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Dragons and Nightmares

Robert Bloch

First published 1969
Publisher Mirage Press
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Catalog ID V-102
Cover art David Prosser
Pages 185+[8]
Price $4.00

  • Limitation page: "One Thousand Copies of this book have been printed ... Of that printing this is copy # ..." with the number stamped below.
  • According to The Science-Fantasy Publishers by Chalker & Owings (3rd Edition, 1991, page 285) 1,029 copies were printed with the first 1,000 being signed, numbered and offered for sale, although the veracity of this claim is disputed after some research by ISFDB editor Elmsfan.
  • According to The Science-Fantasy Publishers by Chalker & Owings (3rd Edition, 1991, page 285) Jack Chalker was the editor of this collection.
  • ©1969 on copyright page but 1968 on title page
  • "Illustrated by David Prosser" on front flap; cover artwork is not signed but the interior pieces are.
  • Interior art consists of a frontispiece opposite the title page and four plates on unnumbered pages with blank backs between 24 & 25, 50 & 51, 128 & 129 and 148 & 149.
  • LCCN from LOC lookup. No LCCN printed in book.

Year Reviewer Publication
1970 RAWL Weird Terror Tales #2, Summer 1970
1970 Lin Carter Luna Monthly, #12, May 1970
1983 Everett F. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 A Good Knight's Work Robert Bloch Short Story
37 The Eager Dragon Robert Bloch Novelette
73 Nursemaid to Nightmares Robert Bloch Novella
179 Backword Robert Bloch Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Dragons and Nightmares Cover 1969 Belmont Books Paperback Collection B75-1060 176
Dragons and Nightmares Cover 1972 Belmont Tower Paperback Collection 40119 176