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Mystery and horror stories by Doyle, Kipling and Poe. |
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Anthology (in 2 vols) of historical adventures mostly with mystical, macabre or supernatural incidents. Details taken from later omnibus volume (London: Edwards & Bushell, 1857), which incorporated the novel The Gentleman in Black. |
Two suspense plays intended for schools complete with discussion prompts. |
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This volume is listed as one of the titles in the series Famous Stories of All Time published by Gulliver Books at the end of the War. It is possible that none of these were published. Other titles include Tales of Adventure, Tales of Mystery, Ghost Stories, The Dream and Other Tales of Romance and The Spider’s Eye and Other Stories. |
Reprint (Random House 1944 as Great Tales of Terror & the Supernatural by Herbert A. Wise & Phyllis Fraser) anthology of 38 classic horror stories (removing the Introductions and 14 stories from the original), with an introduction by Michael Moorcock. |
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Reprint (Arkham House 1989) horror anthology of 22 stories, with introduction by James Turner, significantly revised from the 1969 Arkham House edition edited by August Derleth. |
Translated from the French Fantasmagoria (Paris, 1812) by Mrs Sarah Utterson with the addition of her fragment. The French volume was translated from German sources by J.B.B. Eyriès. The original German source were the first two volumes of an eventual five-volume set, Gespensterbuch (Leipzig, 1811), edited by Friedrich Schulze and Johann Apel. It was this volume that was read by Byron and Shelley whilst on holiday in Switzerland and prompted the ghost-story competition that gave rise to Frankenstein. This volume has recently been reprinted by The Gothic Society, 1992 (ISBN 1-874100-03-9) with a new introduction by Terry Hale. |
Un-numbered wartime paperback. Later revised and expanded. |
Expanded and revised version of 1945 edition. |
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Although sub-titled “True Stories of the Unexplained” these seven stories are all presented in a fictional narrative format. |
An early post-Byronic volume of romantic visions. The anonymous author, who claims this is his first book, calls them “tales of diablerie” and claims that all but one are original, although two are based on nursery tales. Probably translations by the author from national tales. Book has been attributed to George Borrow. |
Limited to 750 copies signed by all the authors. Details taken from online listing. |
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. |
Movie tie-in book reprinting story that movie based on then padding out the book with other stories. |
Expanded from The Dragon King’s Daughter: Ten Tang Dynasty Stories (2nd edition, Foreign Languages Press, 1962). Translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang. |
Anthology of two novellas back-to-back a la the old Ace Doubles. |
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Omnibus of two classic adventure novels: Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1914) with an introduction by Gore Vidal and The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope (1894) with a new introduction by Justin Kaplan. |
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A Regency romance anthology, each story has accompanying recipes. |
Extracts from upcoming OUP titles, each with a biographical intro. |
Details taken from online listing. |
Anthology of ten stories, one a reprint, based on the roleplaying game. Simultaneous with the UK (Black Library) edition. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. |
Dos-a-dos anthology of two novelettes published for World Book Day 2011: “The Teacher’s Tales of Terror” by Chris Priestly and “Traction City” by Philip Reeve, set in Mortal Engines world. |
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Anthology/omnibus of two bizarre stories bound Ace Double style: Angel Scene by Richard Kadrey (illustrated by the author) and Teeth and Tongue Landscape by Carlton Mellick III (illustrated by Brian Doogan). This is a print-on-demand edition. |
Gray and black cover with red highlights; no internal illustrations. “These stories have appeared in Cosmopolitan during the last ten years, and are bound together in this book as a gift to you from your newsdealer and with the compliments of Cosmopolitan Magazine. This book is not for sale, and there are no more copies available.” Details supplied by Richard Bleiler. |
Anthology of ten stories, mainly original, including pieces by Harlan Ellison and Roger Zelazny. This edition is limited to 250 signed copies; a deluxe, leatherbound edition ($250) limited to 26 copies was also announced. |
Details taken from later edition, The Best Terrible Tales from the French, London: Reeves, [1912]. It’s possible the whole volume is by Erckmann-Chatrian. |
Details taken from later edition, The Best Terrible Tales from the German, London: Reeves, [1912]. |
Details taken from later edition, The Best Terrible Tales from the Italian, London: Reeves, [1912]. |
Details taken from later edition, The Best Terrible Tales from the Spanish, London: Reeves, [1912]. |
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Associational item, including illustrations by various artists. |
Christmas-themed romance anthology of reprinted stories. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. |
Three Visions of Time |
Historical romances. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. |
Original anthology of three stories about women who buy shoes that give them superpowers. Authors are Julie Kenner, Jade Lee, and Marianne Mancusi. |
Omnibus of the first two Star Trek novelizations in the Mission: Gamma sequence: Twilight by David R. George III (2002) and This Gray Spirit by Heather Jarman (2002). |
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Anthology of two novellas—the Haber is an original prequel to the Brackett. |
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Abridged from Murder Cavalcade (Duell, Sloan and Pearce 1946). |
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Reprint (Signet 1978 as Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) horror omnibus. Introduction by Stephen King. The books are separately paginated. |
“Prepared by the Materials Development Staff of English Language Services, Inc. under the co-direction of Edwin T. Cornelius, Jr., and Willard D. Sheeler. Mary Raitt and Helena Newman rewrote and adapted the stories, and Earle W. Brockman served as consulting editor.” |
Collection including Utopia by Thomas More; ‘New Atlantis’ by Francis Bacon, and ‘The Isle of Pines’ by Henry Neville. Edited with an Introduction and notes by Susan Bruce. |
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Reprint (Meredith Press 1969) original SF anthology. Details taken from online listing. |
Reprint (Meredith Press 1969) original SF anthology. Details taken from online listing. |
Reprint (Meredith Press 1969) original SF anthology. Details taken from online listing. |
Reprint (Meredith Press 1969) original SF anthology. Details taken from online listing. |
Arthur C. Clarke is incorrectly listed as the editor. Reprint (Meredith Press 1969) original SF anthology. Details taken from online listing. |
Anthology of three horror stories. A “Penguin 60s” anniversary edition. |
Historical Romances-reprints. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. |
Historical Romances. Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. |
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