Steele, Wilbur Daniel. Land's End and Other Stories. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1918]. First edition. Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-xii [xiii-xvi] 1-303 [304]. Original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red. Illustrated with an inserted half-tone at the frontis. Ownership signature on title page. A fine copy. #1870. $35. Collection of ten stories, two of which are listed in Ashley & Contento's The Supernatural Index, p. 521, including his most-often anthologized tale, "The Woman at Seven Brothers." Bleiler (1978), p. 185. Tuck, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, p. 406. Smith, American Fiction 1901-1925, S-834. In his five-page introduction Edward J. O'Brien, an eminent anthologist from this period who championed Steele (among others, including the superb and still under-rated Katharine Fullerton Gerould), makes a case for Steele as a "romantic realist" trying to portray the strangeness hiding below the surface of ordinary things. Many of his stories are set in the South, or near the coast, where the sea acts as a brooding reminder of uncontrollable forces. Bleiler (in Guide to Supernatural Fiction, #1521, discussing a different collection) calls his writing "hard-textured and psychological." This was his first published collection. Many of his stories were published in annual "prize" anthologies. Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers 1870

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Titel: Land's End

Verlag: Harper, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1918

Einband: Hardback

Zustand: Fine

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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