Yes, a signed William Hope Hodgson first…but not signed by Hodgson (for obvious reasons).
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Library Additions: Signed Farmer and Hodgson
Monday, May 7th, 2018Library Additions: Two Signed Books
Monday, April 30th, 2018Two signed firsts I picked up cheap at the same auction:
Bill Spencer Needs Your Help
Tuesday, March 27th, 2018William Browning Spencer is evidently suffering from some medical issues, and money issues that result from medical issues, which is why someone set up a Go Fund Me account for him.
If you’re a friend of Bill, or a fan of his work, you might consider pitching in.
Library Additions: Three Harlan Ellison Limited Editions
Saturday, March 24th, 2018Two of these were bought as part of the Subterranean PC copy sale, and the other was an unrelated eBay purchase.
Library Addition: Lettered State of Philip Jose Farmer’s The Other in The Mirror
Wednesday, March 21st, 2018Another book I picked up at the Subterranean Press PC copy sale:
Farmer, Philip Jose. The Other in the Mirror. Subterranean Press, 2009. First edition hardback, a PC copy of 26 lettered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and a Fine traycase. Omnibus edition of Fire and the Night, Jesus on Mars, and Night of Light, and the first hardback editions of the first two. Supplements both a trade edition and a copy of the limited edition I got very cheap. Bought for $150 (half cover price for the lettered edition).
Library Addition: Lettered State of Jack Vance’s Desperate Days
Tuesday, March 20th, 2018Subterranean Press had a charity sale for PC copies of various lettered and numbered states of various books, most of which had already sold out. I took advantage of it to snap out some books for authors I collect, this being the first:
Vance, Jack. Desperate Days. Subterranean Press, 2012. First edition hardback, a PC copy of the 26 copy lettered edition, a Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket and a Fine- traycase (there’s a small flaw to the cork-lined interior front lid), signed by Vance. Contains “The Genessee Slough Murders: Outline for a Novel” not in the trade edition (though reprinted from Jerry Hewett’s bibliography). Contains three Vance mysteries: The Fox Valley Murders, The Pleasant Grove Murders and The Dark Ocean. Note that there was no regular numbered edition of this, so the lettered edition was the only one signed by Vance. Bought from the Subterranean PC sale for $250 plus shipping. Supplements a trade edition.
Also note that the traycase for Desperate Days is distinctively different from the one the lettered edition of Dangerous Ways, the first book in this mystery reprint series and which resembles an even larger book with it’s rounded spine. The traycase for Desperate Days resembles the regular Subterranean square traycase.
Library Additions: Two Signed Firsts
Wednesday, March 14th, 2018No theme, just two signed first editions, bought from different sources:
Library Additions: Signed Jack Vance and E.E. “Doc” Smith Firsts
Thursday, March 8th, 2018Both of these I got from the same book auction:
Library Addition: 1/500 Signed, Numbered Hardback Copies of Harlan Ellison’s Troublemakers
Wednesday, February 28th, 2018The Signed Harlan Ellison Buying Spree continues apace, this time with a book that I didn’t realize had a hardback state when it came out:
Ellison, Harlan. Troublemakers. Edgeworks Abbey/iBooks, 2001. First edition hardback, #20 of 500 signed, numbered copies (via a signature plate tipped in on the FFE), a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Short story collection. Evidently both trade paperback and hardback were issued in October of 2001, so no precedence that I can find, and the hardback state isn’t in the Locus database. Bought off eBay for $57.50.
iBooks was an odd operation. One of the many projects of book packager Byron Preiss, they did a burst of decent quality trade paperback POD reprints in the 1999-2006 timeframe, trailing off after Preiss’ death in 2005. Troublemakers is one of the few original titles they did, and one of the few hardbacks.
Library Addition: Signed Copy of The Bradbury Chronicles
Tuesday, February 27th, 2018Note that this is only one of many books titled The Bradbury Chronicles…
(Bradbury, Ray) Slusser, George. The Bradbury Chronicles. Borgo Press, 1977. First edition chapbook original (“First printed——-April 1977,” as per Currey), a Near Fine copy with some bunching near the spine on the rear cover and a bit of general wear. Signed by Bradbury. The Milford Writers of Today series Volume Four. Bought off eBay for $20 plus shipping. First book I bought in 2018. Currey (1979), page 49.