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The first of five volumes collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.

Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn.

Quinn's short stories were featured in well more than half of Weird Tales's original publication run. His most famous character, the supernatural French detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin's knack for solving mysteries--and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (grand Dieu!)--captivated readers for nearly three decades.

Collected for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, edited by George Vanderburgh, presents all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, and including all thirty-two original Weird Tales covers illustrated for de Grandin stories, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero.

The first volume, The Horror on the Links, includes all of the Jules de Grandin stories from "The Horror on the Links" (1925) to "The Chapel of Mystic Horror" (1928), as well as an introduction by Robert Weinberg.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction--George A. Vanderburgh and Robert E. Weinberg

1925

• The Horror on the Links (Weird Tales, October 1925)
• The Tenants of Broussac (Weird Tales, December 1925)

1926

• The Isle of Missing Ships (Weird Tales, February 1926)
• The Vengeance of India (Weird Tales, April 1926)
• The Dead Hand (Weird Tales, May 1926)
• The House of Horror (Weird Tales, July 1926)
• Ancient Fires (Weird Tales, September 1926)
• The Great God Pan (Weird Tales, October 1926)
• The Grinning Mummy (Weird Tales, December 1926)

1927

• The Man Who Cast No Shadow (Weird Tales, February 1927)
• The Blood-Flower (Weird Tales, March 1927)
• The Veiled Prophetess (Weird Tales, May 1927)
• The Curse of Everard Maundy (Weird Tales, July 1927)
• Creeping Shadows (Weird Tales, August 1927)
• The White Lady of the Orphanage (Weird Tales, September 1927)
• The Poltergeist (Weird Tales, October 1927)

1928

• The Gods of East and West (Weird Tales, January 1928)
• Mephistopheles and Company, Ltd. (Weird Tales, February 1928)
• The Jewel of Seven Stones (Weird Tales, April 1928)
• The Serpent Woman (Weird Tales, June 1928)
• Body and Soul (Weird Tales, September 1928)
• Restless Souls (Weird Tales, October 1928)
• The Chapel of Mystic Horror (Weird Tales, December 1928)

The second of five volumes collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.

Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn.

Quinn's short stories were featured in well more than half of Weird Tales's original publication run. His most famous character, the supernatural French detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin's knack for solving mysteries--and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (grand Dieu!)--captivated readers for nearly three decades.

Collected for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, edited by George Vanderburgh, presents all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero.

The second volume, The Devil's Rosary, includes all of the Jules de Grandin stories from "The Black Master" (1929) to "The Wolf of St. Bonnot" (1930), as well as an introduction by Jim Rockhill.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction--George A. Vanderburgh and Robert E. Weinberg
• "Loved by Thousands of Readers": The Popularity of Jules de Grandin--Stefan Dziemianowicz

1929

• The Black Master (Weird Tales, January 1929)
• The Devil People (Weird Tales, February 1929)
• The Devil's Rosary (Weird Tales, April 1929)
• The House of Golden Masks (Weird Tales, June 1929)
• The Corpse Master (Weird Tales, July 1929)
• Trespassing Souls (Weird Tales, September 1929)
• The Silver Countess (Weird Tales, October 1929)
• The House Without a Mirror (Weird Tales, November 1929)
• Children of Ubasti (Weird Tales, December 1929)

1930

• The Curse of the House of Phipps (Weird Tales, January 1930)
• The Drums of Damballah (Weird Tales, March 1930)
• The Dust of Egypt (Weird Tales, April 1930)
• The Brain-Thief (Weird Tales, May 1930)
• The Priestess of the Ivory Feet (Weird Tales, June 1930)
• The Bride of Dewer (Weird Tales, July 1930)
• Daughter of the Moonlight (Weird Tales, August 1930)
• The Druid's Shadow (Weird Tales, October 1930)
• Stealthy Death (Weird Tales, November 1930)
• The Wolf of St. Bonnot (Weird Tales, December 1930)

The third of five volumes collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.

Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn.

Quinn's short stories were featured in well more than half of Weird Tales's original publication run. His most famous character, the supernatural French detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin's knack for solving mysteries--and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (grand Dieu!)--captivated readers for nearly three decades.

Collected for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, edited by George Vanderburgh, presents all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero.

The third volume, The Dark Angel, includes all of the Jules de Grandin stories from "The Lost Lady" (1931) to "The Hand of Glory" (1933), as well as The Devil's Bride, the only novel featuring de Grandin, which was originally serialized over six issues of Weird Tales.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction--George A. Vanderburgh and Robert E. Weinberg
• Jules de Grandin: "The Pillar of Weird Tales"--Darrell Schweitzer

1931

• The Lost Lady (Weird Tales, January 1931)
• The Ghost Helper (Weird Tales, February-March 1931)
• Satan's Stepson (Weird Tales, September 1931)

1932

• The Devil's Bride (Weird Tales, February-July 1932)
• The Dark Angel (Weird Tales, August 1932)
• The Heart of Siva (Weird Tales, October 1932)
• The Bleeding Mummy (Weird Tales, November 1932)
• The Door to Yesterday (Weird Tales, December 1932)

1933

• A Gamble in Souls (Weird Tales, January 1933)
• The Thing in the Fog (Weird Tales, March 1933)
• The Hand of Glory (Weird Tales, July 1933)

The fourth of five volumes collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.

Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn.

Quinn's short stories were featured in well more than half of Weird Tales's original publication run. His most famous character, the supernatural French detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin's knack for solving mysteries?and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (grand Dieu!)?captivated readers for nearly three decades.

Collected for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, edited by George Vanderburgh, presents all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero.

The fourth volume, A Rival from the Grave, will include all the stories from "The Chosen of Vishnu" (1933) to "Incense of Abomination" (1938), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Mike Ashley.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction—George A. Vanderburgh and Robert E. Weinberg
Keeping the Golden Age Alive—Mike Ashley

1933
The Chosen of Vishnu (Weird Tales, August 1933)
Malay Horror (Weird Tales, September 1933)
The Mansion of Unholy Magic (Weird Tales, October 1933)
Red Gauntlets of Czerni (Weird Tales, December 1933*)

1934
The Red Knife of Hassan (Weird Tales, January 1934)
The Jest of Warburg Tantavul (Weird Tales, September 1934)

1935
Hands of the Dead (Weird Tales, January 1935)
The Black Orchid (Weird Tales, August 1935)
The Dead-Alive Mummy (Weird Tales, October 1935)

1936
A Rival from the Grave (Weird Tales, January 1936)
Witch-House (Weird Tales, November 1936)

1937
Children of the Bat (Weird Tales, January 1937)
Satan’s Palimpsest (Weird Tales, September 1937)
Pledged to the Dead (Weird Tales, October 1937)
Living Buddhess (Weird Tales, November 1937)
Flames of Vengeance (Weird Tales, December 1937)

1938
Frozen Beauty (Weird Tales, February 1938)
Incense of Abomination (Weird Tales, March 1938)

The concluding volume in a series collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.

Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn.

Quinn's short stories were featured in well over half of Weird Tales's original publication run. His most famous character, the French supernatural detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin's knack for solving mysteries--and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (Grand Dieu!)--captivated readers for nearly three decades.

The fifth volume, Black Moon, includes all the stories from "Suicide Chapel" (1938) to "The Ring of Bastet" (1951), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Stephen Jones.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (Black Moon) - essay by George A. Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg]
• The Further Appearances of Jules de Grandin - essay by Stephen Jones
• Suicide Chapel (1938)
• The Venomed Breath of Vengeance (1938)
• Black Moon (1938)
• The Poltergeist of Swan Upping (1939)
• The House Where Time Stood Still (1939)
• Mansions in the Sky (1939)
• The House of the Three Corpses (1939)
• Stoneman's Memorial (1942)
• Death's Bookkeeper (1944)
• The Green God's Ring (1945)
• Lords of the Ghostlands (1945)
• Kurban (1946)
• The Man in Crescent Terrace (1946)
• hree in Chains (1946)
• Catspaws (1946)
• Lottë (1946)
• Eyes in the Dark (1946)
• Clair de Lune (1947)
• Vampire Kith and Kin (1949)
• Conscience Maketh Cowards (1949)
• The Body-Snatchers (1950)
• The Ring of Bastet (1951)