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Tales of Santa Barbara: From Native Story Tellers to Sue Grafton ed. Steven Gilbar & Dean Stewart (John Daniel & Company, 1994, 1880284081, 179pp, tp, an) i · Introduction and a Reminiscence · Dean Stewart · in (r) 1 · Chulmash Myths · John Peabody Harrington · ms (r) 8 · A Tourist at the Old Mission, Santa Barbara · Camilla K. von K. · pm (r) 9 · Encounter with an Angry God · Carobeth Larid · mm (r) 13 · Life in Santa Barbara · Alfred Robinson · mm (r) 20 · Full Moon · Sara Teasdale · pm (r) 21 · A Fandango · Richard Henry Dana, Jr. · ex from Two Years Before the Mast, 1840 26 · The Garden · Caroline Hazard · pm (r) 27 · What I Saw in Santa Barbara · Edwin Bryant · mm (r) 35 · Adventures in Santa Barbara · Gertrude Atherton · mm (r) 39 · The Silver Mounted Saddle · Edward Selden Spaulding · ss from Venison and a Breath of Sage, 1967 49 · In Gala Dress · Kate Sanborn · mm (r) 58 · Santa Barbara · Francis Fisher Browne · pm (r) 59 · Around the Upper East · Marshall Bond, Jr. · mm (r) 66 · The Courthouse · Edgar Bowers · pm (r) 67 · Santa Barbara Trails · J. Smeaton Chase · mm (r) 72 · Persimmon Hill, Santa Barbara ’78 · Paul Portugés · pm (r) 73 · The Ridge Trail · Stewart Edward White · mm (r) 76 · Nada Mas · David Dahl · pm (r) 77 · Six More at Sixty · Bobby Hyde · mm (r) 84 · from At Los Olivos and Alameda Padre Serra · Alan Stephens · pm (r) 85 · The Underground Man [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ex Knopf, 1971 104 · Santa Barbara, 1970 · Frederick Turner · pm (r) 105 · Blow Out · Robert Easton · ar (r) 111 · The Coyote Fire · Margaret Miller · ar (r) 131 · The Car That Cuts You Off · Michael Collins · ex (r) from Castrato, 1989. 145 · Flat Serve · Christopher Buckley · mm (r) 154 · Santana Conditions, Universal Beach · Edward Loomis · pm (r) 155 · The Groomer · Sue Grafton · ex (r) from A Is for Alibi, 1982. 164 · The Path at Casa Durinda · Julia Bates · pm (r) 165 · Impressions · Claire Rabe · ss (r) from Sicily Enough and More, 1989. 170 · In Montecito · Randall Jarrell · pm (r) 171 · My Santa Barbara · Pico Iyer · mm (r) 174 · Santa Barbara · Alfred Noyes · pm (r) 175 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Death in Fancy Dress by Anthony Gilbert (Collins, 1933, hc, n.)

Death in Fancy Dress by Anthony Gilbert (The British Library, November 10, 2019, 978-0-7123-5340-3, £8.99, 256pp, tp, co) [British Library Crime Classics]     Collection of the title novel (Collins, 1933) and two rare short stories. · Death in Fancy Dress · Anthony Gilbert · n. Collins, 1933 · Horseshoes for Luck [Inspector Field] · Anthony Gilbert · ss Detection Medley ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson, 1939 · The Cockroach and the Tortoise [Inspector Field] · Anthony Gilbert · ss Detection Medley ed. John Rhode, Hutchinson, 1939

The World of Mystery Fiction ed. Elliot L. Gilbert (U. of Cal. San Diego, 1978, 0-89163-042-2, $11.95, 441pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Elliot L. Gilbert · in 2 · Victims of My Craft · François Eugène Vidocq; translated by Edwin Gile Rich · ar from Vidocq, Houghton Mifflin, 1935 translated from the French (1828). 13 · The Prison Mazas · William Russell · ss from The Experiences of a French Detective Officer, 1861; final chapter. 29 · A Confession Found in a Prison in the Time of Charles the Second · Charles Dickens · ss Master Humphrey’s Clock April 18 1840 36 · Three “Detective” Anecdotes · Charles Dickens · gp Household Words September 14 1850, uncredited. _37 · The Pair of Gloves · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words September 14 1850, uncredited. _40 · The Artful Touch · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words September 14 1850, uncredited. _42 · The Sofa · Charles Dickens · vi Household Words September 14 1850, uncredited. 46 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841 76 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 93 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 100 · A Scandal in Bohemia [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine July 1891 121 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891 142 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892 166 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13” 198 · The Oracle of the Dog [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1923 217 · The Doomdorf Mystery [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 18 1914 229 · The Coin of Dionysius [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · ss News of the World August 17 1913, as “The Master Coiner Unmasked” 244 · Uncle Meleager’s Will [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Pearson’s Magazine July 1925, as “The Problem of Uncle Meleager’s Will” 262 · The Mad Tea-Party [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Redbook Magazine October 1934 291 · Crime in the Rue Sainte-Catherine [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by J. E. Malcolm · nv Argosy (UK) January 1963, as “According to the Altar Boy”; illustrated by Marçais translated from the French (“Le Témoignage de l’Enfant de Chœur”, Maigret et l’Inspecteur Malgracieux, Presses de la Cite, 1947). 320 · The House in Turk Street [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Black Mask April 15 1924 338 · I’ll Be Waiting [Tony Reseck] · Raymond Chandler · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 14 1939 353 · Murder at the Automat · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine August 1937 371 · The Sleeping Dog [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Argosy April 1965 388 · The Absent-Minded Coterie [Eugène Valmont] · Robert Barr · nv The Saturday Evening Post May 13 1905 418 · The Chocolate Box [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch May 23 1923, as “The Clue of the Chocolate Box” 431 · Death and the Compass · Jorge Luis Borges · ss (r) translated from the Spanish (“La Muerte y la Brújula”, Sur, May 1942).

Death Has Deep Roots by Michael Gilbert (Hodder & Stoughton, 1951, hc, n.) [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg]

Death Has Deep Roots by Michael Gilbert (The British Library, March 10, 2019, 978-0-7123-5228-4, £8.99, 256pp, tp, no) [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg; British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Hodder 1951) mystery novel.

Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert (Hodder & Stoughton, 1952, hc, n.)

Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert (The British Library, February 10, 2019, 978-0-7123-5213-0, £8.99, 288pp, tp, no) [British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Hodder 1952) mystery novel.

The Murder of Diana Devon and Other Mysteries by Michael Gilbert (Robert Hale, October 2009, 224pp, hc, co)     Collection of the eleven remaining, previously uncollected stories by Michael Gilbert, plus two hitherto unpublished stories: “The Fire Raisers” and “Y Mynyddoed Sanctiaidd”. 7 · Introduction · John Cooper · in 13 · The Murder of Diana Devon [Superintendent Mahood] · Michael Gilbert · nv (r) 42 · The Rules of the Game [Dorothy Mayotte Rigby] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Rigby File ed. Tim Heald, Hodder & Stoughton, 1989 58 · Good Old Monty · Michael Gilbert · ss Midwinter Mysteries 1 ed. Hilary Hale, Scribners UK, 1991 72 · No Place Like Home · Michael Gilbert · ss 1957 77 · St Ethelburga and the Angel of Death [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · pl; radio play. 106 · The Great German Spy Hunt · Michael Gilbert · ar Lilliput March 1958 112 · The Killing of Karl Carver · Michael Gilbert · ss (r) 123 · Close Contact · Michael Gilbert · ss (r) 127 · The Fire-Raisers · Michael Gilbert · ss 145 · Y Mynyddoed Sanctiaidd · Michael Gilbert · ss 153 · The Klagenfurt Tote · Michael Gilbert · ar Lilliput September 1956 159 · Churchill’s Men [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · pl; radio play. 186 · Coronation Year · Michael Gilbert · ss Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov, Houghton Mifflin, 1980 197 · The Seventh Paragraph · Michael Gilbert · ss (r) 201 · Superintendent Mahood and the Craven Case [Superintendent Mahood] · Michael Gilbert · nv Suspense (UK) June 1959, as “The Craven Case” 219 · Arnold or the Uses of Electricity · Michael Gilbert · pm Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute ed. Patricia Craig, Eurographica, 1992 223 · Appendix: Game Without Rules: A Series in Twenty Parts · [uncredited] · ar

Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert (Hodder & Stoughton, 1950, hc, n.) [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg; Henry Montague Bohun]

Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert (The British Library, January 10, 2019, 978-0-7123-5297-0, £8.99, 272pp, tp, no) [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg; Henry Montague Bohun; British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Hodder 1950) mystery novel.

The Annals of Sherlock Holmes by Paul D. Gilbert (Robert Hale, October 31, 2012, 978-0-7090-9346-6, 224pp, hc, oc) [Sherlock Holmes]     Three new tales of the great detective. 7 · Foreword · Paul D. Gilbert · fw 13 · The Dundas Separation Case [Sherlock Holmes] · Paul D. Gilbert · na 67 · The Abernetty Mystery [Sherlock Holmes] · Paul D. Gilbert · na 147 · The Adventure of the Reluctant Spirit [Sherlock Holmes] · Paul D. Gilbert · na

The Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes by Paul D. Gilbert (Robert Hale, October 31, 2008, 978-0-7090-8687-1, 224pp, hc, oc) [Sherlock Holmes]     Short fiction featuring the great detective. · Baron Maupertuis [Sherlock Holmes] · Paul D. Gilbert · ss · The Remarkable Disappearance of James Phillimore [Sherlock Holmes] · Paul D. Gilbert · ss · The Affair of the Aluminium Crutch [Sherlock Holmes] · Paul D. Gilbert · ss · The Adventure of the Abominable Wife [Sherlock Holmes] · Paul D. Gilbert · ss · The Adventure of the Cutter Alicia [Sherlock Holmes] · Paul D. Gilbert · ss · The Adventure of the Red Leech [Sherlock Holmes] · Paul D. Gilbert · ss · The Mystery of the Mumbling Duellist [Sherlock Holmes] · Paul D. Gilbert · ss

The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories ed. R. A. Gilbert & Michael Cox--- see under Michael Cox.

Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology ed. R. A. Gilbert & Michael Cox--- see under Michael Cox.

Foggerty’s Fairy and Other Tales by W. S. Gilbert (George Routledge and Sons, 1890, 366pp, hc, co) 5 · Note · W. S. Gilbert · ms (r) 9 · Foggerty’s Fairy · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Graphic Christmas 1887, as “The Story of a Twelfth Cake” 43 · An Elixir of Love · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Graphic Christmas 1876 69 · Johnny Pounce · W. S. Gilbert · ss A Bunch of Keys ed. Tom Hood, Groombridge and Sons, 1865, as “The Key of the Strong Room” 119 · Little Mim · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Graphic Christmas 1876 127 · The Triumph of Vice · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Savage Club Papers ed. Andrew Halliday, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 145 · My Maiden Brief · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Cornhill Magazine December 1863, uncredited. 161 · Creatures of Impulse · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Graphic Christmas 1870, as “A Strange Old Lady” 175 · Maxwell and I · W. S. Gilbert · ss London Society December 1866 215 · Actors, Authors and Audiences · W. S. Gilbert · ss Holly Leaves Christmas 1880 237 · Angela · W. S. Gilbert · ss Holly Leaves Christmas 1887; subtitled “An Inverted Love Story”. 245 · Wide Awake · W. S. Gilbert · ss Mirth: A Miscellany of Wit and Humor ed. Henry James Byron, Tinsley Brothers, 1878 259 · A Stage Play · W. S. Gilbert · ss Tom Hood’s Comic Annual 1873 277 · The Wicked World · W. S. Gilbert · ss Tom Hood’s Comic Annual 1871 297 · The Finger of Fate · W. S. Gilbert · ss Tom Hood’s Comic Annual 1872 313 · A Tale of a Dry Plate · W. S. Gilbert · ss Holly Leaves Christmas 1885 321 · The Burglar’s Story · W. S. Gilbert · ss Holly Leaves December 8 1883 331 · Unappreciated Shakespeare · W. S. Gilbert · ss Holly Leaves Christmas 1882 337 · Comedy and Tragedy · W. S. Gilbert · ss Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1879 349 · Rosencrantz and Guildenstern · W. S. Gilbert · pl Fun 1874; subtitled “An Original Tragedy in Three Acts, Founded on an Old Danish Legend”.

The Lost Stories of W.S. Gilbert by W. S. Gilbert (Robson Books, September 30, 1982, 0-86051-200-2, £7.95, 255pp, hc, co)     Collection of stories selected and introduced by Peter Haining. 7 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in 26 · My Maiden Brief · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Cornhill Magazine December 1863, uncredited. 37 · The Poisoned Postage Stamp · W. S. Gilbert · ss Fun February 16 1867, uncredited. 40 · Maxwell and I · W. S. Gilbert · ss London Society December 1866 69 · The Triumph of Vice · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Savage Club Papers ed. Andrew Halliday, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 82 · Jones’ Victoria Cross · W. S. Gilbert · ss Once a Week November 2 1867 89 · Diamonds · W. S. Gilbert · ss Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1867 106 · An Elixir of Love · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Graphic Christmas 1876 125 · Tom Poulton’s Joke · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Dark Blue #1, March 1871 134 · Creatures of Impulse · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Graphic Christmas 1870, as “A Strange Old Lady” 143 · The Wicked World · W. S. Gilbert · ss Tom Hood’s Comic Annual 1871 157 · Wide Awake · W. S. Gilbert · ss Mirth: A Miscellany of Wit and Humor ed. Henry James Byron, Tinsley Brothers, 1878 166 · Comedy and Tragedy · W. S. Gilbert · ss Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1879 174 · Foggerty’s Fairy · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Graphic Christmas 1887, as “The Story of a Twelfth Cake” 199 · The Burglar’s Story · W. S. Gilbert · ss Holly Leaves December 8 1883 206 · The Finger of Fate · W. S. Gilbert · ss Tom Hood’s Comic Annual 1872 216 · Little Mim · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Graphic Christmas 1876 222 · Angela · W. S. Gilbert · ss Holly Leaves Christmas 1887 228 · The Fairy’s Dilemma · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Graphic Christmas 1900 245 · The Lady in the Plaid Shawl · W. S. Gilbert · mm The Flag ed. Major H. F. Trippel, Daily Mail, 1908; subtitled “A Scrap of Autobiography”. 252 · Trial by Jury · W. S. Gilbert · uw Fun April 11 1868; a hanful of verses and sketches that later formed the basis of the comic opera of the same name.

The Basilisk and Other Tales of Dread by R. Murray Gilchrist (Ash-Tree Press, May 30, 2003, 1-55310-053-0, $59.00, xvi+187pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe) [edited by Christopher Roden & John Pelan]     Collection of all of the known weird stories from the pen of R. Murray Gilchrist edited and with an Introduction by John Pelan and Christopher Roden. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $45.00 and in the UK for £28.00. ix · The Tragedies of R. Murray Gilchrist · John Pelan & Christopher Roden · in 3 · The Crimson Weaver · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The Yellow Book July 1895 9 · The Stone Dragon · R. Murray Gilchrist · nv The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances by R. Murray Gilchrist, Methuen, 1894 29 · The Lover’s Ordeal · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The London Magazine June 1905 37 · The Manuscript of Francis Shackerley · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances by R. Murray Gilchrist, Methuen, 1894 49 · Midsummer Madness · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances by R. Murray Gilchrist, Methuen, 1894 61 · The Return · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The National Observer July 2 1892 67 · Dame Inowslad · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The National Observer January 7 1893 71 · The Lost Mistress · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances by R. Murray Gilchrist, Methuen, 1894 79 · Witch In-Grain · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The National Observer May 6 1893 83 · The Basilisk · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The National Observer July 23 1892 89 · The Noble Courtesan · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances by R. Murray Gilchrist, Methuen, 1894 95 · The Writings of Althea Swarthmoor · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The National Observer September 17 1892 103 · Roxana Runs Lunatick · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances by R. Murray Gilchrist, Methuen, 1894 107 · The Grotto at Ravensdale · R. Murray Gilchrist · nv Lords and Ladies by R. Murray Gilchrist, Hurst and Blackett, 1903 117 · Excerpts from Witherton’s Journal: Also a Letter of Crystalla’s · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances by R. Murray Gilchrist, Methuen, 1894 123 · My Friend · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances by R. Murray Gilchrist, Methuen, 1894 135 · The Madness of Betty Hooton · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss Lords and Ladies by R. Murray Gilchrist, Hurst and Blackett, 1903 143 · Bubble Magic · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The National Observer November 18 1893 151 · Dryas and Lady Greenleaf · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss Lords and Ladies by R. Murray Gilchrist, Hurst and Blackett, 1903 157 · The Priest’s Pavan · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss Lords and Ladies by R. Murray Gilchrist, Hurst and Blackett, 1903 163 · A Night on the Moor · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The Pall Mall Magazine November 1900 173 · The Pageant of Ghosts · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The National Observer August 19 1893 177 · Appendix 179 · The Panicle · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss The Speaker March 16 1895 183 · A Witch in the Peak · R. Murray Gilchrist · ss A Peakland Faggot by Robert Murray Gilchrist, Faber & Gwyer, 1926 187 · Sources · [uncredited] · bi