Mason, A. E. W. Dilemmas. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. First U.S. edition. Octavo, pp. [i-ix] x [xi-xii] [1] 2-288 [289-290]. Original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, top edge stained red, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed, coated endpapers. A fine copy in very good or better dust jacket with light dust-soiling to rear panel; a nice copy of an attractive book. #1740. $75. Collection of two sketches about World War I, and twelve short stories, most of them criminous ("Tasmanian Jim's Specialties" is a clever tale about a pair of con men who get their comeuppance in an unexpected manner). Three stories qualify as supernatural. "Sixteen Bells" is a poignant and uncanny ghost story, a bit sentimental but with some good touches. "The Reverend Bernard Simmons, B. D." is a horror story set in Ceylon with a grim ending that leaves the door open for an explanation via sorcery. "Magic" is another story about the misfortunes and mistakes waiting for the English in far-flung colonies (south-central Africa in this case, now Zimbabwe). This tale of a bent romantic triangle brings an unscrupulous and clever colonial official into contact with even more clever natives who conspire with him to disrupt a failing marriage so that the official may gain the woman. The immediate goal is achieved but the ultimate goal is thwarted. This story presents vivid, imaginative scenes and should appeal to any connoisseur of the genre. The collection as a whole constitutes commercial-grade fiction: none of the stories are terrible, none great, but several are definitely above average. Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers 1740

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Titel: Dilemmas

Verlag: Doubleday, Doran, Garden City, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1935

Einband: Hardback

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition.

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When I began my bookselling business in 1996 I called it "Eldritch Books" because that adjective at least partly covered the type of material I offered (and because its similarity to my own surname seemed so -- eldritch). "Ghost stories" would be another handy, if somewhat reductive, term. Most of it is fiction from the 19th and early 20th century with a strong emphasis on the fantastic. Since the most familiar and relevant genre terms in use today -- "science fiction," "fantasy," "supernatural," "horror" -- were not so much in use when these books were first published, pegging them that way can be anachronistic. But that should give you the general idea. I don't have much in the way of American pulp (either in magazine or specialty press book form) but otherwise my interests range widely from high-brow to middle-brow to low-brow to amateur/eccentric. You're more likely to find rare and obscure works here than high spots. (Or at least they're obscure now, whatever their status was when first published.) In 2001 I went to work for L. W. Currey as cataloguer and general assistant. Since 2014 I've been back working on my own. I have exhibited at convention fairs (such as WFC and Readercon) in the past. I began collecting and studying antiquarian fantasy around 1980. Some of my essays have appeared in genre publications such as NYRSF, Wormwood and F&SF. I tend to carefully research my inventory and write extensive notes. (If another dealer wishes to make use of any of these notes, I'd appreciate the courtesy of putting such excerpts in quotes and giving proper attribution to me. That's what I do when I quote from any of my reference works.) I will be gradually listing my inventory on ABE over the coming years. I hope you find something of interest.

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