Reference
THE MAN WHO WROTE DRACULA: A BIOGRAPHY OF BRAM STOKER.
London: Michael Joseph, 1975. Octavo, boards. First edition. Written by Stoker's great nephew.
THE MIT SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY'S INDEX TO THE S-F MAGAZINES 1951-1965.
[Cambridge, MA: MIT Science Fiction Society, 1966]. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. Index and checklist of stories published in the S.F. magazines 1951-65. All English language editions with the exception of Australian magazines. It does not include Weird Fiction magazines.
THE MIT SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY'S INDEX TO THE S-F MAGAZINES 1951-1965.
[Cambridge, MA: MIT Science Fiction Society, 1966]. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. Index and checklist of stories published in the S.F. magazines 1951-65. All English language editions with the exception of Australian magazines. It does not include Weird Fiction magazines.
THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE BOOK OF LISTS.
New York: The Armchair Detective, 1989. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback original. Includes Queen's Quorum, Mystery Writers of America awards (Edgars), H.R.F. Keating's 100 best, Haycraft-Queen list, and much more.
THOMAS BURNETT SWANN: A BRIEF CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Boca Raton, Florida: The Thomas Burnett Swann Fund, College of Humanities, Florida Atlantic University, 1979. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. A bio-critical essay and useful annotated bibliography of Swann's works. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 8-84. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 426.
THE POST MODERN ARCHIPELAGO.
San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, [1997]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Collects two essays. The first, Swanwick's controversial essay on new writers of science fiction - "A Users Guide to the Post Moderns" first published in Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine (1986). The second is an essay on fantasy writers, "In the Tradition..." first published in Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine, 1994.
JIM THOMPSON: THE KILLERS INSIDE HIM.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Fedora Press, 1983. Wrappers. First edition. One of 425 numbered copies. Fine in wrappers as issued. Biographical information by Collins, an interview with Thompson's widow Alberta and first publication of the novella "This World, Then The Fireworks."
JACK VANCE: SCIENCE FICTION STYLIST.
Wabash, Indiana: Robert and Juanita Coulson, 1965. Wrappers. First edition. Printed wrappers (8 1/2 x 11 format). Bibliography compiled by Robert Briney.
THE RETURN OF THE SHADOW: THE HISTORY OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS PART ONE. (THE HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH VOLUME VI).
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1988. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Provides insight into the evolution of the sequel to the Hobbit-The Fellowship of the Ring.
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY (THROUGH 1968). VOLUMES 1 - 3.
Chicago: Advent: Publisher, Inc., 1974-1982. Large octavo, three volumes, cloth. First editions. Volumes one and two, "Who's Who and Works, A-Z," provide short biographical sketches of authors, editors, and other prominent figures in the science fiction and fantasy genres and briefly annotated checklists of their works. Book listings include first and subsequent editions in English and non-English language translations. Contents of single author collections and anthologies, as well as series descriptions are provided. Volume three, "Miscellaneous," provides checklists of magazines and paperbacks, pseudonym list, and other material. In his introduction Tuck stresses that "Who's Who and Works" compliments the 1948 Bleiler checklist and "can be considered as a sort of continuation of that book." The scope of Tuck's book is immense and, although the checklists are now several decades out of date, it is still a useful research tool. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 8-7. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 10.
SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND WEIRD FICTION MAGAZINES.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985. Octavo, cloth. First edition. "The basic reference tool for all genre magazines as of 1984. Critical/historical essays for each magazine, including details of publication history..." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 12-46.
THE WORK OF JACK VANCE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY & GUIDE.
San Bernadino, CA; Penn Valley, CA & Lancaster, PA: R. Reginald, The Borgo Press; Underwood-Miller, [1994]. Octavo, pictorial cloth. First edition, trade issue. Foreward by Robert Silverberg. Bibliography of books, short fiction, verse, non-fiction and other material with annotations. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, M166.
THE WORK OF JACK VANCE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY & GUIDE.
San Bernadino, CA; Penn Valley, CA & Lancaster, PA: R. Reginald, The Borgo Press; Underwood-Miller, [1994]. Octavo, pictorial cloth. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies, this being copy number 1, signed by Vance, Robert Silverberg (introduction), Jerry Hewett and Daryl F. Mallett. Foreward by Robert Silverberg. Bibliography of books, short fiction, verse, non-fiction and other material with annotations. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, M166.
FANTASMS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LITERATURE OF JACK VANCE.
San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood/Miller, 1978. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. 1000 copies printed. This is one of the 900 copies in wrappers.
FANTASMS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LITERATURE OF JACK VANCE.
San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood/Miller, 1978. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. 1000 copies printed. This is one of the 900 copies in wrappers.
STRANGE CASES: A SELECTIVE GUIDE TO SPECULATIVE MYSTERY FICTION.
Santa Barbara, Denver, Oxford, England: Libraries Unlimited, [2009]. Octavo, pictorial boards. First edition. Annotated guide of approximately 700 works of supernatural and speculative mysteries. Emphasis is on more current titles but classic titles are also included.
KURT VONNEGUT: FANTASIST OF FIRE AND ICE.
Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, [1972]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. First printing with price $1.00 on front cover. Brief study of Vonnegut's themes and literary technique through the publication of Slaughterhouse-Five (1969).
THE MOVIE TIE-IN BOOK: A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO PAPERBACK MOVIE EDITIONS.
Coralville, Iowa: Nostalgia Books, 1994. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Trade paperback format. Comprehensive listing of books with publisher data and market price estimates.
ALL OUR YESTERDAYS: AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION FANDOM IN THE FORTIES.
Chicago: Advent:Publishers, Inc., 1969. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Warner was an influential member of American sf fandom and historian of fanish activities during the 1940s and 1950s. This book supplements Moskowitz's THE IMMORTAL STORM for the 1940s. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 8-142.
THE ANNOTATED GUIDE TO ROBERT E. HOWARD'S SWORD & SORCERY.
West Linn, OR: Starmont House, 1976. Wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Everything you need to know.
THE LOVECRAFT COLLECTORS LIBRARY: VOLUME I - VOLUME VII.
[Madison, Wisconsin]: The Strange Company, [1979]. Large octavo, printed wrappers. New edition, i.e. second edition. Limited to 150 copies. Reprint in one volume of Wetzel's bio-bibliographic work from the early 1950s which encompasses: Volumes I & II, Selected Essays; Volumes III & IV, Selected Poetry; Volume V, the Amateur Journalist; Volume VI, Commentaries and Volume VII, Bibliographies. New material by Alain Everts and Robert Briney. Concerning the bibliography: Wetzel's work is "a landmark bibliography ... The foundation for all subsequent work in the field." - Joshi III-B-35.
THE NEW DEVIL'S DICTIONARY: CREEPY CLICHES AND SINISTER SYNONYMS.
Buffalo: Ganley, 1985. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. One of 100 signed and numbered copies.
HOW TO WRITE TALES OF HORROR, FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION.
Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books, [1987]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Articles by Ray Bradbury, William F. Nolan, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ramsey Campbell, Dean Koontz and others.
WONDER'S CHILD: MY LIFE IN SCIENCE FICTION.
[New York]: Bluejay Books Inc., [1984]. Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-x 1-276 [277-278: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], illustrations, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) 10-163.
STEPHEN KING: THE ART OF DARKNESS.
New York: Plume, 1986. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback. Signed inscription by Winter. Expanded and updated edition of the 1984 book.