Early Pelley Autographs

I never paid much attention to the dates on autographed copies of Pelley’s books. I did recall having an autographed original edition of his second novel “The Fog” which I recently ran across. The date on this one is inscribed Pasadena, Cal., Aug 8, 1923.

It shouldn’t be impossible to find a signed copy of his first novel “The Greater Glory” easily dated earlier than this.

As far as most interesting inscriptions, I have a copy of a signed letter, quite personal in nature, to none other than Lon Chaney.

As for books, here’s an inscription from his self-published “Entrance in Rear” from 1923 to movie mogul Jesse Lasky.

In the works, an essay entitled “Ever the Adversary,” a consideration of the fact that Pelley resided in the most liberal hotbeds of this country as a creative artist type: Vermont, New York, Hollywood, D.C., Asheville. Actually, that observation may be all that needs saying. Draw your own conclusions.