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No Traveller Returns by John Collier (White Owl Press, 1931, 62pp, hc, na)

Of Demons and Darkness by John Collier (Corgi, 1965, FS7126, 5/-, 303pp, pb, co)     The first 37 stories of Fancies and Goodnights (Doubleday 1951). ix · The Logic of Lunacy · Moses Hadad · in 1 · Bottle Party · John Collier · ss Esquire October 1939 9 · De Mortuis · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 18 1942 16 · Evening Primrose · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 28 · Witch’s Money · John Collier · ss The New Yorker May 6 1939 40 · Are You Too Late or Was I Too Early · John Collier · ss The New Yorker April 14 1951 44 · Fallen Star · John Collier · ss Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier, Doubleday, 1951 56 · The Touch of Nutmeg Makes It · John Collier · ss The New Yorker May 3 1941 64 · Three Bears Cottage · John Collier · ss Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier, Doubleday, 1951 70 · Pictures in the Fire · John Collier · ss Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier, Doubleday, 1951 84 · Wet Saturday · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 16 1938 91 · Squirrels Have Bright Eyes · John Collier · ss The Bystander February 21 1940 97 · Halfway to Hell · John Collier · ss The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 104 · The Lady on the Grey · John Collier · ss The New Yorker June 16 1951 112 · Incident on a Lake · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 26 1941 118 · Over Insurance · John Collier · ss Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier, Doubleday, 1951 124 · Old Acquaintance · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 132 · The Frog Prince · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 138 · Season Mists · John Collier · ss (r) 146 · Great Possibilities · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 25 1941 154 · Without Benefit of Galsworthy · John Collier · ss The New Yorker March 11 1939 159 · The Devil, George, and Rosie · John Collier · nv The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 178 · Ah, the University! · John Collier · ss The New Yorker January 28 1939 182 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939 188 · Another American Tragedy · John Collier · ss The New Yorker June 1 1940 195 · Collaboration · John Collier · hu Esquire February 1940 202 · Midnight Blue · John Collier · ss The New Yorker January 22 1938 208 · Gavin O’Leary · John Collier · ss Desert Island Decameron ed. H. Allen Smith, Doubleday, Doran, 1945 217 · If Youth Knew if Age Could · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 228 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940 233 · Special Delivery · John Collier · nv Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 249 · Rope Enough · John Collier · ss The New Yorker November 18 1939 255 · Little Memento · John Collier · ss The New Yorker September 17 1938 260 · Green Thoughts · John Collier · ss The London Mercury May 1931 275 · Romance Lingers, Adventure Lives · John Collier · ss The New Yorker November 13 1937 279 · Bird of Prey · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 287 · Variation on a Theme · John Collier · ss Grayson, 1935 299 · Night, Youth, Paris, and the Moon · John Collier · ss The New Yorker January 1 1938

Pictures in the Fire by John Collier (Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958, 13/6d, 190pp, hc, co) 9 · Interpretation of a Dream · John Collier · ss The New Yorker May 5 1951 16 · And Who, with Eden… · John Collier · ss 31 · Little Memento · John Collier · ss The New Yorker September 17 1938 36 · Are You Too Late or Was I Too Early · John Collier · ss The New Yorker April 14 1951 40 · Think No Evil · John Collier · ss The New Yorker June 14 1958 58 · Incident on a Lake · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 26 1941 64 · Old Acquaintance · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 73 · Mademoiselle Kiki · John Collier · ss Nugget November 1957; revised. 83 · Without Benefit of Galsworthy · John Collier · ss The New Yorker March 11 1939 88 · Spring Fever · John Collier · ss Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier, Doubleday, 1951 96 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939 102 · Pictures in the Fire · John Collier · ss Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier, Doubleday, 1951 118 · Romance Lingers, Adventure Lives · John Collier · ss The New Yorker November 13 1937 122 · The Steel Cat · John Collier · ss Lilliput February 1941 130 · In the Cards · John Collier · ss Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier, Doubleday, 1951 136 · Wet Saturday · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 16 1938 144 · Season of Mists · John Collier · ss Esquire January 1940 152 · Over Insurance · John Collier · ss Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier, Doubleday, 1951 158 · De Mortuis · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 18 1942 165 · Ah, the University! · John Collier · ss The New Yorker January 28 1939 169 · Three Bears Cottage · John Collier · ss Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier, Doubleday, 1951 175 · Gavin O’Leary · John Collier · ss Desert Island Decameron ed. H. Allen Smith, Doubleday, Doran, 1945 185 · The Tender Age · John Collier · ss The New Yorker March 10 1956

Presenting Moonshine by John Collier (Viking Press, January 24, 1941, $2.50, 327pp, hc, co, cover by E. McKnight Kauffer) 1 · Evening Primrose · John Collier · ss 17 · Witch’s Money · John Collier · ss The New Yorker May 6 1939 35 · Green Thoughts · John Collier · ss The London Mercury May 1931 59 · Mary · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2725, July 1939 79 · Rope Enough · John Collier · ss The New Yorker November 18 1939 89 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940 97 · Variation on a Theme · John Collier · ss Grayson, 1935 115 · Old Acquaintance · John Collier · ss 127 · The Frog Prince · John Collier · ss 135 · Special Delivery · John Collier · nv 159 · Half-Way to Hell · John Collier · ss The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 169 · Bird of Prey · John Collier · ss 181 · Collaboration · John Collier · hu Esquire February 1940 191 · The Right Side · John Collier · ss The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 199 · Night! Youth! Paris! and the Moon! · John Collier · ss The New Yorker January 1 1938 207 · Another American Tragedy · John Collier · ss The New Yorker June 1 1940 217 · Bottle Party · John Collier · ss Esquire October 1939 229 · If Youth Knew if Age Could · John Collier · ss 245 · The Devil, George, and Rosie · John Collier · nv The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 273 · Squirrels Have Bright Eyes · John Collier · ss The Bystander February 21 1940 281 · Sleeping Beauty · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1938 305 · Possession of Angela Bradshaw · John Collier · ss The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 313 · The Invisible Dove-Dancer of Strathpheen Island · John Collier · ss 323 · The Chaser · John Collier · ss The New Yorker December 28 1940

Tom’s A-Cold: A Tale by John Collier (Macmillan, 1933, 320pp, hc, n.)

The Touch of Nutmeg and More Unlikely Stories by John Collier (The Press of the Readers Club, 1943, $2.00, 247pp, hc, co) v · Foreword · Clifton Fadiman · fw 1 · The Touch of Nutmeg Makes It · John Collier · ss The New Yorker May 3 1941 11 · De Mortuis… · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 18 1942 19 · Wet Saturday · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 16 1938 27 · Little Memento · John Collier · ss The New Yorker September 17 1938 33 · Mary · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2725, July 1939 47 · Midnight Blue · John Collier · ss The New Yorker January 22 1938 55 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939 63 · Evening Primrose · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 75 · The Frog Prince · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 83 · Rope Enough · John Collier · ss The New Yorker November 18 1939 91 · The Chaser · John Collier · ss The New Yorker December 28 1940 95 · The Devil, George, and Rosie · John Collier · nv The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 115 · Great Possibilities · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 25 1941 125 · Half-Way to Hell · John Collier · ss The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 133 · Possession of Angela Bradshaw · John Collier · ss The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 139 · The Right Side · John Collier · ss The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 145 · Another American Tragedy · John Collier · ss The New Yorker June 1 1940 153 · Bird of Prey · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 163 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940 169 · Night! Youth! Paris! and the Moon! · John Collier · ss The New Yorker January 1 1938 175 · Variation on a Theme · John Collier · ss Grayson, 1935 189 · Old Acquaintance · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 199 · Ah, the University! · John Collier · ss The New Yorker January 28 1939 205 · After the Ball · John Collier · nv Lovat Dickson’s Magazine November 1933 225 · Hell Hath No Fury · John Collier · ss The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934 231 · Green Thoughts · John Collier · ss The London Mercury May 1931

Variation on a Theme by John Collier (Grayson & Grayson, 1935, 10/6d, 48pp, hc, ss)

Witch’s Money by John Collier (Viking Press, 1940, 30pp, hc, ss)

Great Stories of the West: A Collection of Short Stories from West Magazine ed. Ned Collier (Doubleday, 1971, hc, an) · Champs at the Chuckabug · S. Omar Barker · ss West January 1935 · Finders Is Keepers [Flying U Ranch] · B. M. Bower · ss West July 1933, as “Finder Is Keeper” · One-Man Mule · Rollin Brown · ss West August 1933 · Sheriff’s Son · James Clarke · ss West June 1935 · Pud Ackley, Cowboy · Walt Coburn · nv West January 1933 · Brockle-Face · Bennett Foster · ss West June 11 1930 · Lin of Pistol Gap [Pistol Gap] · Ernest Haycox · nv West May 14 1930 · The Parson · James B. Hendryx · nv West January 1935 · Drake Feeds the Buzzards [Drake] · W. H. B. Kent · nv West May 1935 · Minding Their Own Business · Raymond S. Spears · ss West July 1935 · The Aska-Damn Dog · Raymond S. Spears · ss West July 22 1931 · A Lady Comes to Paradise · Edmund Ware · ss West May 1933 · A Corner in Horses · Stewart Edward White · ss Arizona Nights by Stewart Edward White, Grosset & Dunlap, 1907 · The Man with Nerve · Stewart Edward White · ss West September 1933

Dark Transformations: Deadly Visions of Change by Michael R. Collings (Starmont House, 1990, 1-55742-196-X, $8.95, 95pp, tp, co)     Collection of 25 horror poems and two stories. A hardcover edition (-197-8, $16.95) was announced but not seen. 11 · Dark Transformations · Michael R. Collings · pm 12 · Wiros · Michael R. Collings · pm 1985 13 · Wer Means Man · Michael R. Collings · ss 30 · A Midnight Shooting on the Golden State Freeway · Michael R. Collings · pm 32 · Black Dandelions · Michael R. Collings · pm 33 · Homo Lupus · Michael R. Collings · pm 37 · Crucifax · Michael R. Collings · pm The Blood Review October 1989 38 · A Midnight Horror Reading · Michael R. Collings · pm (r) 39 · The Calling of the Dead · Michael R. Collings · pm 41 · A Pound of Chocolates on St. Valentine’s Day · Michael R. Collings · nv The Blood Review January 1990 72 · On the First Outdoor Testing of a Man-Made Bacterium in a Strawberry Patch in California · Michael R. Collings · pm The Leading Edge #17, Summer 1988 73 · Insomnia · Michael R. Collings · pm 74 · The Ripper’s Daymare · Michael R. Collings · pm 77 · Fields of Starflowers · Michael R. Collings · pm 78 · When the Wordmonger Came · Michael R. Collings · pm The Leading Edge #15, Fall 1987 79 · Star Poet’s Curse · Michael R. Collings · pm 80 · I, Witness · Michael R. Collings · pm 81 · On Reading the Stories of Orson Scott Card · Michael R. Collings · pm 84 · The SoulOrgan · Michael R. Collings · pm Star*Line July/August 1986 85 · The Star-Scout Handbook · Michael R. Collings · pm Star*Line January/February 1987 86 · Bodies · Michael R. Collings · pm Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 87 · Our Gods Have Died · Michael R. Collings · pm The Blood Review October 1989 88 · Star-Pilot’s Funeral · Michael R. Collings · pm Star*Line March/April 1988 90 · Incubus · Michael R. Collings · pm 92 · Succubi · Michael R. Collings · pm Footsteps #8, November 1987 94 · Gargoyles · Michael R. Collings · pm The Leading Edge #17, Summer 1988 95 · Faces of Fear · Michael R. Collings · pm The Blood Review October 1989

Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories ed. Rex Collings (Wordsworth Classics, 1996, 1-85326-186-6, $3.95, 289pp, tp, an, cover by Caspar-David Friedrich)     Reprint (Wordsworth Editions 1993) collection of 22 horror stories, plus an appendix of three true ghost stories. Price on sticker; this appears to be a tp instant remainder. · Introduction · Rex Collings · in 1 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 13 · The Spectre of Tappington · Richard Harris Barham · nv Bentley’s Miscellany February 1837, as by Thomas Ingoldsby 35 · The Botathen Ghost · R. S. Hawker · ss All the Year Round May 18 1867 44 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 49 · The Squire’s Story · Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · ss Household Words Christmas 1853, uncredited. 63 · The Story of Mary Ancel · William Makepeace Thackeray · ss The New Monthly Magazine October 1838 79 · The Story of the Bagman’s Uncle · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, Chapman & Hall, 1837, as “The Ghosts of the Mail” 94 · To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, uncredited. 104 · An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine December 1853, uncredited. 122 · The Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ex from The House by the Church-Yard, Tinsley, 1863; originally published as Chapter 12, titled “Some Odd Facts About the Tiled House—Being an Authentic Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand”. 129 · Fisher’s Ghost · John Lang · nv Household Words #154, March 5 1853, uncredited. derived from a report by W. Kerr in Tegg’s Monthly Magazine, Aug 1836. 136 · The Traveller’s Story of a Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, as “A Terribly Strange Bed”, uncredited. 150 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1864, as “Another Past Lodger Relates His Own Ghost Story”, uncredited. 162 · Eveline’s Visitant · Miss Braddon · ss Belgravia January 1867 171 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 185 · Man-Size in Marble · E. Nesbit · nv Home Chimes December 1887 195 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1) 219 · The Haunted Dolls’ House · Montague Rhodes James · ss The Empire Review February 1923 229 · A School Story · Montague Rhodes James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911 235 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss McClure’s Magazine October 1908 248 · In the Cliff Land of the Dane · Howard Pease · ss (r) 256 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro · Appendix: Three True Ghost Stories 263 · The Story of Euphemia Hewit · James Hogg · ts (r) 270 · A Ghostly Manifestation · A Clergyman · ts (r) 280 · Correspondence on “A Ghostly Manifestation” · A Clergyman · lt (r) 284 · Ghost in the Tower · Edmund Lenthal Swifte · ts (r)