The Carriger is the last book from the Subterranean PC sale, while the Hand and Smith are normal Lame Excuse Books stock purchases:
Archive for March, 2021
Library Additions: Three Subterranean Press Firsts
Tuesday, March 30th, 2021Library Additions: Limited and Lettered Editions of Neal Stephenson’s Atmosphæra Incognita
Thursday, March 18th, 2021Still more books from the Subterranean Press PC sale:
Lettered edition on left, numbered edition on right
All editions are long sold out.
St. Patrick’s Day Music: Mr. Irish Bastard’s “I Hope They Sell Beer In Hell”
Wednesday, March 17th, 2021For a rowdy St. Patrick’s Day drinking song, here’s everyone’s favorite German Celtic Punk band Mr. Irish Bastard with “I Hope They Sell Beer In Hell”:
Library Addition: Lettered Edition of The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard
Tuesday, March 16th, 2021Another book from the Subterranean Press PC sale:
Howard, Robert E. The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard. Subterranean Press, 2010. First limited edition hardback (the Del Rey trade edition precedes), a PC copy of 50 signed, numbered (so says the limitation page, though this is the Lettered edition) leatherbound copies, signed by artist Greg Staples, a Fine copy in a Fine traycase, sans dust jacket, as issued. A lavish production. Supplements a copy of the ordinary numbered edition. Bought for $200, a hefty 50% off the original offering price of $400.
Library Addition: Lettered Edition of China Mieville’s The Last Days of New Paris
Monday, March 15th, 2021More from the Subterranean PC sale:
Mieville, China. The Last Days of New Paris. Subterranean Press, 2017. First limited edition hardback (the Del Rey trade edition precedes), a PC copy of 26 lettered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and a Fine traycase. Supplements a copy of the numbered edition. Long out of print. Bought for the original offering price of $250.
Library Additions: Three Clive Barker Lettered Editions
Thursday, March 11th, 2021Three more books from the Subterranean Press PC sale. All these were long sold out from the publisher. As with Blood’s A Rover, Subterranean has provided plastic bags for both the traycase and the book inside the traycase for all of these.
All in all, these are a little plain compared to all the other items I’ve cataloged from the sale…
Library Addition: Lettered Edition of Harlan Ellison’s Blood’s A Rover
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021Another purchase from the Subterranean Press PC sale:
Ellison, Harlan (edited by Jason Davis). Blood’s A Rover. Subterranean Press/Edgeworks Abbey, 2015. First edition hardback, a PC copy of 26 signed, numbered copies (the only signed edition), a Fine copy in patterned boards and a Fine traycase, sans dust jacket (though the art used for the trade edition dust jacket forms the fold-out frontispiece) as issued. (Most Subterranean books ship with a plastic bag around the book, while lettered editions have the bag around the traycase; this is the first case I’ve seen where they did both.) Collects all Ellison’s Vic and Blood stories. Dedicated to Michael Moorcock and A Boy and His Dog director L. Q. Jones. Long out of print. Bought for $500 (the original offering price).
Library Addition: Signed, Limited Edition of Neil Gaiman’s Smoke and Mirrors
Monday, March 8th, 2021Another book from the Subterranean Press PC sale:
Gaiman, Neil. Smoke & Mirrors. Subterranean Press, 2014. First edition hardback thus, a PC copy of 500 numbered copies signed by Gaiman and illustrator Dave McKean. Preceded by both the Dreamhaven Angels and Visitations in 1993 and the Avon Smoke and Mirrors from 1998 (both of which I have). Includes new art by McKean. Sold out quickly the year of publication. Bought for $250 (the offering price).
He’s Not Dead…
Friday, March 5th, 2021…it’s only that his metabolism has gotten more selective.
Tony Hendra, Spinal Tap manager Iain Faith in This Is Spinal Tap, dead at age 79.
(Hat tip: Dwight.)
Library Addition: Lettered Edition of George R. R. Martin’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Thursday, March 4th, 2021Subterranean Press had one of their PC sales, where Publisher Copies of limited and lettered editions of their books (most long out of print) are offered up for sale during a brief window of time. I ended up buying a ridiculous amount of limited and lettered editions. I’ll be listing them here over the next week or so. Here’s the first:
Martin, George R. R. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Subterranean Press, 2016. First signed limited edition hardback, a Fine PC copy of 52 leatherbound lettered copies signed by Martin and illustrator Gary Gianni, in a Fine traycase, sans dust jacket, as issued. An elaborate production, with full color fold-out frontispiece artwork and inserted card-stock separator, and a high quality embossed leather binding. Long out of print from the publisher. (In fact, I’m not even sure they ever offered the lettered edition in their email newsletter.) Bought for $600, a substantial discount from the original $750 offering price.
