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The Best Tales of Hoffmann by E. T. A. Hoffmann ed. E. F. Bleiler--- see under E. T. A. Hoffmann.

Best “Thinking Machine” Detective Stories by Jacques Futrelle ed. E. F. Bleiler--- see under Jacques Futrelle.

Category Phoenix ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (The Bodley Head, 1955, 9/6d, 192pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 3 stories from Year’s Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 (Frederick Fell, 1953). 9 · Firewater · William Tenn · na Astounding Science Fiction February 1952 83 · Category Phoenix · Boyd Ellanby · nv Galaxy Science Fiction May 1952 139 · Surface Tension [Lavon] · James Blish · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1952

Classic Ghost Stories ed. Everett F. Bleiler--- see under Anon..

Eight Dime Novels ed. E. F. Bleiler (Dover Publications, 1974, 0-486-22975-0, $3.50, 190pp, tp, an, cover by Theodore Menten) vi · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms vii · Introduction · E. F. Bleiler · in 1 · The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler or, Working for the Custom House · Francis W. Doughty · nv (r) 33 · Frank James on the Trail · [uncredited] · ss (r) 47 · Scylla, the Sea Robber; or, Nick Carter and the Queen of Sirens · Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey · nv (r) 77 · Deadwood Dick, the Prince of the Road; or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills · Edward J. Wheeler · nv Beadle’s Half Dime Library October 15 1877 91 · Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood · Colonel Prentiss Ingraham · ss (r) 107 · The Huge Hunter; or, The Steam Man of the Prairies · Edward S. Ellis · ss (r) 123 · Frank Merriwell’s Nobility, or The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp · William George Patten · nv (r) 157 · Adrift in New York, or Dodger and Florence Braving the World · Horatio Alger, Jr. · nv (r)

Five Victorian Ghost Novels ed. Everett F. Bleiler (Dover, 1971, xiv+421pp, tp, an)     Ghost anthology. v · Introduction to the Dover Edition · Everett F. Bleiler · in 1 · The Uninhabited House · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · n. Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1875 113 · The Amber Witch · Wilhelm Meinhold; translated by Lady Duff Gordon · n. 1844 translated from the German (Maria Schweidler, die Bernsteinhexe, 1843). 245 · Monsieur Maurice · Amelia B. Edwards · na Hurst & Blackett, 1873 297 · The Phantom Lover · Vernon Lee · na Blackwood, August 1886 341 · The Ghost of Guir House · Charles Willing Beale · na Editor Publishing, 1897

Frontiers in Space ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Bantam, April 1955, 1328, 25¢, 166pp, pb, an)     Selections from The Best Science Fiction Stories 1951-1953. 1 · Oddy and Id · Alfred Bester · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1950, as “The Devil’s Invention” 15 · Process · A. E. van Vogt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1950 21 · The Star Ducks · Bill Brown · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1950 29 · To Serve Man · Damon Knight · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 37 · The Fox in the Forest · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 13 1950, as “To the Future” 51 · Nine-Finger Jack · Anthony Boucher · ss Esquire May 1951 56 · Dark Interlude · Mack Reynolds & Fredric Brown · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1951 63 · Generation of Noah · William Tenn · ss Suspense Magazine Spring 1951, as “The Quick and the Bomb” 74 · The Rats · Arthur Porges · ss Man’s World February 1951 83 · Ararat [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952 105 · The Moon Is Green · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1952 120 · Survival · John Wyndham · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1952 144 · Machine · John W. Jakes · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1952 148 · I Am Nothing · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1952

Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce by Ambrose Bierce ed. E. F. Bleiler--- see under Ambrose Bierce.

Ghost Stories and Mysteries by J. S. Le Fanu ed. E. F. Bleiler--- see under J. S. Le Fanu.

Gods, Men and Ghosts by Lord Dunsany ed. E. F. Bleiler--- see under Lord Dunsany.

The Golem and The Man Who Was Born Again ed. Everett F. Bleiler (Dover Publications, 1976, 0-486-23327-8, $4.50, xxxvi+412pp, tp, om)     Omnibus of two German supernatural novels with a new introduction. iii · Introduction · Everett F. Bleiler · in 1 · The Golem · Gustav Meyrink; translated by Madge Pemberton · n. Houghton Mifflin, 1928 translated from the German (Der Golem, 1914). 191 · The Man Who Was Born Again · Paul Busson; translated by Prince Mirski & Thomas Moult · n. Heinemann, 1927 translated from the German (Die Wiedergeburt des Melchior Dronte, 1921).

Great Cases of the Thinking Machine by Jacques Futrelle ed. E. F. Bleiler--- see under Jacques Futrelle.

Imagination Unlimited ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Farrar, Straus & Young, 1952, $3.50, xiv+430pp, hc, an)     SF anthology. ix · Introduction · Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · in 7 · What Dead Men Tell · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1949 42 · Referent · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948, as by Brett Sterling 59 · Blind Man’s Buff · Malcolm Jameson · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1944 95 · Pressure · Ross Rocklynne · ss Astounding Science-Fiction June 1939 119 · The Xi Effect · Philip Latham · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1950 146 · Old Faithful [Old Faithful] · Raymond Z. Gallun · nv Astounding Stories December 1934 201 · Alas, All Thinking! · Harry Bates · nv Astounding Stories June 1935 248 · Dune Roller · Julian May · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1951 298 · Employment · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1939, as by Lyman R. Lyon 327 · Dreams Are Sacred · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1948 356 · Hold Back Tomorrow · Kris Neville · ss Imagination September 1951 370 · Berom · John Berryman · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1951 395 · The Fire and the Sword · Frank Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1951

Imagination Unlimited (var. 1) ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (The Bodley Head, 1953, 8/6d, 185pp, hc, an)     Contains the first 6 Stories of the American version, remainder in Men of Space and Time. · What Dead Men Tell · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1949 · Referent · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948, as by Brett Sterling · Blind Man’s Buff · Malcolm Jameson · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1944 · Pressure · Ross Rocklynne · ss Astounding Science-Fiction June 1939 · The Xi Effect · Philip Latham · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1950 · Old Faithful [Old Faithful] · Raymond Z. Gallun · nv Astounding Stories December 1934

Imagination Unlimited (var. 2) ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Berkley, April 1959, 35¢, 172pp, pb, an, cover by Richard Powers)     Anthology of 3 stories from the US hardback edition. 5 · Referent · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948, as by Brett Sterling 14 · What Dead Men Tell · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1949 42 · Dune Roller · Julian May · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1951 83 · Employment · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1939, as by Lyman R. Lyon 101 · Dreams Are Sacred · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1948 124 · Berom · John Berryman · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1951 144 · The Fire and the Sword · Frank M. Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1951

Men of Space and Time ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (The Bodley Head, 1953, 8/6d, 221pp, hc, an)     Contains the last seven stories from Imagination Unlimited. · Alas, All Thinking! · Harry Bates · nv Astounding Stories June 1935 · Dune Roller · Julian May · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1951 · Employment · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1939, as by Lyman R. Lyon · Dreams Are Sacred · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1948 · Hold Back Tomorrow · Kris Neville · ss Imagination September 1951 · Berom · John Berryman · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1951 · The Fire and the Sword · Frank M. Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1951

Science Fiction Omnibus ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Garden City Books, January 1952, $2.95, 314+344pp, hc, om)     Omnibus of The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1949 (Frederick Fell, 1949) and The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 (Frederick Fell, 1950). 9 · Trends in Modern Science-Fiction · Melvin Korshak · in The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1949 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty, Fell, 1949 17 · Preface · Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · pr The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1949 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty, Fell, 1949 27 · The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1949 · ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · an Frederick Fell, Inc., August 1949 29 · Mars Is Heaven! [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1948 51 · Ex Machina [Galloway Gallegher] · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1948 92 · The Strange Case of John Kingman · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1948 112 · Doughnut Jockey · Erik Fennel · ss The Blue Book Magazine May 1948 130 · Thang · Martin Gardner · vi Comment Fall 1948 132 · Period Piece · J. J. Coupling · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1948 141 · Knock · Fredric Brown · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1948 154 · Genius · Poul Anderson · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1948 195 · And the Moon Be Still as Bright [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1948 226 · No Connection · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1948 250 · In Hiding [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1948 292 · Happy Ending · Henry Kuttner · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1948 27 · The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 · ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · an Frederick Fell, Inc., August 1950 29 · Private Eye · Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1949, as by Lewis Padgett; given as by Henry Kuttner. 66 · Doomsday Deferred · Will F. Jenkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 24 1949 85 · The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949 96 · Eternity Lost · Clifford D. Simak · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1949 132 · Easter Eggs · Robert S. Carr · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 24 1949, as “Nightmare at Dawn” 173 · Opening Doors [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1949 218 · Five Years in the Marmalade · Robert W. Krepps · ss Fantastic Adventures July 1949, as by Geoffrey St. Reynard 237 · Dwellers in Silence [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s September 15 1948, as “The Long Years” 253 · Mouse · Fredric Brown · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949 266 · Refuge for Tonight · Robert Moore Williams · nv The Blue Book Magazine March 1949 300 · The Life-Work of Professor Muntz · Murray Leinster · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949 316 · Flaw · John D. MacDonald · ss Startling Stories January 1949 326 · The Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1949

Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror ed. E. F. Bleiler (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1985, 0-684-17808-7, $135.00, xix+1169pp, hc, nf)     A major reference work in two volumes with critical essays on fantasy authors. The book is done chronologically and is excellent on earlier work but fairly sketchy on the current crop (22 post-1940 writers are discussed). It has excellent coverage of the early 20th Century.

Three Gothic Novels ed. Everett F. Bleiler (Dover Publications, June 1966, T1232, $2.00, 291pp, tp, an)     Ghost/horror/gothic anthology. v · Introduction · Everett F. Bleiler · in 3 · Introduction to The Castle of Otranto · Sir Walter Scott · is 1811 17 · The Castle of Otranto · Horace Walpole · n. Tho. Lownds, 1764 107 · Vathek · William Beckford; translated by Samuel Henley · n. J. Johnson, 1786, as “An Arabian Tale”, uncredited. 255 · The Vampyre · John William Polidori, Dr. · nv The New Monthly Magazine April 1 1819, as by Lord Byron 285 · Fragment of a Novel · Lord George Gordon Byron · uw Mazeppa by Lord Byron, John Murray, 1819

Three Supernatural Novels of the Victorian Period ed. Everett F. Bleiler (Dover Publications, 1975, 0-486-22571-2, $4.00, 325pp, tp, an) vii · Introduction to the Dover Edition · Everett F. Bleiler · in 1 · The Haunted Hotel · Wilkie Collins · n. The Illustrated London News Christmas 1877; this text from the 1889 Chatto & Windus edition. 129 · The Haunted House at Latchford · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · n. Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1873, as “Fairy Water”; this text from the 1878 Routledge & Sons edition. 233 · The Lost Stradivarius · J. Meade Falkner · n. Blackwood, 1895; this text from the 1896 Appleton & Co. edition.

A Treasury of Victorian Detective Stories ed. Everett F. Bleiler (Scribner’s, 1979, 0-684-16055-2, $14.95, 406pp, hc, an)     Also available in the U.K. (Harvester Press 1980). 7 · Three “Detective” Anecdotes · Charles Dickens · gp Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited. _ · The Pair of Gloves · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited. _ · The Artful Touch · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited. _ · The Sofa · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words #25, September 14 1850, uncredited. 15 · Arrested on Suspicion [Andrew Forrester] · Andrew Forrester, Jr. · ss The Revelations of a Private Detective by Andrew Forrester, Jun., Ward and Lock, 1863 35 · Murder Under the Microscope [Henry Clarke] · “Waters” · nv Autobiography of an English Detective Vol. II by "Waters", John Maxwell and Company, 1863 52 · The Woman with the Yellow Hair · Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, uncredited · ss Dublin University Magazine November 1861 71 · The Revelations of a Detective · Tom Fox · ss George Vickers, 1860; chapter VII. 88 · Hanged by the Neck [Jack Bolter] · Charles Martel · ss The Detective’s Note-Book by Charles Martel, Ward and Lock, 1860 97 · Tale of a Detective · [uncredited] · ss A Race for Life and Other Tales, Leisure Hour, 1872 117 · Levison’s Victim · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Belgravia January 1870, uncredited. 131 · The Little Old Man of Batignolles · Emile Gaboriau · nv George Munro, 1880 translated from the French (“Le Petit Vieux de Batignolles”, 1876). 173 · Going Through the Tunnel [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · ss The Argosy (UK) February 1869, as by Johnny Ludlow 189 · Mr. Policeman and the Cook · Wilkie Collins · nv Seaside Library January 26 1881, as “Who Killed Zebedee?” 207 · Dr. Varvill’s Prescription · Charlotte Riddell · nv Chemist & Druggist July 28 1894 239 · The Great Ruby Robbery · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Magazine October 1892 256 · The Wedding Guest [Simon Carne] · Guy Boothby · ss Pearson’s Magazine May 1897 273 · The Recollections of Captain Wilkie · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Chambers’s Journal January 19 1895 286 · The Story of Baelbrow [Flaxman Low] · E. & H. Heron · ss Pearson’s Magazine April 1898 298 · The Bank Note Forger · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine September 1899 308 · The Outside Ledge [Florence Cusack] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss The Harmsworth Magazine October 1900 317 · The Case of the Late Mr. Rewse [Martin Hewitt] · Arthur Morrison · nv The Windsor Magazine February 1896 340 · The Black Bag Left on a Door-Step [Loveday Brooke] · Catherine L. Pirkis · ss The Ludgate Monthly February 1893 360 · The Sheriff of Gullmore [Randolph Mason] · Melville Davisson Post · nv The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason by Melville Davisson Post, Putnam, 1896 381 · The Staircase at the Heart’s Delight [Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · ss 1894 395 · The Stolen Cigar-Case · Bret Harte · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 24 1900

A Treasury of Victorian Ghost Stories ed. Everett F. Bleiler (Scribner’s, 1981, 0-684-17299-2, $17.95, 358pp, hc, an)     Volume of twenty-four rare Victorian ghost stories, only two of which have seen previous anthologisation according to the editor. 1 · Introduction · Everett F. Bleiler · in 7 · To Be Read at Dusk · Charles Dickens · ss The Keepsake 1852 19 · The Ghost in the Bride’s Chamber · Charles Dickens (with Wilkie Collins) · ex from “The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices”, anonymously, Household Words October 3 1857 (+4), uncredited. 36 · Nine O’Clock! · Wilkie Collins · ss Bentley’s Miscellany August 1852 53 · The Dutch Officer’s Story · Catherine Crowe · ss Ghosts and Family Legends by Mrs. Crowe, T.C. Newby, 1858 62 · Wicked Captain Walshawe of Wauling · Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine April 1864, uncredited. 75 · A Curious Experience [Johnny Ludlow] · Mrs. Henry Wood · ss The Argosy (UK) November 1883, as by Johnny Ludlow 94 · Le Vert Galant · [uncredited] · ss The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1870 100 · At Chrighton Abbey · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv Belgravia May 1871, uncredited. 127 · The Man with the Nose · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar October 1872 144 · Ken’s Mystery · Julian Hawthorne · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1883 164 · A Terrible Vengeance · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · nv Princess Sunshine and Other Stories by Mrs. J. H. Riddell, Ward & Downey, 1889 202 · The Old Lady in Black · [uncredited] · ss The Argosy (UK) January 1894 208 · The Library Window · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1896 244 · The Empty Picture Frame · Mrs. Alfred Baldwin · ss The Shadow on the Blind and Other Ghost Stories by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin, Dent, 1895 258 · A Grammatical Ghost · Elia W. Peattie · ss The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales by Elia W. Peattie, Macmillan US, 1898 265 · The Mystery of the Semi-Detached · E. Nesbit · ss Grim Tales by E. Nesbit, A.D. Innes, 1893 269 · My Enemy and Myself · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss A Book of Bargains by Vincent O'Sullivan, Leonard Smithers, 1896 274 · Midday Magic · Paul Heyse; translated by Mrs. F. A. Van Santford · ss At the Ghost Hour: Midday Magic by Paul Heyse, New York, 1894 “Mittagszauber”, heavily edited by Bleiler from the English translation. 287 · Witch In-Grain · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The National Observer May 6 1893 291 · A Stray Reveler · Emma Dawson · ss The Wasp December 23 1882 300 · The Vanishing House · Bernard Capes · ss The Sketch January 5 1898 306 · Bodies of the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · gp San Francisco Examiner April 22 1888 315 · Death and the Woman · Gertrude Atherton · ss Vanity Fair (UK) 1892 321 · The Laird’s Luck · Arthur Quiller-Couch · nv The Laird’s Luck by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, London, 1901 355 · Suggested Reading List · [uncredited] · bi