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Ghosts and Family Legends: A Volume for Christmas by Mrs. Crowe (Thomas Cautley Newby, December 1858, 10/6d, vii+339pp, hc, oc)     Collection of 14 ghost stories. v · First Part: Round the Fire v · Preface · Catherine Crowe · pr 1 · First Evening · Catherine Crowe · ss; listed in the Table of Contents as containing “The Lover’s Farewell” and “The Appointment Kept”. 19 · Second Evening · Catherine Crowe · ss; listed in the Table of Contents as containing “The White Cat”, “Passing Spirits” and “The Garde Chasse”. 43 · Third Evening · Catherine Crowe · ss; listed in the Table of Contents as containing “The Carrier”. 63 · Fourth Evening · Catherine Crowe · ss; listed in the Table of Contents as containing “Rehearsals, &c.” and “Prophetic Dreams”. 81 · Fifth Evening · Catherine Crowe · ss; listed in the Table of Contents as containing “The Vigil”, “The Strange Dog” and “The Scotch Minister”. 93 · Sixth Evening · Catherine Crowe · ss; listed in the Table of Contents as containing “The Radiant Boy”, “The Prediction”, “Haunted Houses” and “The Justification”. 111 · Seventh Evening · Catherine Crowe · ss; listed in the Table of Contents as containing “The German Inn” and “The Benighted Traveller”. 135 · Eighth Evening · Catherine Crowe · ss; listed in the Table of Contents as containing “My Own Visit to a Haunted House”, “Mr. G.’s Adventure” and “Conclusion to First Part”. 149 · Appendix · Catherine Crowe · lt; subtitled in the Table of Contents “Autograph Letters Communicating Personal Experiences Addressed to the Author”. 173 · Second Part: Legends of the Earthbound 173 · The Italian’s Story · Catherine Crowe · nv 209 · The Dutch Officer’s Story · Catherine Crowe · ss 229 · The Old French Gentleman’s Story · Catherine Crowe · nv 259 · The Swiss Lady’s Story · Catherine Crowe · nv 297 · The Sheep-Farmer’s Story · Catherine Crowe · nv 327 · My Friend’s Story · Catherine Crowe · ss

Moonchild by Aleister Crowley (Sphere, May 1974, 0-7221-2702-2, 40p, 301pp, pb, n.) [The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult] [edited by John Symonds & Kenneth Grant]     Reprint (Sphere 1972) occult thriller by the famous black magician. Edited by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant from the first edition (The Mandrake Society, 1929). Volume three in the series. 9 · Introduction · Dennis Wheatley · in 11 · Introduction · Kenneth Grant · in

The Stratagem and Other Stories by Aleister Crowley (Mandrake Press, 1929, 3/6d, 140pp, hc, co) 9 · The Stratagem · Aleister Crowley · nv The Smart Set September 1916 47 · The Testament of Magdalen Blair · Aleister Crowley · nv The Equinox 1912 121 · His Secret Sin · Aleister Crowley · ss The Equinox 1913

The Stratagem and Other Stories (var. 1) by Aleister Crowley (Temple Press, July 1990, 1-871744-10-5, £10.50, 108pp, hc, co)     Occult/horror collection, expanded from the Mandrake Press (1929) edition with a new foreword and a new, previously unpublished, short story. xi · Foreword · Keith Rhys · fw 1 · The Stratagem · Aleister Crowley · nv The Smart Set September 1916 29 · The Testament of Madgalen Blair · Aleister Crowley · na The Equinox 1912 85 · His Secret Sin · Aleister Crowley · ss The Equinox 1913 101 · Which Things Are an Allegory · Aleister Crowley · ss

And Go Like This: Stories by John Crowley (Small Beer Press, November 5, 2019, 978-1-61873-163-0, $25.00, ii+332pp, hc, co)     Details taken from online listing. i · To the Prospective Reader, Upon Opening This Book · John Crowley · in 1 · The Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines · John Crowley · na Conjunctions #39, Fall 2002 61 · In the Tom Mix Museum · John Crowley · ss This Land July 15 2012 63 · And Go Like This · John Crowley · ss Naked City ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's Griffin, 2011 73 · Spring Break · John Crowley · ss New Haven Noir ed. Amy Bloom, Akashic Books, 2017 89 · The Million Monkeys of M. Borel · John Crowley · ss Conjunctions #67, Fall 2016 95 · This Is Our Town · John Crowley · nv Totalitopia by John Crowley, PM Press, 2017 117 · Little Yeses, Little Nos [Mount Auburn Street] · John Crowley · nv The Yale Review April 2005 152 · Glow Little Glow-Worm [Mount Auburn Street] · John Crowley · nv Conjunctions #59, Fall 2012 180 · Mount Auburn Street [Mount Auburn Street] · John Crowley · nv The Yale Review July 2017 205 · Conversation Hearts · John Crowley · nv Subterranean Press, August 2008 243 · Flint and Mirror [Ægypt] · John Crowley · nv The Book of Magic ed. Gardner Dozois, Harper Voyager, 2018 281 · Anosognosia · John Crowley · nv

Antiquities: Seven Stories by John Crowley (Incunabula, October 1993, 0-9633637-2-7, $25.00, 100pp, hc, co)     Collection of seven stories. This edition is limited to 1,000 copies. A 77-copy signed limited edition (-3-5, $90.00) was announced. 5 · The Green Child · John Crowley · ss Elsewhere ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1981 13 · Missolonghi 1824 · John Crowley · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1990 29 · Antiquities · John Crowley · ss Whispers ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1977 43 · The Reason for the Visit · John Crowley · ss Interfaces ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Virginia Kidd, Ace, 1980 53 · Her Bounty to the Dead · John Crowley · ss Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1978, as “Where Spirits Gat Them Home” 69 · Snow · John Crowley · nv Omni November 1985 95 · Exogamy · John Crowley · ss Omni Best Science Fiction Three ed. Ellen Datlow, Omni, 1993

Conversation Hearts by John Crowley (Subterranean Press, August 2008, 978-1-59606-198-9, $20.00, 63pp, hc, nv)     Associational novelette of two families, one in a fictional world where everyone except one little girl has fur. A signed, limited edition of 250 ($45.00) is also available.

Engine Summer by John Crowley (Subterranean Press, August 2021, $85.00, 258pp, hc, n., cover by Michael Cope)     Reprint (Doubleday 1979) SF novel. Limited to 250 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($600.00). Details taken from publisher website.

The Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines by John Crowley (Subterranean Press, August 2005, 1-59606-023-9, $35.00, 93pp, hc, na, cover by Gail Cross)     Associational novella, originally published online in Conjunctions. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition of 26 is also available.

Great Work of Time by John Crowley (Subterranean Press, May 2023, 978-1-64524-136-2, $60.00, 132pp, hc, na, cover by John Coulthart)     Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1991) World Fantasy Award-winning novella. Limited to 500 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 15 lettered, signed, copies ($750). Details taken from publisher website.

In Other Words by John Crowley (Subterranean Press, January 2007, 978-1-59606-062-3, $35.00, 206pp, hc, nf, cover: Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux by Grandville from J. Hetzel, 1842)     Non-fiction collection of 40 essays and reviews. This signed, limited edition of 600 is sold out; a leatherbound, traycased, lettered edition of 26 signed copies ($125.00) is available. 1 · Foreword · John Crowley · fw 5 · Myself and Some Others 7 · Reading and Writing in the Former End of the World · John Crowley · ar (r) 15 · Tips and Tricks for Successful Lying · John Crowley · ar (r) 25 · A Modern Instance: Magic, Imagination, and Power · John Crowley · ar (r) 37 · The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart · John Crowley · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #15, November 1989 53 · Five Writers 55 · Robert Louis Stevenson and the Dilemma of an Uncritical Readership · John Crowley · ar (r) [Ref. Robert Louis Stevenson] 65 · Robert Louis Stevenson by Frank McLynn and The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volumes III and IV edited by Ernest Mehew · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Robert Louis Stevenson] 70 · Mary Reilly · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Valerie Martin] 74 · Thomas M. Disch · John Crowley · ar (r) [Ref. Thomas M. Disch] 87 · T.H. White · John Crowley · ar (r) [Ref. T. H. White] 94 · Vladimir Nabokov · John Crowley · ar (r) [Ref. Vladimir Nabokov] 94 · The Magician’s Doubts by Michael Wood, and The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov edited by Dimitri Nabokov · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Vladimir Nabokov] 97 · VN: The Life and Art of Vladimir Nabokov by Andrew Field, and The Enchanter by Vladimir Nabokov translated by Dimitri Nabokov · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Vladimir Nabokov] 100 · The Man from the U.S.S.R. and Other Plays · John Crowley · ar (r) [Ref. Vladimir Nabokov] 103 · Anthony Burgess · John Crowley · ar (r) [Ref. Anthony Burgess] 103 · The Kingdom of the Wicked · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Anthony Burgess] 104 · The Pianoplayers · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Anthony Burgess] 107 · Any Old Iron · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Anthony Burgess] 109 · Enderby’s Dark Lady · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Anthony Burgess] 111 · Little Wilson and Big God · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Anthony Burgess] 115 · Some Others 117 · The Arabian Nightmare by Robert Irwin · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Robert Irwin] 120 · The Young Visiters: Or, Mr Salteena’s Plan by Daisy Ashford · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Daisy Ashford] 122 · Labrador by Kathryn Davis · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Kathryn Davis] 125 · Pinto and Sons by Leslie Epstein · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Leslie Epstein] 128 · In the Beauty of the Lilies by John Updike · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. John Updike] 132 · Story of O by Pauline Reage · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Pauline Reage] 133 · Hermit in Paris by Italo Calvino, translated by Martin McLaughlin · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Italo Calvino] 136 · Adventures of the Artificial Woman by Thomas Berger · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Thomas Berger] 139 · Being Dead by Jim Crace · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Jim Crace] 142 · The Fermata by Nicholson Baker · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Nicholson Baker] 145 · The Everlasting Story of Nory by Nicholson Baker · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Nicholson Baker] 148 · The Book of Evidence by John Banville · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. John Banville] 151 · Athena by John Banville · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. John Banville] 155 · Some Nonfictions 157 · The Mask of Nostradamus by James Randi · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. James Randi] 160 · The Queen’s Conjuror by Benjamin Woolley · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Benjamin Woolley] 163 · Fragments for a History of the Human Body: Parts I, II, III, edited by Michel Feher · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Michel Feher] 166 · Wonders and the Order of Nature 1150-1750 by Lorraine Daston and Katharine Park · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Lorraine Daston & Katharine Park] 171 · Comix 173 · Ben Katchor · John Crowley · ar (r) [Ref. Ben Katchor] 180 · Krazy Kat: the Comic Art of George Herriman by Patrick McDonnell, Karen O’Connell and Georgia Riley de Havenon · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. George Herriman] 183 · Winsor McCay: His Life and Art by John Canemaker · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Winsor McCay] 186 · Tintin in the New World by Frederic Tuten · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Hergé] 189 · The World of Edward Gorey by Clifford Ross and Karen Wilkin · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Edward Gorey] 192 · Walt Kelly · John Crowley · br (r) [Ref. Walt Kelly]

Novelties & Souvenirs by John Crowley (HarperCollins/Perennial, May 2004, 0-380-73106-1, $13.95, 338pp, tp, co)     Collection of 15 stories, all of Crowley’s short fiction to date, with one recent exception, including the contents of Novelty (1989) and Antiquities: Seven Stories (1993). ix · Author’s Note · John Crowley · ms 1 · Antiquities · John Crowley · ss Whispers ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1977; slightly revised. 12 · Her Bounty to the Dead · John Crowley · ss Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1978, as “Where Spirits Gat Them Home”; slightly revised. 24 · The Reason for the Visit · John Crowley · ss Interfaces ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Virginia Kidd, Ace, 1980; slightly revised. 32 · The Green Child · John Crowley · ss Elsewhere ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1981; slightly revised. 38 · Novelty · John Crowley · ss Interzone #5, Autumn 1983 59 · Snow · John Crowley · nv Omni November 1985; slightly revised. 80 · The Nightingale Sings at Night · John Crowley · nv Novelty by John Crowley, Doubleday Foundation, 1989 114 · Great Work of Time · John Crowley · na Novelty by John Crowley, Doubleday Foundation, 1989 216 · In Blue · John Crowley · na Novelty by John Crowley, Doubleday Foundation, 1989 276 · Missolonghi 1824 · John Crowley · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1990; slightly revised. 289 · Exogamy · John Crowley · ss Omni Best Science Fiction Three ed. Ellen Datlow, Omni, 1993; slightly revised. 294 · Lost and Abandoned · John Crowley · ss Black Swan, White Raven ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Avon, 1997 302 · Gone · John Crowley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 1996 319 · An Earthly Mother Sits and Sings · John Crowley · ss DreamHaven Books, 2000 333 · The War Between the Objects and the Subjects · John Crowley · ss J.K. Potter’s Embrace the Mutation ed. William Schafer & Bill Sheehan, Subterranean Press, 2002

Novelty by John Crowley (Doubleday Foundation, May 1989, 0-385-26171-3, $18.95, 227pp, hc, co)     Collection of four stories, three original, including one novella. Also in trade paperback (-26347-3, $6.95). 1 · The Nightingale Sings at Night · John Crowley · nv 37 · Great Work of Time · John Crowley · na 143 · In Blue · John Crowley · na 205 · Novelty · John Crowley · ss Interzone #5, Autumn 1983

Reading Backwards by John Crowley (Subterranean Press, November 30, 2019, 978-1-59606-946-6, $40.00, 455pp, hc, nf)     Limited to 750 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition ($250.00), limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies. Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · John Crowley · in · Prologue · My Life in the Theater 1910-1960 · John Crowley · bg The Yale Review January 2011 · Section One: A Voice from the Easy Chair · Everything That Rises · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine January 2016 · Dressed to Kill · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine July 2015 · Rule, Britannica · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine February 2016 · A Ring-Formed World · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine November 2015 · Universal Use · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine January 2015 · Spare the Darlings · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine November 2014 · On Not Being Well Read · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine March 2015 · Selective Service · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine September 2015 · An Artist of the Sleeping World · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine May 2015 [Ref. Thomas M. Disch] about dreams, discusses Thomas Disch’s theories of “big-budget dreams”: and ones that are more like independent films. · Section Two: Fictional Voices · A Postcard from Ursula · John Crowley · ar Boston Review (online) March 7 2018 [Ref. Ursula K. Le Guin] · Paul Park’s Hidden Worlds · John Crowley · ar Boston Review May/June 2016 [Ref. Paul Park] · Life Work: The Fiction of Nicholson Baker · John Crowley · ar Boston Review November/December 2009 [Ref. Nicholson Baker] · Leslie Epstein’s Uproars · John Crowley · ar Boston Review November/December 2008, as “Uproars: Leslie Epstein’s Magic” [Ref. Leslie Epstein] · Ben Katchor’s Cardboard Suitcase · John Crowley · br Boston Review November/December 2011, as “Unpacking” [Ref. Ben Katchor] · Remembering Thomas Disch · John Crowley · ar Boston Review January/February 2009, as “Worldmaker: Remembering Thomas Disch” [Ref. Thomas M. Disch] · Joan Aiken and the Wolves of Willoughby Chase · John Crowley · ar Boston Review January/February 2013, as “Forget Hogwarts: Adults Should Read Aiken’s “Wolves”” [Ref. Joan Aiken] · David Stacton and the Judges of the Secret Court · John Crowley · in New York Review Books, 2011 [Ref. David Stacton]; as introduction to 2011 reprint of The Judges of the Secret Court. · The Hero of a Thousand Dreams · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Winter 2019 [Ref. Winsor McKay] · Little Criminals: The Fiction of Richard Hughes · John Crowley · ar Boston Review November/December 2005 [Ref. Richard Hughes] · Richard Hughes: In Hazard · John Crowley · in New York Review Books, 2008 [Ref. Richard Hughes]; as introduction to 2008 reprint of In Hazard. · Born to Be Posthumous · John Crowley · br Boston Review (online) January 11 2019, as “The Private Edward Gorey” [Ref. Edward Gorey] · The Whole Household of Man · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine February 2018 [Ref. Ursula K. Le Guin] · Blossom and Fade: Hermann Hesse and The Glass Bead Game · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Summer 2010 [Ref. Hermann Hesse] · Nine Classic Science Fiction Novels of the 1950s · John Crowley · br The Yale Review July 2013 · Section Three: Looking Outward, Looking In · The Man Who Invented the 20th Century · John Crowley · ar Boston Review (online) April 19 2017, as “Inside Every Utopia Is a Dystopia” [Ref. Norman Bel Geddes] · Stranger Things: UFOs and Life on the Moon · John Crowley · br Boston Review (online) November 2 2016, as “Stranger Things: The Rise and Fall of UFO’s and Life on the Moon” [Ref. Jack Womack & Tom Gauld] · Metamorphosis: Rosamond Purcell’s Natural History · John Crowley · ar Boston Review May/June 2007 · Unrealism · John Crowley · ar (r) · Madame and the Masters · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine February 2013 [Ref. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky] · The Ones Who Walk Away from Metropolis · John Crowley · ar (r) · A Few Moments in Eternity · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2009, as “In the Midst of Death” · Works of Mercy · John Crowley · ar Harper’s Magazine April 2019 · The Next Future/Totalitopia · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2011 · A Well Without a Bottom · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Summer 2012 · New Ghosts and How to Know Them · John Crowley · ar Tin House Spring 2011 · Time After Time · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2014 · Squeak and Gibber · John Crowley · ar Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2013 · Practicing the Arts of Peace · John Crowley · ar Conjunctions #46, Spring 2006