Posts Tagged ‘small press publishers’
Saturday, March 30th, 2019
Slowly but surely I’m filling in the gaps of my complete Henry Kuttner/C. L. Moore collection:
Moore, C.L. Scarlet Dream. Donald M. Grant, 1981. First edition hardback, one of 220 copies signed by Moore and illustrator Alicia Austin, a Fine- copy with a few pinhead spots of light staining at head, in a Fine- dust jacket with just a trace of wear at head and points, and very slight edge wrinkling at rear flap top, in a Near Fine slipcase with two tackhead sized abrasions to bottom. All the Northwest Smith science fiction adventure stories, including one (“Song in a Minor Key”) not in Northwest of Earth or Shambleau. Chalker/Owings, page 221. Bought for $60 from an internet dealer.
This is the fourth signed Moore first I’ve picked up, along with The Best of C. L. Moore, Black God’s Shadow, and Mutant. I’m still looking for a nice Northwest of Earth that’s both affordable and not horribly spine-faded…
Tags:Books, C. L. Moore, Donald M. Grant, Science Fiction, signed, small press publishers
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Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
I have a complete run of the trade edition of Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine I picked up as they were coming out. Recently I saw a couple of issues of the signed edition of same cheap, so I picked them up at prices that were actually less than what the trade edition retailed for.
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn, editor. Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue Three: Fantasy. Pulphouse, 1989. First edition hardback, #170 of 250 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine slipcase, sans dust jacket, as issued. Signed by contributors Avram Davidson, Harlan Ellison, Jack Williamson, Charles De Lint, Michael Bishop, Don Webb, etc. Bought off eBay for $22.99.
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn, editor. Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue Five: Horror. Pulphouse, 1989. First edition hardback, #36 of 250 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine slipcase, sans dust jacket, as issued. Signed by contributors George Alec Effinger, Ed Bryant, Elizabeth Hand, etc. Bought off eBay for $19.99.
Pulphouse wildly overproduced and over-saturated the market in the early 1990s, but I always thought the hardback magazine itself featured solid stories.
Tags:Books, Fantasy, Horror, Limited Editions, Pulphouse, small press publishers
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Saturday, March 2nd, 2019
Two signed firsts bought cheap off eBay:
Schow, David J. DJStories. Subterranean Press, 2018. First edition hardback, #927 of 1000 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Oddly enough, this is one of the books I wanted to pick up in the Camelot sale late last year, but it was too recent to earn the discount. Bought off eBay for $17.95, plus shipping. (List price was $40.)
Wolfe, Gene. Weird Tales #290 (Sixty-Fifth Anniversary Issue): Special Gene Wolfe Issue. Terminus Publishing, 1988. First edition hardback-bound state of the magazine, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Inscribed by Wolfe and editors Darrell Schweitzer, John Betancourt, and George H. Scithers to “Bruce.” Presentation state, lacking the limitation page but including the extra George Barr illustration not in the regular magazine edition, which is where Wolfe signed. Includes six Wolfe stories (one original), an interview and a profile. There were evidently 100 copies of the hardbound limited edition done at a list price of $50, but I’m not sure how many of these presentation state were done. Bought off eBay for $27.95.
Tags:Books, David J. Schow, Gene Wolfe, Horror, Science Fiction, small press publishers, Subterranean Press, Weird Tales
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Saturday, January 5th, 2019
So it wasn’t enough that Camelot Books had a sale. Right before that, PS Publishing had a sale on their website, so after the Camelot order came in, I received three more big boxes of books to catalog:
Crowther, Pete and Nick Gevers. Postscripts 30/31: Memoryville Blues. PS Publishing, 2013. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards in a Fine dust jacket. Trade edition. Supplements a signed, limited, traycased edition.
Gevers, Nick. Postscripts 32/33: Far Voyager. PS Publishing, 2014. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards in a Fine dust jacket. Trade edition.
Gevers, Nick. Postscripts 36/37: The Dragons of the Night. PS Publishing, 2016. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards in a Fine dust jacket. Trade edition. All three Postscripts bought for £12.99, plus shipping.
Hill, Joe. The Fireman. PS Publishing, 2016. Signed, limited edition hardback, #472 of 900 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in decorated boards in a Fine dust jacket and Fine slipcase, with tissue paper laid in at signature page. An attractive edition, though it was preceded by no less than three U.S. signed/limited editions, specific to different bookstore chains. The scan is the front of the decorated slipcase. Bought for £19, marked down from £70.
(Lovecraft, H.P.) Joshi, S.T., editor. Black Wings IV: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror. PS Publishing, 2015. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards and a Fine dust jacket. Bought for £9.33 as part of a bundle.
(Lovecraft, H.P.) Joshi, S.T., editor. Black Wings V: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror. PS Publishing, 2016. First edition hardback, #94 of 300 copies, a Fine copy in decorated boards and a Fine dust jacket, in a Near Fine slipcase with 1 1/4″ x 2″ abraded spot at back cover bottom, with tissue paper laid in at signature page. Bought for $12.99, marked down from £50.
(Lovecraft, H.P.) Joshi, S.T., editor. Black Wings VI: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror. PS Publishing, 2015. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards and a Fine dust jacket. Bought for £9.33 as part of a bundle.
MacLeod, Ian R. Red Snow. PS Publishing, 2017. First edition hardback, #86 of 100 signed, numbered copies a Fine copy in decorated boards in a Fine dust jacket and Fine slipcase, with tissue paper laid in at signature page. Bought for £12.99, marked down from £50.
Watson, Ian. The Uncollected Ian Watson. PS Publishing, 2014. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards and a Fine dust jacket. Bought for £5, marked down from £25.
Tags:Books, H. P. Lovecraft, Horror, Ian Watson, Joe Hill, Postscripts, PS Publishing, S. T. Joshi, Science Fiction, small press publishers
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Friday, December 28th, 2018
Here’s the “miscellaneous signed fiction” from that Camelot 60% off sale. (There should be one more Camelot roundup, of reference books, tomorrow.)
Bradbury, Ray. The Dragon. Footsteps Press, 1988. First edition chapbook, #187 of 300 signed, numbered copies, Fine. Has wrappers with a transparent red Mylar window. “But wait,” you cry, “didn’t you already pick up a copy of this chapbook?” Yes, but that one had a blue Mylar window! I told you book collectors were crazy…Bought for $20, marked down from $50.
Burgess, Tony. Pontypool Changes Everything. ChiZine Publications, 2010. First hardback edition and first edition thus, #27 of 150 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Novel that was the basis of the 2008 film Pontypool, which I very much enjoyed, as well as additional material not in the 1998 softcover first edition. Bought for $30, marked down from $75.
Bryant, Edward. A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned. Wormhole Books, 2001. First edition hardback, one of (according to Chalker/Ownings 2002) 52 hardback copies, signed by Bryant and numbered 143 (suggesting they just grabbed random chapbook copies to bind rather than a particular number range), a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Chapbook of a story that originally appeared in Skipp & Spector’s The Book of the Dead. Bought for $30, marked down from $75. I was at the Armadillocon midnight reading where Ed read this story…
Card, Orson Scott. Hamlet’s Father. Subterranean Press, 2011. First edition hardback, #130 of 1000 signed, numbered copies. Stopped buying Card a while back, but the controversy over this made me want to pick it up just to piss people off. Bought for $14, marked down from $35.
Hughes, Rhys. Engelbrecht Again!. Dead Letter Press, 2008. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued, with signature plate laid in. Since I’m one of the few people who actually owns (and has read) The Exploits of Engelbrecht, the short story collection about the titular dwarf surrealist boxer, obviously I had to pick this up. Bought for $20, marked down from $50.
Powers, Tim. Down and Out in Purgatory. Subterranean Press, 2016. First edition hardback, #192 of 300 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Bought for $24, marked down from $60.
Simmons, Dan. This Year’s Class Picture. Subterranean Press, 2016. First edition hardback, #144 of 250 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Originally appeared in Skipp & Spector’s Still Dead (I guess hardback reprints of stories from Skipp & Spector zombie anthologies is a minor theme for this post.) Bought for $20, marked down from $50.
Thomas, Ryan C. Salticidae. Thunderstorm Books, 2013. First edition hardback, #65 of 75 signed, numbered copies (out of 150 copies total), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, with a story not in the other edition. Oversized. Not familiar with the author, but I do collect giant spider novels. Bought for $30, marked down from $75.
Looking at the Burgress and Bryant scans, it may be time to get a new scanner…
Tags:Dan Simmons, Ed Bryant, Fantasy, Footsteps Press, Horror, Orson Scott Card, Pontypool, Ray Bradbury, Rhys Hughes, Ryan C. Thomas, Science Fiction, small press publishers, Subterranean Press, Thunderstorm Books, Tim Powers, Tony Burgess, Wormhole Books
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Thursday, December 27th, 2018
I haven’t been buying Ray Garton for a while, but I found a few things in the Camelot sale worth picking up:
Garton, Ray. Crucifax Autumn. Dark Harvest, 1988. First edition hardback, #194 of 300 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and Fine- slipcase with a couple of minor dings. The best of Garton’s early splatterpunk novels. Supplements a trade edition. Bought for $20, marked down from $50.
Garton, Ray. A Little Gray Book of Grim Tales. Borderlands Press, 2015. First edition hardback, #25 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. I rather like these little books. Bought for $20, marked down from $50.
Schow, David J. DJSturbia. Subterranean Press, 2016. First edition hardback, #137 of 750 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Short story collection interspersed with essays. Bought for $16 marked down from $40.
Schow, David J. Havoc Swims Jaded (with Water Music). Subterranean Press, 2006. First edition hardback, #60 of 150 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Supplements a trade edition. With Water Music, a 40-page chapbook about The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Both bought for $16 marked down from $40.
Schow, David J. Zombie Jam. Subterranean Press, 2005. First edition hardback, #436 of 750 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Compilation of Schow’s zombie fiction. Bought for $16 marked down from $40.
Tags:Borderlands Press, Dark Harvest, David J. Schow, Horror, Ray Garton, signed, small press publishers, splatterpunk, Subterranean Press
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2018
Back to cataloging those Camelot Books sale purchases:
Morrell, David. Black Evening. Cemetery Dance, 1999. First edition hardback, one of 1500 copies signed by Morrell, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Short story collection. Bought for $16, marked down from $40.
Morrell, David. Stars in My Eyes: My love Affair With Books, Movies and Music. Gauntlet Press, 2016. First edition hardback, #29 of 300 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Essays on Morell’s favorite books, movies and music, including essays on Richard Matheson, Dan Simmons and William Tenn, in addition to Geoffrey Household’s Rogue Male, the inspiration for First Blood. Bought for $20, marked down from $50.
Morrell, David. Rambo: First Blood II. Borderlands Press/Gauntlet Press, 2016. First hardback edition, first signed/limited edition, and first edition thus, with material not in the Jove paperback novelization, #27 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. (The original First Blood is a very good action movie, but it’s a great novel.) Bought for $24, marked down from $60.
Straub, Peter. 5 Stories. Borderlands Press, 2007. First edition hardback, #328 of 350 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Bought for $24, marked down from $60.
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, Cemetery Dance, David Morrell, Gauntlet Press, Horror, Limited Editions, Peter Straub, signed, small press publishers
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Monday, December 24th, 2018
More from the Camelot Books sale. The trick here is that the title refers to both Richard Matheson and Richard Christian Matheson.
Matheson, Richard. Generations. Gauntlet Press, 2012. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Autobiographical novel. Bought for $9.98, marked down from $24.95.
Matheson, Richard. Matheson Uncollected Volume I. Gauntlet Press, 2008. First edition hardback, #105 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Bought for $30 marked down from $75.
Matheson, Richard. Matheson Uncollected Volume II. Gauntlet Press, 2010. First edition hardback, #129 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Bought for $30 marked down from $75.
Matheson, Richard. Other Kingdoms: Original Draft. Gauntlet Press, 2011. First edition hardback, #75 of 300 signed, numbered copies (though Matheson, ailing at the time, only initialed copies), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Bought for $20 marked down from $50.
Matheson, Richard. Through Channels. Footsteps Press, 1990. First edition chapbook original, #53 of 550 copies, a Fine copy, signed by Matheson, with gray full-page illustration laid in.
Matheson, Richard Christian. The Ritual of Illusion. PS Publishing, 2013. First edition hardback, #205 of 250 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in decorated boards and a Fine dust jacket. Bought for $19.80 marked down from $49.50.
The Clark Ashton Smith stuff I’m putting up tomorrow…
Tags:Books, chapbooks, Gauntlet Press, Horror, PS Publishing, Richard Christian Matheson, Richard Matheson, small press publishers
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2018
Camelot Books had a “Stocking Stuffer Sale” where they offered 50% off if you bought $500 or more (pre-discount), and 60% off if you bought $2,000 or more. The challenge was that the books had to retail for $75 or less.
Naturally I rose to the challenge.
I ended up buying 41 books, some of which will show up in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog. This is the first of several posts documenting which books are going to into my own library. (I’ll take a break on Monday to document something else that came in.)
First up: Joe R. Lansdale. Note that I had most of these titles, but not these states of the title.
Lansdale, Joe R. A Fist Full of Stories (And Articles). Cemetery Dance, 1996. First edition hardback, 420 of 500 signed, limited copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and a Fine slipcase. Supplements a trade copy and a traycased lettered copy. Bought for $26, marked down from $65.
Lansdale, Joe R. Coco Butternut. Subterranean Press, 2017. First edition hardback, 244 of 400 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Hap and Leonard novella. Supplements a trade copy. Bought for $18, marked down from $45.
Lansdale, Joe R. Honky Tonk Samurai. Gauntlet Press, 2017. First limited edition hardback, #60 of 500 signed, numbered copies. Supplements the Mulholland Books trade edition (which precedes). Bought for $24, marked down from $60.
Lansdale, Joe R, editor. The Horror Hall of Fame. Cemetery Dance, 2011. First edition hardback, one of 550 signed (by Lansdale) copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Bought for $26, marked down from $65.
Lansdale, Joe R., editor. The Horror Hall of Fame. Cemetery Dance, 2011. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Trade edition. Bought for $14, marked down from $35.
Lansdale, Joe R, editor. Retro Pulp Tales. Subterranean Press, 2006. First edition hardback, 129 of 250 numbered copies signed by all the contributors, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and a Fine slipcase. Supplements a trade edition copy. Bought for $26, marked down from $65.
Finally, another Lansdale title came in during the same timeframe direct from the publisher:
Lansdale, Joe R, editor. Cosmic Interruptions. Short Scary Tales (SST) Publications, 2018. First edition hardback, #105 of 550 signed, numbered hardbacks, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. New short story collection from this UK publisher, weighing in at a hefty 528 pages. Also have copies for sale through Lame Excuse Books.
Tags:Books, Cemetery Dance, Hap & Leonard, Joe R. Lansdale, Short Scary Tales (SST) Publications, small press publishers, Subterranean Press
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Friday, December 21st, 2018
Two more signed Peter S. Beagle firsts from Tachyon:
Beagle, Peter S. The Last Unicorn: The Lost Journey. Tachyon, 2018. First edition hardback, #14 of 250 numbered copies signed by Beagle and illustrator Stephanie Law, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. The first, unpublished version of The Last Unicorn.
Beagle, Peter S. and Patricia A. McKillip. The Karkadann Triangle. Tachyon, 2018. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy, signed by Beagle. Two unicorn stories, one by each author.
I have copies of each available through Lame Excuse Books, if anyone is interested…
Tags:Books, chapbooks, Fantasy, Patricia A. McKillip, Peter S. Beagle, small press publishers, Tachyon
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