The Third Book of Virgil Finlay

The Fantasy Art of Virgil Finlay

Editor: Gerry de la Ree.
Publisher: Gerry de la Ree.
Country of Publication: United States of America.
Date of publication: 1979.
Format: Hardcover with dustjacket.
Size: Approximately 8.75 x 11.25 inch.
Original price: $15.50.
ISBN: No ISBN number.
Number of copies: 1300 Numbered copies.
Number of illustrations: 122 Illustrations by Virgil Finlay.

Contents:

Drawing on the front of the dust-jacket also appears on page 75. Drawing on the back of the dust-jacket also appears on page 13.


Back of dust-jacket

Spine

Front of dust-jacket

Back of Board

Spine

Front of Board

In the essay 'The Legend Grows', Gerry de la Ree mentions that 'Virgil Finlay' contains 37 illustrations. In fact 'Virgil Finlay' contains four color and 37 black & white illustrations in the section titled 'Selected Illustrations by Virgil Finlay'.

 

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

Page   Title Year   Illustrated a story or poem by
Cover   The Call from Beyond 1950   Clifford D. Simak
Frontipiece   Virgil Finlay: A Self-Portrait. An oil painting ~1934    
Title Page   The Secret People (people) 1950   John Beynon
7   Kubla Khan 1938   Samuel Taylor Coleridge
8   Almost Immortal 1939   Austin Hall
9   Behind the Curtain 1940   Francis Stevens
10   The Sky Woman 1940   Charles B. Stilson
11   The Conquest of the Moon Pool (creature in grass) 1940   A. Merritt
12   The Sleep of Ages 1940   Stuart Martin
13   The Land of Time to Come 1941 Henry Kuttner
14   Lord of the Storm (soldier on horse) 1941   Keith Hammond (Henry Kuttner)
15   Lord of the Storm (flooded) 1941   Keith Hammond (Henry Kuttner)
16   The Metal Monster (falling man) 1941   A. Merritt
17   The Metal Monster (women rising) 1941   A. Merritt
18   Dwellers in the Mirage (woman and tentacles) 1941   A. Merritt
19   The Spot of Life 1941   Austin Hall
20   The Citadel of Fear (butterflies) 1942   Francis Stevens
21   The Citadel of Fear (man in bowl) 1942   Francis Stevens
22   Blood on the Sun 1942   Hall K. Wells
23   Creep, Shadow! (woman in flood) 1942   A. Merritt
24   The Hunter of the King Planet 1942   Carl Selwyn
25   Into the Infinite (burning sword) 1942   Austin Hall
26   Into the Infinite (man and demon) 1942   Austin Hall
27   Into the Infinite (man, globe and fire) 1942   Austin Hall
28   Into the Infinite (money) 1942   Austin Hall
29   The Bride 1943    
30   Arc of Fire (aliens on planet) 1943   John Hawkins
31   Arc of Fire (earth and sun) 1943   John Hawkins
32   The Iron Star (savages) 1943   John Taine
33   The Iron Star (mountains) 1943   John Taine
34   The New Adam (floating skulls) 1943   Stanley G. Weinbaum
35   Get Your Extra Here! 1943   William Morrison
36   The Great Ego (animals) 1944   Norman A. Daniels
37   The Great Ego (snakes) 1944   Norman A. Daniels
38   Baby Face 1945   Henry Kuttner
39   And Not in Peace 1946   George Whitley
40   Atomic! (woman in water) 1947   Henry Kuttner
41   Atomic! (extinguish) 1947   Henry Kuttner
42   Allan and the Ice-Gods (fighting men) 1947   H. Rider Haggard
43   Allan and the Ice-Gods (rain of stones) 1947   H. Rider Haggard
44   The Mad Planet 1948   Murray Leinster
45   Yesterday's Doors 1948   Arthur Burks
46   240,000 Miles Straight Up (men firing, left part of drawing) 1948   L. Ron Hubbard
47   240,000 Miles Straight Up (exploding spaceship, right part of drawing) 1948   L. Ron Hubbard
48   Conquest of the Moon Pool (happy women) 1948   A. Merritt
49   Conquest of the Moon Pool (aliens and balls) 1948   A. Merritt
50   Conquest of the Moon Pool (skull on fire) 1948   A. Merritt
51   The Valley of Creation (yin and yang) 1948   Edmond Hamilton
52   The Messager 1948   Robert W. Chambers
53   The Lion's Way (face) 1948   C.T. Stoneham
54   The Moon that Vanished (soldier and woman) 1948   Leigh Brackett
55   The Moon that Vanished (man and woman) 1948   Leigh Brackett
56   On the House (man, left part of drawing) 1949   Benjamin Miller
57   On the House (woman, right part of drawing) 1949   Benjamin Miller
58   Hollywood on the Moon 1949   Henry Kuttner
59   The Albino Otter 1949   Elmer Brown Mason
60   The Time Axis (woman) 1949   Henry Kuttner
61   The Time Axis (man and diamond) 1949   Henry Kuttner
62   Concrete Mixer 1949   Ray Bradbury
63   Between Worlds (man and circles) 1949   Garrett Smith
64   The Red Dust (captive man) 1949   Murray Leinster
65   Seven Footprints to Satan (hair) 1949   A. Merritt
66   The Ultimate Catalyst 1949   John Taine (E.T. Bell)
67   The Howling Bounders 1949   Jack Vance
68   The Ultimate Planet 1949   Noel loomis
69   The Lady is a Witch 1950   Norman A. Daniels
70   The Star Beast (tiger) 1950   Poul Anderson
71   The Star Beast (woman) 1950   Poul Anderson
72   The Smoking Land (dog) 1950   George Challis
73   The Man Who Mastered Time (people and discs) 1950   Ray Cummings
74   The Soul Trap 1950   Charles B. Stilson
75   The Call from Beyond 1950   Clifford D. Simak
76   The Voice of the Lobster 1950   Henry Kuttner
77   The Hothouse World 1950   Fred MacIsaac
78   Three Against the Stars (man in window) 1950   Eric North
79   Three Against the Stars (mouths) 1950   Eric North
80   Flight to Forever (building and swirl in balls) 1950   Poul Anderson
81   Flight to Forever (man and swirl in balls) 1950   Poul Anderson
82/83   The Gray Mahatma (horse head) 1951   Talbot Mundy
84   The Gray Mahatma (sculptures) 1951   Talbot Mundy
85   The Spirit Boats 1951   Minna Irving
86   The Wanderer's Return (insect) 1951   Fletcher Pratt
87   The Wanderer's Return (spaceship) 1951   Fletcher Pratt
88   The Wanderer's Return (pilot) 1951   Fletcher Pratt
89   House of Many Worlds (many earths) 1951   Sam Merwin Jr.
90   Hand from the Void 1951   John D. MacDonald
91   The Last Dark 1951   LaSelle Gilman
92   Her Ways are Death (winged horse) 1952   Jack Mann
93   Her Ways are Death (bar) 1952   Jack Mann
94   Double Jeopardy 1952   Fletcher Pratt
95   The Bird of Time 1952   Wallace West
96   Abercrombie Station (bird being eaten, left part of drawing) 1952   Jack Vance
97   Abercrombie Station (woman, right part of drawing) 1952   Jack Vance
98   The Death of Iron 1952   S.S. Held
99   The Evening Star (floating man) 1952   David H. Keller
100   Asylum Earth (long hair) 1952   Bruce Elliot
101   Captive Audience 1953   Wallace West
102   Full Moon (geometry) 1953   Talbot Mundy
103   Shadow over Mars 1953   Leigh Brackett
104   The Triggered Dimension (electricity) 1953   Harry Bates
105   The Triggered Dimension (hand) 1953   Harry Bates
106   Whistle Stop in Space (shapes) 1953   Kendell Foster Crossen
107   Whistle Stop in Space (bird) 1953   Kendell Foster Crossen
108   Beside Still Waters 1953   Robert Sheckley
109   Root of Evil 1953   Shirley Jackson
110   The Big Jump (astronaut) 1953   Leigh Brackett
111   Here Lie We right part of drawing) 1953   Fox B. Holden
112   The Irritated People 1953   Ray Bradbury
113   The Eyes of Dromu 1953   Cedric R. Mentiplay
114   The Conditioned Captain (diamond) 1953   Fletcher Pratt
115   Moth and Rust 1953   Philip Jose Farmer
116   Sjambak 1953   Jack Vance
117   Troubled Star 1953   George O. Smith
118   Marginal Error 1953   Kris Neville
119   The Golden Helix (spaceship) 1954   Theodore Sturgeon
120   The Battle 1954   Robert Sheckley
121   Spiral of the Ages (harness) 1954   Fletcher Pratt
122   Process Shot 1954   Sam Merwin Jr.
123   A God named Kroo (face) 1954   Henry Kuttner
124   Forgotten World 1954   Edmond Hamilton
125   More Stately Mansions 1955   Robert F. Young
126   Complete Book of Space Travel (aliens) 1956   Albro Gaul
127   Heist Job on Thizar 1956   Randall Garrett
Back cover The Land of Time to Come 1941 Henry Kuttner