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    Genius Jones by Lester Dent (Altus Press, June 2, 2015, 978-1-61827-182-2, $19.95, 284pp, tp, n.)
        Details taken from online listing. Volume one in “The Argosy Library”.

    High Stakes by Lester Dent (Ace Double, July 1953, D-21, 35¢, 187pp, pb, n.) [Chance Malloy]
        Reprint (Doubleday 1946 as Dead at the Take-Off) mystery novel. Bound in the tête-bêche style with Nightshade by John N. Makris.

    Laughin’ Boy by Bradley Denton (Subterranean Press, June 2005, 1-59606-016-6, $40.00, 286pp, hc, n., cover by J. K. Potter)
        Satirical novel with fantasy elements of terrorism and the media at the end of the 20th century.

    An Inhabitant of the Planet Mars by Henri de Parville; translated by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, July 2008, 978-1-934543-45-0, $19.95, 197pp, tp, n., cover by Sylvain Despretz)
        SF novel, started as a newspaper hoax in 1864, then expanded as a book. A dug-up meteorite contains a Martian mummy. Translated/adapted from the French Un habitant de la planete Mars (Hetzel 1865) by Brian Stableford, who provides an introduction and afterword discussing the state of scientific knowledge at the time this was written.

    Journey to the Land of the Fourth Dimension by Gaston de Pawlowski; translated by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, June 2009, 978-1-934543-37-5, $22.95, 305pp, tp, n., cover by Bruno B. Bordier)
        SF future history novel originally published in French as Voyage au pays de la quatrième dimension (Fasquelle 1912), translated/adapted by Brian Stableford, who also provides an introduction and notes.

    A Surfeit of Mirrors: Symbolist Tales and Uncertain Stories by Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, March 2012, 978-1-61227-076-0, $24.95, 373pp, tp, oc, cover by Ladronn)
        Collection of 24 fantasy stories by a noted Symbolist. Translated/adapted from the French by Brian Stableford, who provides an introduction and notes. In the French, three stories were collected as Uncertain Stories/Histoires incertaines (1919); 19 (here under the header “Symbolist Tales”) were collected as La Canne de Jaspe (1897).
    Details taken from ebook.
    • · Symbolist Tales
    • · To the Reader · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · pr
      translated from the French (“Au Lecteur”, La Canne de Jaspe, Mercure de France, 1897).
    • · Tales of Oneself
    • · Instead of a Frontispiece · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · si
      translated from the French (“xxx”, La Canne de Jaspe, Mercure de France, 1897).
    • · Bluebeard’s Sixth Marriage · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · ss
      translated from the French (“Le Sixième marriage de Barbe-Bleue”, Entretiens politiques et littéraires, 1892).
    • · Eustase and Humbeline · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · ss
      translated from the French (“Eustase et Humbeline”, Entretiens politiques et littéraires, 1893).
    • · Manuscript Found in a Cupboard · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · ss
      translated from the French (“Manuscript trouvé dans une armoire”, La Canne de Jaspe, Mercure de France, 1897).
    • · Hermogenes · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · ss
      translated from the French (“Hermogène”, La Revue blanche, July/August 1893).
    • · The Tale of the Lady of the Seven Mirrors · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · ss
      translated from the French (“Le récit de la dame des sept miroirs”, La Quinzaine, February 15, 1896).
    • · The Knight Who Fell Asleep in the Snow · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · ss
      translated from the French (“Le Chevalier qui dormit dans la neige”, La Canne de Jaspe, Mercure de France, 1897).
    • · The Living Doorknocker · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · ss
      translated from the French (“Le Heurtoir Vivant”, La Canne de Jaspe, Mercure de France, 1897).
    • · The Unexpected Cup · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · ss
      translated from the French (“La Coup inattendue”, La Canne de Jaspe, Mercure de France, 1897).
    • · The Black Trefoil · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · nv
      translated from the French (“Le Trèfle Noir”, 1895).
    • · Monsieur d’Amercoeur · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · na
      translated from the French (“Monsieur d’Amercoeur”, La Canne de Jaspe, Mercure de France, 1897).
    • · Uncertain Stories
    • · The Sealed Pavilion · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · nv
      translated from the French (“Le Pavillon fermé”, Histoires Incertaines, Mercure de France, 1919).
    • · Marceline; or, The Fantastic Punishment · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · na
      translated from the French (“Marceline ou la punition fantastique”, Histoires Incertaines, Mercure de France, 1919).
    • · The Glimpse · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · ss
      translated from the French (“L’entrevue”, Revue de Paris, 1917).
    • · Addendum: The Last Chapter of “Marceline” · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · ex
      translated from the French (from “Marceline ou la punition fantastique”, Histoires Incertaines, Mercure de France, 1919).
    • · Addenda
    • · The Widowhood of Scheherazade · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · ss
      translated from the French (“Le Veuvage de Shéhérazade”, L’Illustration, December 5, 1925).
    • · Paradise Regained · Henri de Régnier; translated by Brian Stableford · ss
      translated from the French (“Le Paradis retrouvé”, Le Paradis retrouvé, 1937).

    The People of the Pole by Charles Derennes; translated by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, May 2008, 978-1-934543-39-9, $19.95, 199pp, tp, n., cover by Gil Formosa)
        Wellsian lost race SF adventure novel about explorers who find reptilian humanoids living near the Pole. Introduction by Brian Stableford, who translated/adapted this from the French Le peuple du Pole (Mercure de France 1907).

    The Adventures of Solar Pons by August Derleth (Robson, 1975, 0-903895-38-2, 220pp, hc, co)
        Reprint (Mycroft & Moran 1945 as “In Re: Sherlock Holmes”) mystery collection.

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