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THE SAND MAN AND OTHER NIGHT-PIECES, by E.T.A. Hoffmann, May 8th, 2008, 531 + xviii pages. £35/$65. Sewn signatures, printed on 125gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Atheneum Press in green wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with a silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 500 copies. ISBN 978-1-905784-08-0.

Contents: 'Introduction' by Jim Rockhill, 'The Sand-Man', 'The Legacy', from The Serapion Brethren: 'A Fragment of the Lives of Three Friends', 'The Mines of Falun', 'The Singers' Contest', 'Eine Spukgeschichte', 'Automatons', 'The Life of a Well-Known Character', 'Albertine's Wooers', 'The Uncanny Guest', 'The Vampire'. 'The Cremona Violin', 'The Golden Pot', 'A New Year's Eve Adventure', 'The Abandoned House'. 'The Fiction and Collections of E.T.A. Hoffmann'.

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WORMWOOD, Issue 10, Edited by Mark Valentine, 14th April, 2008. 92 pages. £8.99. 525 copies. Paperback journal printed on cream bookwove paper, and bound by Biddles.

Contents: 'Editorial', 'The Void Behind the Face of Order: Robert Aickman, Anthologist of the Ghost Story' by Peter Bell, 'No Secret Place: The Haunted Cities of Fritz Leiber' by Joel Lane, 'Sand in the Machine: The Radio Play Träume (Dreams) by Günter Eich' by John Howard, 'Kenneth Grant: True Tales, Ancient Grimoires and Magical Fiction' by Dave Evans, 'Elementals and Others: The Fiction of Michael McDowell' by Mike Barrett, 'The Decadent World-View' by Brian Stableford,'Late Reviews' by Douglas A. Anderson, 'Camera Obscura', 'Notes on Contributors'.

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SREDNI VASHTAR, by Saki, 21st March 2008, 293 + xii pages. £30/$55. Sewn signatures, printed on 125gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Biddles in red wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with a silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 978-1-905784-07-3.

Contents: 'Introduction' by Mark Valentine, 'The Reticence of Lady Anne', 'The Lost Sanjak', 'Gabriel-Ernest', 'The Saint and the Goblin', 'The Soul of Laploshka', 'Esmé', 'Tobermory', 'The Background', 'The Unrest-Cure', 'Sredni Vashtar', 'The Easter Egg', 'The Music on the Hill', 'The Peace of Mowsle Barton', 'The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope', ' "Ministers of Grace" ', 'The Remoulding of Groby Lington', 'The She-Wolf', 'Laura', 'The Hen', 'The Open Window', 'The Cobweb', 'The Seventh Pullet', 'The Blind Spot', 'The Story-Teller', 'The Lumber-Room', 'The Toys of Peace', 'The Wolves of Cernagratz', 'The Interlopers', 'The Hedgehog', 'The Image of the Lost Soul', 'The Infernal Parliament', 'When William Came'.

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THE TRIUMPH OF NIGHT, by Edith Wharton, 28th January 2008, 310 pages. £32.50. Sewn signatures, printed on 125gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Biddles in yellow wibalin cloth stamped in copper, with a silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 978-1-905784-06-6.

Contents: 'Preface', 'The Fullness of Life', 'A Journey', 'The Duchess at Prayer', 'The Lady's Maid's Bell', 'Afterward', 'The Eyes', 'The Triumph of Night', 'Kerfol', 'Bewitched', 'Miss Mary Pask', 'A Bottle of Perrier', 'Mr Jones', 'Pomegranate Seed', 'The Looking-Glass', 'All Souls' ', 'An Autobiographical Postscript.'

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STRANGE TALES II, edited by Rosalie Parker, 16th November 2007, 327+ vi pages. £30.00. Sewn signatures, printed on 125gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Biddles in black wibalin cloth stamped in copper, with a silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 500 copies. ISBN 978-1-905784-05-9.

Contents: 'Preface', 'Calico Black, Calico Blue' by Joel Knight, 'The Fairy Killer' by Quentin S. Crisp, 'She Lights the Little Candle' by Katherine Haynes, 'Mister Poppy' by Stephen Holman, 'Carden in Capaea' by Mark Valentine, 'What Water Reveals' by Adam Golaski, 'Pastor Arrhenius and The Maiden Brita' by Dale Nelson, 'The Other Village' by Simon Strantzas, 'What the Eye Remembers' by Anne-Sylvie Salzman, 'The Magpies' by David Rix, 'The Concise Picaresque Adventures of the Wanderlust Bridge' by Rhys Hughes, 'Sourdough' by Angela Slatter, 'The Hiding Place' by Barbara Roden, 'Mea Tulpa' by Roger Dunkley, 'Llanfihangel' by Elizabeth Brown, 'Dinckley Green' by Christopher Harman, 'Sejanus' Daughter' by Hilbourne Carlone, 'Biographical Details'

Review:

'...a very rewarding reading experience producing that pleasant uneasiness and discomfort that any admirer of "strange" tales is seeking in dark fiction of good quality.' Mario Guslandi, The Agony Column.

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WORMWOOD, Issue 9, Edited by Mark Valentine, 16th November, 2007. 92 pages. £8.99. 525 copies. Paperback journal printed on cream bookwove paper, and bound by Biddles.

Contents: 'Editorial', 'Mysteries of the Thirteenth Hour: The Enigmatic World of Phyllis Paul' by Glen Cavaliero, 'Speculative Metaphysics: The Early Fantasies of David Lindsay' by Jeff Gardiner , 'A Manifest Aesthetic: Georges Rodenbach and the City of Bruges' by Paul Fox, 'Le Fanu's The House By The Churchyard and the Influence of Richard Brinsley Sheridan' by Albert Power, 'A Great Labyrinth of Stories: Count Jan Potocki's The Saragossa Manuscript by Adrian Eckersley, 'She of Many Names' by William Charlton, 'The Decadent World-View' by Brian Stableford,'Late Reviews' by Douglas A. Anderson, 'Camera Obscura', 'Notes on Contributors'.

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GUIDE TO FIRST EDITION PRICES, 2008/9, by R.B. Russell, 1st November 2007, 576+x pages. £25.00. Trade paperback printed and bound by 10/10 Printing. 7,000 copies. ISBN 978-1-905784-03-5.

Point: The seventh edition, printed in full colour with 1,000 illustrations and the values of over 42,500 sought-after books.

Reviews:

"...curiously fascinating." Times Literary Supplement, 23rd May, 2008.

"�a browser�s delight, as illuminating as it�s absorbing � no collector will be fooled by the £25 tag. It�s priceless." The Bookdealer, October 2007.

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Dreads and Drolls, by Arthur Machen, 20th September 2007. Hardback: 241 + vii pages. £35/$65. Sewn signatures, printed on 125gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Biddles in burgundy wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with a silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 350 copies. ISBN 978-1-905784-04-2.

Contents: 'Introduction, by R.B. Russell, 'Note, by Arthur Machen, 'The Man With the Silver Staff', 'The Mystery of Mr Haddock', 'Ceremony on the Scaffold', 'Mr Lutterloh', 'A Lament for London's Lost Inns', 'Madame Rachel', 'Sir Benjamin The "Baron" ', 'Our Betty's Day Out', 'How The Rich Live', 'The Highbury Mystery', 'Deadly Nevergreen', 'Polite Correspondence', 'How Clubs Began', 'The Ingenious Mr Blee', 'Old Dr Mounsey', 'Casanova in London', ' "Doubles" In Crime', ' "Characters" ', 'The Euston Square Mystery', 'More Inns', 'The Adventure of the Long-Lost Brother', 'The Power of Jargon', 'The Little People', 'The Campden Wonder', 'Morduck the Witch', 'The Man From Nowhere', 'Before Wembley', 'The Strange Case of Emily Weston', 'The Gay Victorians', 'A Castle in Celtic Mists', 'A Tale of a Turbot', 'Chivalry', '7B Coney Court', 'Concerning Cocktails', 'Mothers-in-Law', 'A Pretty Parricide', 'The Cry of a Captive', 'Our Funny Friends', 'Twins', 'Hungry Weather!', 'The Medicine-Man's Magic', 'The Best of Everything', 'The Merry Widow', 'Knocking Legends To Smithereens', 'One Night When I Was Frightened', 'The Wood Family', 'Houses', 'The People of the Wild', 'Laugh When You Awake', 'The Little Brown Things', 'Shakespeare's 'Bare Bones', 'The Simplicity of Genius', 'Books that a Queen May Read', 'Society and the Savage', 'Those Doctors!', 'The "B" in Baconian Bonnets', 'The Scholar and the Sun-Myth', 'Dr Johnson's Disappearing Act', 'When the Much-Travelled Man Comes Home', 'England's Last State Lottery', Bibliographical information.

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Strangers and Pilgrims, by Walter de la Mare, 11th June 2007. Hardback: 510 + xiii pages. £35/$65. Sewn signatures, printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in grey wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with a silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 500 copies. ISBN 978-1-905784-02-8.

Contents: Introduction, A:B:O., The Moon's Miracle, The Riddle, The Giant, The Quincunx, The Pear-Tree, The Bird of Travel, Seaton's Aunt, The Vats, Promise at Dusk, The Creatures, Miss Jemima, The Looking-Glass, Out of the Deep, Winter, The Green Room, The Scarecrow, Alice's Godmother, Mr Kempe, A Recluse, All Hallows, The Game At Cards, Crewe, The House, 'What Dreams May Come', Strangers and Pilgrims, A Revenant, The Guardian, An Anniversary, Music, Bad Company, Bibliographical Information.

Reviews:

'This is a fantastic (in every sense) book of tales.' - Ian McMillan, The Times, 14th July, 2007.

'A beautiful edition of supernatural English fiction, subtle and disquieting rather than out and out frightening.' - Stuart Maconie, The Guardian, 13th February 2008.

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The Justice of the Night, by Glen Cavaliero, 23rd April, 2007. Hardback: 88 pages. £30/$55. Sewn signatures, printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in green wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 1872621317.

Contents: 'The First Lesson', 'Points of Recognition', 'Sky Light', 'Solo', 'Mater', 'Armistice', 'The Grange', 'Lay-By', 'Doomsday', 'Golden Girl', 'The Auditors', 'Bolt Hole', 'Winky', 'In Mrs Blicker's Room', 'That Old Black Magic', 'Sad Old Song', 'A Metamorphosis', 'View Halloo', 'The Brown Way', 'Dark Tower', 'Just for the Record', 'Garbo Talks', 'Bexhill-sur-Mer', 'Recantation', 'Moroccan Blues', 'The Wise Woman of Amounderness', 'Spoil', 'Ground Level', 'London Fires', 'Museum and New Moon', 'Hellingly', 'A Legacy', 'Elegy for James', 'Mountain Rescue', 'Memorial', 'Bound in Green', 'Watcher of the Deep', 'The Doorway', 'Mater Dei', 'Dismissal', 'By Command', 'On the March', 'Promised Land', 'Cat Nap', 'Settlement', 'Dulce Domum', 'La Gonterie', 'Midwinter Burial', 'Moving House', 'A Spell of Vertigo', 'Wakey Wakey!', 'Dead Ringers', 'Zero Summer', 'Dedication'.

Review:

"Cavaliero is a visionary, taking us beyond the manifestly seen and felt." - Edward Gauntlett, The Charles Williams Quarterly, Summer 2007

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WORMWOOD, Issue 8, Edited by Mark Valentine, 23rd April, 2007. 92 pages. £8.99. 550 copies. Paperback journal printed on cream bookwove paper, and bound by Bath Press.

Contents: 'Editorial', 'The Territory of the Others: The Dark Fiction of Theodore Sturgeon' by Joel Lane, 'Lautréamont: Count of Cult-Authors, Master of Malevolence, Hero of Situationists' by Adam Daly, 'The Crystal Utopia: The Green Child by Herbert Read' by Paul Newman, 'Higuchi Ichiyo: The Brief Flight of a Literary Shooting Star' by Quentin S. Crisp, ' "Long Live Degenerate Art!'" ' by Don LaCoss, 'C.L. Moore' by E.F. Bleiler, 'Lionel Britton: An Update' by Tony Shaw, 'The Decadent World-View' by Brian Stableford,'Late Reviews' by Douglas A. Anderson, 'Camera Obscura', 'Notes on Contributors'.

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THE SECRET OF THE SANGRAAL AND OTHER WRITINGS, by Arthur Machen, Introductions by R.B. Russell, 6th February 2007. Second Tartarus printing. Hardback: 375 + vi pages. £35/$65. Sewn signatures, printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in blue cloth stamped in gilt, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 350 copies. ISBN 978-1-872621-18-0.

Contents: The Secret of the Sangraal: Introduction and Essay. The Stroller, When I Was Young in London, London Thirty Years Ago, The Joy Of London, Re-Discovery of London, Dog and Duck: Dog and Duck, Why New Year?, On Valentines and Other Things, On Simnel Cakes, 'April Fool!' , The Merry Month of May, A Midsummer Night's Dream, July Sport: With Some Remarks on Young Mr Blueface, 'A Thorough Change', Roast Goose: With a Dissertation on Apple Sauce and Sage and Onions, Where are the Fogs of Yesteryears?, Martinmass, Christmas Mumming, A Talk for Twelfth Night, Some February Stars, March and A Moral, St George and the Dragon, The Poor Victorians, Stuff-And Science, On Holidays, Six Dozen of Port, The Custom of the Manor, The Vice of Collecting, Splendour, How to Spend Christmas, Adelphi: Fareewell! , The Art of Unbelief, Note. Dr Johnson's Disappearing Act. Notes and Queries: Guinevere and Lancelot, Shakespeare and Shakespere, A New Year Meditation, Casuistry, Superstition-or Instinct?, Imagination and Health, England and Revolution, Celtic Magic, The Holy Graal, Justice, Liberty-and Fallacy?, The Art of Divination, Our Absurd Education, The Cult of the Secret, Rouge et Noir-and the Unknown, The Moth and the Flame, Tom O'Bedlam and His Song, The Only Way. The Gray's Inn Coffee House. Bridles and Spurs: Bridles and Spurs, A Forgotten Book, The Strange Tale of Mount Nephin, Pictures on the Cards, The Ancient Speech, Mutterings in the Dark Grove, The Old Grammar School, Riddles and Symbols, The Holy Grail, The Bitter Impatience, Lost Books, True to Life. A Note on Poetry. Bibliographical Notes (from Danielson's Bibliography)

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THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES, by H.G. Wells, Introductions by Brian Stableford, 1st December 2006. Hardback: 363 + xiv pages. £35/$65. Sewn signatures, printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in blue cloth stamped in silver, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 978-1-905784-00-4.

Contents: 'Introduction', 'The Devotee of Art', 'Walcote', 'The Flowering of the Strange Orchid', 'The Lord of the Dynamos', 'The Temptation of Harringay', 'The Moth', 'Pollock and the Porroh Man', 'Under the Knife', 'The Plattner Story', 'The Red Room', 'The Story of the Late Mr Elvesham', 'The Apple', 'The Crystal Egg', 'The Presence by the Fire', 'The Man Who Could Work Miracles', 'The Stolen Body', 'A Vision of Judgment', 'A Dream of Armageddon', 'The New Accelerator', 'The Inexperienced Ghost', 'Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland', 'The Truth About Pyecraft', 'The Magic Shop', 'The Country of the Blind', 'The Door in the Wall', 'The Beautiful Suit', 'The Wild Asses of the Devil', 'The Story of the Last Trump', 'The Pearl of Love', 'The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper', 'Answer to Prayer'.

Review:

Those who consider Wells only a great SF writer will be pleasantly surprised by this collection of stories, apt to charm both the devotees of fantastic literature and the regular readers of horror and ghost fiction. Mario Guslandi, SF Site

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THE HILL OF DREAMS, by Arthur Machen, Introductions by Mark Valentine, Lord Dunsany and Arthur Machen, 30th October 2006. Hardback: 230 + xxxii pages. £30/$55. Second Tartarus printing. Sewn signatures, printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in burgundy wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 1872621317.

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WORMWOOD, Issue 7, Edited by Mark Valentine, 30th October 2006. 92 pages. £8.99. 550 copies. Paperback journal printed on cream bookwove paper, and bound by Bath Press.

Contents: 'Editorial', 'G.K. Chesterton: Artist of Fantasy and the Grotesque' by William Charlton, 'Oriental Gothic: William Beckford's Vathek and The Episodes of Vathek' by Albert Power, 'Agorit': An Unpublished Fragment by Sarban, 'Josef �imánek: Czech Pagan Fantasist' by Cyril Simsa, 'Paul Leppin: The Ghost of Prague: An English Reader's Perspective' by Mark Beech, 'Cry Mider For Zeulas: The Elak Stories of Henry Kuttner' by Richard Toogood, 'The Decadent World-View' by Brian Stableford, 'Late Reviews' by Douglas A. Anderson, 'Camera Obscura', 'Notes on Contributors'.

Review:

...this is certainly where Wormwood�s talents lie - in close readings of obscure texts, informed by detailed knowledge of the authors and their work. By printing the texts themselves alongside masterly interpretations, the reader is invited to do likewise, thereby encouraging new scholarship and iconoclasm. - Dara Downey, The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies

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A WALBERSWICK GOODNIGHT STORY, by Louis de Bernières, October 2006. 12 pps. Limited edition of only 200 signed, numbered copies, hand-set in Perpetua type by Alan Anderson and printed on Zerkall paper. £25.00.

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THE SENSE OF THE PAST, by Henry James, Introduction by Glen Cavaliero, 23rd June 2006. Hardback: 657 + xi pages. £35/$65. Sewn signatures, printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in green wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 1 87262199 6 / 978-1-872621-99-9.

Contents: 'Introduction' by Glen Cavaliero, 'The Romance of Certain Old Clothes', 'De Grey: A Romance', 'The Last of the Valerii', 'The Ghostly Rental', 'Sir Edmund Orme', 'The Private Life', 'Owen Wingrave', 'The Altar of the Dead', 'The Friends of the Friends', 'The Turn of the Screw', 'The Real Right Thing', 'The Great Good Place', 'Maud-Evelyn', 'The Third Person', 'The Beast in the Jungle', 'The Jolly Corner', 'The Sense of The Past', 'Notes for The Sense of the Past'.

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WORMWOOD, Issue 6, Edited by Mark Valentine, 8th May 2006. 92 pages. £8.99. 550 copies. Paperback journal printed on cream bookwove paper, and bound by Bath Press.

Contents: 'Editorial', 'The October Revolution: Ray Bradbury's Existential Paradigm for the Horror Genre, Part Two' by Joel Lane, 'Old England, New England: M.R. James, Mary Wilkins Freeman and Sarah Orne Jewett' by John Howard, 'Through a Mind Darkly: Some Thoughts on J.S. Le Fanu and the Psychology of the Ghost Story' by William P. Simmons, 'Savage Songs from a Sinful Sea: Robert E. Howard's Faring Town Trilogy' by Benjamin Szumskyj, 'Introduction to William Hope Hodgson's "The Psychology of Species'" by Douglas A. Anderson, 'The Psychology of Species' by William Hope Hodgson, 'The Lost Genius of Britton: Proletarian Misfit, Apocalyptic Anarchist, Forgotten Genius' by Adam Daly, 'Trajectory of a Comet: Poland's Arch-Decadent' by Brian R. Banks, 'The Decadent World-View' by Brian Stableford, 'Late Reviews' by Douglas A. Anderson, 'Camera Obscura', 'Notes on Contributors'.

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THE PALE APE, by M.P. Shiel, Introduction by Brian Stableford, 8th May April 2006. Hardback: 211 + xiv pages. £30/$55. Sewn signatures, printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in red wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 1 87262198 8 / 978-1-872621-98-2.

Contents: 'Introduction', ' The Pale Ape', 'The Case of Euphemia Raphash', 'Cummings King Monk', 'A Bundle of Letters','Huguenin's Wife', 'Many a Tear', 'The House of Sounds', 'The Spectre-Ship', 'The Great King', 'The Bride'.

Reviews:

Moments of terror-laden friction -- emotionally charged moments of explosion -- abound in this collection. . . . this volume instills a sense of both mysticism and earthly relevance to fantasies which celebrate the outré in the truest sense of the term, allowing imagination to run unfettered. The result? Stories without genres, nightmares without boundaries. - William Simmons, Infinity Plus

Tartarus Press, a small UK imprint devoted to weird and supernatural fiction of high quality, after having reprinted Shiel's Prince Zaleski and The Purple Cloud presents us now with a new edition of The Pale Ape, an elegant, hardcover volume graced by a learned Introduction by Brian Stableford, a renowned authority in the field of decadent literature. - Mario Guslandi, Dark Wisdom issue # 10, 2006

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FATHER RAVEN AND OTHER TALES, by A.E. Coppard, Introduction by Mark Valentine, 3rd April 2006. Hardback: 301 + xii pages. £30/$55. Sewn signatures, printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in green wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 1 87262197 X / 978-1-872621-95-5.

Contents: 'Introduction', 'Adam & Eve & Pinch Me', 'Arabesque-The Mouse', 'The King of the World', 'Marching to Zion', 'Piffingcap', 'Clorinda Walks in Heaven', 'The Elixir of Youth', 'Simple Simon', 'The Tiger', 'The Man From Kilsheelan', 'Old Martin', 'The Bogie Man', 'The Martyrdom of Solomon', 'The Almanac Man', 'Polly Morgan', 'The Gollan', 'The Post Office and the Serpent', 'Crotty Shinkwin', 'Ahoy, Sailor Boy!', 'Gone Away', 'Jove's Nectar', 'The Philosopher's Daughter', 'Jack the Giantkiller', 'Rocky and the Bailiff', 'Ale Celestial?', 'Father Raven', 'The Drum', 'Cheese', 'The Homeless One', 'The Kisstruck Bogie', 'The Gruesome Fit'.

Review:

Not only enjoyable, these pieces capture the age old 'magic' once thought lost when the bards stopped speaking their dramas aloud. - William Simmons, Infinity Plus

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THE LONG RETREATING DAY, by John Gaskin, 2nd February 2006. Hardback: 205 pages. £27.50/$50. Sewn signatures, printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in red wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 450 signed copies. ISBN 1872621937.

Contents: 'Preface', 'Three Songs of Youth', 'The Conceit of the Dancing Man', 'Tapiola', 'St John's Wood', 'The High-Stepping Man', 'The Long Retreating Day', 'From Lydia with Love and Laughter', 'The Bay Platform', 'Rigor Mortis', 'Road Closed', 'Omega', 'Three Songs of Age'.

Reviews:

"Economically written and deeply felt nightmares of atmospheric subtlety and stark spiritual horror. . . reaffirming the importance of structure and lyricism in a genre too often represented by slap-dash sensationalism." - William Simmons, Hellnotes

"if you like solid, elegant fiction apt to make the act of reading almost a physical pleasure, then this is a book you shouldn't miss for any reason. . . . this volume is a literary gem that everybody should be entitled to enjoy." - Mario Guslandi, Agony Column

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RITUAL, by Arthur Machen, with a Foreword by R.B. Russell, January 2006. 382 + xiii pages. £35.00. Fourth edition. Sewn hardback printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in red wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 1872621279.

Contents: The Priest and the Barber, The Spagyric Quest of Beroaldus Cosmopolita, The Town of Long Ago, Candletime, Cidermas, Over the Gate, Of the Isle of Shadows, A Further Account of the Academy of Lagado, Tales from Barataria, Sir John's Chef, Rus in Urbe, By the Brook, The Autophone, The Brook Farm, A Remarkable Coincidence, A Double Return, A Wonderful Woman, The Lost Club, An Underground Adventure, Jocelyn's Escape, The Red Hand, The Rose Garden, The Turanians, The Idealist, Witchcraft, The Ceremony, Psychology, Torture, Midsummer, Nature, Holy Things, The Young Man in the Blue Suit, The Soldiers' Rest, The Monstrance, The Dazzling Light, The Little Nations, The Men from Troy, The Light That Can Never Be Put Out, Drake's Drum, A New Christmas Carol, 7B Coney Court, Munitions of War, The Gift of Tongues, The Islington Mystery, Johnny Double, The Cosy Room, Awaking, Opening the Door, The Compliments of the Season, The Dover Road, The Exalted Omega, The Tree of Life, Out of the Picture, Change, Ritual.

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WORMWOOD, Issue 5, Edited by Mark Valentine, 1st December, 2005. 92 pages. £7.99. 550 copies. Paperback journal printed on cream bookwove paper, and bound by Bath Press.

Contents: 'Edirorial', 'The Fully-Conducted Tour' by Robert Aickman, 'Afterword' by Glen Cavaliero, 'The October Revolution: Ray Bradbury's Existential Paradigm for the Horror Genre' by Joel Lane, 'Some Dark Ancestral Sense: Awe in the Work of Algernon Blackwood' by Jeff Gardiner, 'Victor Neuburg: The Triumph of Pan' by Richard McNeff, 'A Laurel Wreath for Lowry' by Alexis Lykiard, 'Phantom Doubles: A Freudian Reading of Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and Hoffman's 'The Sandman' ' by Stephen Sennitt, 'The Self and the Void: The Lives and Deaths of Blaise Cendrars' by Adam Daly, 'The Decadent World-View' by Brian Stableford, 'Late Reviews' by Douglas A. Anderson, Camera Obscura, Letters.

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GUIDE TO FIRST EDITION PRICES, 2006/7, by R.B. Russell, 1st November 2005, x, 596 pages. £19.95. Trade paperback printed and bound by the Bath Press. 7,000 copies. ISBN 1872621953.

Point: The sixth edition, printed in full colour with over 600 illustrations and the values of over 35,000 sought-after books.

New Reviews:

"Whether you're buying, selling or just curious, an entertaining and informative 'must have' for your reference library." -Rare Book Review, Feb/March 2006

"This essential collector's guide" - Antiques Magazine, 3rd-16th December 2005

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WHERE NOTHING SLEEPS, by Denton Welch, 21st October 2005. Two slipcased hardback s of 380+xvii and 390 pages. £70/$140. Sewn signatures, printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in yellow wibalin cloth stamped in copper, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 500 sets. ISBN 1 872621 94 5

Preface by James Methuen-Campbell.

Volume 1 contains: 'I Can Remember,' 'Narcissus Bay,' 'At Sea,' 'The Happiest Time,' 'The Coffin on the Hill,' 'I First Began to Write,' 'The Barn,' 'The Trout Stream,' 'Mr Clarke,' 'Some Memories Evoked by Music,' 'A Visit to my Bois Relations,' 'A House Lost in the Darkness and Wintry Fields,' 'At Sir Moorcalm Lalli's,' 'The Packing-case House and the Thief,' 'Mrs Hockey,' 'A Child Meets Church and State and Poetry in Strange Places: Lady Astor,' 'The Death of My Mother,' 'The Big Field,' 'An Afternoon with Jeanne,' 'When I was Thirteen,' 'An Old Boy Takes me Out at Repton,' 'Ghosts,' 'The Earth's Crust,' 'The Youth Rang the Bell,' 'An Encounter by the River,' 'Back to Repton as an Old Boy,' 'I Left my Grandfather's House,' 'A Free Ride,' 'When I was an Art Student,' 'A Novel Fragment,' End-notes.

Volume 2 contains: 'The Judas Tree,' 'Strange Discoveries,' 'In Brixham Harbour,' 'A Party,' 'Sickert at St Peter's,' 'A Picture in the Snow,' 'Evergreen Seaton-Leverett,' 'A Fragment of a Life Story,' 'Leaves from a Young Person's Notebook,' 'Faces at the Stage Door,' 'Wainwright Home,' 'Fat Woman Sleeping in a Wood,' 'Touchett's Party,' 'The War Breaks Out,' 'Velvet', 'The Fire in the Wood,' 'A Dream of Vestals,' 'Fear,' 'Cupids from a Wedgwood Jar from a Bartolozzi Print from a Drawing by Lady Di Beauclerk,' 'Memories of a Vanished Period,' 'Man in a Garden,' 'A Morning with the Versatile Peer, Lord Berners, in the 'Ancient Seat of Learning',' 'A Mews Flat in the Country,' 'A Lunch Appointment,' 'Reading my First Review-in Spring,' 'Brave and Cruel,' 'In the Vast House,' 'John Trevor,' 'Full Circle,' 'Roger Saw the Man,' 'The Cottage After Dark,' 'Roger Lay on the Cliff,' 'Weekend,' 'Amy Lechworth,' 'Lady Gertrude,' 'Constance, Lady Willet,' 'Anna Dillon,' 'Alex Fairburn,' 'The Hateful Word,' 'The Diamond Badge,' 'When I Lie Awake,' 'In the Autumn Weather,' 'The Secret Life,' 'The Window,' 'Two Cows,' 'A Postscript,' End-notes, Bibliography

Reviews:

"James Methuen-Campbell, the editor of this new and definitive collection of [Welch's] short stories and other writings, wrote a biography of Welch in 2002 which did much to establish his reputation as an artist" - Ian Irvine, Independent on Sunday

"Edited by welch's most recent biographer, Where Nothing Sleeps brings together in two handsome volumes 76 of his short stories 'and related autobiographical writings', together with expansive notes. Having the pieces presented thus, one makes discoveries..." Christopher Martin, Rare Book Review

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BERESFORD EGAN, by Adrian Woodhouse, 28th July 2005. Hardback: 164 pages. £45/$90. Sewn signatures, printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in red wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 79 black and white and 25 colour illustrations. 750 numbered copies. ISBN 1972621937. Contents: 'Beresford Egan' by Adrian Woodhouse, 'A Bibliography', Colour Plates, Black & White Plates, Acknowledgements, List of Illustrations, Index to the Essay.

Reviews:

"This is quite simply a beautifully illustrated, well-written and lavishly produced biographical account of a great artist." - Book and Magazine Collector (cover date October 2005)

"[A] handsome limited edition volume." - The London Evening Standard

"Adrian Woodhouse's expansive and richly informative new volume on Egan, magnificently produced by the Tartarus Press in a limited edition of 750 copies, is the definitive work on this unique artist, unlikely ever to be surpassed." - Richard Dalby, Rare Book Review

"An excellent and readable account of Egan's life, work ... and romantic relationships." - George Locke, Bookdealer

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WORMWOOD, Issue 4, Edited by Mark Valentine, 13th May, 2005. 92 pages. £7.99. 550 copies. Paperback journal printed on cream bookwove paper, and bound by Bath Press. Cover illustration by Mervyn Peake. Contents: 'Joyce Carol Oates' by Peter Bell, 'Alfred Kubin' by Mark Beech, 'Margaret Irwin' by Sandra Unerman, 'Bruno Schulz & Tadeusz Kantor' by Daniel Watt, 'M.P. Shiel's Prince Zaleski' by Benjamin Hervey, 'The Decadent World-View' by Brian Stableford, 'Late Reviews' by Douglas A. Anderson, Camera Obscura

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THE WANDERING SOUL, by William Hope Hodgson, Compiled and Introduced by Jane Frank, with a Foreword by Mike Ashley, April 2005. Published in association with PS Publishing. 384 + ix pages. £35.00. Sewn hardback printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in dark blue wibalin cloth stamped in silver, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 500 copies. ISBN 1904619304. Contents: 'Foreword: The Last Redoubt' by Mike Ashley, 'Introduction: The Wandering Soul' by Jane Frank, References. Avenues to Publication: 'Physical Culture: A Talk with an Expert', 'From the Blackburn Evening Telegraph', 'Physical Culture Versus Recreative Exercise'. 'Health from Scientific Exercise'. Love of the Sea: Aboard the Canterbury, Ship's Log, Glossary. Story-telling through Slide Lectures: 'A Sailor and His Camera', 'Through the Heart of a Cyclone', 'When the Sea Gets Cross', 'A Cyclonic Storm', 'Through the Vortex of a Cyclone'. The Light that is on Land and Sea: Portfolio of Photographs. Speaking His Mind: 'Is the Mercantile Navy Worth Joining?-Certainly Not', 'The Poet vs. The Stonemason', 'The Trade in Sea Apprentices,' 'The Peril of the Mine', 'How the French Soldier Deals with Spies', 'A Pen Picture of How Frenchmen Fight', 'The 'Emergency Door' of the Sea. 'Out Boats'', 'An Old French Woman and Her Chickens'. Sentiment Through Verse: 'Boy Billy Boo-Hoo', 'Little Feet of Maggie Lee', 'The Heart Cry', 'Monsieur les Vidoques', 'Tramp! Tramp!', 'Nevermore', 'The Ocean of Eternity', 'Sea Revelry', 'One Nation Are We', 'Pillars of the Empire', 'Gun Drill', 'The Conqueror'. Personal Gestures: 'The Fruit of the Tree of Life', 'Scraps! Scraps!! Scraps!!!'. Coasts of Adventure: 'Down the Long Coasts', 'S.O.S.: The Real Thing', 'The Regeneration of Captain Bully Keller', 'The Island of the Crossbones', 'The Inn of the Black Crow', 'Jack Gray, Second Mate', 'The Friendship of Monsieur Jeynois', 'Judge Barclay's Wife', 'Captain Dan Danblasten'. Obituary: 'A Literary Letter'. With fifty-six illustrations.

Special, slipcased limited edition: 150 copies of The Wandering Soul with The Lost Poetry (137+xi pages), £60/$90. Three previously unpublished collections of William Hope Hodgson's verse, as he arranged them: Mors Deorum and Other Poems, Through Enchantments and Other Poems on Death, and Spume, which together include forty-three poems never seen before.

Review:

The major fantasy small press publication of the present century so far, in my opinion, is ... The Wandering Soul, a magnificent compilation of material from the archive of Wiliam Hope Hodgson. I confess to being seriously envious ... there was no way that any effort of mine would have achieved the same magnificence. - George Locke, Ferret Fantasy

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HEATHCLIFF'S TALE, by Emma Tennant, 14th April 2005. Hardback: 213 pages. £25.00. Sewn signatures, printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in green wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 500 signed copies. ISBN 1872621910. Paperback: 167 pages. £8.99. Printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press. Unlimited edition. ISBN 1872621920.

Reviews:

"Whether or not you accept all Emma Tennant's theories, as an imaginative response to Wuthering Heights her beautifully crafted tale is wonderfully engaged and engaging." - Lucasta Miller, Times Literary Supplement, 5th May 2005

"This ambitious novel . . . is a gothic tale . . . The language is Brontë-esque and, most importantly, this works well as a stand alone novel." - The Observer, 27th March 2005

"...it is an unalloyed pleasure." - The Scotsman, 2nd April 2005

"A provocatively rewritten Wuthering Heights." - John Sutherland, Financial Times, the 16th April

"Glorious... with astute satires on academic spats, as well as answering John Sutherland�s question: 'Was Heathcliff a murderer?' " - Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman, 17th April 2005

"Whoever�s life or work she chooses to embellish, Tennant always makes it work. She is one of the greats, one of the originals." - Sunday Herald, 17th April 2005

Featured in The Independent on Sunday!, 10th April 2005

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LIFE OF ARTHUR MACHEN, by John Gawsworth, edited by Roger Dobson, with an Introduction by Barry Humphries, 3rd March 2005. Published in association with the Friends of Arthur Machen and Reino de Redonda. 394 + xxv pages. 75 illustrations. Not for sale - available only to members of the Friends of Arthur Machen. Sewn hardback printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in brown wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 250 copies. No ISBN assigned.

Reviews:

"Excellently edited by Roger Dobson who displays an impressive knowledge of Machen . . . is an extraordinary achievement" - Phil Baker, Times Literary Supplement.

"Sumptuous" - Simon Rogers, Book and Magazine Collector

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THE SUICIDE CLUB AND OTHER DARK ADVENTURES, by Robert Louis Stevenson, with an Introduction by Mark Valentine, 16th December 2004. 507 + xiv pages. £35.00. Sewn hardback printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in burgundy wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 400 copies. ISBN 1872621902. Contents: 'The Plague-Cellar', 'A Lodging for the Night', 'Will o' the Mill', The Suicide Club: 'Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts', 'Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk', 'The Adventure of the Hansom Cabs', The Rajah's Diamond: 'Story of the Bandbox', 'Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders', 'Story of the House with the Green Blinds', 'The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective'. 'Thrawn Janet', 'The Body Snatcher', 'The Merry Men', 'Markheim', 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', 'Olalla', 'The Bottle Imp', 'The Isle of Voices', 'The Waif Woman', Fables: 'The Devil and the Innkeeper', 'The Yellow Paint', 'The House of Eld', 'The Man and his Friend', 'The Reader', 'The Distinguished Stranger', 'Something in it', 'Faith', 'Half Faith and No Faith at all', 'The Touchstone', 'The Poor Thing', 'The Song of the Morrow'.

"The Suicide Club and Other Dark Adventures could hardly be improved upon. It is a substantial collection of Robert Louis Stevenson�s short fiction and shows the haunting hold that the strange, weird and macabre had on his imagination. You will find herein many wonderful and exemplary instances of the storyteller�s art, by a writer whose admirers have included Henry James, Borges, Graham Greene, Nabokov, Harry Mathews and many another writer besides. - Paul Kane, The Compulsive Reader.

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BLACK SPIRITS AND WHITE, by Ralph Adams Cram, with an Introduction to Black Spirits & White by Stefan Dziemianowicz, and an Introduction to the Uncollected Stories by Douglas A. Anderson, 30th November 2004. 145+xxi pages. £30.00. Sewn hardback printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in black wibalin cloth stamped in silver, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 1872621880. Contents: Introduction to Black Spirits and White by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Black Spirits and White: No. 252 Rue M. Le Prince, In Kropfsberg Keep, The White Villa, Sister Maddelena, Notre Dame des Eaux, The Dead Valley, Postscript. Introduction to the Uncollected Stories by Douglas A. Anderson, Uncollected Stories: The Decadent, How Jamie Rode for the King.

Reviews:

". . . beautifully produed, a pleasure to read and handle . . . Quite apart from it's intrinsic literary value, this book is a reminder to us British that the aesthetic movement in America did not begin and end with Oscar wilde declaring his genius to a New York customs official." - Reggie Oliver, All Hallows

"All in all the volume -- gorgeously produced as it's always the case with Tartarus -- offers some superb supernatural stories . . . " - William Simmons, Infinity Plus

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THE WHITE HANDS, by Mark Samuels, paperback reprint, 9th September 2004. 137 pages. £9.99. Printed and bound by Bath Press. ISBN 1872621724. Contents: The White Hands/ The Grandmaster�s Final Game/ Mannequins in Aspects of Terror/ Apartment 205/ The Impasse/ Colony/ Vrolyck/ The Search for Kruptos/ Black as Darkness.

Reviews:

Samuels' prose is some of the most highly polished and surreal it has been my pleasure to read since I first discovered Thomas Ligotti. Scott Connors in Weird Tales issue 342

In The White Hands, Mark Samuels earns a reputation as the contemporary British master of visionary weirdness. - Ramsey Campbell, Postscripts Number 5

A really impressive collection of stories: genuinely chilling -- almost mercilessly so, I kept thinking -- with really sharp, elegant writing, great sense of mood, and great intelligence and control in each piece. And they work extremely well with one another; I especially love the way the final story ties the whole collection together by once more bringing in Lilith Blake. - T.E.D. Klein

This is a book that was recommended to me about a week ago by Stephen Jones, who is a British anthologist, one of the two or three leading anthologists working in the UK. He said he'd come across a book called The White Hands and Other Weird Tales by Mark Samuels, published by Tartarus Press. It's a beautifully made book, published in an edition of 350 copies. Steve Jones says Samuels is the most exciting new young(ish) writer that he (Jones) has come across in at least a year. � I think that there is just a chance that we are seeing the emergence of the next Clive Barker. Certainly a name worth keeping in mind. - Richard Lupoff, Cover to Cover

[The White Hands] is a treasure and a genuine contribution to the real history of weird fiction ... Even when the settings and characters are modern Samuels manages to convey a sense of otherworldly nightmare. For example, the use of computers in 'The Impasse' gives these infernal machines the feel and function of the strange books that stock the shelves of so many of the best weird tales from Lovecraft to Borges. ('Mannequins in Aspects of Terror' is the other major instance of this wonderful feat.) I thought the most impressive story in the collection was 'The Search for Kruptos.' The exotic locale and the historical setting are not the sort of thing that I would attempt in a story, and I thought Samuels handled both tasks magnificently, not to mention the ingenious and awful concept of a book in innummerable volumes. The other stories that were among my favorites, and served most powerfully to convey a uniform sensibility to The White Hands, were 'Apartment 205' and 'Colony.' - Thomas Ligotti

In my opinion, although already in his late thirties, Mark Samuels is a rising star of supernatural horror fiction. Pick up a copy of his first collection now and be in at the beginning of the career of a major new British talent. You'll only regret it if you don't. - Steve Jones, The Alien Online

An impressive debut collection, The White Hands is an unexpected dark miracle of invention, tradition, and archetypal revision.... The author exhibits in this carefully arranged onslaught of weird fiction individualistic taste, thoughtfulness, and a strict control of literary subtlety. Re-envisioning the archetypal images and concerns of traditional supernatural fiction with distinctly contemporary, urban settings and bleak if heartfelt characters, Samuels weaves a deceptively subtle, menacing web of wizardry. - William Simmons, Hellnotes

If you thought The White Hands sounded like a lost story by Arthur Machen you would not be far from the truth. Machen is the dominant influence on this collection . . . One can also detect the influence of Kafka, of Christopher Fowler's urban nightmares, perhaps even Beckett at his most surreal. Samuels articulates brilliantly what modern man secretly fears most about death: not that it is extinction, but that it is an eternity in which the utter meaningless of life is fully revealed. - Reggie Oliver, All Hallows

Those good folks at Tartarus Press publish books that are beautifully presented collectors' items and this anthology of macabre tales by Samuels is a sewn hardback with a silk ribbon marker. Tartarus has cornered an intriguing market of cult writers who deal with arcane, supernatural fiction. They publish Arthur Machen and M.P. Shiel alongside lesser-known contemporary writers, such as Mark Samuels.... The stories have an old-fashioned feel about them, owing something to the sinister atmospheres evoked by Poe and Lovecraft, but without the torture and slime.... Much of the writing is subtle with sinister undercurrents, always understated even when describing torment and suffering.... Samuels has certainly mastered the art of ambiguity most effectively and understands well the power of fantasy. - Jeff Gardiner, Prism

Mark Samuels is a perfectionist when it comes to creative writing. The fact that this is his first book actually makes me wonder if he's been holding back, continually striving for a level of creativity with which he's truly satisfied. And who wouldn't be satisfied with a book written to this standard? I found this collection of stories totally stunning! It's a book that Machen, Lovecraft, or Ligotti would be proud to have written. The stories are beautifully dark nightmares that mix escapism with strange, haunting qualities, fascinating and always compelling. - John B. Ford, Terror Tales

With his unique style, best described as something of a cross between Lovecraft and Robert Aickman, Thomas Ligotti has become an inescapable influence on the younger crop of promising writers of literary horror like Matt Cardin, Stephen Sennitt, Quentin Crisp and Mark Samuels. Samuels may be the best of the lot, if this excellent collection of weird fiction tales from Tartarus Press is any indication. There are times when I actually prefer Samuels to Ligotti, partly because he eschews the latter's often maddening obliqueness but also because of his uniquely urban sensibility. - Gabriel Messa, 'A Year's Best List', Fantastic Metropolis

Samuels is an extremely talented writer, his stories are superb and the present collection highly recommendable." - Mario Guislandi, Supernatural Tales

Probably one of the most important debut collections by a writer of ghost stories since Terry Lamsley and Thomas Ligotti more than a decade earlier, The White Hands and Other Weird Tales contained nine strange stories (two reprints) by London writer Mark Samuels, limited to just 350 copies from Tartarus Press - Steve Jones, Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #15 (Oct 2004)

The White Hands and Other Weird Tales is a highly impressive, extremely well-written book that will appeal to all with an interest in contemporary horror or �weird� fiction. This is one to place on the bookshelf in the company of Robert Aickman, Elizabeth Hand and Thomas Ligotti. - Paul Kane, The Compulsive Reader

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THE GOLEM, by Gustav Meyrink, translated, and with an Introduction by Mike Mitchell, with twenty-five illustrations by Hugo-Steiner-Prag, 31st October 2004. 253+xvi pages. £30.00. Sewn hardback printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in black wibalin cloth stamped in silver, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 1872621856.

"A gorgeous new translation . . . a frighteningly and frankly devilishly skilful description of the Prague ghetto and the creation by Rabbi Loew of an artificial man. . . published by the Tartarus Press and is absolutely beautiful." - Ian McMillan, The Verb, BBC Radio 3

"The Golem has rarely looked (or read) so well." - William Simmons, Hellnotes

"Excellent English translation by Mike Mitchell . . . If you are an enthusiast of dark fiction and you missed this classical novel so far it's high time to read it: you'll find it weird, engrossing, subtly and deliciously distrurbing . . . spellbinding black and white lithographs by Hugo Steiner-Prag." - Mario Guslandi - www.laurhird.com

"If you are set on installing a Golem permanently in your home, there can be no question that Tartarus offers the finest English speaking model." - Douglas Campbell, All Hallows

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WORMWOOD, Issue 3, Edited by Mark Valentine, 12th October 2004. 92 pages. £7.99. 550 copies. Paperback journal printed on cream bookwove paper, and bound by Bath Press. Contents: 'Mervyn Peake�s Lonely World' by Peter Winnington, 'The Mansions of Fear: The Dark Houses of Cornell Woolrich' by Joel Lane, 'Against the Spirit: A Look at Hugh Walpole�s The Killer & The Slain' by John Howard, 'Aura: Glimpses into Mexico�s Spectral Literature' by Adriana Diaz Enciso, 'John Wyndham and the Fantastic' by Andy Sawyer, 'The Panic God' by Adrian Eckersley, 'The Decadent World-View' by Brian Stableford , 'Late Reviews' by Douglas A. Anderson, and 'Camera Obscura'

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RITUAL, by Arthur Machen, with a Foreword by R.B. Russell, 31st July 2004. 382 + xiii pages. £35.00. Third edition. Sewn hardback printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in red wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with silk ribbon marker and head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 1872621279. Now out of print, but a fourth edition is available. Contents: The Priest and the Barber, The Spagyric Quest of Beroaldus Cosmopolita, The Town of Long Ago, Candletime, Cidermas, Over the Gate, Of the Isle of Shadows, A Further Account of the Academy of Lagado, Tales from Barataria, Sir John's Chef, Rus in Urbe, By the Brook, The Autophone, The Brook Farm, A Remarkable Coincidence, A Double Return, A Wonderful Woman, The Lost Club, An Underground Adventure, Jocelyn's Escape, The Red Hand, The Rose Garden, The Turanians, The Idealist, Witchcraft, The Ceremony, Psychology, Torture, Midsummer, Nature, Holy Things, The Young Man in the Blue Suit, The Soldiers' Rest, The Monstrance, The Dazzling Light, The Little Nations, The Men from Troy, The Light That Can Never Be Put Out, Drake's Drum, A New Christmas Carol, 7B Coney Court, Munitions of War, The Gift of Tongues, The Islington Mystery, Johnny Double, The Cosy Room, Awaking, Opening the Door, The Compliments of the Season, The Dover Road, The Exalted Omega, The Tree of Life, Out of the Picture, Change, Ritual.

Reviews of this new edition:

Stories of the macabre exert their pull from Hallowe'en onwards, such as the stories of Arthur Machen, republished by Tartarus Press in handsome editions, made for reading by a flickering fire. - Suzi Feay, The Independent (29/10/05)

If you want an overall picture of Machen the man . . . secure a copy of Ritual from Tartarus while stocks last. - Reggie Oliver, All Hallows

Offering genuine emotion and passages that reach the ecstacy for which Machen so often attained, Ritual and Other Stories delights and disturbs in equal measure, embodying within its bewitching narratives an alchemist's brew of wisdom and wonder. - William P. Simmons, Cemetary Dance

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MISS HARGREAVES, by Frank Baker, with a Foreword by Glen Cavaliero, 24th June 2004. 266 + ix pages. £30.00. Sewn hardback printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in orange/brown wibalin cloth stamped in gold, with head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 1872621848.

A novel whose immediate, refined humor is overshadowed by an impressively chilling atmosphere of anticipation and subtle shock. - William Simmons, Hellnotes

Miss Hargreaves is certainly a superb 'rayd'! - John Howard, All Hallows

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WORMWOOD, Issue 2, Edited by Mark Valentine, 27th May 2004. 92 pages. £7.99. 550 copies. Paperback journal printed on cream bookwove paper, and bound by Bath Press. Contents: 'Daylight Ghosts: The Novels and Stories of Oliver Onions' by Glen Cavaliero, 'The Godwin Family' by Brian Aldiss, 'Ithell Colquhoun: The Versatile Surrealist' by Eric Ratcliffe, 'The Man Who Never Was: An Appreciation of Fernando Pessoa' by Adam Daly, 'Love, Life, and the Clemency of Death: A Re-examination of Clark Ashton Smith's "The Isle of the Torturers" ' by Scott Connors, 'Phantasmagoria and Psyche in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" ' by Jyri-Pekka Luoma, 'Francis Stevens: The Godmother of Modern Fantasy' by Jeff Gardiner, 'A Few French Ghosts' by Muriel Smith, 'The Decadent World-View' by Brian Stableford, 'Camera Obscura' by Mark Samuels, 'Late Reviews' by Douglas A. Anderson, Letters.

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MORBID TALES, by Quentin S. Crisp, with a Foreword by Mark Samuels, 27th May 2004. 226 pages. £27.50. Sewn hardback printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in burgundy wibalin cloth stamped in silver, with head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 187262183X.

Reviews:

I don't recall being so impressed with a short story collection by a new (to me) writer since I first read, in my youth, the works of M.R. James and H.P. Lovecraft. When I got my copy of Morbid Tales, except for the intriguing title and the attractive book production by Tartarus, I didn't know what to expect, knowing precious little about its author. . . . I can't recommend this book highly enough. Crisp will surprise and delight you with his marvellous writing skill and the ability to convey a profound sense of universal horror, cosmic menace and spiritual desolation. - Mario Guslandi, The Alien Online

"Attempting to find a frozen moment, description, or phenomena with which to express a breath of cosmic fear and awe, Crisp acheives with this collection a remarkable scrapbook of terrorr." - William Simmons, Cemetery Dance

"The power of the best stories here is in the way in which Crisp has been able to use his influences to reflect deep within himself and draw out something that is strikingly new." - Douglas Campbell, All Hallows

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THE HAUNTED WOMAN, by David Lindsay, with an Afterword by Douglas Anderson, 30th April 2004. 207 pages. £27.50. Sewn hardback printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in dark blue wibalin cloth stamped in silver, with head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 1872621821.

Review:

"A wonderful, undeservedly neglected interweaving masterwork of spiritual and emotional psychosis that will well repay the reader who immerses himself in its dark, wildly imaginative nightmares." - William Simmons, Hellnotes

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THE PURPLE CLOUD, by M.P. Shiel, with Illustrations by J.J. Cameron, and an Introduction by Brian Stableford, 17th March 2004. 286+xv pages. £30.00. Sewn hardback printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in purple wibalin cloth stamped in gilt, with head and tailbands. 400 copies. ISBN 1872621813.

Reviews:

"Tartarus has done us proud. This is a beautifully made edition of a remarkable novel, together with the original magazine illustrations finely reproduced, and an ailluminating introduction. Moreover, The Purple Cloud is worth reading quite apart from its considerable literary merits, as an important and influential genre work." - Reggie Oliver, All Hallows

"An acknowledged classic of post-apocalyptic science fiction, Sheil's ode to human persistence and his harsh physical/spiritual evolution marked a return to the author's decadent style of composition!"- William Simmons, Hellnotes

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STRANGE TALES, by Quentin S. Crisp, Anne-Sylvie Salzman, David Rix, Brendan Connell, Rhys Hughes, Mark Valentine & John Howard, Adam Daly, William Charlton, Dale Nelson, Tina Rath, Nina Allan, Len Maynard & Mick Sims, John Gaskin, and Don Tumasonis. Edited by Rosalie Parker. 15th December 2003. 289+vi pages. £27.50. Sewn hardback printed on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in black wibalin cloth stamped in copper, with head and tailbands. 300 copies. ISBN 1872621805. First edition out of print - second edition available.

Contains: 'Cousin X' by Quentin S. Crisp, 'Meannanaich' by Anne-Sylvie Salzman, 'Number 18' by David Rix, 'The Maker of Fine Instruments' by Brendan Connell, 'The Itchy Skin of Creepy Aplomb' by Rhys Hughes, 'The Descent of the Fire' by Mark Valentine & John Howard, 'The Self-Eater' by Adam Daly, 'Grand Hotel' by William Charlton, 'Shelter Belt' by Dale Nelson, 'Mr Manpferdit' by Tina Rath , 'Terminus' by Nina Allan, 'Between the Dead Men and the Blind' by Maynard & Sims, 'From Lydia with Love and Laughter' by John Gaskin, and 'Eye of the Storm' by Don Tumasonis.

Winner of the World Fantasy Award, 2004

Reviews:

'Few of the contributions to Rosalie Parker�s beautifully presented collection of new short stories fail to unsettle or disturb, and yet, as a whole, the volume�s success can be attributed to the sheer variety of tone, effect and subject matter.' - Dara Downey, The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies

"Taken as a whole, Strange Tales is one of the best original anthologies of recent years." - David Longhorn, Supernatural Tales

"A most impressive feature of the collection is the eclectic variety of style and content, and the way in which the various tales forge themselves into a collective exploration of 'strangeness' that is most disconcerting. As such, it fulfils the true purpose of an anthology: not simply a mix of interesting pieces, but a cohesive whole infused with a unifying vision, something greater than the sum of the total parts. Quite apart from the intrinsic merits of the stories, this book is, as much as anything, a triumph of editing by Rosalie Parker. . . This excellent volume is presented with all the quality one has come to expect from Tartarus." - Peter Bell, All Hallows

"At the end of this entertaining anthology the reader is left not only with the pleasant sensation that his time and his money have not been wasted, but with the reassuring discovery that weird horror fiction is alive and well and that, due to a number of emerging new talents, the future of the genre appears to be bright." - Mario Guslandi, Infinity Plus.

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WORMWOOD, Issue 1, Edited by Mark Valentine, 17th November 2003. 88 pages. £7.99. 470 copiesPaperback journal printed on cream bookwove paper, and bound by Bath Press. Out of print. Contents: Gustav Meyrink: The Monster-Magician in Kafka�s Shadow by Adam Daly, The Heroic Hereafter: Explaining Eddison by Jonathan Preece, Ernest Bramah: A Challenge to th