de la Ree, Gerry
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author, Publisher, Editor.
(1924-1993) US fan, newspaper sports editor, art collector and Small-Press publisher, chiefly of limited-edition art books assembling work by Hannes Bok, Edd Cartier, Stephen Fabian and Virgil Finlay. Edited works include Bok: A Tribute to the Late Fantasy Artist (anth 1974 chap) with Sam Moskowitz, and Klarkash-ton and Monstro Ligriv (anth 1974 chap), the latter assembling unpublished poetry by Clark Ashton Smith, artwork and poetry by Virgil Finlay, and letters from Smith to Finlay. De la Ree had published Fanzines as early as the 1930s – his early title Sun Spots ran for 29 issues, 1939-1947 – and he was inducted into the First Fandom Hall of Fame in 1994. [DRL]
Giroux de Forest de la Ree
born Oradell, New Jersey: 7 September 1924
died Saddle River, New Jersey: 2 January 1993
works
- Fantasy Collector's Annual – 1974 (Saddle River, New Jersey: Gerry de la Ree, 1974) [nonfiction: chap: pb/Stephen Fabian]
- Fantasy Collector's Annual – 1975 (Saddle River, New Jersey: Gerry de la Ree, 1975) [nonfiction: chap: hb/Stephen Fabian]
- Clark Ashton Smith – Artist (Saddle River, New Jersey: Gerry de la Ree, 1975) [nonfiction: chap: essay: illus/pb/Clark Ashton Smith]
works as editor
- Bok: A Tribute to the Late Fantasy Artist (Saddle River, New Jersey: Gerry de la Ree, 1974) [anth: chap: illus/pb/Hannes Bok]
- Clark Ashton Smith and Virgil Finlay. Klarkash-ton and Monstro Ligriv (Saddle River, New Jersey: Gerry de la Ree, 1974) [anth: chap: pb/Virgil Finlay]
- Virgil Finlay. The Book of Virgil Finlay (Saddle River, New Jersey: Gerry de la Ree, 1975) [graph: hb/Virgil Finlay]
- Clark Ashton Smith. Clark Ashton Smith – Poet (Saddle River, New Jersey: Gerry de la Ree, 1975) [poetry: coll: chap: pb/Clark Ashton Smith]
- Hannes Bok. A Hannes Bok Sketchbook (Saddle River, New Jersey: Gerry de la Ree, 1976) edited with Gene Nigra [chap: graph: hb/nonpictorial]
- Hannes Bok. Beauty and the Beasts: The Art of Hannes Bok (Saddle River, New Jersey: Gerry de la Ree, 1978) [graph: hb/Hannes Bok]
- The Art of the Fantastic (Saddle River, New Jersey: Gerry de la Ree, 1978) [anth: graph: various artists: hb/Hannes Bok]
- Virgil Finlay. Virgil Finlay Remembered: The Seventh Book of Virgil Finlay: His Art and Poetry (Saddle River, New Jersey: Gerry de la Ree, 1981) [graph: includes poems by Finlay: pb/Virgil Finlay]
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