Story Collection (single author)
EARLY HARVEST.
Cambridge, MA: The NESFA Press, 1988. Octavo, boards. First edition. Of a limitation of 800 copies this is one of 225 numbered copies signed by Bear and artist David Mattingly. Anthology of work, fiction and non-fiction, specially prepared for the Boston science fiction convention (Boskone 25).
THE COLLECTED STORIES OF GREG BEAR.
New York: Tor, [2002]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-four stories, each with an introduction by Bear, including "Blood Music," "Sleepside Story," "Hardfought" and others. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-91.
EARLY HARVEST.
Cambridge: The NESFA Press, 1988. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Of 800 numbered copies this is one of 575 unsigned. Anthology of work, fiction and non-fiction, specially prepared for the Boston science fiction convention (Boskone 25).
TANGENTS.
[New York]: Warner Books, [1989]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Collects ten stories, including two, "Blood Music" and "Tangents," that won both Hugo and Nebula awards. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-42.
THE VENGING.
London: Legend, 1992. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Prints the contents of THE WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN and two other stories not included in the Arkham House book.
THE WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN.
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first printing. Six short novels and stories, two of which were Nebula nominees.
THE WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN.
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first printing. White label signed by Bear affixed to front free end paper. Six short novels and stories, two of which were Nebula nominees.
THE WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN.
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Six short novels and stories, two of which were Nebula nominees.
THE WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN.
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. Second edition. Six short novels and stories, two of which were Nebula nominees.
THE WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN.
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., [1983]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 250 copies distributed by Bear with a numbered bookplate signed by Bear, interior artist Dennis Neal Smith and jacket artist Vincent Di Fate tipped in on front free end paper, this plate not numbered but lettered, "W." This is the first copy we have encountered lettered, it is not known but perhaps 26 lettered copies done. Six short novels and stories, two of which were Nebula nominees.
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.
YONDER.
New York: Bantam Books, [1958]. First edition. Bantam Books A1759. Collects 15 stories, two of which had appeared in Playboy (one of the top fiction markets of the day), and one short screenplay. The author attained success quickly but was struck down in his early 30s by a mysterious illness that aged him grotesquely. His output nevertheless remains impressive. While the publisher's blurb compares him to Poe, Saki and John Collier, it seems safe at least to class him with (to mention true comparables) Fritz Leiber, Avram Davidson, Ray Bradbury and Frederic Brown.
CHARLES BEAUMONT: SELECTED STORIES.
Arlington Hts., Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1988. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collection of twenty-nine stories and novel extract (THE INTRUDER, chapter 10), five previously unpublished, edited by Roger Anker, seventeen with introductions by Ray Bradbury, Dennis Etchison, Richard Matheson, Harlan Ellison, and others. Winner of the 1989 Bram Stoker Award for best collection. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-27.
THE HUNGER AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1957]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first book. Collects seventeen stories, of which eight are printed here for the first time. Classic collection by one of the major contributors to "The Twilight Zone" TV series. Signed inscription by Beaumont on the front free endpaper: "For Bill Froug -- / Here's to softened / lines, pure exposition, / and devious dialogue! / Chuck Beaumont." Beaumont wrote for most of the episodic television shows in the early to mid 1960s, but "The Twilight Zone" was clearly his favorite, with 22 scripts. Similarly, Bill Froug was an active producer on many shows in the early '60s, but had a particularly strong connection to "The Twilight Zone," producing, by coincidence, 22 shows. The two would work together on two episodes: "Queen of the Nile" (6 March 1964) and "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" (24 January 1964). A remarkable association copy, acquiring special poignance through Beaumont's early death at age 38, just ten years after the publication of this book. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 110. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 27. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-12. King list, p. 389. Winter list, p. 268. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-27.
THE HUNGER AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1957]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first book. Collects seventeen stories, of which eight are printed here for the first time. Classic collection by one of the major contributors to "The Twilight Zone" TV series. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 110. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 27. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-12. King list, p. 389. Winter list, p. 268. See Barron (ed), Horror Literature 4-27.
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 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.
MATTER'S END.
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1994]. Octavo, frontispiece by Frank Kelly Freas, full leather, a.e.g. First hardcover edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Benford. Collects twenty-one stories. Introduction by James Gunn. Part of the Easton press signed first edition series.
VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE.
New York: George H. Doran Company, [1923]. Octavo, cloth. First U. S. edition. Story collection with some of the author's best horror fiction. Bleiler: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #142. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-17.
VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE.
London: Hutchinson and Co., n.d., [1923]. Octavo, pp. [i-ii] iii [iv-vi] 7-288 + 40-page publisher's catalogue "for the Autumn, 1923" inserted at rear, original blue cloth, front panel stamped in black and blind, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Collection of short horror fiction; twelve stories including "The Horror Horn" and the vampire story "Mrs. Amworth." "Probably Benson's most famous collection." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 142. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 31-2. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-17. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 31. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-17. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 67. Bleiler (1978), p. 21. Reginald 01137.
VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE.
London: Hutchinson and Co., n.d., [1923]. Octavo, pp. [i-ii] iii [iv-vi] 7-288 + 40-page publisher's catalogue "for the Autumn, 1923" inserted at rear, original blue cloth, front panel stamped in black and blind, spine panel stamped in black. First edition. Collection of short horror fiction; twelve stories including "The Horror Horn" and the vampire story "Mrs. Amworth." "Probably Benson's most famous collection." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 142. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 31-2. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-17. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 31. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-17. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 67. Bleiler (1978), p. 21. Reginald 01137.
BASIL NETHERBY.
London: Hutchinson & Co. Publishers) Ltd., n.d., [1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-211 [212: blank] + 20-page publisher's catalogue "for the Autumn, 1926" at rear, original burgundy cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. Two previously unpublished novellas discovered by E. F. Benson among his late brother’s papers, both of which deal with the lingering influence of a dead student of the black arts. In “Basil Netherby,” the titular character is a musician whose personality has undergone a significant change since he has taken up residence at Treheale, an isolated rural estate. Netherby’s previously unremarkable compositions have become complex, unbridled celebrations of all that is sensual and passionate in life, and his friend from college, Leonard Ward, fears that Netherby has been possessed by the restless spirit of the former owner of the manor. Narrated by John Hartley, a journalist, “The Uttermost Farthing” recounts Hartley’s adventures with Hector Bendyshe at Hebden Hill, a large Sussex estate, whose former owner, Hugh Faulkner, was believed to have used black magic to kill members of the local village who held him in contempt because of his checkered past. Hartley and Bendyshe investigate various paranormal occurrences at Hebden Hill, which culminate in a confrontation with Faulkner’s ghost over a hidden journal detailing Faulkner’s experiments in the occult. Both novellas are beautifully written and contain excellent period detail about architecture and landscapes, but each novella, particularly “The Uttermost Farthing,” is marred by a somewhat saccharine ending of love and redemption that does not logically follow from the genuine scenes of terror, some quite well done, that precede it. Bleiler (1978), p. 20. Reginald 01117. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 136. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-9.
THE ISLES OF SUNSET.
London: Isbister & Company, 1904. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-3] 4-307 [308: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], title page printed in red and black, original pictorial blue cloth, front panel stamped in black, gray, yellow and white, spine panel stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. Collection of mostly supernatural fiction. "...Benson's wild, elemental imagery and his sure sense of atmosphere make these tales worth searching for..." - Tymm (ed.): Horror Literature 3-12. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 106. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 28-31. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-11. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 63. Bleiler (1978), p. 20. Reginald 01120.
THE ROOM IN THE TOWER AND OTHER STORIES ...
London: Mills & Boon, Limited, [1912]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] vii [viii] 1-338 [339-344: ads] + 32-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, original maroon cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on rear panel, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. Benson's first collection of ghost stories. "By far the best of his four books of ghost stories, this contains seventeen tales, each almost too well-rounded to fault." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 30. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 32. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-17. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 139. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature, p. 81. Penzoldt, The Supernatural in Fiction, p. 257. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3-15. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 67. Bleiler (1978), p. 21. Reginald 01134.