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A Victorian Christmas ed. Anon. (Signet Book 0-451-17442-9, Nov ’92, $4.99, 349pp, pb)
Details supplied by Ken Johnson.

7 · The Bird of Paradise · Edith Layton · na *
59 · Christmas Angel · Patricia Rice · na *
119 · Second Chance · Patricia Gaffney · na *
184 · Kidnapped for Christmas · Betina Krahn · na *
284 · The Black Beast of Belleterre · Mary Jo Putney · na *

Victorian Erotic Tales ed. Anon. (Michael O’Mara 1-85479-751-4, Oct ’95 [Dec ’95], £13.99, 246pp, hc, cover by Daniel Hernandez)
Anthology of 12 novel excerpts, including one from Dracula.

1 · Eveline · Anon. · ex 1843
7 · My Secret Life · Walter · ex 18??
36 · Rosa Fielding · Anon. · ex 1867, as “Victim of Lust!”
53 · Thèrése Raquin · Émile Zola · ex 1867
60 · My Life and Loves · Frank Harris · ex 1922
94 · Venus in India · Charles Devereaux · ex 1889
116 · The Cremorne · Anon. · ex 18??
138 · The Voluptuous Night · Anon. · ex 17??
150 · Flossie · Anon. · ex 18??
198 · The Perfumed Garden · Sir Richard Burton · ex 1886
229 · Dracula [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ex Constable 1897; same passage as in Classic Erotic Tales, 1994.
232 · The Lustful Memoirs of a Young and Passionate Girl · Anon. · ex 1904; same passage as in Classic Erotic Tales, 1994.

Wedding Belles ed. Anon. (Signet Book 0-451-21189-8, May 2004, $6.99, 311pp, pb)
Details supplied by Ken Johnson.

1 · For Richer or Poorer · Allison Lane · na *
71 · A Marriage of True Minds · Edith Layton · na *
121 · The Marriage Scheme · Lynn Kerstan · na *
185 · A Match Made in Heaven-or Hell · Barbara Metzger · na *
247 · A Hasty Marriage · Carla Kelly · na *

A Wedding Bouquet ed. Anon. (Signet Book 0-451-18785-7, May ’96, $5.99, 348pp, pb)
Details supplied by Ken Johnson.

7 · Something Old · Patricia Oliver · na *
98 · Something New · Carla Kelly · na *
166 · Something Borrowed · Patricia Rice · na *
229 · Something Blue · Edith Layton · na *
279 · ...And a Sixpence for Her Shoe · Anne Barbour · na *

Wedding Day Kittens ed. Anon. (Zebra Books 0-8217-7843-9, May 2005, $4.99, 256pp, pb)
Details supplied by Ken Johnson. A Regency romance anthology

7 · Something Old, Something Mew · Jo Ann Ferguson · na *
77 · The Perfect Bride · Alice Holden · na *
159 · Up to Scratch · Melynda Beth Skinner · na *

Western Album 1946 ed. Anon. (Swan, Nov ’45, 128pp, hc) [Western]
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3 · South of the Rio · Ed Earl Repp · ss Double-Action Western Apr 1936
19 · Scoopin’ Ole Springer · Wallace Arter · ss *
27 · The Ranger Rides Again · Lesley Berkley · ss *
32 · Mystery of Mustang Creek · Peter Larcombe · ss *
37 · The Jewel of Death · Chuck Martin · nv Real Western Jun 1943
50 · Kidnap Cure · Clarry Alton · ss *
59 · Man Wanted · Hugh B. Cave · ss Double-Action Western Jan 1935
68 · The Sheriff’s Flannel Underwear · Kerry Wood · ss Double-Action Western Apr 1936
73 · Gun Hawk’s Pay Off · Ray Max · ss *
78 · Colt Talk at Contention · Lee Floren · ss Real Western Jun 1943
86 · Gun Logic · Bruce Douglas · ss Double-Action Western Jan 1935
93 · The Jail Jumper · James P. Olsen · ss Double-Action Western Jan 1935
99 · Portrait of a Frontiersman · Kenneth P. Wood · ss *
Powdersmoke Payroll · Cliff Campbell · ss *
106 · Beyond the Sound of Bugles · Harry Sinclair Drago · ss Real Western Jun 1944
112 · The Law Comes to El Paso · Lee Thomas · ar Real Western Jun 1944
114 · Printer’s Ink at Queen City · William P. Brothers · ss Double-Action Western Jul 1944
120 · Gun Madness · Claude Rister · ss Double-Action Western Jan 1935

Western Album 1947 ed. Anon. (Swan, 1946, 128pp, hc) [Western]
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Shorty · Buck Campbell · ss *
Bronc Busting Gobbler · Joe Austell Small · ss *
The Broken Trail · T. Hammond Cradock · ss *
None So Blind · T. W. Ford · ss Blue Ribbon Western Feb 1944
Word of Honour · Frank Sharples · ss *
Smokey · John Tener · ss *
Outlaw’s Debt · James Lebur · ss Blue Ribbon Western Feb 1944
Convict’s Cinch · Archie Joscelyn · ss *
Stage Coach Ransom · Clee Woods · ss *
The “Funeral” of Hot-Shot Sam · Frank Richford · ss *
Lee of Rimrock · Henry Herbert Krubbs · ss *
Glamour of the Old West Lives · Kenneth P. Wood · ss *
Rattlesnake Ring · John Hornby · ss *
The End of Black Malone · Frank C. Brooke · ss *
Forgotten · Chuck Martin · ss Blue Ribbon Western Feb 1944
"You Gotta Take a Chance, Son" · Ronald Horton · ss *
No Quarter for a Killer · Cliff Campbell · ss *
Redheads and Roosters · Wallace Arter · ss *
The Pay Off · F. W. Murray · ss *
Home Town Homicide · John Weston · ss *
Bush-Wacker’s Paradise · Lee Floren · ss *
Devil Valley Vengeance · Al Cannon · ss *
The Pianist of Parson’s Creek · Tom Ramsdale · ss *
The Man with the Gold Star · Brett Austin · nf Double-Action Western Jul 1944

When Darkness Falls ed. Anon. (Silhouette 0-373-21822-2, Oct 2003, $6.50, 377pp, pb)
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7 · Kiss of the Wolf · Susan Krinard · na *
135 · Shadow Kissing · Tanith Lee · na *
275 · The Devil She Knew · Evelyn Vaughn · na *

When You Wish... ed. Anon. (Bantam 0-553-57643-7, Oct ’97, $5.99, 463pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers)
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1 · Prologue · Jane Feather · pr *
7 · Wishful Thinking · Jane Feather · na *
75 · The Blackmoor Devil · Patricia Coughlin · na *
155 · The Natural Child · Sharon & Tom Curtis · na *
235 · Bewitched · Elizabeth Elliott · na *
327 · Forever · Patricia Potter · na *
397 · The Unwanted Bride · Suzanne Robinson · na *
459 · Epilogue · Jane Feather · aw *
The Emerald Swan · Jane Feather · ex *
The Assassin · Elizabeth Elliott · ex *
Starcatcher · Patricia Potter · ex *
The Rescue · Suzanne Robinson · ex *

Where’s My Hero? ed. Anon. (Avon Books 0-06-050524-9, Sep 2003, $7.50, 375pp, pb)
Details supplied by Ken Johnson.

1 · Against the Odds · Lisa Kleypas · na *
97 · Midsummer’s Knight · Kinley MacGregor · n. *
229 · A Tale of Two Sisters · Julia Quinn · n. *

A Wife for Papa ed. Anon. (Zebra Books 0-8217-7665-7, May 2004, $4.99, 253pp, pb)
Details supplied by Ken Johnson.

7 · Father and the Notorious Miss Newman · Lynn Collum · na *
85 · Lord Hawksmoor Takes Flight · Laura Paquet · na *
179 · An Imperfect Proposal · Hayley Ann Solomon · na *

With This Ring ed. Anon. (Zebra Books 0-8217-7677-0, Jun 2004, $4.99, 256pp, pb)
Details supplied by Ken Johnson.

7 · Stolen Away · Shannon Donnelly · na *
93 · A Perfect Duet · Jennifer Malin · na *
167 · Sorrow’s Wedding · Donna Simpson · na *

Stakes Are High ed. Brent Ashabranner (Pennant Books P64, Sep ’54, 25¢, 168pp, pb)
Collection of 15 short-stories of men and women who challenged fortune.

1 · Blood Money · David Karp · ss Collier’s Aug 7 1953
9 · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker Dec 8 1951
21 · Everything Is Wild · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker Apr 2 1932
25 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Connell · nv Collier’s Jan 19 1924
44 · The Wager · Anton Chekhov; trans. by A. E. Chamot · ss The Grasshopper and Other Stories, Stanley Paul & Co. 1926
51 · Two Days Wasted in Kansas City · William Saroyan · ss
55 · Swindler’s Luck · Ben Hecht · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 12 1952
67 · Katz · Nelson Algren · ss 1947
71 · A Piece of Pie · Damon Runyon · ss Collier’s Aug 21 1937
84 · Elementals · Stephen Vincent Benét · nv Cosmopolitan 1922
107 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss The Ghost-Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson 1926
120 · The Resourceful Miss Railey · Irvin S. Cobb · ss Harper’s Bazaar Aug 1926
129 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Dec 29 1889
138 · A Fowl Disaster · John Taintor Foote · ss Collier’s Mar 19 1921
152 · Gambler’s Luck · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss The Saturday Evening Post Aug 3 1940

Fantasy Readers Guide: Number Two: The File on Ramsey Campbell ed. Michael Ashley (Cosmos Literary Agency, Mar ’80 [Oct ’93], no price, 60pp, ph)
Collection of biographical and bibliographical pieces on, and by, Ramsey Campbell. [PSP]

3 · Unshackled from Shadow · Mike Ashley · ed *
7 · As Far As I Can Recall... · Ramsey Campbell · bg *
9 · Where It All Began [from The Princess and the Goblin] · George MacDonald · ex 1870
11 · Before the Storm · Ramsey Campbell · ss *
16 · Ramsey Campbell: An Appreciation · T. E. D. Klein · ar Nyctalops #13 1977
27 · Ramsey Campbell: Premier Stylist · Jack Sullivan · ar *
32 · Ramsey Campbell: An Editor’s Dream · Hugh Lamb · ar *
35 · The Gap · Ramsey Campbell · ss *
43 · The File on Ramsey Campbell · Mike Ashley · bi *
59 · Last Word - Or Rather, The Right Ones · Ramsey Campbell · ms *
61 · Feedback · The Readers · lt *

The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak: Classic and New Stories from the Age of Fighting Sail ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-84119-279-1, Jul 2001, £6.99, xx+492pp, tp, cover by John Groves)
Anthology of 22 historical war stories (14 original). Authors include Bulmer, Hodgson, Guy N. Smith, Peter Tremayne. and F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre.

xi · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr
xiii · Introduction · David Donachie · in *
1 · Deadly Transit [Mason-Dixon] · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · nv *
25 · Nelson: First Blood [from On a Making Tide] · David Donachie · ex Orion 2001
43 · Special Duties · Derek Wilson · nv *
69 · Fountains of Resolve · Keith Taylor · na *
117 · Davy Jones’s Locker · Harriet Hudson · ss *
137 · The Friendship of Monsieur Jeynois · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine Aug 2 1915
160 · The Burning Deck · Peter T. Garratt · nv *
187 · Casabianca · Felicia Hemans · pm 1829
190 · The Trap [from Fox: Treasure as by Adam Hardy; Fox] · Kenneth Bulmer · ex New English Library 1973
217 · The Revenge [from The Privateersman] · Frederick Marryat · ex 1846
240 · The Night Attack [Nathaniel Drinkwater] · Richard Woodman · ss *
268 · King George’s Free Traders · M. B. Warriss · ss *
283 · The Deserter · Guy N. Smith · ss *
295 · Nelson Expects · Nigel Brown · ss *
315 · The Knight Errant [Trubshaw] · Richard Butler · ss *
333 · The Revenge of the Gunner’s Daughter · Peter Tremayne · nv *
356 · The Gauntlet [Nick Penrose] · Jane Jackson · nv *
378 · Hornblower and His Majesty [Hornblower] · C. S. Forester · ss Collier’s Mar 23 1940
394 · Gunfire off Makapuu · Jacland Marmur · nv The Blue Book Magazine Apr 1942
436 · The Guns of the Ghost [Jack Gallant] · Charles Partington · nv *
466 · The Last Engagement · John Frizell · ss *
478 · Goodbye to His Master [Etienne Gerard] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand May 1903, as “How Etienne Gerard said Goodbye to His Master”

The Mammoth Book of Men O’War ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-84119-060-8, Sep ’99, £6.99, xvi+496pp, tp, cover by Geoff Hunt)
Mainstream anthology of 18 “Stories from the Glory Days of Sail” (the late 18th and early 19th centuries), including 7 originals (one by Walter Jon Williams) and an excerpt from a “Fox” novel by Ken Bulmer.

x · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in
xii · Foreword · Alexander Kent · fw
1 · The Steeple Rock · Richard Woodman · nv *
41 · Siege of Toulon [from Path to Glory] · Showell Styles · ex Faber and Faber 1952
65 · Billy Budd · Herman Melville · na Constable 1924
147 · The Rescue [from Siege as by Adam Hardy; Fox] · Kenneth Bulmer · ex New English Library 1973
156 · A Midshipman at Copenhagen · John Finlayson · nv *; From 19th century unpublished memoirs.
177 · The Battle of Elephant Bay · Richard Butler · ss *
197 · The China Fleet [from H. M S. Surprise] · Patrick O’Brian · ex Collier’s 1973
244 · The Enemy Within · Jane Jackson · ss *
263 · The Victory · John Frizell · ss *
278 · A Murderous Conflict [from Mr. Midshipman Easy] · Frederick Marryat · ex 1836
288 · Hornblower’s Charitable Offering [Hornblower] · C. S. Forester · ss Argosy (UK) May 1941
301 · The Escape Agents · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · na Pearson’s Magazine (US) Jul 1906 (+2)
358 · The Commander’s Wife · Harriet Hudson · ss *
375 · Davy Jones and the Yankee Privateer [from ‘Tom Cringle’s Log’] · Michael Scott · sl Blackwood’s 1829
390 · The Nantucket Sleigh-Ride [Moby Dick] · Peter Garratt · ss *; As ‘Peter T. Garratt’ on the contents page.
420 · Dawn’s Early Light · Kenneth B. Atkinson · ss Argosy Oct 14 1939
437 · The Last Battle · Walter Wood · ss The Royal Magazine Apr 1905
450 · The Stolen Command · Walter Jon Williams · nv *
491 · Checklist of Sea Stories of the Period 1790-1820 · Mike Ashley · bi *; As ‘Appendix: A Guide to Sea Stories of the Period 1790-1820’ on contents page.

The Mammoth Book of Sword & Honour ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-84119-123-X, Jun 2000, £6.99, xv+590pp, tp, cover by Gino D’Achille)
Anthology of original/reprint stories of battle. Introduction by Bernard Cornwell. Authors include Twain, Bierce, Conrad, Jakes, Mundy, Tom Holt and Garry (Kilworth) Douglas. The cover title is The Mammoth Book of Sword and Honour.

ix · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in
xi · Foreword · Bernard Cornwell · fw
1 · The First Conflict [Alain Lausard] · Richard Howard · ss *; Episode from the extant, or forthcoming, Bonaparte’s Warriors (2000).
13 · Spiking the Guns · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss The Strand Sep 1893
22 · How the Redoubt Was Taken · Prosper Mérimée · ss The Strand Feb 1891; Original in French, in Mosaïque, 1883.
28 · The Duel · Joseph Conrad · na The Pall Mall Magazine Jan 1908 (+4)
112 · Gallant’s Gamble [Jack Gallant] · Charles Partington · nv *
149 · “Every Man a King” · Clayton Emery · nv *
171 · Zodomirsky’s Duel · Alexandre Dumas · ss The Strand Jun 1892
186 · High and Mighty · Tim Lebbon · nv *
212 · Perdita’s War [from The Distant Kingdom] · Daphne Wright · ex Michael Joseph 1987; revised
238 · The Crossroads at Churubusco · John T. Aquino · ss *
254 · Damned Ranker · Paul Finch · nv *
290 · The Calvary Charge · Peter T. Garratt · nv *
322 · Vengeance · Pamela Brooks · ss *
337 · The Sharpshooter [Jack Crossman] · Garry Douglas · ss *
357 · The Fallen Plume · Tom Holt · ss *
376 · The Man Who Saw · Talbot Mundy · nv Adventure Oct 1912
397 · Flashman Besieged [from Flashman in the Great Game] · George MacDonald Fraser · ex Barrie & Jenkins 1975
415 · The Private History of a Campaign That Failed · Mark Twain · nv The Century Magazine Dec 1885
436 · The Little Regiment · Stephen Crane · nv McClure’s Jun 1896
457 · Mercy at Gettysburg · John Jakes · ss USA Weekend Jul 4 1994
463 · From a Soldier’s Wife · Bella Spencer · ss Harper’s Oct 1864
483 · One of the Missing · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Mar 11 1888
496 · The Storming of the Fort · Walter Wood · ss The Strand Aug 1896
507 · Loved I Not Honour More · Amy Myers · ss *
523 · For Valour · L. T. Meade & Clifford Halifax · ss Pearson’s Magazine Nov 1897
543 · Sphinx · Clotilde Graves · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper Christmas 1898
564 · Appendix: Stories of the Victoria Cross · H. Greenhough Smith · ar

The Secret of the Universe Isaac Asimov (Oxford University Press 0-19-286144-1, Mar ’92, £6.99, 240pp, tp)
Reprint (Doubleday 1991) collection of 17 essays from Fantasy and Science Fiction. [First U.K. edition]

xi · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in
3 · Smashing the Sky · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Mar 1990
17 · A Change of Air · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Jun 1989
30 · The Changing Distance · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF May 1989
45 · The Moon’s Twin · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Apr 1989
59 · Worlds in Order · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Apr 1990
73 · The Nearest Star · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Oct 1989
86 · Massing the Sun · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Nov 1989
100 · What are Little Stars Made Of? · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Dec 1989
117 · The Importance of Pitch · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Jul 1989
131 · Long Ago and Far Away · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Aug 1989
144 · The Cosmic Lens · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Feb 1989
157 · The Secret of the Universe · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Mar 1989
173 · The Salt-Producers · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Jun 1990
187 · The True Rulers · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Sep 1989
201 · Hot, Cold, and Con Fusion · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Jan 1990
215 · Business as Usual · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF Feb 1990
228 · Just Say “No”? · Isaac Asimov · ar F&SF May 1990

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