Sheldon Jaffery (April 22, 1934 – July 10, 2003) was an American
bibliographer
Bibliography (from and ), as a discipline, is traditionally the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology (from ). English author and bibliographer John Carter describes ''bibliography ...
. An attorney by profession, he was an aficionado of''
Weird Tales
''Weird Tales'' is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger in late 1922. The first issue, dated March 1923, appeared on newsstands February 18. The first editor, Edwin Baird, prin ...
'' magazine,
Arkham House
Arkham House is an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction. It was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to publish hardcover collections of H. P. Lovecraft's best works, which had pr ...
books, the
weird menace
Weird menace is a subgenre of horror fiction and detective fiction that was popular in the pulp magazines of the 1930s and early 1940s. The weird menace pulps, also known as shudder pulps, generally featured stories in which the hero was pitted a ...
pulps, and related topics.
He died in 2003 of
septic shock
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contracted while being treated for lung cancer.
Works
* ''Double Trouble: A Bibliographic Chronicle of Ace Mystery Doubles'', Starmont Popular Culture Series no. 11, Borgo Press, 1987. .
* ''Collector's Index to
Weird Tales
''Weird Tales'' is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger in late 1922. The first issue, dated March 1923, appeared on newsstands February 18. The first editor, Edwin Baird, prin ...
'' (with Fred Cook). Bowling Green State University Popular Press, August 1985. .
* ''Future and Fantastic Worlds: Bibliography of
DAW Books'', Starmont Reference Guide, No. 4, 1987. .
* ''Horrors and Unpleasantries: A Bibliographical History & Collector's Price Guide to
Arkham House
Arkham House is an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction. It was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to publish hardcover collections of H. P. Lovecraft's best works, which had pr ...
'', Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1982. .
* ''Selected Tales of Grim and Grue from the Horror Pulps'', Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1987. .
* ''Sensuous Science Fiction From the Weird and Spicy Pulps'', Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1984. .
* ''The Weirds'', Starmont House Inc., 1987. .
* ''The
Arkham House
Arkham House is an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction. It was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to publish hardcover collections of H. P. Lovecraft's best works, which had pr ...
Companion: Fifty Years of Arkham House'', Starmont House Inc., 1989. . (A revised, updated and expanded edition of ''Horrors and Unpleasantries'').
Unpublished work
*''Double Futures: An Annotated Bibliography of the Ace Science Fiction Doubles''. Planned for release by Borgo Press in 1999 (assigned ), but never issued.
References
*Clute, John, "Sheldon R. Jaffery", in
External links
Sheldon Jaffery profile
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1934 births
2003 deaths
American bibliographers