The Book of Virgil Finlay
Being the Drawings of Virgil Finlay (1914-1971) from the collection of Gerry de la Ree

A Flare Book Published by Avon Books , 1976.

ISBN: 0-380-00770-3.
Original Price: $4.95.
[Number of copies not known.]

Contents:

Drawing on the front cover also appears on page 64. Drawing on the back cover also appears as frontispiece.

 

Back cover

Spine

Front cover

In 1976, Avon Books published a softcover edition of the The Book of Virgil Finlay as published by Gerry de la Ree. However, the Gerry de la Ree edition and the Avon Books edition are not identical. The difference between the two publications are detailed on a seperate page.

In the essay 'The legend Grows' (The Third Book of Virgil Finlay, 1979), Gerry de la Ree remarks that the hardcover edition was reprinted as a trade paperback by Avon in 1976 and had gone through three printings.

The second, third, printing is identified by the additional statement 'Second Printing', 'Third Printing' respectively, with the same publication date as the first printing.


Second printing
identifier

Third printing
identifier

 

'The Book of Virgil Finlay' contains the following illustrations, in the order of appearance.

Page   Title Year   Ilustrated a story or poem by
Cover   Ishtar - Plate I - Sharane and Klaneth 1949   A. Merritt
Frontipiece   A Selfportrait in Pencil 1933    
Title Page   Woodcut (of a man) 1933    
9   Purity - a linoleum cut 1933    
10   Design of a Dream's Desertion 1934    
11   The Last Martian (unfinished drawing) 1935   Stanley G. Weinbaum
12   Skull-Face (skull) 1935   Robert E. Howard
13   Tree Nymph (unfinished drawing) 1935    
14   Dig Me No Grave 1936   Robert E. Howard
15   In the World's Dusk 1936   Edmond Hamilton
16   Child of the Winds (dancing girl) 1936   Edmond Hamilton
17   Son of Satan 1936   Arlton Eadie
18   The Lost Door 1936   Dorothy Quick
19   Voyage of the Neutralia (laboratory) 1937   B. Wallis
20   The Living Buddhess 1937   Seabury Quinn
21   The Last Pharoah (rats) 1937   Thomas P. Kelley
22   The Dark Star 1937   G.G. Pendraves
23   Thief of Forthe 1937   Clifford Ball
24   Romeo, and Juliet (three men fighting) 1937   William Shakespeare
25   Romeo, and Juliet (Juliet on the bed) 1937   William Shakespeare
26   Pigeons from Hell 1938   Robert E. Howard
27   House of Living Music 1938   Edmond Hamilton
28   The Quest of Iranon 1939   H.P. Lovecraft
29   The Rubaiyat (beggar) 1939   Omar Khayyam
30   A Wine of Wizardry (demon and snake) 1939   George Sterling
31   The Blind Spot (juwel) 1940   Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint
32   The Blind Spot (bell) 1940   Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint
33   The Blind Spot (ring) 1940   Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint
34   Twice in Time (portrait of a woman) 1940   Manly Wade Wellman
34   Twice in Time (portrait of a middle-aged man) 1940   Manly Wade Wellman
34   Twice in Time (portrait of a young man) 1940   Manly Wade Wellman
35   Pegasus 1940   Henry Kuttner
36/37   The Lamia in the Penthouse 1952   Thorp McClusky
38   Conquest of the Moon Pool (greeting) 1940   A. Merritt
39   Through the Dragon Glass 1940   A. Merritt
40   The Rebel Soul 1940   Austin Hall
41   Ariel's Song (complete drawing) 1942   William Shakespeare
42   Creep, Shadow! (woman on horse) 1942   A. Merritt
43   Creep, Shadow! (chase) 1942   A. Merritt
44   The Golden City (fire) 1942   Ralph Milne Farley
45   The Golden City (beam) 1942   Ralph Milne Farley
45   The Golden City (flood) 1942   Ralph Milne Farley
46   The Golden City (fight) 1942   Ralph Milne Farley
47   Sword of Freedom (woman and peacock) 1942   Robert Carse
48   Sword of Freedom (on the move) 1942   Robert Carse
49   Into the Infinite (soldier and woman on horse) 1942   Austin Hall
50   Fishhead 1942   Irvin S. Cobb
51   Call Him Demon 1945   C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner
52   City of Wonder (bat in ruin) 1947   E.C. Vivian
53   Roads (snow) 1948   Seabury Quinn
53   Roads (Claus and Erinna with Aelfmen) 1948   Seabury Quinn
54   Roads - Plate I - Claus Fights the Romans (falling stones) 1948   Seabury Quinn
55   Roads - Plate II - Claus Rescues Erinna 1948   Seabury Quinn
56   Roads - Plate III - The Aelfmen 1948   Seabury Quinn
57   Mistake Inside 1948   James Blish
58   Nordenholt's Million (face) 1948   J.J. Connington
59   Nordenholt's Million (flute) 1948   J.J. Connington
60   The Conquest of the Moon Pool (woman in black) 1948   A. Merritt
61   The Lion's Way (warriors) 1948   C.T. Stoneham
62   The Lion's Way (lion and child) 1948   C.T. Stoneham
64   Ishtar - Plate I - Sharane and Klaneth 1949   A. Merritt
65   Ishtar - Plate II - Kenton in Battle 1949   A. Merritt
66   Ishtar - Plate III - Women Within the Bubbles 1949   A. Merritt
67   Ishtar - Plate IV - Sharane Beneath the Veils 1949   A. Merritt
68   Ishtar - Plate V - Kenton's Vision 1949   A. Merritt
69   Black Butterflies (worm-like monster) 1949   Elmer Brown Mason
70   The Starkenden Quest (woman rises out of bubbles) 1949   Gilbert Collins
71   The Starkenden Quest (demons) 1949   Gilbert Collins
72   Seven Footprints to Satan (fist) 1949   A. Merritt
73   Between Worlds (men and spear) 1949   Garret Smith
74   World of No Return 1949   Bryce Walton
75   The Dwellers in the Mirage (floating plants) 1949   A. Merritt
76   The Timeless Man (man in bubble) 1949   Frank Belknap Long
77   The Time Machine (sfinx) 1950   H. G. Wells
78   The Secret People (mushrooms) 1950   John Beyon Harris
79   Three Against the Stars (aliens cooking) 1950   Eric North
80   The Face in the Abyss (creatures) 1950   A. Merritt
81   The Face in the Abyss (sweat) 1950   A. Merritt
82   The Smoking Land (Frederick Faust) 1950   George Challis
83   The Woman Who Couldn't Die (living mountains) 1950   Arthur Stringer
84   Earth's Last Citadel (alien needles) 1950   C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner
85   Mrs. Amworth 1950   E.F. Benson
86   The Man from Beyond 1950   John Beynon Harris
87   Morning Star (woman and harp) 1950   H. Rider Haggard
88   Drink We Deep (mist) 1951   Arthur Leo Zagat
89   Drink We Deep (scepter) 1951   Arthur Leo Zagat
90   Golden Atlantis 1951   Richard Butler Glaenzer
91   Monsieur Seeks a Wife 1951   Margaret Irwin
92   As Others See Us 1951   Raymond F. Jones
93   Her Ways Are Death (creatures) 1952   Jack Mann
94   The Hellflower 1952   George O. Smith
95   Skull-Face (woman behind skull) 1952   Robert E. Howard
96   The Plaid 1952   Abrach
97   The Valley of Eyes Unseen 1952   Gilbert Collins
98   Passport to Pax (hands) 1952   Kendall Foster Crossen
99   Mandrake 1953   Adam Hull Shirk
100   The Supreme Witch 1953   G. Appleby Terrill
101   The Rotifers 1953   Robert Abernathy
102   I Can't Wear White 1953   Suzanne Pickett
103   The White Widows (strings) 1953   Sam Merwin Jr.
104   The Diploids 1953   Katherine MacLean
105   Mr. Peavey's Tiger 1953   Holly Wolcott
106   Anthem 1953   Ayn Rand
107   Dirge 1953   Louis M. Hobbs
108   The Talkie Dolls 1953   Donald F. Vieweg
109   Full Moon (ritual) 1953   Talbot Mundy
110   Full Moon (shower of bubbles) 1953   Talbot Mundy
111   The Transhuman 1953   Murray Leinster
112   Haunted Hostel 1953   Emma L'Hommedieu Frost
113   Spiral of the Ages (spiral) 1954   Fletcher Pratt
114   Tiger's Cage 1954   Roger Dee
115   School Days 1954   James Causey
116   The Door 1954   Eric Frank Russell
117   The Sound of Willow Pipes 1954   Wilbur S. Peacock
118   The Time Masters 1954   Wilson Tucker
119   The Winds Shine at Night 1954   Sam Merwin Jr.
120   The Dark World (complete drawing) 1954   Henry Kuttner
121   Silent Knight 1955   Lysander Kemp
122   Pygmalion's Spectacles 1955   Stanley G. Weinbaum
123   How to Shape Your Future 1957   Dane Rudhyar
124   Quest of the Golden Ape 1957   Irvar Jorgensen and Adam Chase
125   The Hobbit 1964   J.R.R. Tolkien
126   The Crystal Man 1966   J.G. Ballard
127   Cryptozoic 1968   Brian Aldiss
Backcover   A Selfportrait in Pencil 1933