Fiction
A US Omnibus edition of the 'Dodo'
novels
(Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers,
1978,
Jacket design by Honi Werner)
"Dodo" - Left:1904 D. Appleton
Right: Homewood Publishing Company,
Chicago
"Dodo - A Detail of the day"
- Happy Thoughts paperback, Optimus Printing C, New York. September 12
1894
"Fine Feathers" and "Desirable
Residences", both compilations of Benson Short stories (including a previously
unseen "Miss Mapp" story) edited by Jack Adrian.
(To order "Desirable Residences"
from Amazon.com, click the pic!)
("Fine Feathers" - Oxford University
Press (hardback), 1994 - Jacket illustration : detail from "The Japanese
Fan", by
William Strang. Colnaghi &
Co. Ltd., London. Photo: The Bridgeman Art Library, London)
("Desirable Residences" - Ocford
University Press (paperback), Cover illustration "The Red Hat" by Sir John
Lavery, Private collection. Photo: Christie's)
US edition of "The House of Defence"
(1906, B.E. Jones Co. Special
Edition, Brocton, Mass. - New York and London,
The Authors and Newspapers Association)
"Thorley Weir" 1913,
J.B. Lippincott Company,
Philadelphia & London,
The Collected Ghost Stories of
E.F.Benson - edited by Richard Dalby. The collection has a Foreword
by Joan Aitken and, in addition to the 54 previously published Ghost and
'Spook' stories, included Fred's non-fiction article "The Clonmel Witch
Burning"
Left - UK edition published by
Robinson Publishing, 1992 (Out of print);
Right - US edition published
by Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1996
(To order the US edition from
Amazon.com,
click the pic!)
"Spook Stories" - A collection
of Ghost and Horror writing - Hutchinson & Co, London, No Date
(Kindly supplied by "Queen Charlotte's
Mittens")
"More Spook Stories" - 1st edition.Hutchinson.London
1934 (Thanks to Miss Leg!)
"The Room in the Tower" - another
collection of Fred's spooky writings from 1912 (UK 1st edition)
(Kindly supplied by 'Anon')
"The Horror Horn" - Panther pb,
1974
Left -
"David Blaize of King's" - 1924
"The Valkyries"
The 'Old
London' series; this edition published in 1937.
Left to right - Spines; "Portrait
of an English Nobleman; Friend of the rich; Janet; The Unwanted
Close ups pf the cover illustrations,
with (at right) a photocopy of the dustjacket for "Friend Of The Rich"
(Thanks to 'Mrs Wyse'!)
Left - "Limitations" 1896
William Clowes & Sons, Ltd. London & Bombay. 1st Edition English
novel issued for circulation in India and the Colonies only. It is from
Bell's Indian & Colonial Library in Manilla.
Right - "Limitations - Ward &
Lock, London, Inscription Xmas 1910 (Kindly submitted by "Queen Charlotte's
Mittens"
(With thanks to Miss Leg for
finding these on eBay.com!)
"The Relentless City" -
Left:1903 1st. edition.
Right: Thos. Nelson edition.
"Account Rendered" 1911 Doubleday,
Page & Co.,
Some 'booklets' containing short
stories and other items written by Fred.
Left to Right - Bensoniana 1
(The E.F.Benson Society 1992); Bensoniana 2 (The E.F.Benson Society 1993);
Some Social Criminals (a collection of Fred's 'crime' stories - The E.F.Benson
Society 1995); The Heart of India (three articles about India - Hermitage
Books - 1994)
"Arundel" 6th impression T. Fisher
Unwin 1916
Left - the embossed cover.
Centre the spine (these ARE from the same volume - the spine is somewhat
faded; however, the title is embossed in gold)
Right - 1st edition, 1915, George
H Doran Co. New York. (Thanks to "Queen Cahrlotte's Mittens"!)
"Michael" - no publication information
available about this picture - it was 'borrowed' from eBay.com!
"The Oakleyites" - Left - Nelson
edition (Spine and cover)
Right - The Oakleyites, 2nd edition,
Hodder & Stoughton.(Thanks to "Queen Charlotte's Mittens"!)
"The Climber" - Left: Grossett
& Dunlap N.Y., 1st Edition 1908.
(Kindly supplied by "Queen Charlotte's
Mittens")
Right: no information available.
"The Osbornes" - Doubleday Page
& Co, N.Y.,1910 1st Edition.
(Kindly supplied by "Queen Charlotte's
Mittens")
Colin II 1925 George H.Doran
US edition
1
- 2
- 3
- 4
1
- Visible and Invisible 1924 George H. Doran US edition.
2
- Visible and Invisible - no details available (Kindly supplied by "Queen
Charlotte's Mittens")
3
- 1923 UK 1st edition (Thanks to "Anon")
4
- Hutchinson edition (no date available) - Dust Jacket (from eBay)
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Secret Lives 1959 Curtis Books,
N.Y US Paperback
The Tortoise - 1917 George H.
Doran Company
The Fascinating Mrs. Halton-1910.
Grosset & Dunlap
The Blotting Book - 1908 Doubleday
and Page
"The Challoners
- JP Lippincott, Phila., 1904, 1st Edition.
(Kindly supplied by "Queen Charlotte's
Mittens")
"Mezzanine"
- no details available
(Kindly supplied by "Queen Charlotte's
Mittens")
"Paul" - William Heinemann, Third
Impression 1906.
(Kindly supplied by "Queen Charlotte's
Mittens")
"Paying Guests" - Doubleday Coran,
1st Edition 1929
(Kindly supplied by "Queen Charlotte's
Mittens")
"Sheaves"
- Doubleday Page & Co, 1907, 1st Edition.
(Kindly supplied by "Queen Charlotte's
Mittens")
"A Reaping"
- Doubleday, Page & Company 1910 (Thanks to Miss Leg!)
"Mammon & Co." - D.Appleton
1899 (Thanks to Miss Leg!)
"Robin Linnet"
"The Image in The Sand" - 1905,
J.B Lippincott Company
(Thanks to Miss Leg!)
The Freaks of Mayfair 2001 Prion
Books
The Book of Months - New York:
Harper & Brothers, 1903 (from eBay)
Mr Teddy - T.Fisher Unwin, third
impression 1917 (from eBay)
