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Famous Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (Gulliver Books, 1945, 1/-, 96pp, pb, an)     One of the midget war-time paperbacks in the series Famous Stories of All Time. Note other listed in the appendix. 3 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 19 · Maese Pérez · Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer · nv Terrible Tales: Spanish, W.W. Gibbings, 1891, uncredited. translated from the Spanish (“Maese Pérez, el organista (Leyenda sevillana)”, El Contemporaneo, December 1861). 31 · The Man in the Reservoir · C. F. Hoffman · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine August 1842, as “Ben Blower’s Story” 39 · The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1858, uncredited. 64 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839 84 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman”

Fangs and Broken Bones (Feed Your Monster, March 30, 2018, 978-1-980695-96-7, $4.93, 80pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. 5 · Crawlers · Steven Deighan · ss 12 · Pancake Spiders · Jensen Reed · ss 19 · The Cage · Max Sparber · ss 23 · Audition with the Vampire · Lyndon Perry · ss 28 · Knife Work · Ed Ahern · ss 32 · Best Friend Salad · Edward Turner, III · ss 36 · Take Out · Arnaldo Lopez, Jr. · ss 49 · The Spice of Life · Katriona E. MacMillan · ss 58 · Maybelline and the Sisters of the Broken Sky · Jim Corwell · ss 67 · Trapped · Rinoa Cameron · ss

Fantastic Crimes (MysteriousPress.com, February 13, 2018, 978-1-5040-5178-1, $6.99, ebook, oa)     Original anthology of four book-centered mystery novellas. Details taken from online listing. · The Scroll · Anne Perry · na · Reconciliation Day · Christopher Fowler · na · The Compendium of Srem · F. Paul Wilson · na · The Mysterious Disappearance of the Reluctant Book Fairy · Elizabeth George · na

Fantastic Fiction: Ten of the Best (Puffin, 2002, no ISBN, £49.99, tp, bx)     Boxed set of 10 volumes produced for The Book People Ltd, Hall Wood Avenue. Haydock, St Helens WA11 9UL. · Watership Down · Richard Adams · n. Rex Collings, 1974 · The Peppermint Pig · Nina Bawden · n. J.B. Lippincott, 1975 · The Prime Minister’s Brain · Gillian Cross · n. The Oxford University Press, 1985 · The Finders · Nigel Hinton · n. Viking, 1993 · The Finn Family Moomintroll · Tove Jansson · n. Ernest Benn, 1950 · A Wizard of Earthsea [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · n. Parnassus Press, 1968 · The Haunting · Margaret Mahy · n. J.M. Dent, 1982 · Thunder and Lightnings · Jan Mark · n. Kestrel Books, 1976 · Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH · Robert C. O’Brien · n. Atheneum, 1971 · A Dog So Small · Philippa Pearce · n. Constable, 1962

Fantastically Good Reads (W.H. Smith, October 1993, no ISBN, free, 124pp, pb, an)     Anthology of extracts from eight fantasy novels currently on sale in the W.H. Smith bookshop chain. 7 · A Song for Arbonne · Guy Gavriel Kay · ex Viking Books Canada, 1992 27 · Crystal Line [Crystal Singers] · Anne McCaffrey · ex Del Rey, 1992 41 · The Mists of Avalon [Avalon] · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ex Knopf, 1983 59 · Yarrow · Charles de Lint · ex Ace, 1986 77 · Black Trillium [Trillium] · Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May & Andre Norton · ex Doubleday Foundation, 1990 91 · Daughter of the Empire [Riftwar] · Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts · ex Doubleday, 1987 103 · Daggerspell · Katharine Kerr · ex Doubleday, 1986 115 · Body of Glass · Marge Piercy · ex from He, She and It, Knopf, 1991

Fantasy (Jove, March 2002, 0515132764, $6.99, 384pp, pb, oa) 1 · The Widow’s Auction · Sabrina Jeffries · na 91 · Luisa’s Desire · Emma Holly · na 187 · Mr. Speedy · Elda Minger · na 267 · The Awakening [Leopard People] · Christine Feehan · na

Favorite Fairy Tales to Read Aloud (Wonder, 1965, 2009, 79¢, 127pp, tp, an) 5 · The Golden Goose · [uncredited] · ss (r) 14 · Rapunzel · [uncredited] · ss (r) 22 · The Wild Swans · Hans Christian Andersen · ss (r); adapted and abridged. translated from the Danish (“De vilde svaner”, Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn. Ny Samling. Første Hefte, C.A. Reitzel, 1838). 44 · The Magic Fishbone · Charles Dickens · ex from “Holiday Romance”, Our Young Folks January 1868 (+3); adapted and abridged. 61 · The Nightingale · Hans Christian Andersen · ss 1846; adapted and abridged. translated from the Danish (“Nattergalen”, Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Første Samling, C.A. Reitzel, 1843). 79 · The Queen Bee · [uncredited] · ss (r) 84 · Long, Broad, and Quick Eye · [uncredited] · ss (r) 103 · Beauty and the Beast · [uncredited] · ss (r) 122 · Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle · [uncredited] · ss (r)

Favourite Book for Boys (Dean & Son, 1935, 124pp, hc, oa, cover: [three boys in red school uniforms furtively reading book, school buildings in background])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle. fps. · [frontispiece] · Noel Syers · fp 7 · Deep Hazard! · S. T. James · ss Topping Book for Boys 1935 19 · The Scourge of the Skies · John Bostock · ss Champion Book for Boys 1933 33 · A Night Adventure · W. Cuthbert · ss Champion Book for Boys 1933 40 · Nicholas Ratsey’s Last Ride · Samuel Jeans · ss Ideal Book for Boys 1934; illustrated by Laurence East 53 · The Missing Punt · Lieut.-Col. A. Lloyd Owen · nv Monster Book for Boys 1932; illustrated by Roland Davies 72 · On Granton Curve · S. T. James · ss Topping Book for Boys 1935; illustrated by James Clark 81 · Barber Business · “A. Brodribb-Irving” · ss Monster Book for Boys 1934; illustrated by Field 97 · The Secret Process · S. Beresford Lucas · ss Monster Book for Boys 1932; illustrated by Victor Clarke 108 · Champion’s Republic · John Bostock · ss Topping Book for Boys 1935; illustrated by Victor Clarke

Favourite Spy Stories (Octopus, 1981, 0-7064-1277-X, 249pp, hc, an) 11 · Taylor’s Run · John le Carré · ex from The Looking-Glass War, Coward-McCann, 1965 25 · Shadow of Fu Manchu [Fu Manchu; (Sir Denis) Nayland Smith] · Sax Rohmer · ex Doubleday Crime Club, 1948; chapters 1 & 2. 47 · The Human Factor · Graham Greene · ex The Bodley Head, 1978 65 · The Fate of the Traitor [Anton Prehznev (aka Vladimir Mikhalovitch)] · William Le Queux · ss Strange Tales of a Nihilist by William Le Queux, Ward, Lock & Company, 1892, as “The Mystery of Lady Gladys” 79 · The Champagne Spy · Wolfgang Lotz · ex (r) 103 · The Boy Spy · Alphonse Daudet · ss The Strand Magazine January 1891 translated from the French. 111 · The Bruce-Partington Plans [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1908, as “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans” 139 · Strange Conflict [Duke de Richleau] · Dennis Wheatley · ex Hutchinson, 1941 167 · The Secret Agent · Joseph Conrad · ex Methuen, 1907 183 · Funeral in Berlin · Len Deighton · ex (r) 199 · A Curious Experience · Mark Twain · ex from The American Claimant (r) 225 · The Traitor of Arnhem · Lt.-Col. Oreste Pinto · ts Suspense (UK) September 1960 243 · The Spy · James Fenimore Cooper · ss (r)

Favourite Story Book (Dean & Son, 193?, 92pp, hc, oa, cover: [boy and girl playing leapfrog])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · Barbara Ann in Mischief Again · May Sullivan · ss 17 · The Colonel’s Caddie · Samuel Jeans · ss British Legion Children’s Annual 1937 26 · The Giant Worm · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 28 · Mrs. Mason’s Rent · John R. Ensor · ss 34 · The Sub-Sub-Gardener · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 39 · The Purple Emperor · B. C. Freeman · ss 49 · Trouble in Monkey Republic · Roma Lobel · ss 61 · A Lucky Mistake · Pauline Fletcher · ss 72 · The Duke’s Prize · Dorothy R. Speakman · ss British Legion Children’s Annual 1937 79 · The Arab Chief’s Queer Experience · Roma Lobel · ss 86 · What the King Liked Best · E. M. Mason · ss

Favourite Story Book (Dean & Son, 1939, 125pp, hc, oa, cover: [three children with tricycle, skipping rope and monkey])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · A Dog’s Chance · Samuel Jeans · ss 16 · Bold Mariners · Mabel M. Stevenson · pm 17 · Four Young Castaways · Bertha Leonard · ss British Legion Children’s Annual 1937 21 · Riding · K. E. Sherriff · pm 22 · The Jester Who Could Not Jest · D. R. Speakman · ss 32 · A Channel Swimmer · Mabel M. Stevenson · pm 33 · The Rescue of Belinda · Hilda E. Pemberton · ss 40 · A Curious Adventure · Roma Lobel · ss 46 · The Kidnapped Princess · O. I. C. · ss 53 · The Haunted Village · H. A. Mullins · ss 59 · The Aerodrome Twins · A. Adamson · ss 64 · Fishing · Christine E. Bradley · pm 65 · Noodle’s Traffic Lights · P. M. Frost · ss 74 · Generous Jerry · Maud E. Sargent · ss 82 · The Little Box · Cora Freemantle · ss 88 · His Majesty’s Magic · Norman Hunter · ss 96 · Four Silly Fishermen · [uncredited] · pm 98 · Our Holiday Adventure · P. M. Frost · ss 110 · Pets · R. Wareing · pm British Legion Children’s Annual 1935 111 · Maud · Marjorie Wilson · pm 112 · Cross Here! · Christine E. Bradley · ss 115 · Odd Man Out! · Samuel Jeans · ss British Legion Children’s Annual 1937 123 · Queen Tatertraps Tonsils · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss 135 · A Caravan Trail · Mabel M. Stevenson · ss

Favourite Tales (Dean & Son, 1969, 110pp, hc, oa, cover: [boy and girl playing school with toys and blackboard])     In the “Little Ones’ Reader” series. Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 6 · The Garden Party · Charles Griffiths · ss 12 · The Ragged Robin · Kate Hope · ss 22 · Elsie’s Pigtails · Dolen Hirst · ss 27 · Why? · A. Ruby Forde · pm 28 · Mario’s Picture · Leslie C. Hulley · ss 33 · The Little Tree That Lost Its Leaves · A. I. Mungeam · ss 38 · Too Much of a Good Thing · Agness E. Cash · ss 40 · Peter’s Birthday · Eileen Bell · ss 47 · Popsy’s Clever Trick · Susan Jolly · ss 51 · The Dandelion Man · A. Ruby Forde · pm 52 · The New Doll · Susan Jolly · ss 59 · Tim at the Farm · Christine E. Bradley · ss 65 · Tippetty-Tap’s Toy Train · G. A. Johnson · ss 71 · Miss Newpin Looks Again · Violet M. Williams · ss 77 · Jack and His Hovercraft · Penelope Douglas · ss 82 · Mr. Pincushion Comes Home · Aileen E. Passmore · ss 85 · Bird Song · A. Ruby Forde · pm 86 · The Talking Budgie · Leslie C. Hulley · ss 92 · The Schoolroom Elf · Violet M. Williams · ss 97 · Mr. Tiggle and the Elves · M. Lloyd · ss Playtime Stories, Dean & Son, 1937 103 · My Birthday House · A. Ruby Forde · pm 104 · Plain Jane Wins First Prize · Aileen E. Passmore · ss

Fear: A Modern Anthology of Horror and Terror, Volume Two (Crooked Cat Publishing, October 3, 2012, 978-1-908910-38-7, $9.99, 352pp, tp, oa, cover by Billy Alexander & Dave Dyet)     Details taken from online listing. · Foreword · Sherri Browning Erwin · fw · The Sad Story of the Death of a King · Jane Wright · ss · Behind Closed Doors · Sam Wyld · ss · Itch · James McLaren · ss · The Cottage · Helen A. Howell · ss · It Sticks with You · Kim Krodel · ss · The Lost Souls · Laura Huntley · ss · To Be Heard · Die Booth · ss · A Picture of Evil · David Robinson · ss · Salad Days · Christopher Bleakley · ss · Witch · Christina Crowney-Pyper · ss · Hunger · Anthony Price · ss · Last Stop · Amanda James · ss · Banshee Moon · J. D. Blacque · ss · The Sculptor · Tom Gillespie · ss · The Nightmare Queen · Skander Lafif · ss · Straws · Rick Allden · ss · Scarecrow · Liam Hogan · ss · The Living Eucharist · A. Taylor Douglas · ss · On the Other Side · Lisamarie Lamb · ss · Candlelight · Laura E. Brown · ss · The Pond · Donna Cuttress · ss · The Bug · Nick Jay · ss · Life and Death in a Cemetery · Denise Moncrief · ss · Black Ash · A. E. Doylle · ss · The Honeymoon’s Over · E. E. King · ss · Lethargy · Karla Mouncey-Jaggers · ss · Charmpeak House · Angeline Trevena · ss · The Surrogate · Rita Dinis · ss · Real Proof · Brian Behr · ss · Daisy and the Bear · Mel Melis · ss