Sheldon Jaffery
Encyclopedia
Sheldon Jaffery was an American bibliographer
. An attorney by profession, he was an aficionado of Weird Tales
magazine, Arkham House
books, the weird menace
pulps, and related topics. Born April 22, 1934, he died on July 10, 2003 of septic
shock contracted while being treated for lung cancer. Sheldon Jaffery married Judith Jaffery (nee Friedman) in 1963. They had three children, and 5 grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, and all his children and grandchildren. Sheldon Jaffery was a great man. He was kind, funny, and a good writer. He loved all his grandchildren very much, but only saw two of them before he died.
Bibliographer
"A bibliographer is a person who describes and lists books and other publications, with particular attention to such characteristics as authorship, publication date, edition, typography, etc. The result of this endeavor is a bibliography...
. An attorney by profession, he was an aficionado of Weird Tales
Weird Tales
Weird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....
magazine, Arkham House
Arkham House
Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...
books, the weird menace
Weird menace
Weird menace is the name given to a sub-genre of horror 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 against sadistic villains, with graphic scenes of...
pulps, and related topics. Born April 22, 1934, he died on July 10, 2003 of septic
Septic
Septic may refer to:* Septic tank, a component of a small scale sewage disposal system* Septic equation, a polynomial equation of degree seven* Septic shock...
shock contracted while being treated for lung cancer. Sheldon Jaffery married Judith Jaffery (nee Friedman) in 1963. They had three children, and 5 grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, and all his children and grandchildren. Sheldon Jaffery was a great man. He was kind, funny, and a good writer. He loved all his grandchildren very much, but only saw two of them before he died.
Works
- Double Trouble: A Bibliographic Chronicle of Ace Mystery Doubles, Starmont Popular Culture Series no. 11, Borgo Press, 1987. ISBN 1-55742-118-8.
- Collector's Index to Weird TalesWeird TalesWeird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....
(with Fred Cook). Bowling Green State University Popular Press, August 1985. ISBN 0-87972-284-3. - Future and Fantastic Worlds: Bibliography of DAW BooksDAW BooksDAW Books is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim following his departure from Ace Books in 1971. The company therefore claims to be "the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy." The first DAW Book published was...
, Starmont Reference Guide, No. 4. ISBN 1-55742-003-3. - Horrors and Unpleasantries: A Bibliographical History & Collector's Price Guide to Arkham HouseArkham HouseArkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...
, Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1982. ISBN 0-87972-220-7. - Selected Tales of Grim and Grue from the Horror Pulps, Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1982. ISBN 0-87972-392-0.
- Sensuous Science Fiction From the Weird and Spicy Pulps, Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1982. ISBN 0-87972-306-8.
- The Weirds, Starmont House Inc., 1987. ISBN 0-930261-92-5.
- The Arkham HouseArkham HouseArkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...
Companion: Fifty Years of Arkham House, Starmont House Inc., 1989. ISBN 1-55742-004-1. (A revised, updated and expanded edition of Horrors and Unplesantries).
Unpublished work
- Double Futures: An Annotated Bibliography of the Ace Science Fiction Doubles. Planned for release by Borgo Press in 1999 (assigned ISBN 1-55742-139-0), but never issued.