I BEQUEATH My Magazine Collection (C
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I, Forrest ,| Ackerman, being of imaginative mind, bequeath fo the rA Y FOUNDATION, upon my demise, my 1300 fantasy books (4 Ju I y 46) People for years have been pestering me fo know how many books I h've. Now that we know, I’m morally certain the next question v. i I I be; How many of them have you read? Very well: 270. (I re fuse fo reveal how many of these are Tarzan titles and Big Little . ook s) • Two hundred and seventy books in 20 years. Thirteena year. (Probably about 3 magazines fo every book.) At that rate, we see that it. would fake me 76 years to complete reading my book o I I ec t i on . Why, I’d be 105 years old 1 And that’s if I never added another book, which is absurd on the face of it? Thus list will be lacking the day youreceiveit. Some day I will fall off a moving sidewalk or mistake FL~ space-lock for the rocket’s reading room, then the Foundation ? I I inherit 1300+ fantasy volumes. Have you ever thot about the fi nal disposition of your collection? When, "as it must fo all men1’, the unmentionable happens to you, why not let the Foundation act as the repository f o t\ your books, magazines, fotos, manuscripts or what have you? The Foundation’s bookplate will bear your name as donor. YOU DON’T HAVE TO DIE, of course, fo contribute to the Founda tion. When well established and financially solvent, it is expec+ed that it will be Foundation policy that any one any where any time may shio large collections, freight charges collect, to He adquarters . In the beginning, in the event that your wife issues a ukase that ‘'eith er your ’stuff’ goes or I go1', or your den can’t accommodate the ac cumulations of years any long-er, the Foundation would appreciate postpaid donations? but, if that is impossible, a description of the material to be disposed of, so that a decision may be reached as to wk?thzr Foundation funds should be expended for the transportation of your particular selection. Send contributions or correspondence con cerning same fo FJAckerman, 236-1/2 N New Hampshire, Hollywood 4 Cal. 'lI J k tlI indicates a copy with cover. nl” is for a first edition* a first edition with Jacket is shown by '’I'/]1’. (Concerning first editions, I should point out that I am not an expert on identifying these, and when in doubt chose to leave out this information.) "Brit ish 11, in a c I a s s i f i c a t i on , indicates that I believe the book to be a- had hop to be able io in clude a thumbnail description of each title which was not self exp! anatory--af the very least report whether it was science fiction, fantasy or weird--and in fact an evening at the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society was devoted fo interrogating bibliophiles present? Tut as the deadline (dictated by desired distribution at the 4'th World Science Fiction Convention) drew disastrously near, I w a s forced fo classify books broadly as '’stf ", ‘'fantasy'1, etc.--or, occa- sional ly—omit tags altogether. _ ,, _ .... ... ... •list as a search guide--good hunting! To those who may be moved 'o fol low suit on the final disposition of their collections--the appro- elation of posterity.. To the many willing hands that helped in the ■ssembly of this first edition of 500--the Foundation’s thanks. To E. Everett Evans, ’who single handedly mimeographed the 13,000 sheets comprising the edition--appropriate acknowledgment. AT YOUR SERVICE! n. DJLLA, SilEIK A. - Fifty Enthralling Stories of the Mysterious East - Anthology Abdullah, Achmed - The Thief of Bagdad (Silent, Talking & Russian Film) Ac.aj'i, Ruth - Jar on Saturday Meek - jkt - "It Can’t happen Here” re. England Ac.ai'iis, Eustace L. - On the Hings of Flame - 1/j - Juvenile air wonder Alan, A. J. - Good Evening, Everyone.’ - British - fantasy shorts Allen, Grant - The British Barbarians - visitor from 25th century AHott, Kenneth <x Tait, Stephen - The Rhubarb Tree - change of identity (?) Ambler, Eric - Dark Frontier - tvdn personality Anson, August - '.-i/hen Homan Reigns - jkt - British - 3d millenium matriarchy Anstey, F. - Tourmalin’s Time Cheques Vice Versa - father & son switch ego’s Appleton, Victor - Don Sturdy in Lion Land - juvenile Tom Swift Anong the Diamond Makers - 1/J TS‘ and his Electric Rifle - 1 TS and his Phototelephone - 1 TS and his Planet Stone TS and his Television Detector - 1/j TS and his Wizard Camera - 1/J Arlen, Michael - Hell.’ Said the Duchess - 1 - supernatural horror Man’s Mortality - 1 - Future Pax Aeronautica Mayfair - sup ernatu r al Armour, Frances J« - The Brotherhood of Wisdom Arnold, Edwin Lester - Lepidus the Centurion - a Roman resurrection The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician - reincarnation Arnold, Sir Edw. - The Song Celestial; or, Bhagavad-Gita (Pogany pictures) Asbury, Herbert - Not at Night J - 1 - anthology Aston, B.G. - The Eye of the God - 1 Astor, John Jacob - A Journey in Other '.forida A’-.crton, Gertrude - Black Oxen - jkt - filmed (foto-illustrated) B ~*wCOCIC, Geo. - Yezad (A Romance of the Unknown ) - 1 Laerlein, Anthony - Daze, the Magician - 1 Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin - Wonder Stories - mythological collection Bale er, Frank - Miss Hargreaves - fantasy Baker, Geo. - Fidus Achates - jkt - mythological Bal chan, Mrs Alfred - The Shadow on the Blind and other Ghost Stories - 1 .-aimer, Edwin & Hacharg, Am. - The Achievements of Luther Trant - scientific detective .alsdon, Dacre - Sell England? - jkt - satire of 2000 AD Bangs, John Kendrick - The Dreamers: A Club The Enchanted Type-Writer - 1 Ghosts I have Met and some Others A House-Boat on the Styx - 1 The Inventions of the Idiot - 1 The Pursuit of the House Boat - 1 Bangs, John Kendrick & Dempster, Frank - Nev; laggings of Old Tales - 1 Barnes, Jas. - The Unpardonable War - 1 Barr, Robt. - The Face and the Mask - fantasy collection Baudelaire - Flowers of Evil (Fleurs du Mai) - jkt - illustrated by Beresford Egan Beardsley, Aubrey - The Art of Aubrey Beardsley - 1 - fantasy art Deckford, ir/in. - The Episodes of Vathek - jkt - supernatural Vathek - 1 Begouen, Max - Bison of Clay - 1 - 20,000 years ago Bell, Heil - Precious Porcelain - supernatural horror Valiant Clay (Orig. title, "The Gas War of 1940") Bellamy, Edw. - Looking Backward 2000-1887 - jkt - socialisticlassic (2 dif. copies) Belloc, Hilaire - But Soft—Je Are Observed.’ Bei;.et, Stephen Vincent - Tales Before Midnight - 1 - collection Lc-.et, Stephen Vincent - Twenty-Five Short Stories by - 1/j - collection lc. c'j Robt. Ames - Thyra: A Romance of the Polar Pit - 1 - lost civilization ..ci. ..jut, Alfred Gordon - The Demigods - super ants menace mankind I.cnoit, Pierre - Atlantida (L’Atlantide) - Filmed in France Edison, E.F. - Colin - supernatural Colin II The Image in the Sand - 1 The Inheritor - supernatural More Spook Stories Visible and Invisible - shorts Denson, R.H» - Dawn of All - future Lord of the World A Mirror of Shalott - supernatural shorts The Necromancers - supernatural Beresford, J.D.^ - The Camberwell Miracle * 1 A Common Enemy - British - cataclysm alters world "What Dreams May Come..." - British World of Women Beresford, J.D. & Wynne-Tyson, Esme - The Riddle of the Tower Bergmann, Franz - Uriel for President - 1/j - angel on earth, political satire Berkeley, Reginald - Cassandra - futuristic fantasy, worIdestroyer Best, Herbert - The Twenty-Fifth Hour - 1/j - desolate future world Beymer, Jm. Gilmore - 12:20 P.M. - Hitler destroyed by world concentration Beynon, John - Planet Plane - jkt - Trip to Mars, 70 years hence Bierce, Ambrose - Can Such Things Be - weird horror shorts In the Midst of Life - weird horror shorts Liorstadt, Edw. Hale - Satan Was a Man - hellish horror Bill, Alfred H. - Wolf in the Garden - 1/j - werewolf irkmaier, Eliz. G, - Poseidon’s Paradise (The Romance of Atlantis) - 1 Bishop, Morchard - The Star Called Wormwood - unknown lands Black, Wnx. - A Princess of Thule ..ladewood, Algernon - The Bright Messenger - occult The Cenbaur The Doll and One Other - 1/j The Education of Uncle Paul - whimsical mystical The Extra Day The Fruit Stoners - juvenile fantasy for adults - First Brit, Ec Full Circle - k‘378 of limited edition of 530, autographed The Garden of Survival - pantheistic (?) The Human Chord Pan’s Garden - shorts A Prisoner in Fairyland The Promise of Air - future Shocks - shorts - First Am, Edit, w/jkt, First Brit, Edit w/jkt. The Tales of - 1 - shorts The '•Il&.ve (An Egyptian Aftermath) - 1 Blackwood, Algernon & Wilson, Wilfred - The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories Blatchford, Robt. - The Sorcery Shop: An Impossible Romance Blayre, Christopher - The Strange Papers of Dr. Blayre - 1/J - fantasy shorts Bloch, Robt. - The Opener of the Way - 1/J - collection Boisgilbert, Edmund (MD) - Caesar’s Column - futurevolutjon Bolitho, Hector - The House in Half Moon Street - supernatural shorts Boothby, Guy - Dr, Nikola - jkt - supernatural detective Dr. Nikola’s Experiment - 1 Boshoil, Gordon - Dog’s Life - 1 - dog with a soul Bourget, Paul - The Night Cometh - weird Bowen, Eliz. - The Demon Lover - 1 - shorts Boyden, Polly - The Pink Egg - 1/J - humanity gets the bird via avian satire Bradford, J.S. - Even a Worm - 1/J - British - revolt of animal kingdom Brahms, Caryl & Simon, S.J, - No Nightingales - 1 Brinig, Myron - The Flutter of an Eyelid - 1/j - defies classification - Lynn ’Ward pi: Irolhay, 0. Chester - Veiled Victory - 1/J - television comunication with Martianne ... ko-Innes, J. J. - The Devil’s Mistress Lrc..ii‘ield, Louis - The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg - 1/J - fantasy Bronson-Howard, Geo. - The Red Light of Mars; or, A Day in the Life of the Devil (Play Bronte, Charlotte - Jane Eyre - deluxedition, Eicheriberg engravings Bronte, Emily - i/uthering Heights - deluxedition, Eichenberg engravings Broster, D.K.