Monthly Archives: May 2025

Library Additions: Moorcock, Moore Firsts

Posted on May 29, 2025 by Lawrence Person

Two more purchases from the same Facebook seller I bought several Robert E. Howard items from. (Moorcock, Michael) Edward Kramer, editor. Michael Moorcock’s Pawn of Chaos. White Wolfe, 1996. Presumed first edition trade paperback original (most White Wolf Moorcock books … Continue reading →

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Library Addition: Two Half Price Books Purchases

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Lawrence Person

Two very different books bought at Half Price Books. Donoghue, Emma. Room. Little, Brown, 2010. First edition hardback (“FIRST EDITION: SEPTEMBER 2010” and “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” numberline on copyright page), a Fine- copy … Continue reading →

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Library Addition: Signed First of H. Beam Piper’s Four-Day Planet

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Lawrence Person

In collecting science fiction, there are signature that are difficult and expensive, and others that are virtually unobtainable. Signatures from H. G. Wells, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick,. and Clark Ashton Smith are readily … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Sleep Party People’s “The Dwarf And The Horse”

Posted on May 25, 2025 by Lawrence Person

It’s been over seven years since I posted a video featuring the spooky rabbit people, so here they are with “The Dwarf And The Horse.” I think it’s even from the same performance. No, I don’t know what they’re singing. … Continue reading →

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Library Addition: Signed First of Rosenbach’s Books and Bidders

Posted on May 19, 2025 by Lawrence Person

This was a pleasant and unexpected addition to my reference library. Rosenbach, A. S. W. Books and Bidders. Little Brown and Company, 1927. First edition hardback (“Published November, 1927), a Fine-copy with a faint 1″ groove at head near rear … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: Signed Sturgeon, Wagner, Wellman PBOs

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Lawrence Person

Three more signed PBOs from that same eBay seller: Sturgeon, Theodore. More Than Human. Farrar. Straus & Young and Ballantine Books, 1953. First edition paperback original (Currey state B, simultaneous with the hardback issue), a Good+ copy only with significant … Continue reading →

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Library Addition: Robert E. Howard’s Early Adventures of El Borak

Posted on May 5, 2025 by Lawrence Person

Another purchase from that estate sale: Howard, Robert E. The Early Adventures of El Borak. The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2010. First edition hardback, #26 of 150 copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. All the Francis … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Castlebeat’s “Change Your Mind”

Posted on May 4, 2025 by Lawrence Person

I’m not familiar with Castlebeat (which is evidently one guy), but the video for “Change YourMind” (which isn’t even his) has some 13 million views, so obviously other people are… Castlebeat

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