Seabury Quinn

Seabury Quinn was an American writer and novelist (1889–1969). He was born at Washington, D.C.

Also recorded as Seabury Grandin Quinn; Jerome Burke.

Seabury Quinn in brief

Born
1889
Died
1969
Known for
writer and novelist
Place of birth
Washington and D.C.
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Seabury Grandin Quinn and Jerome Burke. His recorded language was English.

Catalogued works

73 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1926 to 2015.

Jules de Grandin. Dr. Trowbridge. Roads. The Phantom-Fighter. The Jest of Warburg Tantavul. Jules de Grandin series. Alien Flesh. The Devil's Bride. Fright. The House of Horror. The Curse of the House of Phipps. The Chapel of Mystic Horror. Glamour. The Phantom Farmhouse. The Man Who Cast No Shadow. Take Back That Which Thou Gavest. Witch-House. Some Day I'll Kill You. Famous Monster Stories. Doomed. Clair de Lune. The Wolf of St. Bonnot. The Hand of Glory. And Give Us Yesterday. Uncanonized. Satan's Stepson. Children of Ubasti. Two Shall Be Born. Adventures #17. Horror Gems, Volume Four. Fantastic Stories Presents the Weird Tales Super Pack #2. Fantastic Stories Presents the Weird Tales Super Pack #1. Horror Gems, Volume Three. Tales of Time and Horror. Magic Carpet. Weird Tales of Horror. Horror Gems, Volume Thirteen, Clark Ashton Smith and Others. Horror Gems, volume 1. The Occult Detective Megapack: 29 Classic Stories. The Magic Carpet, Vol 3, No. 3. The Zombie Megapack. Weird Tales, September 1925. Phantom Farmhouse (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures). Undying Monster Tales of Werewolves. Pledged to the Dead : A Classic Pulp Fiction Novelette First Published in the October 1937 Issue of Weird Tales Magazine. Occult Detective Megapack. Monkey God. Weird Tales. From the Vaults of Weird Tales Volume 1. The Dark Angel. The Day They Hanged My Best Friend Jimmy... And 21 Other Weird Tales. Pledged to the Dead. Promessa Da Mantenere - Paranormal Thriller. Volto Nel Ghiaccio - Paranormal Thriller. The Devil's Rosary. Real Detective Tales Collection. Horror Gems. Volume Twelve. Devil's Bride. Haunts and Horrors Megapack. The Sin Eaters: Five Stories from Weird Tales (Lost Fantasies #9). Horror on the Links. Anthology of Sci-Fi V34, the Pulp Writers - Seabury Quinn. Black Moon. Birthmark. Ring of Bastet. Eyes in the Dark. Spregevole Inganno - Paranormal Thriller. Apartment Project, 44-Story Tower Flanked by Two 26-Story Towers, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective Rendering, dated 1930., pencil and pastel on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1990.5.1. Space Monkey, dated 2015, charcoal with stumping and erasing, gouache, pastel, and paint stick, with incising and additions of oil paint and gold metallic leaf, on white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2016.43. Fifteen Hundred Lake Shore Drive Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois, Detail, dated 07/13/1928, graphite and charcoal pencil on tracing paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1993.161. 1500 Lake Shore Drive Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation, dated 1927, ink on linen, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1995.4.13. Dearborn Schiller Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois, Working Drawings, dated 1926–1929, various, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1990.4.1-16. Congress Street Expressway, Cook County, Illinois, Aerial Perspective, dated 1945/50, print with ink, gouache, and watercolor on paper mounted on board, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1992.83.1.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

The Church—Maintained in Truth: A Theological Meditation. By Hans Küng. Translated by Edward Quinn. New York: Seabury, 1980. 87 pages. $6.95., Horizons, 1981. The Shape of the Church to Come. By Karl Rahner. Translated by Edward Quinn. New York: Seabury Press, 1974. 136 pages. $6.96, Horizons, 1975.

Digitised editions and texts

7 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

Servants of Satan (2022) — Internet Archive. Weird Crimes (2022) — Internet Archive. The Phantom Fighter (1966) — Internet Archive. Complete Tales Of Jules De Grandin Vol 01 Horror On The Links 05 (1920) — Internet Archive. Weird Tales: Jules de Grandin Vol. 2 (2024) — Internet Archive. Weird Tales: Jules de Grandin Vol. 1 (2024) — Internet Archive. Pledged to the Dead — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1889Seabury Quinn born at Washington, D.C..
  2. 1920Complete Tales Of Jules De Grandin Vol 01 Horror On The Links 05 digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1966The Phantom Fighter digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1969Seabury Quinn died.
  5. 2022Servants of Satan digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 2022Weird Crimes digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 2024Weird Tales: Jules de Grandin Vol. 2 digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 2024Weird Tales: Jules de Grandin Vol. 1 digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library author record for Seabury Quinn (Internet Archive), 54 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  2. 2.

    The Church—Maintained in Truth: A Theological Meditation. By Hans Küng. Translated by Edward Quinn. New York: Seabury, 1980. 87 pages. $6.95., Horizons, 1981

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  3. 3.

    The Shape of the Church to Come. By Karl Rahner. Translated by Edward Quinn. New York: Seabury Press, 1974. 136 pages. $6.96, Horizons, 1975

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  4. 4.

    Internet Archive, 6 digitised items catalogued under Seabury Quinn as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  5. 5.

    Project Gutenberg holds 1 full text attributed to Seabury Quinn.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  6. 6.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Seabury Quinn.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q951250: Seabury Quinn

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  8. 8.

    “Seabury Quinn”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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