Month: April 2025

Library Addition: John Crowley’s Great Work of Time (PB)

I came across this in a Half Price Books store, and was either unaware it existed or had forgotten about it. Crowley, John. Great Work of Time. Bantam, 1991. First edition paperback original thus and first separate edition, originally published as one of four novellas in Novelty two years before, a Fine- copy with edgewear.… Continue reading Library Addition: John Crowley’s Great Work of Time (PB)

Library Addition: Lachman’s A Reader’s Guide to The American Novel of Detection

Another pickup for my extended library of bibliographic reference works. Lachman, Marvin. A Reader’s Guide to the American Novel of Detection. G. K. Hall & Co., 1993. First edition hardback, an Ex-Library copy with most of the usual flaws (though UT Law Library rather than APL, so it doesn’t have the hideous APL band glued… Continue reading Library Addition: Lachman’s A Reader’s Guide to The American Novel of Detection

Library Additions: Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard I-III

This was another purchase from that Facebook estate seller I bought the Howard chapbooks from. Howard, Robert E. (Rob Roehm, editor). The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume One: 1923 – 1929. Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2007. First edition hardback, #267 of 300 copies, a Fine- copy with slight bumping at heel in… Continue reading Library Additions: Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard I-III

Library Addition: Signed PBO of William Tenn’s The Square Root of Man

That same eBay seller keeps having some interesting signed PBOs going cheap, including this one: Tenn, William. The Square Root of Man. Ballantine Books, 1968. First edition paperback original (“First Printing: June, 1968”), a Very Good copy with spine creasing and lean, crease along front spine join, edgewear, and a bookstore stamp to teaser page,… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed PBO of William Tenn’s The Square Root of Man

Library Additions: Four (Mostly) Robert E. Howard Chapbooks

Someone on Facebook was selling off the collection of an Arkham House/Weird Tales collector, and he had some Robert E. Howard chapbooks I pulled the trigger on. Howard, Robert E. The Complete Yellow Jacket. Paul Herman, 1999. First edition chapbook original, #80 of 100 copies, a Fine copy. Collection of Howard’s work that appeared in… Continue reading Library Additions: Four (Mostly) Robert E. Howard Chapbooks

Library Additions: Two Signed Firsts (Hill, Eggers)

Two more Half Price Books finds, both signed. Eggers, Dave. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Simon & Schuster, 2000. First edition hardback (full “1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2” numberline), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, signed (with initials) and dated (“3/6/00”) by Eggers. His debut novel. You… Continue reading Library Additions: Two Signed Firsts (Hill, Eggers)