Mistresses anthologies

[jamesdoig]

Quite like these with the Edward Gorey covers.



Ladies of the Gothic: Tales of Romance and Terror By the Gentle Sex, ed Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis (Lathrop, Lee and Shepard, 1975)

Contents
Introduction
Celia, Fremlin, The Locked Room Upstairs
Ruth Rendell, The Long Corridor of Time
Mary Wilkins Freeman, The Shadows on the Wall
Eliabeth Madox Roberts, The Haunted Palace
Emily Bronte, The Housekeeper's Story
Ann Radcliffe, The Haunted Chamber
Jane Austin, Novels, Gothic Novels
Mary Shelley, The Dream
Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Mount of Sorrow
Isak Dineson, The Sailor Boy's Tale
Biographical Notes



Mistresses of Mystery: Two Centuries of Suspense by the Gentle Sex, ed Seon Manley & Gogo Lewis (Lathrop, Lee and Shepard, 1973)

Contents
Introduction
Dorothy L. Sayers, The Leopard Lady
Edith Wharton, All Souls
Edith Nesbit, The Head
Monica Dickens, To Reach the Sea
Lillian de la Torre, Good-bye, Miss Lizzie Borden
LT Meade and R. Eustace, Madame Sara
Marjorie Bowen, Cambric Tea
Harriet Prescott Spofford, The Ray of Displacement
Jane Rice, The Willow Tree
Biographical Notes




Ladies of Fantasy: Two Centuries of Sinister Stories by the Gentle Sex(Lathrop, Lee and Shepard, 1975)

Contents
Introduction
E. Nesbit, The Pavilion
Joan Aiken, Searching for Summer
Mary Elizabeth Counslman, The Unwanted
Dorothy Salisbury Davis, The MutedHorn
Grazia Deledda, The Sorcerer
Madame Blavatsky, The nsoules Violin
Jane Roberts, The Red Wagon
Grena J. Bennett, The Tilting Island
CL Moore, Doorway into Time
Lady Eleanor Smith, No Ships Pass
Biographical Notes

[jonathan122]

I think Edward Gorey covers automatically improve any book, though these look interesting anyway. The Dorothy Sayers piece is, to the best of my knowledge, the closest she came to writing supernatural horror. (It's also very good.)

[jamesdoig]

Yes, an Edward Gorey cover is worth the price of admission alone.

"The Cyprian Cat" is a fine story. I hadn't read "the Leopard Lady" before, and it's not bad - could be read as a straight mystery, I guess, but the elusive Smith & Smith probably tip it over into the supernatural.

She was a brilliant anthologist, though - and the intro to the first Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror is a classic of its kind.

[lemming13]

Damn, my must-have list is now so large my Kindle can't hold it all! Must... keep... reading....must...make...room...ia...ftaghn....

[dem bones]

Dec 10, 2010 22:59:00 GMT jonathan122 said:

I think Edward Gorey covers automatically improve any book

ain't that the truth! these are absolutely gorgeous and i thank you for sharing them, james. beautiful covers like these are one of the things i love about books and, try as i might, will likely never feel about digital publications. for me, the cover art has to be wrapped around a physical item to set it off in its full glory. if i spotted those three titles sat on your shelf, i'd be pulling them down just to tell the covers how much i adore them.

[jonathan122]

Dec 11, 2010 8:38:07 GMT jamesdoig said:

Yes, an Edward Gorey cover is worth the price of admission alone.

"The Cyprian Cat" is a fine story. I hadn't read "the Leopard Lady" before, and it's not bad - could be read as a straight mystery, I guess, but the elusive Smith & Smith probably tip it over into the supernatural.

She was a brilliant anthologist, though - and the intro to the first Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror is a classic of its kind.

Oops! It was "The Cyprian Cat" that I was thinking of! I shouldn't be trusted near a computer on a Friday night...

[jamesdoig]

It's the feline titles And you're right - it's a pity she didn't write more supernatural tales.

[andydecker]

Dec 11, 2010 13:46:40 GMT dem bones said:

ain't that the truth! these are absolutely gorgeous and i thank you for sharing them, james. beautiful covers like these are one of the things i love about books and, try as i might, will likely never feel about digital publications. for me, the cover art has to be wrapped around a physical item to set it off in its full glory. if i spotted those three titles sat on your shelf, i'd be pulling them down just to tell the covers how much i adore them.

Yes, it isn´t the same. The same with CDs vs Vinyl. I never was a big music fan, but back then I used to spend some time in the record shop looking at the often awesome cover art. All those great fantasy paintings, especially on Heavy Metal.

Those mini-covers just don´t have the same impact. If you need a magnifier to get the details it is hard to care.

Same goes for digital books. It doesn´t even need a cover.

[jamesdoig]

Dec 11, 2010 13:46:40 GMT dem bones said:

beautiful covers like these are one of the things i love about books and, try as i might, will likely never feel about digital publications. for me, the cover art has to be wrapped around a physical item to set it off in its full glory.

And that's another great thing about the Vault - it's a big, beautiful coffee table book of covers that just keeps growing.

[dem bones]

More from the Gore! We've individual threads for both of these (just click on the covers to reach 'em), but no mini-Edward Gorey gallery should be without -

Marvin Kaye ("with Saralee Kaye", ed.) - Masterpieces Of Terror & The Supernatural (Doubleday, 1985)

Alan Ryan (ed.) - The Penguin Book Of Vampire Stories (Penguin, 1988)

Be warned. Both books have been reissued over the years with cover illustrations provided by persons other than Mr. Gorey ....