Robert Bloch Bibliography ~ Checklist

US and UK First Edition Books

A Collector's Guide

The following bibliography contains the criminous titles
The main book for collectors is, of course, Psycho, it's the most famous and following that valuable
The American edition is not particularly rare, the UK hardback first on Hale is much rarer
US edition precede the UK, sometimes by many years, not all titles were published in Britain
Many of the first edition books are paperback originals

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Title	Publisher	Date	Issue Points - Notes
The Scarf	Dial Press	1947	UK: 1972 New English Library Also US 1948 Avon as The Scarf of Passion
The Kidnapper	Lion	1954
Spiderweb	Ace	1954
Shooting Star		1958
Psycho	Simon & Schuster	1959	UK: 1960 Robert Hale
The Dead Beat	Simon & Schuster	1960	UK: 1961 Robert Hale
Firebug	Regency	1961	UK: 1977 Corgi
The Couch	Fawcett	1962	Novelization of a screenplay
Terror	Belmont	1962	UK: Corgi 1964
The Star Stalker	Pyramid	1968
The Todd Dossier	Delacorte	1969	AS Collier Young UK: 1969 Macmillan
Night World	Schuster	1972	UK: 1974 Robert Hale
American Gothic	Schuster	1974	UK: 1975 W.H. Allen
There is a Serpent in Eden	Zebra	1979	Released in 1981 as The Cunning Serpent
Psycho II	Warner	1982	UK: 1983 Corgi
Night of the Ripper	Doubleday	1984

Short Story Collections

Title Publisher Date Issue Points - Notes

The Opener of the Way Arkham House 1945 UK: 1974 Spearman
Also as House of the Hatchet

Terror in the Night & Other Stories Ace 1958

Pleasant Dreams - Nightmares Arkham House 1960 UK: 1960 Whiting & Wheaton

Blood Runs Cold Simon & Schuster 1961 UK: 1963 Robert Hale
Black cloth, silver & green titles

More Nightmares Belmont 1962

Yours Truly Jack the Ripper Belmont 1962

Atoms and Evil Fawcett 1962 UK: Muller 1963

Horror-7 Belmont 1963 UK: 1965 Corgi

Bogey Men Pyramid 1963

Tales in a Jugular Vein Pyramid 1965 UK: 1970 Sphere

The Skull of the Marquis de Sade Pyramid 1965 UK: 1975 Robert Hale

Chamber of Horrors Award 1966 UK: 1977 Corgi

The Living Demons Belmont 1967 UK: 1970 Sphere

This Crowded Earth & Ladies Day Belmont 1968

Fear Today Gone Tomorrow Award 1971

Cold Chills Doubleday 1977 UK: 1978 Robert Hale

The King of Terrors Mysterious Press 1977 UK: 1978 Robert hale

Out of the Mouth of Graves Mysterious Press 1979 UK: 1980 Robert Hale

Such Stuff as Screams are Made of Ballantine 1979 UK: 1980 Robert Hale

Robert Bloch Biography
Robert Bloch was born in Chicago 5 April 1917 and died in 1994. He was a very prolific writer and wrote several non-mystery novels as well as short stories, radio plays and screen plays.

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