better. Grant recognised this desire and offered books with interior illustrations, some even featuring tipped-in color plates, as well as good bindings and fine paper. It was the start of a trend. Grant was approached by Stephen King, in 1981, with an offer to publish a collection of King's Gunslinger stories that had appeared in the magazine Fantasy and Science Fiction. King thought the stories would not appeal to his mainstream readers. Grant and King signed an agreement giving Grant exclusive hardcover rights to all the stories, including future ones. Works published by The Grandon Company The Port of Peril by Otis Adelbert Kline (1949) Dwellers in the Mirage by A. Merritt (1950) 333: A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel, by Joseph H. Crawford, Jr., James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953) The Return of Tharn by Howard Browne (1957) The Werewolf of Ponkert by H. Warner Munn (1958) Works published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. A Golden Anniversary Bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs, by Rev. Henry Hardy Heins (1964) A Gent from Bear Creek, by Robert E. Howard (1966) The Pride of Bear Creek, by Robert E. Howard (1966) The Goddess of Ganymede, by Michael Resnick (1967) Red Shadows, by Robert E. Howard (1968) Singers in the Shadows, by Robert E. Howard (1970) Red Blades of Black Cathay, by Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smith (1971) Virgil Finlay, compiled and edited by Donald M. Grant (1971) Marchers of Valhalla, by Robert E. Howard (1972) Echoes from an Iron Harp, by Robert E. Howard (1972) The Sowers of the Thunder, by Robert E. Howard (1973) The Temple of the Ten, by H. Bedford-Jones and W. C. Robertson (1973) Tigers of the Sea, by Robert E. Howard (1973) The People of the Black Circle, by Robert E. Howard (1973) Worms of the Earth, by Robert E. Howard (1974) Almuric, by Robert E. Howard (1975) A Witch Shall be Born, by Robert E. Howard (1975) The Tower of the Elephant, by Robert E. Howard (1975) Virgil Finlay: An Astrology Sketchbook, by Virgil Finlay (1975) Out of the Storm, by William Hope Hodgson (1975) The Bowl of Baal, by Robert Ames Bennet (1975) Red Nails, by Robert E. Howard (1975) The Banner of Joan, by H. Warner Munn (1975) To Quebec and the Stars, by H. P. Lovecraft (1976) The Iron Man & Other Tales of the Ring, by Robert