Story Collection (single author)
THE SKULL OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE: AND OTHER STORIES.
London: Robert Hale, 1975. Octavo, cloth. First British and first hardcover edition. Story collection.
TALES IN A JUGULAR VEIN.
New York: Pyramid Books, [1965]. Small octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Pyramid R-1139. Paperback original. Signed by Bloch on the inside front cover. Collects ten stories of terror, mystery and suspense.
SOMETIMES THEY BITE.
New York: Arbor House, [1983]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Signed by the author. Short story collection.
THE BRAINS OF RATS.
Los Angeles: Scream /Press, 1990. Octavo, cloth. First edition.
THE BRAINS OF RATS.
[Los Angeles: Scream Press], 1989. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Pre-publication edition. Limited to 200 copies printed for distribution at the 1989 World Fantasy Convention and followed by the published issues of the book. The author's second book and first collection of short fiction. Collects twelve stories, five of which appear in print for the first time herein. Introduction by Michael McDowell. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-139.
THE BRAINS OF RATS.
Los Angeles: Scream /Press, 1990. Octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Blumlein and artist T. M. Caldwell. The author's second book and first collection of short fiction. Collects twelve stories, five of which appear in print for the first time in this volume. Introduction by Michael McDowell. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-139.
NIGHTMARES AND DAYDREAMS.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1968. Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2040 copies printed. Collects fourteen stories and a poem. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 229.
NIGHTMARES AND DAYDREAMS.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1968. Octavo, illustration by Ronald Clyne, cloth. First edition. Story collection, fourteen stories and a poem. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 229.
NIGHTMARES AND DAYDREAMS.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1968. Octavo, illustration by Ronald Clyne, cloth. First edition. Story collection, fourteen stories and a poem. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 229.
NO TIME LIKE THE FUTURE.
New York: Avon Publications, Inc., [1954]. Small octavo, cover by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Avon T-80. Signed inscription by Bond on the title page. Collects twelve stories.
NO TIME LIKE THE FUTURE.
New York: Avon Publications, Inc., [1954]. Small octavo, cover by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Avon T-80. Signed inscription by Bond on the title page. Collects twelve stories.
THE THIRTY-FIRST OF FEBRUARY.
New York: Gnome Press, [1949]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects thirteen short stories. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 228.
THE COMPLEAT WEREWOLF: AND OTHER STORIES OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1969]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Posthumous collection of ten stories. "As the sub-title indicates, only some of these magazine pieces from the 40s are sf proper, but all are witty and enjoyable tales of the fantastic." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 75. 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.
FAR AND AWAY: ELEVEN FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION STORIES.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Octavo, cover art by Richard Powers, cloth. First edition. Story collection. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-24. Richard Powers jacket art.
MAXWELL'S DEMONS.
New York: Baronet Publishing Company, [1988]. Octavo, cover illustration by Ken Barr, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Trade paperback format. Collection of novellas, short fiction and essays.
DARK ANN AND OTHER STORIES...
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., [1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-333 [334: blank] [335-342: ads] [343-344: blank], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in light blue. First edition. Mixed collection of short fiction with several supernatural stories, including the title story, “very nicely told with a good balance of sentiment and restraint” (Bleiler) and “The Accident,” “… a neat posthumous fantasy” (Barron) and “… a skillful handling of an old theme” (Bleiler). Ashley, Who’s Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 41. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-33. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 246. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 50-1. Bleiler (1978), p. 28. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 95. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 90.
DARK ANN AND OTHER STORIES...
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., [1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-333 [334: blank] [335-342: ads] [343-344: blank], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in light blue. First edition. Mixed collection of short fiction with several supernatural stories, including the title story, “very nicely told with a good balance of sentiment and restraint” (Bleiler) and “The Accident,” “… a neat posthumous fantasy” (Barron) and “… a skillful handling of an old theme” (Bleiler). Ashley, Who’s Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 41. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-33. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 246. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 50-1. Bleiler (1978), p. 28. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 95. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 90.
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, Wisconsin: 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.
THE LAST BOUQUET: SOME TWILIGHT TALES.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, [1933]. Octavo, pp.[i-iv] v [vi-viii] 1-348 [349-352: ads], original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green, top edge stained green. First edition. Bowen’s own selection of her best supernatural and horror stories, fourteen in all, many reprinted from earlier books that are virtually unobtainable. Five stories are first collected in this volume--"The Last Bouquet," "The Lady Clodagh," "Madam Spitfire," "The Hidden Ape," and "Elsie’s Lonely Afternoon." Regardless of the time periods in which her stories are set, Bowen’s supernatural fiction situates horror within the complex interplay among sexuality, desire, and romance. Focusing on women who find themselves at the mercy and whims of a patriarchal culture, Bowen’s protagonists are primarily repressed spinsters, abused wives, jilted lovers, and vengeful widows, characters whose frustrated passions often result in madness and violence. Highlights in THE LAST BOUQUET: SOME TWILIGHT TALES include “The Avenging of Ann Lette” (murderer brought to justice by his own astral projection), “Kecksies” (a horrific tale of rape perpetrated by a reanimated corpse), “Florence Flannery” (brilliant reworking of the demon lover theme involving a carnivorous giant fish), and “Madam Spitfire” (villainous widow’s evil plans thwarted by the ghost of her husband). Aside from being championed by Edward Wagenknecht and Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Bowen has never quite received the attention or the critical acclaim that is her due. She is one of the finest writers of supernatural fiction of the first half of the 20th century, and she belongs on the shelf beside M. R. James, Oliver Onions, and Edith Wharton. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-33. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 131. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 50-1. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 96. Bleiler (1978), p. 28. Reginald 01702.
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.
NO GOOD FROM A CORPSE.
[Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications], 1999. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects the author's crime fiction, eight pieces written between 1943-45 and one from 1957. Introduction by Ray Bradbury, afterword by Michael Connelly.
THE CAT'S PAJAMAS: STORIES.
[New York]: William Morrow An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2004]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collects twenty-one stories and a poem.
THE CAT'S PAJAMAS: STORIES.
[New York]: William Morrow An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2004]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Jacket illustration by Bradbury. Collects twenty-one stories and a verse.