Grendon Robert (11 results)

Introduction by Grant Christison. A volume in the 'African Lives' series. 197 x 127 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. lxxiv + (ii) + 218. New. Grant Christison provides a substantial introduction, detailing the rediscovery of Grendon's work, and an appraisal of his life and merit as a pioneering poet. "Robert Grendon's epic Paul Kruger's Dream is the first surviving extended work of literature written by a black South African. Composed while Grendon was in the British Army during the South African War (1899-1902), it details South Africa's hostile race relations while beautifully rendering the country's landscapes. The poem was masterfully written by one of the few black South Africans to have been taught Latin and Ancient Greek. Mixing Greek, Roman, Christian and African mythologies, the work is entirely unique. The Dream begins with the arrival of the Dutch in southern Africa and tells the story of the birth of the Afrikaner people, their trials with the British and Dingane, and their establishment of the Transvaal Republic. Thought for many years to have been lost, Paul Kruger's Dream is in many senses a literary and historical miracle.".

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 41, No. 1. Pulp magazine. Edited by D. McIlwraith. Cover art by John Giunta for "The Perfect Host" (long novelette) by Theodore Sturgeon. Includes "The House on Forest Street" (novelette) by Allison V. Harding; "The Indian Spirit Guide" by Robert Bloch; "Blessed Are the Meek" by Stephen Grendon [August Derleth]; "Incident at the Galloping Horse" by Carl Jacobi; "Tryst Beyond the Years" by Malcolm Kenneth Murchie; "Such Stuff as Dreams" by Seabury Quinn; "The Ponderer" by Eric Frank Russell; "The Ghostlings" (verse) by Dorothy Quick. Feature: "Weirdisms" by Lee Brown Coye; "Weird Tales Club". Illustrated by Lee Brown Coye, Vincent Napoli, John Ciunta, and Boris Dolgov. Front cover has been partially wet with mild discoloration and slight waviness to following few pages at foredge. Otherwise nice. Book.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 42, No. 4. Pulp magazine. Edited by D. McIlwraith. Cover art by Boris Dolgov for "Tell Your Fortune" (novelette) by Robert Bloch. Includes "Djinn and Bitters" (novelette) by Harold Lawlor; "The Round Tower" by Stanton A. Coblentz; "The Last Man" by Seabury Quinn; "The Triangle of Terror" by William F. Temple; "The Monkey Spoons" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman; "The Last three Ships" by Margaret St. Clair; "At the End of the Corridor" by Evangeline Walton; "The Man on B-17" by Stephen Grendon [August Derleth]; "Mr. Hyde - and Seek" by Malcolm M. Ferguson. Verse: "Luna Aeteralis" by Clark Ashton Smith. Illustrated by John Giunta, John Arfstrom, Vincent Napoli, Fred Humiston, Boris Dolgov, and Matt Fox. Dealer's mark on cover; old glue repair at spine head has caused fading at head of backstrip; some creasing and minor closed tears at front foredge. Book.

ANTOLOGÍA DE LAS MEJORES NOVELAS POLICIACAS. TOMO VII. ALGUNA MANCHA DE HUMEDAD.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Fox, Matt; Giunta, John; Bok, Hannes; Dolgov, Boris; Napoli, Vincent; (illustrator). First Edition. The spine is slightly worn with chipping at the bottom. Light edge chipping to the front and rear covers with few small edge tears and a small triangular piece missing from the bottom edge of the rear cover. The pages are browned with a little creasing and chipping to the corners. Contains Come and Go Mad by Brown, From the Vasty Deep by Wakefield, The Masher by Whyte, The Blue Spectacles by Grendon (Derleth), How Strange My Love by Branch, The Ubiquitous Professor Karr by Coblentz, In the X-Ray by Leiber, The Previous Incarnation by Lawlor, Floral Tribute by Bloch and Dark O' the Moon by Quinn. Cover art by Fox and interior art by Giunta, Bok, Dolgov, Fox, Dolgov and Napoli.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Coye, Lee Brown; Bok, Hannes; John Giunta; Dolgov, Boris; Napoli, Vincent (illustrator). First Edition. The spine is worn with quite a bit of surface chipping. Browning to the rear cover with some light edge chipping to the covers. The pages are browned but otherwise unmarked. Contains Four from Jehlam by Harding, Weirdisms by Coye, Food for Demons by Evans, The Thirteenth Floor by Gruber, Open Season on the Bottoms by Merrick, The Great Stone Death by MacDonald, A Curse by Cooper, Lover in Scarlet by Lawlor, The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Bloch, The Big Shot by Russell, The Heads on Easter Island by Drake, Balu by Grendon (Derleth), The Bonan of Baladewa by Counselman and Our Fair City by Heinlein. Cover art by Coye and interior art by Giunta, Bok, Dolgov, Coye and Napoli.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. Fox, Matt (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. New York: Weird Tales, 1949. First Edition. July, 1949 issue, Vol. 41, No. 5. Cover by Matt Fox. Octavo, illustrated wraps, 96 pp. One of the best preserved pulps from the forties I've seen. By pulp standards, a solid Near Fine. Lightly penciled initial "r" in the "W" on cover, light fold at very edge of front top corner, very small amount of loss at bottom front corner (see scan), even, light toning to the still very supple pages. Clean, and with a virtually complete spine (about a 2mm area of damage at bottom), which is always a rarity with pulps of this age. Sharp copy. A handsome example of one of the leading titles in an American art form - Pulp Fantasy & SciFi - Weird Tales. Matt Fox's rather Hieronymus Bosch-like gruesome fantasy cover depicts this issue's Long Novelette (of which there were generally one per issue at the time), "Come and Go Mad (who is to know with certainty the mad from the unmad in this turbulent world in which both play parts?)", by Frederic Brown. Others: a standard-length novelette, "The Masher", by Ewen Whyte; short stories by a cadre of names, some of which would become Hall-of-Famers: "Floral Tribute" (Robert Bloch); "Dark O' the Moon (Seabury Quinn); "In the X-Ray" (Fritz Leiber Jr.); "The Ubiquitous Professor Karr" (Stanton A. Coblentz); "From the Vasty Deep" (H. Russell Wakefield); "The Blue Spectacles" (Stephen Grendon); "How Strange My Love" (Russell Branch); and "The Previous Incarnation" (Harold Lawlor). Scarce in this condition. LG8.

Edit. Casterman - "Histoires fantastiques", 1969, in-8°, 330 pages, cartonnage éditeur, sous jaquette illustrée (bords lég. défraîchis), sinon très bon état, couvert avec soin. Français.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Robert E. Hubbell(Cover Artist) (illustrator). First Edition. Mr. George and Other Odd Persons by Stephen Grendon (First Edition) Sharp, tight square copy. Stamp to front pastedown from previous owner. Bright jacket. Minor wear. Clear protective cover. Not price-clipped. First Edition. The first time these stories have been collected into one edition, though Mr. George was made into a television film. (2,500 copies printed. 239 pp.) Black cloth binding. Gilt to spine. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Robert E. Hubbell(Cover Artist) (illustrator). First Edition. Mr. George and Other Odd Persons by Stephen Grendon August Derleth Firm bright square copy. Bright dust jacket with minor edge wear. Light fading. Not price-clipped. In clear protective cover. Limited to 2500 copies. Collects 17 of August Derleth's (under the pseudonym Stephen Grendon) short stories of fantasy and horror. BOOK.

Perfect Binding, 96 pages. Condition: Good. November, 1947. November 1947. Heavy signs of reading, handling and shelf wear to covers. Chipping to covers. Rubbing to outer spine and to corners. Foxing to text block and throughout.