Another volume in the Charnel House signed, limited edition reprint line of all Powers’ novels. Powers, Tim. An Epitaph in Rust. Charnel House 2023. First edition hardback, #54 of 200 numbered copies, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount. I will have one copy available in… Continue reading Library Addition: Charnel House Limited of Tim Powers’ An Epitaph in Rust
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Library Additions for 2022
It’s that time of the year again, where I compile every book I bought last year into one long post. Adams, Richard. Watership Down. Macmillian, 1972. First American edition hardback, a Very Good copy with name marked out in black marker on front free endpaper, spine slightly worn, and slight staining at top edge, in… Continue reading Library Additions for 2022
Library Additions: Two Signed Tim Powers Firsts+
Three books, including two signed Tim Powers firsts. Powers, Tim. Always Going On. Subterranean Press, 2020. First edition hardback, #183 of 250 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued, with Subterranean “packed by” slip laid in. Only available as a set with Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 3 (see below). Powers,… Continue reading Library Additions: Two Signed Tim Powers Firsts+
Library Addition: Signed/Limited Edition of Tim Powers Stolen Skies
Now the trilogy is complete: Powers, Tim. Stolen Skies. Charnel House, 2022. First limited edition hardback, #54 of 150 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. The third in the trilogy started with Alternate Routes and Forced Perspectives. The usual beautiful Charnel House edition. I will have one set of this… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed/Limited Edition of Tim Powers Stolen Skies
Library Addition: Charnel House Limited of Tim Powers Last Call
Here’s a limited edition I’ve long wanted to pick up. Indeed, the lettered edition of this is considered one of the most extravagant and desirable modern limited editions, but that was sold out before I even heard about it, and the last time I saw one for sale it went for something like $6,500. Powers,… Continue reading Library Addition: Charnel House Limited of Tim Powers Last Call
Library Addition: Tim Powers Artificial Light
Another Tim Powers limited edition from Charnel House: Powers, Tim. Artificial Light. Charnel House, 2021. First edition hardback, #67 of 100 signed, numbered hardback copies in Japanese Red Snow Dust silk (the same material used for Charnel Houses’ edition of Powers’ Collected Stories), a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. A beautiful Charnel House… Continue reading Library Addition: Tim Powers Artificial Light
Library Additions for 2020
I didn’t manage to break it up into two posts this year, so this is a roundup of every book I bought (or that came in) between January 1 and December 31, 2020. Most, but not all, of these were already listed in blog posts between March 2020 and February 2021: Adams, Douglas. Dirk Gently’s… Continue reading Library Additions for 2020
Library Additions: Three Signed/Limited Subterranean Press First
Three books bought from Subterranean Press at the usual discount: Bennett, Robert Jackson. In the Shadows of Men. Subterranean, 2020. First edition hardback, #134 of 1,000 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Novella by the author of Mr. Shivers and Company Man. Egan, Greg. Dispersion. Subterranean Press, 2020. First edition… Continue reading Library Additions: Three Signed/Limited Subterranean Press First
Library Addition: Signed, Limited Edition of Tim Powers’ Forced Perspectives
This finally came in, the second in what I’m given to understand is a trilogy: Powers, Tim. Forced Perspectives. Charnel House, 2020. First signed/limited edition (the Baen hardback precedes), hardback, #54 of 150 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in decorated boards with a gold-foil sphinx embossed on the front cover (matching the look of… Continue reading Library Addition: Signed, Limited Edition of Tim Powers’ Forced Perspectives
Library Additions: Four Paperbacks (Brunner, Pournelle, Powers)
Two bought at Half Price Books, two at a small used bookstore in South Austin called Good Buy Books. Brunner, John. The Great Steamboat Race. Ballantine Books, 1983. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy (save very light age darkening to the paper), new and unread. I had a proof of this, but not… Continue reading Library Additions: Four Paperbacks (Brunner, Pournelle, Powers)