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Thrillers (Bracken Books, October 1994, 1-85891-159-1, £5.99, 612pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Daily Express 1935 as Century of Thrillers: Second Series) anthology of 32 classic horror stories (ten omitted from the original), with an introduction by Robert Sheckley. · Introduction · Robert Sheckley · in 1 · Tale of the Piper · Donn Byrne · vi Destiny Bay by Donn Byrne, Little Brown, 1928 5 · The Lifted Veil · George Eliot · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine July 1859, uncredited. 47 · Number 13 · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 63 · The Rats · M. R. James · ss At Random March 23 1929 69 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904 82 · The Queer Feet [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1910, as “Why the True Fishermen Always Wear Green Evening Coats” 101 · The Ivory God · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss The London Magazine October 1905 115 · The Apparition of Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, as “A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705”, uncredited. 124 · The Thing in the Hall · E. F. Benson · nv The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 137 · Night · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French (“La Nuit”, Gil Blas, June 14, 1887). 142 · The Drowned Man · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French (“Le Noyé”, Le Gaulois, August 16, 1888). 149 · Who Knows? · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Qui sait?”, L’Echo de Paris, April 6, 1890). 162 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 175 · The Ballad of Reading Gaol · Oscar Wilde · pm Leonard Smithers, February 13 1898, as by C.3.3. 194 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 199 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839 218 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 229 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 245 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 257 · The Last Leaf · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World October 15 1905 263 · The Well · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Pocket Magazine June 1901 276 · The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain · Charles Dickens · na Bradbury & Evans, December 19 1848 362 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s” 372 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner August 17 1890 381 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 390 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 411 · Man Overboard! · F. Marion Crawford · nv The Strand Magazine June 1903 447 · The Werewolf · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839 468 · Schalken the Painter · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851 revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839). 491 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3) 559 · Gabriel’s Marriage · Wilkie Collins · nv Household Words April 16 1853 (+1), uncredited. 603 · The Sexton’s Hero · Mrs. Gaskell · ss Howilt’s Journal September 4 1847, as by Cotton Mather Mills

Thrilling Tales of Unusual Interest (Gulliver Books, 1943, 7d, 47pp, pb, an) 3 · The Spectre Bridegroom · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #4, November 10 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon 23 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 37 · A Far-Away Melody · Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman · ss Westminster Magazine August 1890

Thrills ed. Charles Birkin, uncredited (Philip Allan, 1935, 2/6d, 249pp, hc, oa) 11 · The Confession · Tod Robbins · nv 37 · The Kosso · William F. Temple · ss 51 · A Fishing Story · H. Russell Wakefield · ss 67 · Henri Larne · Charles Lloyd · ss 81 · They Come for Their Own · A. H. Claxton · ss 93 · I Am Smith · E. F. Henry · ss 111 · The House with No Road · John Ashcroft Hopson · ss 129 · The Queer People · Ellis Reed · ss 145 · The Divine Spark · Catherine Clark · ss 165 · Ashes and Ashes · Richard Anthony Parker Crawshay · ss 177 · Death of a Poacher · H. Russell Wakefield · ss 199 · A Bed for the Night · Godfrey Archard · ss 217 · Passing of the Terror · Kenneth Ingram · ss 235 · Doctor Horder’s Room · Patrick Carleton · ss

Thrills ed. John Gawsworth, uncredited (Associated Newspapers, 1936, 320pp, hc, oa)     Illustrated by Norman Keene. 11 · The Mysterious Fluid · Oswell Blakeston · ss 21 · The Golden Gong · Thomas Burke · ss City of Encounters by Thomas Burke, Constable, 1932, as “A Boy” 41 · The Haunted Bungalow · Charles Duff · ss 48 · How It Happened · John Gawsworth · ss 52 · The Unnecessary Undoing of Mr. Purgle · Herbert de Hamel · ss The Bellman #437, November 28 1914 62 · Twopence for the Toll · Kenneth Hare · ss 77 · The Murder at the Fossicker’s Club · Edgar Jepson · ss The Windsor Magazine March 1934 89 · An Accident · Edgar Jepson · ss Young’s Magazine July 1913 110 · Act of God · Philip Lindsay · ss The (London) Evening News August 25 1934 123 · Blackmail · John Lindsey · ss 133 · A Modern Delilah · Anthony M. Ludovici · ss 146 · The Vicar’s Crime [Inspector Ego] · G. R. Malloch · ss Cassell’s Magazine February 1931 172 · Madrilene · Francis Marsden · ss 194 · The Divorce · E. H. W. Meyerstein · vi 198 · Fifty Thousand Pounds · R. Edison Page · ss 216 · The Kidnapped Collector · R. Edison Page · ss 238 · A Case for Deduction · M. P. Shiel & Fytton Armstrong · nv 278 · The Count · Simon · ss 289 · The Shop on the Corner · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Story-teller December 1934 308 · The Cutting · E. H. Visiak · ss

Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries ed. John Gawsworth, uncredited (Associated Newspapers, 1935, 864pp, hc, an)     Anthology illustrated by Norman Keene. vii · Foreword · John Gawsworth · fw 18 · The Skeleton · Frederick Carter · nv 41 · The Vivisector Vivisected · Sir Ronald Ross · nv Strange Assembly ed. John Gawsworth, Unicorn Press, 1932 58 · The Gift of Tongues · Arthur Machen · ss T.P.’s Weekly December 3 1927 65 · The Purchester Instrument · M. P. Shiel · ss The Invisible Voices by M. P. Shiel, The Richards Press, 1935, as “The Diary Day” 89 · A Fellside Tragedy · Hubert Crackanthorpe · ss The Northern Counties Magazine February 1901 95 · The Invalid · Nugent Barker · ss The Fortnightly Review December 1928 103 · The Wrong Turning · Richard Middleton · ss The Ghost Ship by Richard Middleton, Unwin, 1912 111 · The Flying Cat · M. P. Shiel · nv Strange Assembly ed. John Gawsworth, Unicorn Press, 1932 127 · The Old Lawyer’s Tale · Charles Duff · ss 133 · Rescued · E. H. Visiak · ss 138 · Torture · Arthur Machen · ss Ornaments in Jade by Arthur Machen, A.A. Knopf, 1924 142 · The Last Adventure · Richard Middleton · ss (r) 151 · A Woman, a Dog and a Walnut Tree · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss The Pageant by E. H. W. Meyerstein, Simpkin Marshall, 1934 163 · The Death Dance · M. P. Shiel · nv 200 · The Mask · Francis Marsden · nv Strange Assembly ed. John Gawsworth, Unicorn Press, 1932 223 · The Cry of a Century · Richard Middleton & Edgar Jepson · ss The English Review January 1916 232 · At the Eleventh Hour · M. P. Shiel · nv The Invisible Voices by M. P. Shiel, The Richards Press, 1935, as “The Adore Day” 274 · What the East Wind Brought · Anthony M. Ludovici · ss 294 · I Am a Murderer · E. H. Visiak & A. Vesselo · ss 315 · The Mystery of the Octagon Room · Eimar O’Duffy · ss 325 · Gold Like Glass · Frederick Carter · ss Full Score ed. T. I. Fytton Armstrong, Rich & Cowan, 1933 336 · The Place of Pain · M. P. Shiel · ss The Red Magazine May 1 1914 349 · The Mills of Hell · Herbert de Hamel · ss The Blue Magazine #11, May 1920 371 · Kitchener at Archangel · Stephen Graham · ss Full Score ed. T. I. Fytton Armstrong, Rich & Cowan, 1933 377 · The Captain · Francis Marsden · ss Strange Assembly ed. John Gawsworth, Unicorn Press, 1932 389 · Drake’s Drum · Arthur Machen · ar The Outlook April 26 1919 393 · The Harrying of the Dead · Frederick Carter · ss Strange Assembly ed. John Gawsworth, Unicorn Press, 1932 407 · The Bath · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss The Pageant by E. H. W. Meyerstein, Simpkin Marshall, 1934 415 · The Glass Panel · Eimar O’Duffy · ss 432 · A Suet Pudding · T. F. Powys · ss Full Score ed. T. I. Fytton Armstrong, Rich & Cowan, 1933 439 · Superintendent Deering’s Dilemma · Oswell Blakeston · ss 449 · The Strangeness of Joab Lashmere · Edgar Wallace · ss Lloyd’s Story Magazine September 1922 470 · December · R. L. Mégroz · ss 474 · The Flying Pig · Malachi Whitaker · ss 479 · A Shot at Goal [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Passing Show February 2 1935 492 · The Disappearance of George Wake · R. L. Mégroz · ss 503 · The Six · Nugent Barker · ss The Cornhill Magazine August 1935 507 · A Document: from the Russian · Stephen Graham · ss (r) 529 · The Haunted Cinema · Louis Golding · ss The Doomington Wanderer by Louis Golding, Gollancz, 1934 533 · Aha · Stephen Graham · ss Full Score ed. T. I. Fytton Armstrong, Rich & Cowan, 1933 537 · The Triptych · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss The Pageant by E. H. W. Meyerstein, Simpkin Marshall, 1934 552 · The Fun-Spot Street Affair · Thomas Burke · ss 558 · You Wouldn’t Understand · John Lindsey · ss 568 · Superintendent Deering Puts a Question · Oswell Blakeston · ss 577 · Statement of a Scholar · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss The Pageant by E. H. W. Meyerstein, Simpkin Marshall, 1934 599 · There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard · M. R. James · ss Snapdragon September 6 1924 603 · Mr. Parsons’ Revenge · Simon Dewes · ss 618 · Miss Kitten’s Case · Eimar O’Duffy · ss 636 · The Fear from the Lake · Oswell Blakeston · ss 643 · The Second Gong [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · nv Ladies’ Home Journal June 1932 674 · The Pageant · E. H. W. Meyerstein · ss The Pageant by E. H. W. Meyerstein, Simpkin Marshall, 1934 686 · Whessoe · Nugent Barker · ss Life and Letters December 1928 699 · Orpheus · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Century Magazine July 1927 706 · Tom Mackie’s Trial · Hugh MacDiarmid · vi 709 · Encounter at Night · Mary F. McHugh · ss 717 · The Coffin · Caradoc Evans · ss Illustrated Review July 1923 723 · The Fluke Cannon · R. L. Mégroz · ss Full Score ed. T. I. Fytton Armstrong, Rich & Cowan, 1933 733 · The Legacy · E. H. Visiak · ss 736 · The Solution · Oswell Blakeston · ss 743 · The Shopwalker’s Wife · G. R. Malloch · ss (r) 767 · Flat to Let · Marcus Magill · ss 778 · The Rival Poets · E. H. W. Meyerstein · nv 844 · The Friendly Creature · Rhys Davies · ss

Thrills of the Seven Seas (Dean & Son, 1936, hc, oa, cover: [deep sea divers exploring shipwreck])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · The Cabin-Boy Captain · [uncredited] · ss 15 · Grim Mystery · [uncredited] · ss 23 · Fighting Monsters of the Deep · [uncredited] · ar 28 · Race of the Ocean Giants · [uncredited] · ar 35 · Pirates of the Panama · [uncredited] · ss 45 · Frozen Menace! · [uncredited] · ss 49 · Brigands of the Seaways · [uncredited] · ar 55 · The Secret of Dead Man’s Deep · [uncredited] · ss 69 · Castaways and Stowaways · [uncredited] · ar 74 · Trail-Blazers of the Ocean Bed · [uncredited] · ar 82 · Raiding Davy Jones · [uncredited] · ss 91 · Sargasso Gold · [uncredited] · ss 100 · For the Freedom of the Seas · [uncredited] · ar 107 · S O S! · [uncredited] · ss 116 · Cannibal Islands · [uncredited] · ar

Thrills of the Speedways (Dean & Son, 1936, hc, oa, cover: [red “6” racecar leading green “42”])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · Speediron No. 13 · [uncredited] · ss 22 · Your Life in His Hands! · [uncredited] · ar 27 · Red-Hot Racing Cracks · [uncredited] · ss 35 · Racing Up Nightmare Hills · [uncredited] · ar 37 · Fighting for the World’s Record · [uncredited] · ar 47 · The Bronze Bowl · [uncredited] · ss 55 · Defying Death for Speed · [uncredited] · ar 60 · The Firework Car · [uncredited] · ss 63 · The Battle at Brooklands · [uncredited] · ss 76 · They Keep On Keeping On! · [uncredited] · ar 82 · Around the World’s Tracks · [uncredited] · ar 87 · The World’s Greatest Races · [uncredited] · ar 99 · High Speed · [uncredited] · ss 107 · Speed of the Wind · [uncredited] · ss 110 · Racing Adventures · [uncredited] · ar 117 · Greased Lightning Lives Here! · [uncredited] · ss 121 · Road Racing in England · [uncredited] · ar

Through the Forbidden Gates and Other Stories ed. Herman Umbstaetter ,[?], uncredited (The Shortstory Publishing Co., 1903, 248pp, pb, an)     Green and red cover, white highlights; no ills. Details supplied by Richard Bleiler. 5 · Through the Forbidden Gates · Carroll Carrington · nv The Black Cat October 1900; $200.00 prize. 23 · Margaret Kelly’s Wake · S. C. Brean · ss The Black Cat January 1901; $500.00 prize. 39 · A Celestial Crime · Charles Stuart Pratt · ss The Black Cat December 1897; $1000.00 prize. 56 · For the Sake of Lize · C. B. Lewis · ss The Black Cat January 1902; $500.00 prize. 64 · The Music of Money · Newt. Newkirk · ss The Black Cat September 1900; $100.00 prize. 69 · The Diamond Drill and Mary · H. J. W. Dam · ss The Black Cat November 1900; $150.00 prize. 81 · Hans Kremler’s Anniversary · Elisabeth F. Dye · ss The Black Cat December 1900; $300.00 prize. 93 · The Vase of the Mikado · A. Ernest B. Lane · ss The Black Cat December 1900; $150.00 prize. 107 · On Pigeon River · Jeanie Drake · ss The Black Cat May 1899; $250.00 prize. 119 · The Smile of Joss · William J. Neidig · ss The Black Cat February 1901; $200.00 prize. 127 · The King of the Subdivision · James O’Shaughnessy · ss The Black Cat June 1901; $150.00 prize. 142 · The Pillow of Justice · E. S. Innet · ss The Black Cat November 1898; $500.00 prize. 157 · The Lost Jurisdiction · Ellis Meredith · ss The Black Cat October 1898; $250.00 prize. 172 · The Diary of a White Kaffir · James O. Fagan · ss The Black Cat September 1899; $500.00 prize. 182 · The Statement of Jared Johnson · Geraldine Bonner · ss The Black Cat June 1899; $350.00 prize. 197 · The Levitation of Jacob · Clifford Howard · ss The Black Cat September 1900; $200.00 prize. 209 · The White Brick · F. E. Chase · ss The Black Cat January 1900; $1000.00 prize. 219 · When Time Turned · Ethel Watts Mumford · ss The Black Cat January 1901; $125.00 prize. 227 · The Family Skeleton’s Wedding Journey · Annie Fellows Johnston · ss The Black Cat May 1901; $125.00 prize. 240 · Missing · Mary Boardman Sheldon · ss The Black Cat September 1900; $100.00 prize.