L.W. Currey had a sale, and I found three desirable items at prices I could afford at 50% off. Cabell, James Branch. Something About Eve. Robert McBride & Company, 1927. First edition hardback, limited “Large Paper” edition #655 of 850 signed, numbered copies, a Near Fine copy with bumping at heel, with frontispiece tissue guard… Continue reading Library Additions: Three Sale Books
Author: Lawrence Person
Lawrence Person is a science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He also edits the Hugo-nominated SF critical magazine Nova Express, and runs the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. His non-fiction has appeared in National Review, Reason, Whole Earth Review, The Freeman, The World & I, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Slashdot.org. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis. He also makes a mean batch of salsa.
Library Additions: Four Signed Jack Vance PBOs
More signed PBOs from that same eBay seller. Vance, Jack. The Best of Jack Vance. Pocket Books, 1976. First edition paperback original, a Fine copy, signed by Vance. Hewett, A51. Cunningham, B.7.a. Currey, page 497. Supplements a copy of the Taplinger hardback. Bought for $35. Vance, Jack. Marune: Alastor 933. Ballantine Books, 1975. First edition… Continue reading Library Additions: Four Signed Jack Vance PBOs
Library Additions: Five Chapbooks
Five chapbooks, four from Roy A. Squires, two concerned with small press chapbook publishing, one a modern oddity. (Lafferty, R. A., Gene Wolfe) Knight, Dan (Amanda Patchin and Brent Towell, interviewers). Hedgehog Press Interviews Dan Knight. Hedgehog Press, 2024. First edition chapbook original, #23 of 50 copies, a Fine copy, with frontispiece tissue guard laid… Continue reading Library Additions: Five Chapbooks
Library Addition: Two Signed Moorcock PBOs
Two more signed PBOs from that same eBay seller: Moorcock, Michael. The Fireclown. Compact SF/Roberts & Vintner, 1965. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine- copy with slight spine creasing and wear at points, otherwise nice and square, signed by Moorcock, with a folded flyer for Modern Family Planning laid in (no idea if that… Continue reading Library Addition: Two Signed Moorcock PBOs
Library Additions: Three Signed Ellison and Farmer PBOs
Three more purchases from that eBay dealer selling off signed PBOs: Ellison, Harlan. The Man With Nine Lives b/w A Touch of Infinity. Ace Doubles, 1960. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine- copy with spine crease and faint crease along each cover’s spine join (exaggerated here), both sides identically inscribed by Ellison: “For Carter/Harlan… Continue reading Library Additions: Three Signed Ellison and Farmer PBOs
Library Additions: Numerous Signed Ed Bryant Firsts
A private seller on an Ed Bryant group on Facebook offered up a bundle of signed Ed Bryant firsts, and I was able to buy them for a pretty modest sum. Ed was a regular Armadillocon and Worldcon attendee, so I knew him and had some stuff signed by him, but the seller had items… Continue reading Library Additions: Numerous Signed Ed Bryant Firsts
Library Addition: Lucius Shepard’s Crows and Silences
Another Lucius Shepard book from Subterranean: Shepard, Lucius. Crows and Silences. Subterranean Press, 2024. First edition hardback, #108 of 750 copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Collection of four novellas, all of which have previously been published as stand-alone works, though one (Skull City), was only available in the limited edition of… Continue reading Library Addition: Lucius Shepard’s Crows and Silences
Library Additions: Two Kickstarter Hardbacks
The Cyanide and Happiness book was a 2023 Kickstarter, while the Kolchak book was an add-on to the 2024 Kolchak Meets the Classic Monsters Kickstarter, the primary reward of which hasn’t been sent out yet. Rice, Jeff. Kolchak: The Night Stalker: The Original Novel. Monstrous Books, 2024. First hardback edition (no additional printings stated), a… Continue reading Library Additions: Two Kickstarter Hardbacks
Library Additions for 2024
2024 was a weird year for book buying. I was unemployed until October, but still ended up buying a lot of books, but more were on the inexpensive range of the scale. The Clarke, the Dick set, the lettered Dark Kin and the Charnel House Powers books were the only items I paid more than… Continue reading Library Additions for 2024
Library Addition: Signed PBO of Sheckley’s Citizen In Space
Another book from that seller selling off signed PBOs on eBay: Sheckley, Robert. Citizen in Space. Ballantine Books, 1955. First edition paperback original (simultaneous with the hardback), a Near Fine- copy with spine wear, 1/8″ indention at head, two small creases at bottom front, and trace of wear to white rear cover. Short story collection.… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed PBO of Sheckley’s Citizen In Space