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Someone Like You (var. 1) by Roald Dahl (Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., 1954, B54-4934, 12/6d, 256pp, hc, co)     This edition omits two of the stories (“Neck” and “The Great Automatic Grammatisator”) from the original (Knopf, 1953) edition. 7 · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker December 8 1951 24 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 36 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item” 49 · The Soldier · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 60 · My Lady Love, My Dove · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker June 21 1952 77 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker January 19 1952 90 · Galloping Foxley · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 107 · Skin · Roald Dahl · nv The New Yorker May 17 1952 127 · Poison · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s June 3 1950 141 · The Wish · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 146 · The Sound Machine · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker September 17 1949 162 · Nunc Dimittis · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” 188 · Claud’s Dog · Roald Dahl · gp Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 _188 · The Ratcatcher · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 _202 · Rummins · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 _215 · Mr. Hoddy · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 _224 · Mr. Feasey · Roald Dahl · nv The New Yorker July 25 1953, as “Dog Race”

Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl (Alfred A. Knopf, October 1974, 0-394-49473-3, $5.95, 210pp, hc, co) 1 · The Visitor [Uncle Oswald] · Roald Dahl · nv Playboy May 1965 77 · The Great Switcheroo · Roald Dahl · nv Playboy April 1974 117 · The Last Act · Roald Dahl · nv Playboy January 1966 165 · Bitch [Uncle Oswald] · Roald Dahl · nv Playboy July 1974

Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl (Michael Joseph, February 1979, 0-7181-1751-4, £5.95, 256pp, hc, co) · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker December 8 1951 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item” · My Lady Love, My Dove · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker June 21 1952 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker January 19 1952 · Galloping Foxley · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 · Skin · Roald Dahl · nv The New Yorker May 17 1952 · Neck · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 · Nunc Dimittis · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 · William and Mary · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 · Parson’s Pleasure · Roald Dahl · nv Esquire April 1958 · Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat · Roald Dahl · ss Nugget December 1959 · Royal Jelly · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 · Edward the Conqueror · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker October 31 1953

Tales of the Unexpected (var. 1) by Roald Dahl (Vintage Books, September 1979, 0-394-74081-5, $2.95, 471pp, tp, co)     Details taken from online listing. 3 · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker December 8 1951 21 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 34 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item” 48 · My Lady Love, My Dove · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker June 21 1952 67 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker January 19 1952 82 · Galloping Foxley · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 101 · Skin · Roald Dahl · nv The New Yorker May 17 1952 122 · Neck · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 145 · Nunc Dimittis · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” 173 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 185 · William and Mary · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 219 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 236 · Parson’s Pleasure · Roald Dahl · nv Esquire April 1958 267 · Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat · Roald Dahl · ss Nugget December 1959 288 · Royal Jelly · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 322 · Edward the Conqueror · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker October 31 1953 346 · The Sound Machine · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker September 17 1949 364 · Georgy Porgy · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 395 · The Hitch-Hiker · Roald Dahl · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1977 411 · Poison · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s June 3 1950 426 · The Boy Who Talked with Animals · Roald Dahl · nv The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl, Jonathan Cape, 1977 449 · The Umbrella Man · Roald Dahl · ss 458 · Genesis and Catastrophe · Roald Dahl · ss Playboy December 1959, as “A Fine Son” 467 · The Butler · Roald Dahl · ss Travel and Leisure May 1974, as “The Butler Did It”

A Taste of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl (Penguin, May 5, 2005, 0-141-02298-1, £1.50, 56pp, tp, co)     Collection of 3 stories selected from Completely Unexpected Tales (Penguin, 1986). One of the “Penguin 70s”. 1 · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker December 8 1951 22 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 43 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959

Ten Short Stories by Roald Dahl (Penguin Books, March 30, 2000, 978-0-14-081778-2, £6.99, 190pp, tp, co, cover: Raining by Valerie Conway) [edited by Ronald Carter]     Details taken from online listing. vi · Introduction · Ronald Carter · in 3 · The Umbrella Man · Roald Dahl · ss Tales of the Unexpected (var. 1) by Roald Dahl, Vintage, 1979 10 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker January 19 1952 22 · The Butler · Roald Dahl · ss Travel and Leisure May 1974, as “The Butler Did It” 26 · The Hitchhiker · Roald Dahl · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1977 39 · Mr. Botibol · Roald Dahl · nv More Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl, Michael Joseph, 1980 61 · My Lady Love, My Dove · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker June 21 1952 77 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 91 · Parson’s Pleasure · Roald Dahl · nv Esquire April 1958 116 · The Sound Machine · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker September 17 1949 131 · The Wish · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953

Two Fables by Roald Dahl (Viking UK, 1986, 0-670-81530-6, £5.95, 64pp, hc, oc)     Collection of two original fairy tales, published for Dahl’s 70th birthday. 7 · The Princess and the Poacher · Roald Dahl · ss 43 · Princess Mammalia · Roald Dahl · ss

The Umbrella Man and Other Stories by Roald Dahl (Viking, May 1998, 0-670-87854-5, $16.99, 279pp, hc, co, cover by Brian Cairns)     Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1996 as The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories) young-adult collection of 13 stories originally written for adults, here selected for teens. This edition omits the introduction by Wendy Cooling. 1 · The Great Automatic Grammatizator · Roald Dahl · nv Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 27 · Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat · Roald Dahl · ss Nugget December 1959 49 · The Butler · Roald Dahl · ss Travel and Leisure May 1974, as “The Butler Did It” 54 · Man from the South · Roald Dahl · ss Collier’s September 4 1948, as “Collector’s Item” 69 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 82 · Parson’s Pleasure · Roald Dahl · nv Esquire April 1958 115 · The Umbrella Man · Roald Dahl · ss Tales of the Unexpected (var. 1) by Roald Dahl, Vintage, 1979 124 · Katina · Roald Dahl · nv Ladies’ Home Journal March 1944 156 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 174 · Royal Jelly · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 211 · Vengeance Is Mine Inc. · Roald Dahl · nv More Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl, Michael Joseph, 1980 237 · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker December 8 1951 256 · Neck · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl (Knopf, September 1977, 0-394-83604-9, 225pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Bacon) 1 · The Boy Who Talked with Animals · Roald Dahl · nv 25 · The Hitchhiker · Roald Dahl · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1977 43 · A Note About the Next Story · Roald Dahl · is 45 · The Mildenhall Treasure · Roald Dahl · ts The Saturday Evening Post September 20 1947, as “He Plowed Up $1,000,000” 73 · The Swan · Roald Dahl · nv 99 · The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar · Roald Dahl · na 171 · Lucky Break · Roald Dahl · ar; subtitled “How I Became a Writer”. 207 · A Piece of Cake · Roald Dahl · ss Over to You by Roald Dahl, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1946 revised from “Missing—Believed Killed” (Tomorrow, November 1944).

Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghost Stories ed. Roald Dahl (Jonathan Cape, October 1983, 0-224-02149-4, £7.95, 235pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 14 ghost stories selected by Dahl in 1958 for adaptation in a projected TV series (which was never made). 11 · Introduction · Roald Dahl · in 21 · W.S. · L. P. Hartley · ss World Review January 1952 33 · Harry · Rosemary Timperley · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 47 · The Corner Shop · Cynthia Asquith · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1926 63 · In the Tube · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1922 78 · Christmas Meeting · Rosemary Timperley · vi Truth 1952 81 · Elias and the Draug · Jonas Lie · ss Weird Tales from Northern Seas by Jonas Lie, Kegan Paul, Trence, Truebner, 1893 90 · Playmates · A. M. Burrage · nv Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927 115 · Ringing the Changes · Robert Aickman · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 146 · The Telephone · Mary Treadgold · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 154 · The Ghost of a Hand · J. 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”. 162 · The Sweeper · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X 179 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 210 · On the Brighton Road · Richard Middleton · ss The Ghost Ship by Richard Middleton, Unwin, 1912 214 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885

The Woodley Lane Ghost and Other Stories by Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren (Drexel Biddle, 1899, 474pp, hc, co) 9 · The Woodley Lane Ghost · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · nv The Woodley Lane Ghost and Other Stories by Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, Drexel Biddle, 1899 37 · The Miser’s Last Christmas · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 49 · Who Was She? · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ar Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine June 1889 65 · My Dread Secret · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 79 · The Amulet Ring · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 93 · A Night’s Adventure · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 109 · A Sublime Sacrifice · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 125 · A Reminiscence · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 137 · Earth-Bound · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 155 · The Fatal Boots · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 169 · My First Patient · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 183 · The Faithful Slave · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly October 1889 201 · A Murder Mystery · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 219 · The Judge’s Dream · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 233 · Before the War · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · na (r) 325 · A Murillo · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 343 · My Moufflon · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 363 · Wilful Betty · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 375 · How Not to Propose · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 395 · The Trouble of a Double · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 411 · His Plural Wives · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 427 · The Poor Author · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 445 · A Harmless Lunatic · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r) 465 · Leap Year and Coincidence · Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren · ss (r)

The Chemickal Marriage by G. W. Dahlquist (Penguin Viking, July 5, 2012, 978-0-670-92163-8, £20.00, 516pp, hc, no) [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]     Fantasy novel. Book 3 of “Dream Eaters” after The Glass Book of Dream Eaters and The Dark Volume.

The Dark Volume by G. W. Dahlquist (Penguin Viking, May 1, 2008, 978-0-670-91653-5, £18.99, 516pp, hc, no, cover by grey519) [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]     Fantasy novel. The sequel to The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters.

The Dark Volume by Gordon Dahlquist (Subterranean Press, August 2009, 978-1-59606-268-9, $75.00, 433pp, hc, n., cover by Dave McKean) [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]     Reprint (Viking 2008) fantasy novel. Signed edition of 500 numbered and 26 lettered copies. Details taken from online listing.

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist (Bantam, August 2006, 0-385-34035-4, $26.00, 760pp, hc, n., cover by Shasti O’Leary Soudant) [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]     Fantasy novel. A woman dumped by her fiancé seeks answers and uncovers a conspiracy out to rule the world through sex and dreams.

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist (Subterranean Press, May 2007, 978-1-59606-105-7, $75.00, 637pp, hc, n., cover by Dave McKean) [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]     Reprint (Bantam 2006) fantasy novel. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a traycased, lettered edition of 15 ($250.00) is also available.

The Short Story: Plot Thickens ed. Arthur Daigon & Mimi Schmitt (Prentice Hall, 1977, 0-13-809764-X, 186pp, tp, an)     There is an Activities page after each story. 1 · Beginnings and Endings 2 · The Father · Björnstjerne Björnson · ss The Union Jack August 24 1882 translated from the Norwegian. 6 · Thank You, M’am · Langston Hughes · ss The Langston Hughes Reader by Langston Hughes, G. Braziller, 1958 10 · The Unuttered Warning · Eric Bengston · ss (r) 14 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 20 · The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World · Gabriel García Márquez · ss (r) translated from the Spanish (“El ahogado más hermoso del mundo”). 27 · Yesterdays 28 · 1692 Cotton Mather Newsreel · Richard Brautigan · ss (r) 32 · A Visit to Grandmother · William Melvin Kelley · ss (r) 39 · How Grandpa Came Into the Money · Elsa Zantner · ss 75 Short Masterpieces ed. Roger Goodman, Bantam Books, 1961 42 · Ancient Gentility · William Carlos Williams · ss (r) 44 · Time in Thy Flight · Ray Bradbury · ss Fantastic Universe June/July 1953 50 · Live and Learn 51 · Señor Payroll · William E. Barrett · ss Southwest Review Autumn 1943 55 · Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Knickerbocker January 1837, as “The Fountain of Youth”, uncredited. 63 · Coyote 13 · Arturo Souto Alabarce; translated by Harriet de Onis · ss (r) 67 · The Richer, the Poorer · Dorothy West · ss (r) 71 · Our Best and Our Worst 72 · Epitaph for a Heel · William Fay · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 20 1962 80 · The Apple Tree · Katherine Mansfield · ss Woman’s Home Companion May 1927 84 · The Enemy · Pearl Buck · nv Harper’s Magazine November 1942 94 · Four Men and a Box · Leslie Gordon Barnard · ss This Week 1947 99 · Insiders and Outsiders 100 · The Lost Soul · Ben Hecht · ss A Book of Miracles by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1939 104 · The Walls [People] · Zenna Henderson · ss Holding Wonder by Zenna Henderson, Doubleday, 1971 111 · Give Us This Day · Alice Reid · ss (r) 114 · Caged · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss (r) 117 · Zoo · Edward D. Hoch · vi Fantastic Universe June 1958 120 · Love Me/Love Me Not 121 · The Lover and His Lass · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker May 26 1956 123 · The Wooing of Ariadne · Harry Mark Petrakis · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 20 1960 133 · The Gift of the Magi · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World December 10 1905, as “Gifts of the Magi” 137 · Feels Like Spring · Milton Kaplan · ss (r) 142 · Out of This World 143 · The Boy Who Drew Cats · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Hasegawa, 1898 146 · Tularecito · John Steinbeck · ss (r) 153 · Where Angels Fear · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Unknown March 1939 159 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910 164 · Tomorrows 165 · The Business As Usual · Mack Reynolds · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1952 168 · The Wheel · John Wyndham · ss Startling Stories January 1952 174 · Virtuoso · Herbert Goldstone · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1953 179 · Who Can Replace a Man? · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1958, as “But Who Can Replace a Man?”