octavo, pictorial cloth. First edition. A collection of eight essays by Fritz Leiber, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Glenn Lord and others that trace the major themes of Howard's writings, including westerns, supernatural fiction, poetry and humor. Includes checklists of material by and about Howard and overview and checklist the remnants of his personal library at Howard Payne College. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 8-36.
THE MISCAST BARBARIAN: A BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT E. HOWARD (1906-1936).
Saddle River, NJ: Gerry de la Ree, 1975. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Of 900 copies this is one of 770 paperbound.
THE LAST CELT: A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT ERVIN HOWARD.
West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, 1976. Large octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-416, illustrations, facsimilies, cloth. First edition. To date the definitive reference tool for the study of Howard and his writings. The work is divided into four sections: autobiography (collecting several pieces written over a lapse of years); biography (five essays by H. P. Lovecraft, E. Hoffmann Price and others); bibliography (listing books, contributions to books and periodicals, index to verse, fiction, articles and letters, unpublished fiction and verse, translations, etc.); and miscellanea (texts of unpublished material, facsimiles of letters, a fanzine, map, etc.).
THE CONAN GRIMOIRE.
Baltimore, MD: The Mirage Press, 1972. Octavo, jacket illustration by Berni Wrightons, illustrations by Roy G. Krenkel, George Barr, Tim Kirk and others, cloth. First edition. 1500 copies printed. Essays and articles by Howard, Leiber, de Camp, Poul Anderson and others on heroic fantasy with emphasis on the writings of Robert E. Howard.
THE CONAN SWORDBOOK: 27 EXAMINATIONS OF HEROIC FICTION...
Baltimore, MD: The Mirage Press, 1969. Octavo, illustrations by Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel, Gray Morrow and others, cloth. First edition. 1500 copies printed. Essays and articles by Howard, Leiber, de Camp, Poul Anderson and others on heroic fantasy with emphasis on the writings of Robert E. Howard.
DARK VALLEY DESTINY: THE LIFE OF ROBERT E. HOWARD.
[New York]: Bluejay Books, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 1,000 numbered copies signed by the De Camps. Biography of Robert E. Howard.
DARK VALLEY DESTINY: THE LIFE OF ROBERT E. HOWARD.
[New York]: Bluejay Books, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 1,000 numbered copies signed by the De Camps. Biography of Robert E. Howard.
BICENTENNIAL TRIBUTE TO ROBERT E. HOWARD.
Yorba Linda, CA: George T. Hamilton, 1976. Octavo, jacket art by Stephen Fabian, wrappers. First edition. Includes several short article, an interview with Stephen Fabian, copies of letters to R.E.H., and a Howard short, "The Return of the Sorcerer."
ARTHUR RACKHAM: HIS LIFE AND WORK.
New York: Scribners, 1975. Octavo, Hardcover. Reprint. Contains a revised checklist from the previous publication in 1960. Also reprinted in 1973. Contains many tipped in color reproductions.
LOST IN THE RENTHARPIAN HILLS: SPANNING THE DECADES WITH CARL JACOBI...
Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, [1985]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Biography with two appendices, the first an extensive bibliography (pages 76-119), the second facsimile reproductions of fifteen letters from August Derleth, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith and others. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 8-34. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 354.