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The Outer Reaches ed. August Derleth (Pellegrini & Cudahy, October 1951, LC:51-13540, $3.95, ix+342pp, hc, an, cover by R. T. Crane)     Subtitled “Favorite Science-Fiction Tales Chosen by Their Authors”. English Derivative Anthology The Time of Infinity. vii · Foreword · August Derleth · fw 1 · Interloper · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1951 31 · Death Sentence · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1943 52 · This Is the Land · Nelson Bond · ss The Blue Book Magazine April 1951 61 · Ylla [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s January 1 1950, as “I’ll Not Ask for Wine” 76 · The Green Cat · Cleve Cartmill · ss Worlds Beyond January 1951 83 · Git Along! [Viagens Interplanetary] · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1950 105 · Service First · David H. Keller · nv Amazing Stories Quarterly Winter 1931 133 · Shock · Henry Kuttner · nv Astounding Science-Fiction March 1943, as by Lewis Padgett 153 · The Ship Sails at Midnight · Fritz Leiber · nv Fantastic Adventures September 1950 177 · The Power · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1945 197 · The Critters · Frank Belknap Long · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1945 212 · Pardon My Mistake · Fletcher Pratt · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1946 219 · Good Night, Mr. James · Clifford Simak · nv Galaxy Science Fiction March 1951 240 · The Plutonian Drug · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Amazing Stories September 1934 252 · Farewell to Eden · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Invasion from Mars ed. Orson Welles, Dell, 1949 268 · Co-Operate—or Else! [Rulls] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science-Fiction April 1942 300 · Finality Unlimited · Donald Wandrei · na Astounding Stories September 1936

The Outer Reaches (var. 1) ed. August Derleth (Berkley, April 1958, G-116, 35¢, 174pp, pb, an)     Reprints 10 of the 17 stories from the hardback edition (Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1951). 5 · Co-Operate—or Else! [Rulls] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science-Fiction April 1942 41 · Good Night, Mr. James · Clifford Simak · nv Galaxy Science Fiction March 1951 65 · The Critters · Frank Belknap Long · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1945 82 · Death Sentence · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1943 106 · This Is the Land · Nelson Bond · ss The Blue Book Magazine April 1951 116 · Ylla [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s January 1 1950, as “I’ll Not Ask for Wine” 132 · The Green Cat · Cleve Cartmill · ss Worlds Beyond January 1951 138 · Pardon My Mistake · Fletcher Pratt · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1946 144 · The Plutonian Drug · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Amazing Stories September 1934 158 · Farewell to Eden · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Invasion from Mars ed. Orson Welles, Dell, 1949

The Outer Reaches (var. 2) ed. August Derleth (Consul, 1963, 1267, 2/6d, 173pp, pb, an)     Contains the first 8 stories of American edition, the last 9 are in The Time of Infinity. 9 · Interloper · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1951 41 · Death Sentence · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1943 65 · This Is the Land · Nelson S. Bond · ss The Blue Book Magazine April 1951 77 · Ylla [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s January 1 1950, as “I’ll Not Ask for Wine” 93 · The Green Cat · Cleve Cartmill · ss Worlds Beyond January 1951 101 · Git Along! [Viagens Interplanetary] · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1950 125 · Service First · David H. Keller · nv Amazing Stories Quarterly Winter 1931 155 · Shock · Henry Kuttner · nv Astounding Science-Fiction March 1943, as by Lewis Padgett

Over the Edge ed. August Derleth (Arkham House, 1964, $5.00, 297pp, hc, oa)     New and previously forgotten stories. vi · Introduction · August Derleth · in 3 · The Crew of the “Lancing” · William Hope Hodgson · ss revised version of “Demons of the Sea”, Sea Stories Oct 5, 1923. 15 · The Last Meeting of Two Old Friends · H. Russell Wakefield · nv 50 · The Shadow in the Attic · H. P. Lovecraft & August Derleth · nv written by Derleth from a fragment by Lovecraft. 76 · The Renegade · John Metcalfe · ss 88 · Told in the Desert · Clark Ashton Smith · ss 96 · When the Rains Came · Frank Belknap Long · ss 113 · The Blue Flame of Vengeance · Robert E. Howard & John Pocsik · ss 135 · Crabgrass · Jesse Stuart · ss 142 · Kincaid’s Car · Carl Jacobi · ss 161 · The Patchwork Quilt · August Derleth · ss 174 · The Black Gondolier · Fritz Leiber · nv 211 · The Old Lady’s Room · J. Vernon Shea · ss 219 · The North Knoll · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss 227 · The Huaco of Señor Peréz · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss 247 · Mr. Alucard · David A. Johnstone · ss 252 · Casting the Stone · John Pocsik · ss 276 · Aneanoshian · Michael Bailey · ss 283 · The Stone on the Island [Cthulhu] · J. Ramsey Campbell · ss

Portals of Tomorrow ed. August Derleth (Rinehart, May 1954, LC:54-6523, $3.75, 371pp, hc, an)     Subtitled “The Best Tales of Science-Fiction and Other Fantasy”. ix · Introduction · August Derleth · in 3 · The Hypnoglyph · John Anthony · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953 17 · Testament of Andros · James Blish · nv Future Science Fiction January 1953 47 · The Playground · Ray Bradbury · ss The Illustrated Man (var. 1) by Ray Bradbury, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952 69 · Gratitude Guaranteed · R. Bretnor & Kris Neville · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1953 101 · Rustle of Wings · Fredric Brown · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1953 109 · The Other Tiger · Arthur C. Clarke · vi Fantastic Universe June/July 1953 113 · Civilized · Mark Clifton & Alex Apostolides · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1953, as “We’re Civilized!” 129 · Stickeney and the Critic · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1953 139 · The Word · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1953 147 · Hermit on Bikini · John Langdon · ss Bluebook March 1953 167 · Jezebel · Murray Leinster · ss Startling Stories October 1953 189 · D.P. from Tomorrow · Mack Reynolds · ss Orbit v1 #1, 1953 201 · The Altruists · Idris Seabright · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1953 221 · Potential · Robert Sheckley · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1953 241 · Eye for Iniquity · T. L. Sherred · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction July 1953 273 · Kindergarten · Clifford D. Simak · na Galaxy Science Fiction July 1953 337 · Outstanding Collections of Fantastic Stories Published During the Year 1953 · [uncredited] · bg (r) 340 · A Checklist of New Fantastic Stories Published in American Magazines in 1953 · [uncredited] · bg (r) 370 · A Checklist of the Best New Fantastic Stories Published in Books in 1953 · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Sleep No More ed. August Derleth (Farrar & Rinehart, September 1944, $2.50, x+374pp, hc, an) vii · Foreword · August Derleth · fw 1 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 17 · Cassius [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror November 1931 59 · The Occupant of the Room · Algernon Blackwood · ss Nash’s Magazine December 1909 71 · The Return of the Sorcerer [Cthulhu] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror September 1931 91 · Johnson Looked Back · Thomas Burke · ss Night Pieces by Thomas Burke, Constable, 1935 99 · The Hand of the O’Mecca · Howard Wandrei · ss Weird Tales April 1935 115 · “He Cometh and He Passeth By” · H. R. Wakefield · nv They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928 147 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940 155 · The Mannikin · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1937 177 · Two Black Bottles · Wilfred Blanch Talman (with H. P. Lovecraft) · ss Weird Tales August 1927 193 · The House of Sounds · M. P. Shiel · nv The Pale Ape by M. P. Shiel, T. Werner Laurie, 1911 a revised and updated version of “Vaila”, Shapes in the Fire, 1896. 227 · The Cane · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales April 1934 245 · The Horror in the Burying-Ground · Hazel Heald (with H. P. Lovecraft) · ss Weird Tales May 1937 263 · The Kennel · Maurice Level · ss (r) translated from the French (“Le Chenil”, Le Journal, 1906). 273 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 297 · The Black Stone [Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1931 319 · Midnight Express · Alfred Noyes · ss This Week November 3 1935 327 · A Gentleman from Prague · Stephen Grendon · ss Weird Tales November 1944 339 · The Black Druid · Frank Belknap Long, Jr. · ss Weird Tales July 1930 351 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924

Sleep No More (var. 1) ed. August Derleth (Panther Books, December 1964, 1770, 3/6d, 189pp, pb, an)     Abridged from the 1944 (Farrar & Rinehart) edition. 9 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 19 · Cassius [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror November 1931 49 · The Occupant of the Room · Algernon Blackwood · ss Nash’s Magazine December 1909 56 · The Return of the Sorcerer [Cthulhu] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror September 1931 69 · The Hand of the O’Mecca · Howard Wandrei · ss Weird Tales April 1935 79 · “He Cometh and He Passeth By” · H. R. Wakefield · nv They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928 101 · The Mannikin · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1937 115 · The House of Sounds · M. P. Shiel · nv The Pale Ape by M. P. Shiel, T. Werner Laurie, 1911 a revised and updated version of “Vaila”, Shapes in the Fire, 1896. 140 · The Horror in the Burying-Ground · Hazel Heald (with H. P. Lovecraft) · ss Weird Tales May 1937 152 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 167 · The Black Stone [Cthulhu] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1931 182 · The Black Druid · Frank Belknap Long, Jr. · ss Weird Tales July 1930

The Sleeping and the Dead ed. August Derleth (Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1947, $3.75, vi+518pp, hc, an) 3 · Introduction · August Derleth · in 7 · A View from a Hill · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury May 1925 27 · Glory Hand · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales February 1937 37 · The Lady’s Maid’s Bell · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine November 1902 61 · The Shadows · Henry S. Whitehead · nv Weird Tales November 1927 85 · Out of the Eons · Hazel Heald (with H. P. Lovecraft) · nv Weird Tales April 1935 115 · The Jar · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales November 1944 131 · The Bully of Chapelizod · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1851, as “The Village Bully”, uncredited. 137 · Over the River · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Unknown April 1941 151 · Carnaby’s Fish · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales July 1945 164 · The Painted Mirror · Donald Wandrei · ss Esquire May 1937 173 · The Double Shadow [Poseidonis] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss The Double Shadow and Other Fantasies by Clark Ashton Smith, Auburn CA, 1933 187 · The Ocean Leech · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales January 1925 198 · Amina · Edward Lucas White · ss The Bellman June 1 1907 210 · Farewell Performance · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Clock Strikes Twelve by H. Russell Wakefield, Herbert Jenkins, 1940 218 · One Way to Mars · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1945 229 · Out of the Picture · Arthur Machen · nv The Children of the Pool by Arthur Machen, Hutchinson, 1936 257 · The Canal · Everil Worrell · nv Weird Tales December 1927 275 · The Postman of Otford · Lord Dunsany · ss Vanity Fair (US) October 1917 280 · Deaf, Dumb, and Blind · C. M. Eddy, Jr. (with H. P. Lovecraft) · ss Weird Tales April 1925 294 · Spider Bite · Robert S. Carr · nv Weird Tales June 1926 324 · Brenner’s Boy · John Metcalfe · ss White Owl Press, 1932 344 · Mr. Lupescu · Anthony Boucher · ss Weird Tales September 1945 349 · Masquerade · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales May 1942 365 · Seventh Sister · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · nv Weird Tales January 1943 386 · In Amundsen’s Tent · John Martin Leahy · nv Weird Tales January 1928 408 · Man in a Hurry · Alan Nelson · ss Weird Tales May 1944 414 · The Last Pin · Howard E. Wandrei · ss Black Mask February 1940, as by H. W. Guernsey 422 · The Doll · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Doll, and One Other by Algernon Blackwood, Arkham House, 1946 458 · The Tool · William F. Harvey · ss The New Decameron, Volume the Second, Blackwell, 1920 472 · The Dreams in the Witch-House [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales July 1933 515 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

The Sleeping and the Dead (var. 1) ed. August Derleth (Four Square Books, 1963, 943, 3/6d, 254pp, pb, an)     Reprints 15 stories from the US (Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1947) edition. 7 · A View from a Hill · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury May 1925 25 · Glory Hand · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales February 1937 35 · The Lady’s Maid’s Bell · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine November 1902 57 · Out of the Eons · Hazel Heald (with H. P. Lovecraft) · nv Weird Tales April 1935 85 · The Jar · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales November 1944 101 · The Bully of Chapelizod · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1851, as “The Village Bully”, uncredited. 107 · Over the River · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Unknown April 1941 121 · The Ocean Leech · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales January 1925 131 · Amina · Edward Lucas White · ss The Bellman June 1 1907 143 · Farewell Performance · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Clock Strikes Twelve by H. Russell Wakefield, Herbert Jenkins, 1940 151 · The Postman of Otford · Lord Dunsany · ss Vanity Fair (US) October 1917 157 · Masquerade · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales May 1942 171 · The Doll · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Doll, and One Other by Algernon Blackwood, Arkham House, 1946 203 · The Tool · William F. Harvey · ss The New Decameron, Volume the Second, Blackwell, 1920 217 · The Dreams in the Witch-House [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales July 1933

Stories from Sleep No More ed. August Derleth (Bantam Books, February 1967, H3425, 60¢, viii+149pp, pb, an)     Abridged reprint of Sleep No More (Farrar & Rinehart, 1944). 1 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 15 · Cassius [Gerald Canevin] · Henry S. Whitehead · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror November 1931 51 · The Occupant of the Room · Algernon Blackwood · ss Nash’s Magazine December 1909 61 · The Return of the Sorcerer [Cthulhu] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror September 1931 77 · Johnson Looked Back · Thomas Burke · ss Night Pieces by Thomas Burke, Constable, 1935 83 · The Hand of the O’Mecca · Howard Wandrei · ss Weird Tales April 1935 97 · “He Cometh and He Passeth By” · H. R. Wakefield · nv They Return At Evening by H. Russell Wakefield, Phillip Allan, 1928 125 · Thus I Refute Beelzy · John Collier · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1940 131 · The Mannikin · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales April 1937

Strange Ports of Call ed. August Derleth (Pellegrini & Cudahy, April 1948, LC:48-6688, $4.00, 8+393pp, hc, an) · Introduction · August Derleth · in 3 · The Cunning of the Beast · Nelson Bond · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1942, as “Another World Begins” 22 · The Worm · David H. Keller · ss Amazing Stories March 1929 36 · The Crystal Bullet · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales March 1941 44 · The Thing from Outside · George Allan England · ss Science and Invention April 1923 63 · At the Mountains of Madness [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · n. Astounding Stories February 1936 (+2) 166 · Mars on the Ether · Lord Dunsany · ss Coronet September 1937 171 · The God-Box · Howard E. Wandrei · ss Astounding Stories April 1934, as by Howard Von Drey 185 · Mr. Bauer and the Atoms · Fritz Leiber, Jr. · ss Weird Tales January 1946 192 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #96, May 1897 209 · John Jones’ Dollar · Harry Stephen Keeler · ss The Black Cat August 1915 220 · Call Him Demon · Henry Kuttner · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Fall 1946, as by Keith Hammond 244 · Master of the Asteroid · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Wonder Stories October 1932 259 · Guest in the House · Frank Belknap Long · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1946 276 · The Lost Street · Carl Jacobi & Clifford Simak · ss Comet July 1941, as “The Street That Wasn’t There” 291 · Forgotten · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Wonder Stories April 1933, as “The Forgotten Man of Space” 311 · Far Centaurus · A. E. van Vogt · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1944 330 · The Green Hills of Earth · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 8 1947 353 · Thunder and Roses · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1947 365 · Blunder · Philip Wylie · ss Collier’s January 12 1946 381 · The Million Year Picnic [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Summer 1946