Greenan, Russell H. The Secret Life of Algernon Pendleton. New York: Random House, [1973]. First edition, with errata slip laid in. Octavo, 247 pp. Original gray boards, front panel stamped with author's initials in gold, silver and blue, with navy blue shelf-back cloth stamped with same colors, top edge of text block stained mauve. A fine copy in fine jacket with a minute nick to top edge of rear panel. #3163. $45. Greenan wrote several notable works mixing the fantastic and criminous in an original and zesty way, several, like this one, set in Boston's milieu of art and antiques. His best-known novel was It Happened in Boston? The present story features a bachelor who hallucinates a china pitcher into a companion named Eulalia. Ira Levin blurbed the novel thus, "Russell H. Greenan is a one-of-a-kind writer, and The Secret Life of Algernon Pendleton is a one-of-a-kind book. Madness, two murders (three, if you count the dog), baroque vengeance -- and the whole thing turns out endearing." Reginald 24501. Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers 3163

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Titel: The Secret Life of Algernon Pendleton

Verlag: Random House, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1973

Einband: Hardback

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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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