WHO'S WHO IN HORROR AND FANTASY FICTION. New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, [1978]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-240 [241-242: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], boards. First edition, U.S. issue. Core is 400 bio-bibliographies of writers and editors whose work was principally in the genre or exercised influence upon it from the early eighteenth century to the early 1970s. Four appendixes, the first three with brief annotations: Checklist of novels and shorter fictions intended "as a basic suggested reading list;" checklist of selected weird fiction anthologies; checklist of weird and horror fiction magazines; and list of awards (August Derleth Fantasy Award and World Fantasy Award). "Ashley frequently includes biographical details and other tidbits not found in any other source and his inclusion of a large number of classic horror writers of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries makes his book valuable even more than a decade after its original publication ... He also manages to mention and intelligently evaluate thousands of books and stories while commenting on the authors' lives and careers." - Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror 43. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 6-18. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 6-18. Tymn, (ed), Horror Literature 8-1. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Still a very useful reference book. (#177411).
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"First published in the United States in 1978 ..." on copyright page.