My efforts to collect all of Robert A. Heinlein in first edition continue apace. Here are two Heinlein first editions, as well as an important related critical work. Heinlein, Robert A. The Number of the Beast. New English Library, 1980. First hardback edition, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Reportedly Heinlein’s worst novel,… Continue reading Three Robert A. Heinlein First Editions
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Library Additions: Jack Vance’s Gold and Iron
Another acquisition from my recent book-buying spree: Vance, Jack. Gold and Iron. Underwood/Miller, 1982. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with a slight wrinkle at rear heel. Previously published in paperback as Slaves of the Klau. Hewett, A9e.
Library Additions: C. L. Moore’s Judgment Night
Another notable book from the golden age of the genre small press: Moore, C.L. Judgment Night. Gnome Press, 1952. First edition hardback, a Near Fine+ copy with slight crimping at head and heel, mild foxing to inner gutters, and a few tiny spots of wear to bottom boards, in a Near Fine+ dust jacket with… Continue reading Library Additions: C. L. Moore’s Judgment Night
Library Additions: Earnest Bramah’s The Moon of Much Gladness (in dust jacket)
If you like Barry Hughart, you should really try reading Earnest Bramah’s Kai Lung series, which is exceptionally entertaining. Though most of the Kai Lung first editions were published slightly before my main collecting period, I do snatch up nice copies in dust jacket when I see them at an affordable price (though I doubt… Continue reading Library Additions: Earnest Bramah’s The Moon of Much Gladness (in dust jacket)
Library Addition: A [Gene] Wolfe Family Album
I’ve been busy and have gotten slightly behind in cataloging books that have come in. In the interests “some content is better than no content,” I’m going to catalog the more interesting ones one at a time until I catch up with the backlog. Up first: One of the few Gene Wolfe chapbooks I didn’t… Continue reading Library Addition: A [Gene] Wolfe Family Album
Reader Requested Book Scan: Joe R. Lansdale’s Molly’s Sexual Follies
Over on my post about the first hardback edition of Texas Night Riders, reader Jason Bovberg asked for a scan of Joe’s rarest book, the pseudonymous porn novel Molly’s Sexual Follies, since he had never seen one before. I checked online, and indeed there seem to be no scans of this book’s cover, so here’s… Continue reading Reader Requested Book Scan: Joe R. Lansdale’s Molly’s Sexual Follies
Library Additions: A Random Collection of Signed Books
Some more library additions, with no particular theme except books signed by the author. Bear, Greg. Early Harvest. NESFA Press, 1988. First edition hardback, #173 of 250 signed, numbered copies (800 print run total), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and slipcase. Supplements a signed trade copy. Bought off the Internet for $37.50.… Continue reading Library Additions: A Random Collection of Signed Books
Library Additions: Odd Gaiman and Swanwick Items
If you collect everything an author wrote (or, in my case, everything they wrote which has been published as a separate items), you can end up with things that stray fairly far from what most people think of as “books.” Here are two recent acquisitions that may cause more than one collector to go “What… Continue reading Library Additions: Odd Gaiman and Swanwick Items
Library Additions: Limited Hardback Edition of Ides of Octember Roger Zelazny Bibliography
Another crazy collector item for my Zelazny library: (Zelazny, Roger) Kovacs, Christopher, compiler. The Ides of Octember: A Pictorial Bibliography of Roger Zelazny. NESFA Press/Camelot Books, 2011. First hardback edition, letter M of 21 lettered copies with a Zelazny signature sheet (taken from unused Ultramarine Press Zelazny books), a Fine copy in three-quarters bound leather,… Continue reading Library Additions: Limited Hardback Edition of Ides of Octember Roger Zelazny Bibliography
Library Additions: Philip K. Dick’s A Handful of Darkness
Another important book for closing in on my complete Philip k. Dick in hardback collection: Dick, Philip K. A Handful of Darkness. Rich & Cowan, 1955. First edition hardback, Currey binding A (blue boards lettered in silver) in a first state dust jacket (no mention of World of Chance), an Ex-Library copy with most of… Continue reading Library Additions: Philip K. Dick’s A Handful of Darkness