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The Necromancers by R. H. Benson (Sphere, December 1974, 0-7221-1615-2, 55p, 235pp, pb, n.) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult]     Reprint (Hutchinson 1909) occult novel. Volume 20 in the series.

Ice Cold ed. Raymond Benson & Jeffery Deaver--- see under Jeffery Deaver.

Collected Short Stories by Stella Benson (Macmillan & Co., 1936, 7/6d, 303pp, hc, co) · The Awakening · Stella Benson · ss The Bookman December 1925 · Christmas Formula · Stella Benson · ss (r) · Desert Islander · Stella Benson · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1930 · A Dream · Stella Benson · ss (r) · Hairy Carey’s Son · Stella Benson · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1929 · Hope Against Hope · Stella Benson · ss (r) · Man Who Fell in Love with the Co-operative Stores · Stella Benson · ss (r) · The Man Who Missed the ’Bus · Stella Benson · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1929 · On the Contrary · Stella Benson · ss Hope Against Hope by Stella Benson, Macmillan, 1931 · Out-Islander Come In · Stella Benson · ss (r) · Story Coldly Told · Stella Benson · nv Asia January 1934 (+1) · Submarine · Stella Benson · vi Harper’s Magazine September 1929 · Tchotl · Stella Benson · ss (r)

The Man from the Tunnel and Other Stories by Theodora Benson (Gollancz, 1950, 10/6d, 271pp, hc, co) · The Man from the Tunnel · Theodora Benson · ss John Bull October 23 1948 · The Lion and the Prey · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · The Funeral Feast · Theodora Benson · ss Penguin Parade #7, 1940 · The Childishness of Mr. Mountfort · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · A Nice Fright · Theodora Benson · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2750, April 1941 · Not by Bread Alone · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · The Man with the Phony Tin Foot · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · The White Sea Monkey · Theodora Benson · ss The (London) Evening News March 8 1947 · Harry Was Good to the Girls · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · Shakespeare’s Elderly Bore · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · The White Cock · Theodora Benson · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 3 1938 · In the Fourth Ward · Theodora Benson · ss · The Frog and the Lion · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · Door Marked Exit · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · The Bones of A.T. Stewart · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · Yes-Girl · Theodora Benson · ss Britannia and Eve April 1939 · To-Morrow Is Another Day · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · A Long Time Ago · Theodora Benson · ss (r) · The Golden Fish · Theodora Benson · ss The Grand Magazine February 1940

Texas Roundup ed. Herman F. Benthul & Clara Jo Bridges (Noble and Noble, 1965, hc, an)     A seventh-grade textbook containing primarily factual material, but also with verse by S. Omar Barker, excerpts from such Western authors as Mark Twain, J. Frank Dobie, Will C. Brown, and Eugene Cunningham. Contents not known.

Texas Roundup ed. Herman F. Benthul, Ph.D. & Mrs. Clara Jo Bridges (Noble and Noble, Publishers, Inc., January 1965, 372pp, hc, an)     A seventh-grade textbook containing primarily factual material, but also with verse by S. Omar Barker, excerpts from such Western authors as Mark Twain, J. Frank Dobie, Will C. Brown, and Eugene Cunningham. v · Preface · [uncredited] · pr · Unit I: The Echoing Land—An Introduction 1 · What “Texas” Means to Me · Boyce House · ar Texas Treasure Chest by Boyce House, Naylor, 1956 4 · The Hill Country of Texas · Orrel T. Baldwin · ar (r) 6 · Divide Texas? Never! · Colonel Guy M. Bryan · ar The Dallas Morning News 10 · Out Where the West Begins · Arthur Chapman · pm The American Magazine June 1916 11 · The Eyes of Texas · Carol Hoff · pl (r) 26 · The Wind · P. A. Clapper · ar Texas Treasure Chest by Boyce House, Naylor, 1956 29 · Writing the Weather Report · Larry Grove · ar The Dallas Morning News · Unit II: A Land of Treasure and Mystery 33 · Jim Bowie’s Lost Silver Mine · Jim Koethe · ar Dallas Times Herald 41 · Buried Treasure on Padre Island · Jim Koethe · ar Dallas Times Herald 53 · The Mystery of the Palo Duro · J. Frank Dobie · ts Coronado’s Children by J. Frank Dobie, The Southwest Press, 1930 63 · Tailypo · John Harrington Cox · ss from “Negro Tales from West Virginia”, The Journal of American Folklore v47, 1937 · Unit III: Tall Tales of Texas 71 · Judge Roy Bean: Law West of the Pecos · Myron W. Tracy · ar Straight Texas ed. J. Frank Dobie & Mody C. Boatright, The Texas Folklore Society, 1937 78 · Gib Morgan: Oil Operator [Gib Morgan (The Oil Field Liar)] · Mody C. Boatright · vi Adventure December 1944, as “Gib as Operator” 86 · Jack Potter’s Courtin’ · S. Omar Barker · pm Ranch Romances 1st October 1941 88 · A Genuine Texas Plug · Mark Twain · ss (r) 97 · Tex Dorsey Sells a Herd of Cattle · [uncredited] · ss (r) 104 · In a Hollow Tree with a She Bear · J. Frank Dobie · ss I’ll Tell You a Tale by J. Frank Dobie, Little Brown, 1960 · Unit IV: Animal Fancy 112 · The Fight with a Mexican Lion · O. Henry · ss (r) 123 · To a Jack Rabbit · S. Omar Barker · pm Argosy Allstory Weekly January 15 1927 124 · The White Mustang · Anne Malcolmson · ss Yankee Doodle’s Cousins by Anne Malcolmson, Houghton Mifflin, 1941 130 · The Origin of the Painted Ponies · Anne Malcolmson · ss Yankee Doodle’s Cousins by Anne Malcolmson, Houghton Mifflin, 1941 · Unit V: Texas Rangers 138 · The Texas Rangers · Marjory E. Bradshaw · pm (r) 139 · The Ranger Gets His Gun · Walter Prescott Webb · ts The Story of the Texas Rangers by Walter Prescott Webb, Grosset & Dunlap, 1957 147 · The Texas Rangers in Quest of a Dog · Walter Prescott Webb · ts The Story of the Texas Rangers by Walter Prescott Webb, Grosset & Dunlap, 1957 153 · Bigfoot Wallace and the Hickory Nuts · J. Frank Dobie · ss I’ll Tell You a Tale by J. Frank Dobie, Little Brown, 1960 166 · Fearless Red’s Happy Birthday · Eugene Cunningham · ss (r) · Unit VI: Indian Lore 195 · Indian Children · Annette Wynne · pm (r) 196 · Do Not Ask Us to Give Up the Buffalo · Ten Bears · ar (r) speech delivered at Medicine Lodge Creek in 1867. 199 · Sam Houston and the Indians of Texas · [uncredited] · ar (r) 202 · Kidnapped by the Indians · J. W. Wilbarger · ts (r) 210 · His Mother’s Picture · Zoe A. Tilghman · ss (r) 216 · Indians in Texas · Emma Mae Brotze · ar (r) · Unit VII: Patriots and Statesmen 223 · The Men of the Alamo · James Jeffrey Roche · pm Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1888 228 · Davy Crockett’s Adventure with a Cougar · Davy Crockett · ts (r) 241 · Jim Bowie’s Courtship · C. L. Douglas · ss James Bowie: The Life of a Bravo by C. L. Douglas, Banks Upshaw and Company, 1944 253 · Dick Dowling and the Battle of Sabine Pass · A. E. Lehmberg · ts (r) 259 · Jim Hogg—“Native Son” · Herman F. Benthul · ss (r) 271 · Sul Ross—Texas Hero · Walter B. Moore · ar (r) · Unit VIII: Adventurers and Pioneers 275 · The Spanish Flag First Flies Over Texas · Francisco Coronado · ts (r) 285 · When the French Flag Waved Over Texas · Francis Parkman · ar (r) 304 · Dreamers on Horseback · Karle Wilson Baker · pm (r) 306 · Pioneer Trails · Betty Warner · pm (r) · Unit IX: Cowboys and Cow Trails 309 · The Cowboy’s Life · James Barton Adams · pm (r) 310 · The Tenderfoot · Carl Sandburg · pm (r) 312 · Oliver Loving, The First Trail Driver · Grace Miller White · ar Frontier Times April 1942 329 · Buffalo Hunting · Theodore Roosevelt · ar St. Nicholas December 1889 339 · Trail Man’s Bluff · Will C. Brown · ss Argosy April 1951 349 · The Last Trail Drive · Will C. Brown · ss Zane Grey’s Western Magazine January 1953, as “Drive to Glory” 371 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

Trent Intervenes by E. C. Bentley (Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1938, 7/6d, 274pp, hc, co) [Philip Trent]     Knopf, 1938. 3 · The Genuine Tabard [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine January 1938, as “Trent and the Genuine Tabard” 25 · The Sweet Shot [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine March 1937 43 · The Clever Cockatoo [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine July 1914 70 · The Vanishing Lawyer [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine August 1937, as “Trent and the Vanishing Lawyer” 89 · The Inoffensive Captain [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine March 1914 113 · Trent and the Fool-Proof Lift [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss (r) 134 · The Old-Fashioned Apache [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine May 1937 156 · Trent and the Bad Dog [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine September 1937 175 · The Public Benefactor [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss (r) 195 · The Little Mystery [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss (r) 216 · The Unknown Peer [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine February 1938, as “Trent and the Unknown Peer” 236 · The Ordinary Hairpins [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine October 1916

Second Century of Detective Stories ed. E. C. Bentley (Hutchinson, 1938, 761pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · E. C. Bentley · in 17 · The Thirteenth Card [Sir Jasper Slane] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Collier’s October 5 1929 41 · The Mannering Murder [Dr. Cedric Dodd] · Kenneth Livingston · nv The Dodd Cases by Kenneth Livingston, Methuen, 1933 87 · The Case of Jacob Heylyn [Anthony Slade] · Leonard R. Gribble · nv Many Mysteries ed. E. Phillips Oppenheim, Rich & Cowan, 1933 109 · The Brown Sandwich · St. John Ervine · ss The Story-teller February 1933 127 · The Unpunishable Crime · John Brophy · ss (r) 141 · The Man on Ben Na Garve · H. H. Bashford · ss The Strand Magazine February 1933 153 · The Little More · J. J. Bell · nv The Strand Magazine December 1929 169 · The Cat Burglar [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly November 6 1926 203 · The Man with No Face [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face” 237 · The Oxford Mystery [Supt. Henry Wilson] · G. D. H. & Margaret I. Cole · nv Superintendent Wilson’s Holiday by G. D. H. & Margaret Cole, Collins, 1928 267 · The Perishing of the Pendragons [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Pall Mall Magazine June 1914 289 · The Black Veil [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · nv The London Magazine September 1929 317 · The Problem of Thor Bridge [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1922 (+1) 347 · The Motive · Ronald A. Knox · ss The Illustrated London News November 17 1937 365 · The Ashley Case · George Goodchild · ss (r) 381 · Concerning My Lady’s Diamonds [Christopher Hazzard] · Richard Keverne · na (r) 423 · The Stolen Ingots [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine July 1922 453 · The Disappearance of Marie Severe [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Eyes of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, 1923 487 · Smash and Grab [Constable John Bragg] · Henry Wade · ss Here Comes the Copper by Henry Wade, Constable, 1938 509 · The Sunningdale Murder [Oliver Rater] · Edgar Wallace · ss Pall Mall Magazine December 1927 525 · The Case of the Distressed Lady [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Cosmopolitan August 1932 541 · The Mystery of the Duke of Berrisford [Quentin Quayne] · F. Britten Austin · nv The Strand Magazine September 1924 573 · Error at Daybreak [Colonel March] · Carter Dickson · nv The Strand Magazine July 1938 593 · The Unknown Peer [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss The Strand Magazine February 1938, as “Trent and the Unknown Peer” 611 · The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Snowden’s Lady’s Companion November 1842 (+2) 665 · The End of Count Rollo · Eden Phillpotts · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1925 689 · Crime in Miniature · Frank King · nv Detective Fiction Weekly January 2 1937, as “Miniature Crime” 709 · The Inevitable Flaw · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1929 723 · The Adventure of the Seven Black Cats [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Mystery October 1934, as “The Black Cats Vanished” 751 · The Great Detective · Stephen Leacock · ss The Novel Magazine October 1911, as “Maddened by Mystery”

Chain of Witnesses: The Cases of Miss Phipps by Phyllis Bentley (Crippen & Landru, January 2015, 978-1-936363-08-7, $19.00, 288pp, tp, co) [Miss Phipps] [edited by Marvin Lachman]     A hardcover edition (-07-0, $29.00) was announced but not seen. In the “Lost Classics” series. · Author in Search of a Character [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Woman’s Home Companion July 1937, as “The Missing Character” · The Crooked Figures [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss (r) · The Significant Letter [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss (r) · The Incongruous Action [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss (r) · The Spirit of the Place [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss (r) · Chain of Witnesses [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #126, May 1954 · A Telegram for Miss Phipps [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1956 · Miss Phipps Goes to School [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1957 · A Midsummer Night’s Crime [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1961 · Miss Phipps Improvises [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1961 · Message in a Bottle [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1962 · Miss Phipps Discovers America [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1963 · Miss Phipps Goes to the Hairdresser [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1967 · Miss Phipps and the Nest of Illusion [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1969 · Miss Phipps Exercises Her Metier [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1971 · Miss Phipps on the Telephone [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1973

Horror Anthology ed. Syd Bentlif (Mayflower, 1965, 3720, 3/6d, 126pp, pb, an) 9 · Left Luggage · Elizabeth Jane Howard · nv We Are for the Dark by Elizabeth Jane Howard & Robert Aickman, Cape, 1951 28 · Silence · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Baltimore Book, a Christmas and New Year’s Present ed. W. H. Carpenter & T. S. Arthur, Bayly & Burns, 1838, as “Siope—A Fable” 32 · The Dwarf · Ray Bradbury · ss Fantastic January/February 1954 46 · The Nice Boys · Isabel Colegate · ss 67 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 73 · The Uncommon Prayer Book · M. R. James · ss The Atlantic Monthly June 1921 90 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 111 · The Terror of the Twins · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette November 6 1909 119 · Marmalade Wine · Joan Aiken · ss Suspense (UK) September 1958

The Stories in Between: A Between Books Anthology ed. Jeanne B. Benzel, W. H. Horner & Greg Schauer (Fantasist Enterprises, January 5, 2010, 978-0-9713608-8-4, $18.00, xvi+284pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Foreword · Joseph Gangemi · fw xiii · Introduction · Greg Schauer · in xvi · The Wrestler and the Spear Fisher · Lawrence M. Schoen · ss; illustrated by Marcella Harte 14 · Beneath Between · Lawrence C. Connolly · ss; illustrated by Nathaniel G. Sawyers 28 · Dr. Time · Maria V. Snyder · ss; illustrated by Mickey Freed 41 · Swift Decline · Gregory Frost · ss 42 · Squeeze Me · Don Bethman · ss 60 · Short Fuse [Murphy’s Lore] · Patrick Thomas · ss; illustrated by Blair Webb 74 · Blood Alone · John Passarella · nv; illustrated by Don Bethman 116 · Beyond Imagine · Mike McPhail · ss; illustrated by Brian Thomas 130 · Appetite · Jonathan McGoran · ss; illustrated by Mike Oreszczyn 143 · Doctor Nine · Jonathan Maberry · nv Killers ed. Colin Harvey, Swimming Kangaroo Books, 2008 154 · My Grandfather Was Adolf Hitler’s Roommate · Henry Long · nv; illustrated by Mickey Freed 192 · Janey in Amber · Jeffrey J. Mariotte · ss; illustrated by Nathaniel G. Sawyers 206 · Vedran · Jonathan Carroll · ss; illustrated by Joe del Tufo 214 · The Devil You Don’t · Danielle Ackley-McPhail · ss; illustrated by Blair Webb 236 · The Dungeon Out of Time · Walter Ciechanowski · ss; illustrated by Allen Koszowski 254 · The Wonderous Boundless Thought · C. J. Henderson · ss; illustrated by Nora Schaefer 264 · Proverbs of Hell · Catherynne M. Valente · ss; illustrated by Burt Hopkins 274 · An Afterword in Sequential Art: “The Legacy of Between Books” · Steve Ressel · ar