ACE POTPOURRI

LITERATURE - OF A SORT


ACE SINGLE format H-SERIES

H-001 THEODORE KUPFERMAN (ed.) The Family Legal Adviser (1957)

H-002 GEORGE RYLEY SCOTT Curious Customs of Sex and Marriage (1960; 1st ACE printing; ACE Star edition; listed as "complete and unabridged"; non-fiction)

H-003 LOUIS PAUL Dara The Cypriot (1962; 1st thus; ACE Star edition; historical fiction)

H-004 OLIVE ECKERSON My Lord Essex (1966; 1st thus; ACE Star edition; historical fiction)

H-005 JOHN H. CULP Born For The Sun (1966; 1st thus; ACE Star edition; historical fiction)

H-006 FORENCE A. SEWARD Gold For The Caesars (1966; 1st thus; ACE Star edition; historical fiction)

H-007 JOHN H. CULP The Restless Land (1966; 1st thus; ACE Star edition; historical fiction)

H-008 WILL CREED (aka WILLIAM LONG) The Sword of Il Grande (1966; 1st thus; ACE Star edition; historical fiction)

H-009 THEODORA DuBOIS Captive of Rome (cover by Lou Marchetti; 1966; 1st thus; ACE Star edition; historical fiction)

H-010 THEODOR PLIEVIER Berlin (1966)

H-011 THEODOR PLIEVIER Moscow (1966)

H-012 HAROLD WILKINS Strange Mysteries of Time and Space (1966)

H-013 GARDNER SOULE The Mystery Monsters (1966; 1st ACE printing)

Listed as "Authenticated stories of bizarre members of the animal kingdom. Fully Illustrated."

H-014 VINCENT GADDIS Invisible Horizons (1966; 1st thus; occult/paranormal)

H-016 HANS HOLZER Ghosts I've Met (cover by Cosimo Scianna; 1966; 1st thus; occult/paranormal)

Dr. HANS W. HOLZER (1920-2009; he often did not use the middle inital; Masters in comparative religion and a Ph.D - from London College of Applied Science - with speciality in parapsychology) was an Austrian-born paranormal pundit and prolific nonfiction author who studied the 'Amityville Horror' case and wrote two novels about it as well as supernatural fiction that includes the "Randy Knowles: Psychic Detective" series. He wrote more than 140 books on various "other side" phenomena, a number of them published by ACE Books.

H-017 JACQUES VALLEE Anatomy Of A Phenomenon (1966; might be first paperback edition)

More on Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO)

H-017 (back cover)

H-023 GEORGETTE HEYER Arabella (1967)

H-024 CHARLES FORT The Book of the Damned (c. 1962; 1967; occult/paranomal)

The Book of the Damned was originally published as ACE K-156 (1962) with a preface by Donald A. Wollheim.

H-025 JAN TEMPEST (aka IRENE MAUDE SWATRIDGE) House of the Pines (cover by Lou Marchetti; c. 1946; 1967; 1st thus; ACE Gothic Novel)

House of the Pines was originally published as a hardcover in the UK by Mills in 1946.

H-028 JACQUES and JANINE VALLEE Flying Saucers: A Challenge to Science (1967; ACE Star edition; occult/paranormal)

H-031 DOROTHY EDEN Sleep In The Woods (1960; cover by Shannon Stimweis; ACE Historical/Romance Novel)

Original cover art for Sleep in the Woods by Dorothy Eden. Acrylic and oil on illustration board. Image size 12" x 19.5." Shannon Stimweis also provided cover art for Argosy, Boy's Life, Time, and Field and Stream magazines as well as illustrations for several children's books.

H-032 HAL ELISON Games (1967; 1st ACE printing and PBO; photo and graphic design cover)

Movie tie-in novel based upon screenplay by GENE KEARNEY. This screenplay was modified from a story by Curtis Harrington & George Edwards. The movie starred Katharine Ross (as Jennifer), James Caan (as Paul), and Simone Signoret.

H-035 DOROTHY EDEN The Daughters of Ardmore Hall (1967; ACE Gothic Novel)

H-037 CHARLOTTE HUNT (aka DORIS MARJORIE HODGES) The Gilded Sarcophagus (1967; 1st ACE printing; ACE Gothic Novel)

H-044 GEORGETTE HEYER The Quiet Gentleman (cover by Charles McVicker; 1968; 1st thus; ACE Romance)

H-045 GEORGETTE HEYER Venetia (1968; ACE Romance)

H-046 ROBERT L. SCOTT JR. Look of the Eagle (cover by Verne Tossey; 1968)

H-047 HANS HOLZER Lively Ghosts of Ireland (1968; occult/paranormal)

H-50 JANE T CAIRD In A Glass Darkly (alternate title: Murder Reflected; c. 1965; 1968: ACE Gothic Novel)

H-053 LESLIE H. WHITTEN Progeny of the Adder (interior illustration by Jack Gaughan; c. 1965, 1968; first thus; listed as "complete and unabridged")

This is an odd story - a detective mystery with a bit of supernatural overtones - interesting and quite readable. I have placed it in the Mystery ACE singles section also as I am uncertain as how to classify this volume. I have seen some situations where it was listed under Horror.

H-055 WILLY LEY On Earth and In The Sky (1968; 1st ACE printing and PBO; non-fiction)

Willy Ley short articles on science topics dealing with weather,astronomy, geology, and other topics.

H-061 ELIZABETH SALTER Death in a Mist (c. 1957; 1968; 1st thus; ACE Gothic Mystery)

H-063 MIRIAM ALLEN deFORD The Real Bonnie & Clyde (1968; photographic images on cover and back; nonfiction)

H-063 (back cover)

This book features 12 pages of B&W photos including Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow bodies after being gunned down.

H-064 BRINSLEY Le POER TRENCH The Flying Saucer Story (1st ACE printing; s'posed 1st U.S. publication; 1968)

Trench was the chairman of the "International Committee of Sky Scouts."

H-068 RAYMOND BAYLESS The Enigma of the Poltergeist (1968; 1st thus; ACE Star edition; photo cover)

H-069 RONA RANDALL (aka RONA SHAMBROOK) Knight's Keep (1968; 1st thus; ACE Star edition; ACE Gothic Novel)

Original cover art for Knight's Keep. Acrylic on board (20" x 15") and not signed.

H-071 DOROTHY MACKIE LOW (aka LOIS DOROTHEA LOW) Isle For A Stranger (cover by Milton Lesser; c. 1962; 1968; 1st thus; ACE Gothic Novel)

H-074 CHARLES FORT New Lands (1968; ACE Star edition; occult/paranormal)

H-075 GEORGETTE HEYER Cotillion (1968; ACE Star edition; ACE Romance)

H-080 RONA RANDALL (aka MARGARET SUMMERTON) With Murder in Mind (1968; 1st thus: ACE Gothic Mystery Novel)

I have cross-listed this title in both the ACE Singles Mystery and Potpourri sections. These are somewhat difficult to classify.

H-081 JOHN MACKLIN Passport To The Unknown (1968; occult/paranormal)

H-082 JANE BLACKMORE The Other Room (1968; ACE Gothic Novel)

H-083 BERNHARDT J. HURWOOD Vampires, Werewolves, and Ghouls (1968; 1st ACE printing and PBO; ACE Star edition)

A somewhat rigorous examination of these topics with an introduction by Dr. David J. Garwes.

H-087 REBECCA LISWOOD A Marriage Doctor Speaks Her Mind About Sex (1968; self-help)

H-088 CHARLES FORT Wild Talents (1968; ACE Star edition; occult/paranormal)

H-089 JOHN MACKLIN Dimension Beyond The Known (1968; 1st ACE printing and PBO; photocover)

H-094 JOHN MACKLIN Dwellers in the Darkness (1968; occult/paranormal)

H-096 SHIRLEY JACKSON The Sundial (1958; interestingly listed as "copyright to author only"; ACE Gothic Novel)

H-098 CHARLOTTE HUNT (aka DORIS MARJORIE HODGES) The Cup of Thanatos (1968; 1st thus: ACE Gothic Novel)

H-099 STEWART ROBB (translated and interpreted by) Prophecies on World Events by Nostradamus (1968; occult/paranormal)


H-106 JANE T CAIRD Perturbing Spirit (1968; ACE Star edition; ACE Gothic novel)

H-108 JOHN MACKLIN Challenge to Reality (1968; occult/paranormal)

Last Update: 01 October 2009

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