![]() ![]() Bleiler also admired Collier's writing, describing Collier as ""One of the modern masters of the short story and certainly the preeminent writer of short fantasies.". John Collier's writing has been praised by authors such as Anthony Burgess, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman, Michael Chabon, Wyndham Lewis, and Paul Theroux. He began his writing career as a poet, first publishing in 1920. ![]() Individual stories are frequently anthologized in fantasy collections. Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier ISBN 13: 9781590170519 ISBN 10: 1590170512 Paperback New York: New York Review Books, ISBN-13: 978-1590170519 John Collier (1901-1980) was born in London. Fancies and Goodnights won the 1952 International Fantasy Award and remains in print. The Saturday Evening Post review characterizes Collier as "collector of demons, connoisseur of jinn, and an old acquaintance of the devil himself" (rear panel of jacket). Containing the best work of the master of weird and fantastic stories and including seventeen stories no previous published in book form. No former owner marks.Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. ![]() Very good in good+ unclipped dust jacket with several closed tears, now in mylar. Second printing of the 1951 edition? Black cloth, fuchsia endpapers. ![]()
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