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Laughter Before Wicket: The Second Innings: A Select Team of 18 Humorous Cricketing Stories ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press, November 1990, 0-285-63007-5, £14.95, 239pp, hc, an, cover by John Jensen)     Anthology of cricketing short stories. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 13 · Village Cricket [Reginald Drake (aka Percy) Biffin] · Harry Graham · ss (r) 27 · How Our Village Tried to Play the Australians [Tillingfold] · Hugh de Selincourt · ss (r) 39 · From Father to Sons · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss (r) 48 · The Day of the Duck · Jack Hobbs · ts (r) 58 · A Cricketer Explains (Strange Misfortunes on the Cricket Field) · J. M. Barrie · ss (r) 66 · Fuji Kawa: The Cricket Star · Hesketh Prichard · ss (r) 78 · Five Short Legs · A. G. Macdonell · ex from How Like an Angel, Macmillan, 1934 101 · The Unrecorded Test Match [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey by Lord Dunsany, Michael Joseph, 1954 117 · The Rabbits · A. A. Milne · nv (r) 159 · Batter Sweet: or ‘Not Cricket’ · A. P. Herbert · pl (r) 174 · How’s That, Umpire? · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Nothing Serious by P. G. Wodehouse, Herbert Jenkins, 1950 191 · Herbert Wins the Toss · Ben Travers · ss (r) 201 · The Pitch We Come To · Rudyard Kipling · fa The Civil and Military Gazette October 1890 210 · Cricket Through the Looking Glass · R. C. Robertson-Glasgow · ss (r) 219 · Purple Pads v. Gasometer · Bernard Hollowood · ss Punch April 1958 224 · Jack the Giant Commentator · Miles Kington · ss (r) 230 · Cricket, Lousy Cricket · Richard Gordon · fa Punch December 1966 234 · Bowled Over · Barry Norman · ar (r)

Legends for the Dark ed. Peter Haining (NEL, February 1968, 2094, 3/6d, 127pp, pb, an)     Subtitled “Tales of Fantasy and Horror”. 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 11 · Solomon’s Demon · Arthur Porges · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination July 1961 21 · The Altar · Robert Sheckley · ss Fantastic July/August 1953 28 · Here, Daemos! · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales March 1942 38 · The Academy of Pain · Basil Copper · ss 49 · Floral Tribute · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1949 61 · The Secret of the Vault · J. Wesley Rosenquest · ss Weird Tales May 1938 76 · The Ordeal of Doctor Trifulgas · Jules Verne; translated by Peter Haining · ss translated from the French (“Frritt-Flacc”, Le Figaro Illustré, 1884/5). 83 · A Night with Hecate · Edward W. Ludwig · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination October 1963 100 · Beyond the Wall of Sleep · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Pine Cones October 1919 112 · The Scythe · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales July 1943

London After Midnight: A Conducted Tour ed. Peter Haining (Little, Brown UK, January 5, 1996, 0-316-87573-2, £16.99, 342pp, hc, an, cover: [photo] by James Walker)     Anthology of 22 stories, each with an introduction by Haining. A trade paperback edition (-87981-9, £9.99) was announced but not seen. 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 3 · Section One: Black Spots 5 · The Knife · Robert Arthur · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine November 1951 14 · Fu Manchu and the Frightened Redhead [Fu Manchu; (Sir Denis) Nayland Smith] · Sax Rohmer · ss This Week February 1 1959 25 · The Funspot-Street Affair · Thomas Burke · ss Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries, Associated Newspapers, 1935 31 · The Girl Who Loved Graveyards · P. D. James · ss Winter’s Crimes 15 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1983 49 · The Most Hated Man in London · Patricia Moyes · ss The (London) Evening News 1961 54 · Flight from Fleet Street · Carter Dickson · pl The London Mystery Magazine #14, February/March 1952, as by John Dickson Carr first broadcast on CBS Radio, July 5, 1948. 69 · Dangerous Game [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 12 1981 90 · Karmesin the Murderer [Karmesin] · Gerald Kersh · ss The People #3295, December 24 1944, as “Inscrutable Providence” 99 · The Day Lucky’s Luck Ran Out · Allan Prior · ss The Daily Mail November 1981 105 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947 113 · People Don’t Do Such Things · Ruth Rendell · ss The Fallen Curtain by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1976 127 · Section Two: City Sleuths 129 · The Elusive Bullet [Dr. Lancelot Priestley] · John Rhode · ss Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror Vol. 2 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1931 148 · The Adventure of the Worst Man in London [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Collier’s Weekly March 26 1904, as “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton”; this is the manuscript title. 169 · The Bottle Party [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Strand Magazine October 1939 193 · Aces High · Peter Cheyney · ss (r) 204 · Yellow Iris [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine July 1937 222 · Trent and the Fool-Proof Lift [Philip Trent] · E. C. Bentley · ss (r) 240 · The Cave of Ali Baba [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba” 274 · Border-Line Case [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss The Evening Standard August 25 1936 285 · The Santa Claus Club [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss Suspense (UK) December 1960 298 · The Incautious Burglar [Dr. Gideon Fell] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine October 1940, as “A Guest in the House” 317 · The Bones of the Case · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine

The Lucifer Society ed. Peter Haining (W.H. Allen, June 1972, 0-491-00881-3, £2.50, 256pp, hc, an)     Anthology of horror/macabre stories by authors more famous in other fields. Paperback edition retitled Detours Into the Macabre (Pan, 1974). Also retitled Masters of the Macabre (Hale, 1993). vii · Foreword · Kingsley Amis · fw xv · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 3 · “Man Overboard!” · Winston Churchill · ss The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine January 1899 7 · Timber · John Galsworthy · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1920 17 · The Angry Street [Club of Queer Trades] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News January 25 1908, as “A Somewhat Improbable Story” 23 · The Call of Wings · Agatha Christie · ss The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie, Odhams, 1933 39 · The Cherries · Lawrence Durrell · ss Masterpieces of Thrills, Daily Express, 1936 43 · A Man from Glasgow · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham, Heinemann, 1947 revised from “Told in the Inn at Algeciras” (The Woman at Home, February 1905). 55 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955 60 · The Grey Ones · J. B. Priestley · nv Lilliput April/May 1953 79 · The Man Who Didn’t Ask Why · C. S. Forester · vi 1957 83 · All but Empty · Graham Greene · ss The Strand Magazine March 1947 87 · Animals or Human Beings · Angus Wilson · ss The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 93 · Something Strange · Kingsley Amis · nv The Spectator November 25 1960 117 · The Post-Mortem Murder · Sinclair Lewis · nv The Century Magazine May 1921 143 · The Dance · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss The Red Book Magazine June 1926 159 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930 170 · The Bronze Door · Raymond Chandler · nv Unknown November 1939 199 · The Man Who Had No Eyes · MacKinlay Kantor · vi Liberty May 2 1931 203 · The Affair at 7, Rue de M— · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Bazaar April 1955 212 · The Snail-Watcher · Patricia Highsmith · ss Gamma #3, 1964 220 · Inferiority Complex · Evan Hunter · vi Fantastic Universe May 1955 225 · The Terrible Answer · Paul Gallico · ss The Saturday Evening Post June 17 1950 240 · Miriam · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle June 1945 254 · Exterminator · William Burroughs · ss Evergreen Review #46, April 1967 259 · During the Jurassic · John Updike · ss Transatlantic Review #21, Summer 1966

MG Log ed. Peter Haining (Greenwich Editions, 1997, 0-86288-136-6, £15.99, 176pp, hc, oa)     Reprint (Souvenir Press 1993) “celebration of the world’s favourite sports car”. 7 · Preface · [uncredited] · pr 9 · Octagonal Fever · Peter Haining · ar 25 · The Man Who Loved His Dream · Jean Cook · ar 43 · The Vintage Years · Cyril Mellor · ar 60 · The Lure of Speed · Cecil Kimber · ar part of a lecture given to the Specialloids Sports and Social Club in Finchley in 1944. 70 · The Wonder Years · Barry Foster · ar 83 · The MG Fast Ladies · Anna Guerrier · ar 99 · The Immortal “T” Types · David Saunders · ar 120 · MGB: “The World’s Most Popular Sports Car” · Geoff Shirt · ar 135 · Restoring MG Cars · Mike Allison · ar 154 · The MG Models 1923-1993 · [uncredited] · ms 170 · The MG File · [uncredited] · ms

M.R. James—Book of the Supernatural ed. Peter Haining (Foulsham, 1979, 0-572-01048-6, £5.95, 128pp, hc, an) [Ref. M. R. James]     Large-size illustrated volume reprinting writings about and stories by, or which influenced, M. R. James. 7 · Foreword · Sir John Betjeman · fw 9 · The Haunted World of M.R. James · Peter Haining · ar 19 · Some Remarks on Ghost Stories · Dr. Montague R. James · ar The Bookman December 1929 31 · M.R. James as Sherlock Holmes · [uncredited] · ar The Times March 8 1927 report of James’s lecture at Eton, March 7, 1927. 34 · Twelve Medieval Ghost Stories · M. R. James; translated by Pamela Chamberlaine · nv; twelve ghost stories allegedly recorded in Latin by a monk of Byland Abbey shortly after 1400, and transcribed by MRJ. translated from the Latin (English Historical Review, July 1922). 50 · The Vampire of Kring · [uncredited] · ar Camber November 14 1856 62 · The Novels and Stories of J. Sheridan Le Fanu · M. R. James · ar adapted from the notes for a lecture of the same name given by James at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 16th March 1923. 66 · The Little Red Man · J. S. Le Fanu · ss All the Year Round July 27 1872, as “To Begin with Rats”, uncredited.; one of the “Stories of Lough Guir” usually entitled “The Earl’s Hall”. 70 · The White and the Black · Erckmann-Chatrian; translated by Pamela Chamberlaine · ss (r); dated 1867. translated from the French (“Le blanc et le noir”, Le Monde illustré, January 15, 1862). 90 · The Story of the Bulbul · M. R. James · ss; story based on an original Indian story included in Indian Fairy Tales by Maive Stokes, 1880. originally included in a letter from James to Jane McBryde, written February 9, 1917. 92 · My Dream of a Murderer’s Ghost · M. R. James · ex extract from a letter by James written in August 1928. 96 · “A Warning to the Curious…” · Charles R. Beard · ex The Romance of Treasure Trove by Charles R. Beard, 1925 98 · The Experiment · Dr. M. R. James · ss The Morning Post December 31 1931 107 · [extract from letter to Gwendolen McBryde, February 12, 1932] · M. R. James · lt 108 · The Mystery of a Satanist Picture · [uncredited] · ar The Times January 21 1932 112 · The Satanist Picture · M. R. James · lt The Times January 25 1932 113 · A Vignette · Montague Rhodes James · ss The London Mercury November 1936 _115 · Masters of Fantasy: M.R. James—Ghost Writer Number One · Neil Austin · ia Famous Fantastic Mysteries April 1950 123 · A Tribute to M.R.J. · Christopher Lee · ar 128 · Bibliography · Peter Haining · bi

M.R. James—The Book of Ghost Stories ed. Peter Haining (Stein and Day, 1984, 0-8128-8056-0, $3.95, 232pp, pb, an, cover by Gilbert James) [Ref. M. R. James]     Reprint (Foulsham 1979 as M.R. James—Book of the Supernatural) ghost anthology. Title given as just The Book of Ghost Stories in some places.

The Magic Valley Travellers: Welsh Stories of Fantasy and Horror ed. Peter Haining (Gollancz, March 1974, 0-575-01686-8, £2.20, 256pp, hc, an) 13 · Foreword · Richard Hughes · fw 17 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 21 · Lludd and Llevelys · [uncredited] · ss (r) 27 · Merlin and the Magicians · Geoffrey of Monmouth · ex (r) translated from the Latin (Historia Regum Britanniae, ca. 1136). 31 · Arthur and Gorlagon · adapted by Peter Haining · ss (r) 12th century Latin manuscript first translated into English in 1903. 48 · The Living Dead Man · Walter Map; edited by M. R. James · ex (r) from De Nugis Curialium (ca. 1200), ed. Thomas Wright, Camden Society 1850. 50 · The Fairy People · Giraldus Cambrensis · ar Topographia Hibernica by Giraldus Cambrensis, 1185 53 · The Sin-Eater · John Aubrey · ex Miscellanies by John Aubrey, 1696 55 · The Fatal Prediction · Anne of Swansea · ss Deeds of Olden Times by Anne of Swansea, 1826 80 · The Invisible Girl · Mary W. Shelley · ss The Keepsake 1833, 1832 95 · The Dylluan · George Borrow · ex Wild Wales by George Borrow, 1862 99 · The Curse of Pantannas · Sir John Rhys · ss Celtic Folklore—Welsh and Manx by John Rhys, Clarendon Press, 1901 107 · The Treasure Ghost · Elias Owen · ex Welsh Folklore by Elias Owen, 1896 112 · The Corpse Candle · Wirt Sikes · ex British Goblins by Wirt Sikes, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1880 120 · The Chronic Argonauts [Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · nv Science Schools Journal April 1888 (+2) 144 · The Gift of Tongues · Arthur Machen · ss T.P.’s Weekly December 3 1927 151 · The Coffin · Caradoc Evans · ss Illustrated Review July 1923 157 · A Stray from Cathay · John Wyndham · nv Argosy (UK) February 1953, as “Chinese Puzzle” 178 · The Stranger · Richard Hughes · ss The Weekly Westminster Gazette May 26 1923 187 · The School for Witches · Dylan Thomas · ss Contemporary Poetry and Prose August/September 1936 195 · The Sabbath · Charles Williams · ex (r) 204 · Week-End at Cwm Tatws · Robert Graves · ss Punch March 31 1954 209 · Jordan · Glyn Jones · ss (r) 223 · The Dark Isle · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales May 1939 249 · The Dark World · Rhys Davies · ss (r)

The Magicians ed. Peter Haining (Peter Owen, July 1972, 0-7206-0152-5, £3.00, 220pp, hc, an, cover by Eliphas Levi)     Purported to be true stories of the occult written by author-magicians. Also in pb (Pan 1975). 13 · Foreword · Peter Haining · fw 15 · Introduction · Colin Wilson · in 27 · The Black Mass · Joris-Karl Huysmans · ex from Down There, Boni & Liveright, 1924 translated from the French (Là-Bas, Tresse & Stock, 1891). 38 · The Magus · Eliphas Levi · ss (r) 50 · A Story of the Mystical · Madame Blavatsky · ss 1875 61 · An Experiment in Necromancy · Aleister Crowley · ss (r) 71 · Rosa Alchemica · W. B. Yeats · ss The Savoy #2, April 1896 91 · Strange Occurrence in Clerkenwell · Arthur Machen · lk The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895 99 · History of the Young Man with Spectacles · Arthur Machen · nv The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1895 116 · The Return of the Ritual [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine June 1922, as “The Riddle of the Sign” 134 · Playing with Fire · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine March 1900 149 · Breath of Allah [Abu Tabah; Kernaby] · Sax Rohmer · nv The Premier Magazine #46, February 1918 170 · Lucifer Over London · Lewis Spence · ss The London Mystery Magazine #1, 1949 181 · With Intent to Steal [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1906 205 · The Witch Cult · Gerald Gardner · ex from High Magic’s Aid (r) 220 · Afterword · Peter Haining · aw