• Publication: Basil Copper: A Life in BooksPublication Record # 289627
• Author: Stephen Jones
• Date: 2008-02-00
• ISBN: 978-1-905834-98-3 [1-905834-98-5]
• Publisher: PS Publishing
• Pub. Series: Stephen Jones' Masters of Horror Series
• Pub. Series #: 1
• Pages: 278
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NONFICTION
• Cover: Basil Copper: A Life in Books by Smith & Jones
• Notes: Jacketed hardcover edition limited to 100 copies signed by Stephen Jones and Basil Copper.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

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  ^ⓘfront end paper for books; inside front cover for magazines
  •  Basil Copper: A Life in Books (front end papers) • interior artwork by Les Edwards (variant of cover art for Solar Pons: The Final Cases 2005)
• 11 • Introduction: Recollections of Basil Copper • essay by Stephen Jones
• 14 • Foreword (Basil Copper: A Life in Books) • essay by Basil Copper
• 16 • Praise for Basil Copper • essay by August Derleth
• 16 • Praise for Basil Copper • essay by Donald Wandrei
• 16 • Praise for Basil Copper • essay by Colin Wilson
• 16 • Praise for Basil Copper • essay by Peter Haining
• 16 • Praise for Basil Copper • essay by Michael Hardwick and Mollie Hardwick [as by Michael Hardwick and Molly Hardwick]
• 16 • Praise for Basil Copper • essay by R. Dixon Smith
• 16 • Praise for Basil Copper • essay by Richard L. Tierney
• 16 • Praise for Basil Copper • essay by Edward Wagenknecht [as by Professor Edward Wagenknecht]
• 16 • Praise for Basil Copper • essay by Frederick Shroyer
• 17 • Basil Copper: Crimewriter & Master of the Macabre • essay by Richard Dalby
• 30 • Basil Copper: A Working Bibliography (with Commentary by the Author) • essay by Stephen Jones
• 31 •  The Black Death (cover) • interior artwork by Stefanie K. Hawks (variant of cover art for The Black Death 1991)
• 32 •  The Curse of the Fleers (cover) • interior artwork by Dave Austin (variant of cover art for The Curse of the Fleers 1976)
• 32 •  The Great White Space (cover) • interior artwork by Colin Andrews (artist)
• 32 •  The House of the Wolf (cover) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian (variant of cover art for The House of the Wolf 1983) [as by Stephen E. Fabian]
• 33 •  Into the Silence (cover) • interior artwork by Les Edwards (variant of cover art for Into the Silence 1983)
• 33 •  Necropolis (cover) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian (variant of cover art for Necropolis 1980) [as by Stephen E. Fabian]
• 34 •  The House of the Wolf • interior artwork by Randy Broecker (variant of cover art for The House of the Wolf 2003)
• 36 • Remembering August Derleth & Arkham House • essay by Basil Copper (variant of Remembering August Derleth and Arkham House 2005)
• 37 •  The Adventure of the Crawling Horror • interior artwork by Randy Broecker
• 38 • Royalty Statement: Arkham House Publishers • essay by uncredited
• 39 •  And Afterward, the Dark: Seven Tales (cover) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian (variant of cover art for And Afterward, the Dark 1977) [as by Stephen E. Fabian]
• 39 •  Cold Hand on My Shoulder: Tales of Terror & Suspense (cover) • (2002) • interior artwork by Randy Broecker (variant of cover art for Cold Hand on My Shoulder: Tales of Terror & Suspense)
• 40 •  From Evil's Pillow (cover) • (2005) • interior artwork by Frank Utpatel (variant of cover art for From Evil's Pillow 1973)
• 40 •  Here Be Daemons: Tales of Horror and the Uneasy (cover) • interior artwork by Colin Andrews (artist) (variant of cover art for Here Be Daemons: Tales of Horror and the Uneasy 1978)
• 40 •  Here Be Daemons: Tales of Horror and the Uneasy (cover) • (1981) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 40 •  Kinfe in the Back: Tales of Twilight and Torment (cover) • (2005) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 41 •  Not After Nightfall: Stories of the Strange and Terrible (cover) • interior artwork by Michael Busselle (variant of cover art for Not After Nightfall: Stories of the Strange and Terrible 1967)
• 41 •  When Footsteps Echo: Tales of Terror and the Unknown (cover) • (1975) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 41 •  Voices of Doom: Tales of Terror and the Uncanny (cover) • interior artwork by Colin Andrews (artist) (variant of cover art for Voices of Doom 1980)
• 42 •  Whispers in the Night: Stories of the Mysterious and Macabre (cover) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian (variant of cover art for Whispers in the Night: Stories of the Mysterious and Macabre 1999) [as by Stephen E. Fabian]
• 42 •  Letter to Basil Copper, 4 June 1977 • essay by Jim Turner [as by J. T.]
• 43 • The Game's Afoot!: August Derleth & Solar Pons • (1995) • essay by Basil Copper
• 49 •  The Adventure of the Singular Sandwich (cover) • interior artwork by Stefanie K. Hawks (variant of cover art for The Adventure of the Singular Sandwich 1995)
• 50 •  Solar Pons #8: The Dossier of Solar Pons (cover) • interior artwork by Ben Stahl (variant of cover art for The Dossier of Solar Pons 1979)
• 50 •  The Exploits of Solar Pons (cover) • interior artwork by Stefanie K. Hawks (variant of cover art for The Exploits of Solar Pons 1993)
• 50 •  Solar Pons #9: The Further Adventures of Solar Pons (cover) • interior artwork by Ben Stahl (variant of cover art for The Further Adventures of Solar Pons 1979)
• 51 •  The Recollections of Solar Pons (cover) • interior artwork by Stefanie K. Hawks (variant of cover art for The Recollections of Solar Pons 1995)
• 51 •  Solar Pons #10: The Secret Files of Solar Pons (cover) • interior artwork by Ben Stahl (variant of cover art for The Secret Files of Solar Pons 1979)
• 52 •  Solar Pons: The Final Cases (cover) • interior artwork by Les Edwards (variant of cover art for Solar Pons: The Final Cases 2005)
• 52 •  Solar Pons Versus the Devil's Claw (cover) • interior artwork by Les Edwards (variant of cover art for Solar Pons Versus the Devil's Claw 2004)
• 53 •  Solar Pons #11: The Uncollected Cases of Solar Pons (cover) • interior artwork by Ben Stahl (variant of cover art for The Uncollected Cases of Solar Pons 1980)
• 54 •  The Adventure of the Haunted Rectory • interior artwork by Les Edwards (variant of cover art for Solar Pons: The Final Cases 2005)
• 56 • August Derleth: A Giant Remembered • (1978) • essay by Basil Copper
• 63 •  Bright Blades Gleaming • interior artwork by Randy Broecker
• 64 •  Solar Pons Versus the Devil's Claw • interior artwork by Les Edwards (variant of cover art for Solar Pons Versus the Devil's Claw 2004)
• 66 •  The Dark Mirror (cover) • (1966) • interior artwork by Michael Hoare
• 70 •  På Egen Risk (cover) • (1971) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 70 •  Døde Menn Snakker Ikke (cover) • (1983) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 73 •  Maskerat Brott (cover) • (1976) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 75 •  Marble Orchard (cover) • (1998) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 75 •  Vejen Til Graven (cover) • (unknown) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 76 •  Piraja (cover) • (1982) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 76 •  Keine Blumen Für Den General (cover) • (unknown) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 78 •  Scratch on the Dark (cover) • (1967) • interior artwork by Colin Andrews (artist)
• 78 •  Shock-Wave (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 79 •  Un Braccio Di Ferro (cover) • (1973) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 82 • Rap-Sheet • short fiction by Basil Copper
• 82 •  Rap-Sheet • interior artwork by uncredited
• 85 • Diamonds Are for Never • short story by Basil Copper
• 104 •  The Story of the Phantom 3: The Scorpia Menace (cover) • (1972) • interior artwork by George Wilson (variant of cover art for The Phantom and the Scorpia Menace) [as by G. Wilson]
• 105 •  The Story of the Phantom 2: The Slave Market of Mucar (cover) • (1972) • interior artwork by George Wilson [as by G. Wilson]
• 107 • In the Footsteps of Dracula • (1974) • essay by Basil Copper
• 108 •  In the Footsteps of Dracula • interior artwork by uncredited
• 111 •  Dark Horizons, Spring 1977 (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by John Grandfield (variant of cover art for Dark Horizons, Spring 1977)
• 113 •  Dancing with the Dark (cover) • (1999) • interior artwork by Jackie Travison (variant of cover art for Dancing with the Dark)
• 113 •  Horror: 100 Best Books (cover) • (1988) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 114 •  Hammer Presents Dracula with Christopher Lee (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 115 •  The Vampire in Legend, Fact and Art (cover) • (1973) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 116 •  The Werewolf in Legend, Fact & Art (cover) • (1977) • interior artwork by Colin Andrews (artist) (variant of cover art for The Werewolf in Legend, Fact & Art)
• 117 • The Curse • (1938) • short story by Basil Copper
• 118 •  S-X-R: The Magazine of the Towridge Senior Boys School, March 1938 (cover) • (1938) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 119 • Professor Mahmoud • short story by Basil Copper
• 131 •  Legends for the Dark: Tales of Fantasy and Horror (cover) • (1968) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 132 •  Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths (cover) • (1999) • interior artwork by Les Edwards (variant of cover art for Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths)
• 134 •  The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures (cover) • (1997) • interior artwork by Atkinson Grimshaw (variant of cover art for The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures)
• 135 •  Dr. Caligari's Black Book (cover) • (1969) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 136 •  The Evil People: Being Thirteen Strange and Terrible Accounts of Witchcraft, Black Magic and Voodoo • (1968) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 136 •  The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein (cover) • (1994) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 137 •  Shadows Over Innsmouth (cover) • interior artwork by Dave Carson and Martin McKenna and Jim Pitts (variant of cover art for Shadows Over Innsmouth 1994)
• 137 •  Dark Love (cover) • (2000) • interior artwork by Mel Odom (artist) (variant of cover art for Dark Love 1995)
• 138 •  The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories (cover) • (1965) • interior artwork by W. F. Phillipps (variant of cover art for The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories)
• 139 •  Hallowe'en Hauntings: Stories About the Most Ghostly Night of the Year (cover) • (1984) • interior artwork by Ionicus (variant of cover art for Hallowe'en Hauntings: Stories About the Most Ghostly Night of the Year)
• 140 •  Vampires, Werewolves and Other Monsters (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Vincent Di Fate (variant of cover art for Vampires, Werewolves and Other Monsters)
• 141 •  S-X-R: The Magazine of the Towridge Senior Boys School, March 1938 (cover) [2] • (1938) • interior artwork by uncredited (variant of S-X-R: The Magazine of the Towridge Senior Boys School, March 1938 (cover))
• 142 •  The Midnight People: Being Eighteen Terrifying and Bizarre Tales of Vampires (cover) • (1968) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 143 •  Midnight Sun, August 1976 (cover) • (1976) • interior artwork by Andrew Smith (artist) (variant of cover art for Midnight Sun, August 1976)
• 144 •  The Urbanite, Fall 1997 (cover) • (1997) • interior artwork by Dan Wild (variant of cover art for The Urbanite, Fall 1997)
• 144 •  Keep Out the Night (cover) • (2002) • interior artwork by Les Edwards (variant of cover art for Keep Out the Night) [as by Edward Miller]
• 145 •  The Mammoth Book of Zombies (cover) • (1993) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 146 •  Dark Things (cover) • (1971) • interior artwork by Herb Arnold (variant of cover art for Dark Things)
• 147 •  The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Fourteen (cover) • (2003) • interior artwork by Les Edwards (variant of cover art for The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Fourteen)
• 147 •  The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories (cover) • (1967) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 148 •  The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series II (cover) • (1974) • interior artwork by Hans Arnold (variant of cover art for The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series II)
• 149 •  Chronicles of Crime: The Second Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime (cover) • (1999) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 150 •  Secret City: Strange Tales of London (cover) • interior artwork by Bob Eggleton (variant of cover art for Secret City: Strange Tales of London 1997)
• 151 •  Argosy, September 1970 (cover) • (1970) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 152 •  Don't Turn Out the Light (cover) • (2005) • interior artwork by Les Edwards (variant of cover art for Don't Turn Out the Light)
• 153 •  The Year's Best Horror Stories No. 3 (cover) • (1973) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 154 •  The Dark Brotherhood Journal, July 1973 (cover) • (1973) • interior artwork by Craig Robertson (variant of cover art for The Dark Brotherhood Journal, July 1973)
• 154 •  New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (cover) • (1980) • interior artwork by Jason Van Hollander (variant of cover art for New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos)
• 155 •  Cthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian Anthology (cover) • interior artwork by Bob Eggleton (variant of cover art for Cthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian Anthology 1995)
• 155 •  The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories (cover) • (1964) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 156 •  Armada Sci-Fi (cover) • (1975) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 156 •  Dark Terrors 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror (cover) • (2002) • interior artwork by Gary Blythe (variant of cover art for Dark Terrors 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror)
• 157 •  Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth (cover) • (2005) • interior artwork by Bob Eggleton (variant of cover art for Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth)
• 157 •  The Mammoth Book of Dracula: Vampire Tales for the New Millennium (cover) • (1997) • interior artwork by Paul Aston (variant of cover art for The Mammoth Book of Dracula)
• 158 •  Horror for Christmas (cover) • (1992) • interior artwork by Graham Potts (variant of cover art for Horror for Christmas)
• 158 • Peter Haining: A Tribute • essay by Basil Copper
• 159 • The Black Coffin • short story by Basil Copper
• 167 • Count Magnus • short fiction by Basil Copper
• 262 •  Ill Met by Daylight • interior artwork by Randy Broecker
• 266 •  Beyond the Reef • interior artwork by Randy Broecker
• 267 • Darkness, Mist & Shadow: The Landscape of Fear • essay by Basil Copper
• bep
  ^ⓘback end paper for books; inside back cover for magazines
  •  Basil Copper: A Life in Books (back end papers) • interior artwork by Les Edwards (variant of cover art for Solar Pons Versus the Devil's Claw 2004)