Basil Copper: A Life in Books (2024)

EDITION
Slipcased Hardcover collection limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by Stephen Jones, Les Edwards, Randy Broecker and with a facsimile signature from Basil Copper.

This edition includes a special DVD of Basil Copper’s THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (from the story by Edgar Allan Poe) The edited version on this DVD runs for around twenty-six minutes and was discovered in a film can in Basil’s study following his death in 2013. It has been professionally transferred to a digital format and a new music score added, just as its maker always intended.

ABOUT THE BOOK

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Basil Copper’s birth, PS Publishing Ltd. is proud to reissue Basil Copper: A Life in Books in a new, revised and updated edition.

Back in 2008, following three years’ extensive research and being given unprecedented and unrestricted access to the books and papers of renowned British macabre and crime writer Basil Copper, multiple award-winning editor and writer Stephen Jones produced Basil Copper: A Life in Books, a unique and in-depth study of the author and his works that won the British Fantasy Award.

Following Basil’s death in 2013, many more papers and manuscripts were discovered, and this newly-unearthed material has now been incorporated into this completely new edition. Containing the most comprehensive Working Bibliography ever compiled of Basil Copper’s productive output, rare and obscure articles covering everything from Arkham House creator August Derleth to a brief history of Count Dracula, numerous short story fragments and ideas, along with a complete television script based on M.R. James’ classic horror story ‘Count Magnus’, Basil Copper: A Life in Books is profusely illustrated with artwork by Randy Broecker and Les Edwards, numerous cover reproductions and unique personal photographs from the author’s own collection.

CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION: RECOLLECTIONS OF BASIL COPPER by Stephen Jones
• FOREWORD by Basil Copper
• BASIL COPPER: CRIMEWRITER & MASTER OF THE  MACABRE by Richard Dalby
• BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: A. Macabre and Supernatural Novels
• REMEMBERING AUGUST DERLETH AND ARKHAM HOUSE by Basil Copper
• BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: B. Macabre and Supernatural Collections
• THE GAME’S AFOOT! AUGUST DERLETH & SOLAR PONS by Basil Copper
• SOLAR PONS & THE PENNY MAGENTA by Basil Copper
• BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: C. The “Solar Pons” Series
• AUGUST DERLETH: A GIANT REMEMBERED by Basil Copper
• BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: D. The “Mike Faraday” Series
• RAP-SHEET by Basil Copper
• DIAMONDS ARE FOR NEVER by Basil Copper
• BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: E. Other Books
• IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DRACULA by Basil Copper
• ECSTASY—AND TIME TRAVEL—IN SEVENOAKS: THE GENESIS OF MODERN SCIENCE FICTION by Basil Copper
• VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES by Basil Copper
• BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: F. Non-Fiction
• GREAT UNSOLVED MYSTERIES by Basil Copper
• E.F. BENSON: NEGLECTED MASTER OF THE MACABRE by Basil Copper
• THE HAUNTED HOTEL by Basil Copper
• RICH & STRANGE: A BIZARRE MASTERPIECE WHICH REMAINS COMPELLING VIEWING by Basil Copper
• THE CURSE by Basil Copper
• PROFESSOR MAHMOUD by Basil Copper
• BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: G. Short Stories and Novellas
• PETER HAINING: A TRIBUTE
• THE BLACK COFFIN by Basil Copper
• STORY IDEAS by Basil Copper
• THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER by Basil Copper
• BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: H. Media Adaptations
• COUNT MAGNUS by Basil Copper
• FOREWORD TO “MARK OF THE BEAST” by Basil Copper
• BASIL COPPER: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY: I. Unpublished Works
• FRAGMENTS by Basil Copper
• DARKNESS, MIST AND SHADOW—THE LANDSCAPE OF FEAR by Basil Copper

Limited Edition: Slipcased Hardcover collection limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by Stephen Jones, Les Edwards, Randy Broecker and with a facsimile signature from Basil Copper.