This is something I located at a Half Price Books here in Austin: Davidson, Avram. The Redward Edward Papers. Doubleday, 1978. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight bend at head and heel in a Near Fine dust jacket with very faint spotting, fading the red lettering on spine, slight age darkening to the… Continue reading Library Addition: Association Copy of Avram Davidson’s Redward Edward Papers Inscribed to Randall Garrett
Month: May 2019
Library Addition: Signed First of Gene Wolfe’s Innocents Aboard
Checking eBay after Gene Wolfe died, I came across a listing for a signed copy of Innocents Aboard, and wondered to myself “Is my copy signed?” That’s when I found out that, much to my chagrin, I did not own a copy of Innocents Aboard at all. Hence this: Wolfe, Gene. Innocents Abroad. Tor, 2004.… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed First of Gene Wolfe’s Innocents Aboard
Library Addition: Signed First of Gahan Wilson’s Everybody’s Favorite Duck
Another signed first, this by an author more famous as an illustrator: Wilson, Gahan. Everybody’s Favorite Duck. Mysterious Press, 1988. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Wilson: “To/David-/Gahan/Wilson/and/the/duck” with an arrow pointing to a drawing of a duck. Looks like a literary mystery/adventure pastiche of multiple authors, much… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed First of Gahan Wilson’s Everybody’s Favorite Duck
Library Addition: Inscribed First of George Locke’s Voyages in Space
Science fiction bibliographer, bookseller and publisher George Locke died earlier this year. I knew George a bit (as pretty much every bookseller in the field must have), and we had lunch together on my 2005 trip to the UK. George was universally acclaimed as one of the most knowledgeable booksellers and bibliographers the field has… Continue reading Library Addition: Inscribed First of George Locke’s Voyages in Space
Library Addition: Lewis Shiner’s Outside the Gates of Eden
This finally came in: Shiner, Lewis. Outside the Gates of Eden. Subterranean, 2019. First edition hardback, #327 of 1,000 signed, numbered hardback copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, new and unread. Sweeping novel of rock music and the 1960s. Lew’s been working on this one a long time. To quote the publisher:… Continue reading Library Addition: Lewis Shiner’s Outside the Gates of Eden
Library Addition: Signed/Limited Ray Bradbury Chronicles Volume 6
Another signed Bradbury, and another volume in this series. Bradbury, Ray, et. al. Ray Bradbury Chronicles Volume 6. Nantier Beall Minoustchine/Byron Preiss, no date (but 1994). First edition hardback, #828 of 1000 signed, numbered copies signed by Bradbury and the illustrators, a Fine- copy with a bit of spine lean (only noticeable because the book… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed/Limited Ray Bradbury Chronicles Volume 6
Big Science Fiction Movie Memorabilia Auction Today
If you’re made of money, Bonhams is having a big science fiction movie memorabilia auction today, featuring lots of props and original movie posters. I’m sure the original Darth Vader costume from The Empire Strikes Back will get a huge amount of attention, but for me the most exciting items are several props from Forbidden… Continue reading Big Science Fiction Movie Memorabilia Auction Today
Library Addition: R. A. Lafferty’s The Man Who Walked Through Cracks
The latest volume of the Centipede Press Collected Lafferty series came in: Lafferty, R. A. The Man Who Walked Through the Cracks: The Collected Short Fiction Volume Five. Centipede Press, 2019. First edition hardback, #40 of 300 signed, numbered copies, new and unread, still in publisher’s polybag. I have matching numbers of all five books… Continue reading Library Addition: R. A. Lafferty’s The Man Who Walked Through Cracks
Library Addition: Jack Gaughan Art Book
Something I picked up relatively cheap. (Gaughan, Jack) Ortiz, Luis. Outermost: The Art + Life of Jack Gaughan. Nonstop Press, 2010. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued, new and unread. Book on the renowned SF/F artist, including hundreds of examples of his art, in color throughout. Bought… Continue reading Library Addition: Jack Gaughan Art Book
Library Addition: Signed/Limited Edition of Paul Di Filippo’s Aeota
Another Paul Di Filippo book: Di Filippo, Paul. Aeota. PS Publishing, 2019. First edition hardback, #76 of only 100 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in decorated boards and a Fine dust jacket, new and unread. “On the trail of a missing con man, our private eye hero uncovers a vast conspiracy that stretches from… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed/Limited Edition of Paul Di Filippo’s Aeota