THE KING IN YELLOW

Book Description

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers,. 1902. title page printed in orange and black, original pictorial yellow cloth, front panel stamped in white and black, spine panel stamped in white.. Fragile white enamel lettering largely perished from spine, spine. panel dusty, more mild dust soiling to front and rear panels, a very. good copy. A much better than average copy of this attractive and. important edition of a classic collection of American short fiction.. (#129245). First printing of this later Harper & Brother edition. This illustrated edition omits "The Court of the Dragon." The author's second book and first collection of short stories. "One of the most important works of supernatural horror between Edgar Allan Poe and modern horror fiction." - Bleiler (ed), Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror, p. 739. "Surprisingly vital stories, undoubtedly the best work that Chambers did. A landmark book in abandoning the ghosts of Victorian literary tradition and concentrating on the nightmare." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 364. "... one of the basic documents in the history of fantastic fiction." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 396. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 51-2. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 2-12. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 49. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 74-6. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 844-47. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 59. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 3- 49. Bleiler (1978), p. 41. Reginald 02815. Wright (III) 972.

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