Facsimile copy of Oriental Stories #1 – #3
The first of three massive hardcover facsimile volumes totaling more than 1200 pages with the complete contents from the original run of ORIENTAL STORIES. All the stories & illustrations. All the verse. Plus letters to the editor. Scanned right from the original pulp pages. No editing. No reset text.
“The Voice of El-Lil” is illustrated by Donald von Gelb
“Red Blades of Black Cathay” is illustrated by Joseph Doolin
The First edition is limited to 50 numbered copies and includes a frontispiece by Neil Mechem.
Book design by Neil and Leigh Mechem
Contents
- i • The Complete Oriental Stories, Volume 1 (frontispiece) • interior artwork by Neil Mechem
- iv • Introduction (The Complete Oriental Stories, Volume 1) • essay by Leigh Mechem and Neil Mechem
- 4 • The Yellow River • (1930) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom]
- 4 • The Yellow River • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb
- 6 • Singapore Nights • (1930) • novelette by Frank Owen
- 7 • Singapore Nights • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb
- 20 • The Man Who Limped • non-genre • [Hamed the Atar] • (1930) • short story by Otis Adelbert Kline
- 21 • The Man Who Limped • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb
- 32 • The White Queen • (1930) • novelette by Farnsworth Wright [as by Francis Hard]
- 33 • The White Queen • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb
- 49 • Flower Profiles • (1930) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom]
- 50 • Strange Bedfellows • [Bugs Sinnot] • (1930) • novelette by S. B. H. Hurst
- 51 • Strange Bedfellows • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb
- 68 • The Tiger’s Eye • (1930) • short story by Pearl Norton Swet
- 69 • The Tiger’s Eye • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 76 • Eyes of the Dead • (1930) • short story by Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner
- 77 • Eyes of the Dead • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 83 • The Desert Woman • (1930) • short story by Frank Owen [as by Richard Kent]
- 89 • The Cobra Den • (1930) • short story by Paul Ernst
- 89 • The Cobra Den • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb
- 98 • The Black Camel • (1930) • short story by G. G. Pendarves
- 99 • The Black Camel • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 111 • The Curse • (1930) • short story by Captain Ed Smith
- 116 • The Voice of El-Lil • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
- 117 • The Voice of El-Lil • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb
- 132 • The Circle of Illusion • (1930) • short story by Lottie Lesh
- 139 • The Souk • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb
- 148 • The Rug • (1930) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom]
- 148 • The Rug • (1930) • interior artwork by Donald von Gelb
- 150 • Letter (Oriental Stories, December-January 1931) • (1930) • essay by Wallace West
- 150 • Letter (Oriental Stories, December-January 1931) • (1930) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price
- 152 • The King of the Jerawahs • (1930) • novelette by S. B. H. Hurst
- 152 • The King of the Jerawahs • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 169 • Golden Rosebud • (1930) • short story by Dorota Flatau
- 169 • Golden Rosebud • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 176 • With the Veneer Ripped Off • (1930) • short story by Lee Robinson
- 186 • The Vengeance of Sa’ik • (1930) • short fiction by Otis Adelbert Kline
- 187 • The Vengeance of Sa’ik • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 199 • The Rose • (1930) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom]
- 200 • The China Kid • (1930) • novelette by Frank Owen
- 201 • The China Kid • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 224 • The Green Jade God • (1930) • short story by John Briggs (II)
- 225 • The Green Jade God • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 230 • The Scourge of Mektoub • (1930) • short story by Paul Ernst
- 231 • The Scourge of Mektoub • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 240 • The Veiled Leopard • (1930) • short story by G. G. Pendarves
- 241 • The Veiled Leopard • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 252 • Gesture of the Gods • (1930) • short story by Guy Fletcher
- 253 • Gesture of the Gods • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 264 • The Burning Sea • (1930) • short story by Frank Owen [as by Richard Kent]
- 268 • The Sacred Cannon Recoils • (1930) • short story by Pollok Guiler
- 269 • The Sacred Cannon Recoils • (1930) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 281 • Finger of Kali • (1930) • short story by Bernice T. Banning
- 292 • Letter (Oriental Stories, February-March 1931) • (1931) • essay by S. B. H. Hurst
- 294 • Red Blades of Black Cathay • non-genre • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith
- 294 • Red Blades of Black Cathay • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 314 • The Rajah’s Grandmother • (1931) • short story by Frank Belknap Long [as by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.]
- 320 • William • (1931) • novelette by S. B. H. Hurst
- 321 • William • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 334 • The Dragoman’s Revenge • non-genre • [Hamed the Atar] • (1931) • short story by Otis Adelbert Kline
- 335 • The Dragoman’s Revenge • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 344 • The Kalgan Road • (1931) • short story by William Doughty
- 345 • The Kalgan Road • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 357 • Rondeau Orientale • (1931) • poem by Alice I’Anson
- 358 • The Secret Trail • (1931) • novelette by G. G. Pendarves
- 359 • The Scarlet Trail • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 377 • The Merchant of Basra • (1931) • short story by Dudley Hoys
- 377 • The Merchant of Basra • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 384 • Scoundrels by Night • (1931) • novelette by Frank Owen [as by Richard Kent]
- 385 • Scoundrels by Night • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 408 • The Giant • (1931) • poem by Frank Owen [as by Hung Long Tom]
- 409 • The Slave of Justice • [Ismeddin] • (1931) • short story by E. Hoffmann Price
- 414 • Della Wu, Chinese Courtezan • (1931) • short story by Frank Owen
- 415 • Della Wu, Chinese Courtezan • (1931) • interior artwork by Joseph Doolin
- 424 • For the Sake of Enlightenment • (1931) • short story by Coutts Brisbane
- 429 • Letter (Oriental Stories, Feruary-March 1931) • (1931) • essay by Nat Schachner [as by Nathan Schachner]
- 429 • Letter (Oriental Stories, February-March 1931) • (1931) • essay by N. J. O’Neail
- 430 • Letter (Oriental Stories, February-March 1931) • (1931) • essay by Alice I’Anson
Notes
Page numbers continuous through the three issues, but covers not numbered.
Limited edition of 50 numbered books; yellow cloth binding with black lettering on spine.
“First Edition” on copyright page.
Published by Neil & Leigh Mechem, Mississauga, Ontario, Cananda.
Sold only as set of 3 volumes covering complete run of the magazine.
No ISBN.
Artist credited on copyright page.
The Souk is a combination of editorial and letters to the editor.