Posts Tagged ‘Fantasy’
Tuesday, March 17th, 2020
Still more books I bought from Michael Moorcock, including art books and non-Moorcock paperbacks I bought off him. I think he received all these as review copies.
Garnett, David, editor. New Worlds 2. VGSF, 1992. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy. Inscribed to me by Moorcock, who wrote the afterword.
Hardy, David A. Hardyware: The Art of David A. Hardy. Paper Tiger, 2001. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with a few invisible scratches, etc., with review materials laid in. Science fiction art, of the planet and spaceship variety. (Not the Austin writer.)
Kilworth, Garry. House of Tribes. Bantam Press (UK), 1995. Uncorrected proof, trade paperback format, of the hardback first edition, a Fine- copy with a bump at heel in a Near Fine dust jacket which is slight taller than the proof, hence the bend at the top. Fantasy about mice. Also has a personalized review letter from Bantam laid in upon which Mike written “Mouse shit.”
Tuttle, Lisa. The Somnambulist and the Psychic Thief. Jo Fletcher books, 2016. Uncorrected bound proof, trade paperback format, of the trade paperback first edition, a Fine- copy with edgewear. Jesperson and Lane book I.
Youll, Stephen. The Art of Stephen Youll: Paradox. Paper Tiger, 2001. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with bumping at head, heel and top front corner, with review materials laid in. Science fiction art, lots of which you would recognize.
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Monday, March 16th, 2020
Finally, here’s the list of Moorcock omnibus editions I bought off Mike. I didn’t pick them when these originally came out due to both budgetary constraints and already possessing a great deal of the contents. But many of these volumes include material not in any other edition, and both the Millennium and White Wolf omnibus editions have gotten harder to find as of late.
Moorcock, Michael. Corum: The Prince With the Silver Hand. White Wolf, 1999. First U.S. hardback edition thus, being an omnibus edition of The Bull and The Spear, The Oak and the Ram, and The Sword and the Stallion, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed to me by Moorcock. “Michael Moorcock/To Lawrence/All best!” Previously published in an omnibus edition as The Swords Trilogy by Gregg Press (which I also have a signed first of). Contains Mike Mignola art not in the Millennium edition.
Moorcock, Michael. Count Brass. White Wolf, 2000. First U.S. hardback edition, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed to me by Moorcock: “To Lawrence/Very best.” Omnibus edition of Count Brass, The Champion of Garathorm and The Quest for Tanelorn. There were earlier UK hardback editions from Granada (as The Chronicles of Count Brass) and Millennium; the White Wolf edition contains new artwork by Walter Simonsen and a map by Jim Cawthorn not in any previous editions. Eternal Champion Volume 15. I think this was the last Moorcock book White Wolf did, and after 2000 they went back to concentrating strictly on gaming-related books.
Moorcock, Michael. The Dancers at the End of Time. White Wolfe, 1995. First White Wolf hardback, a Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket with three closed tears at heel, the largest 1/4″, and a trace of haze rubbing. Omnibus edition of An Alien Heat, The Hollow Lands, and The End of All Songs.
Moorcock, Michael. Earl Aubec and other stories. White Wolf, 1999. First edition hardback thus, a Fine- copy with page 25/26 creased at the very edge in a Fine- dust jacket with a touch of blind-side dye transfer at the outer edge crease. Inscribed to me by Moorcock: “To Lawrence/All very best/from/Michael Moorcock.” Short story collection. Reprint of the Millennium volume, but I can’t find a content listing for the Millennium volume anywhere online to see if the contents differ, though at least the introduction is new to this volume.
Moorcock, Michael. Elric: Song of the Black Sword. White Wolf, 1995. First edition hardback thus, reprinting the Millennium Elric of Melniboné omnibus, with a new introduction and new (and hideous) cover art, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribe to me by Moorcock: “Michael Moorcock/To Lawrence/Very best!”
Moorcock, Michael. Elric: The Stealer of Souls. White Wolf, 1998. First edition hardback thus, a reprint of the Millennium Stormbringer omnibus volume, but with a new introduction, new art, and the new John Davey essay “Elric: A Reader’s Guide,” a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed to me by Moorcock: “To Lawrence/All best/Michael Moorcock.”
Moorcock, Michael. The Eternal Champion. Millennium, 1992. First edition hardback thus, an omnibus edition containing The Eternal Champion, Phoenix in Obsidian, and The Dragon in the Sword, a Fine- copy in a Fine dust jacket, inscribed to my by Moorcock: “To Lawrence,/All best.” Yoshitaka Amano cover. Millennium Eternal Champion series Volume 2. Precedes the White Wolf edition by a couple of years.
Moorcock, Michael. Hawkmoon. White Wolfe, 1995. First White Wolf hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with just a trace of bend at head and some blind-side black dye transfer to just the inner creases of the flap folds. Inscribed to me by Moorcock: “To Lawrence,/All very best,/Michael Moorcock.” There were two early editions, as The History of the Runestaff in the 1970s and a Millennium edition of the same name, but this edition contains material not in either of those, including a new Moorcock introduction and new art and maps by James Cawthorn.
Moorcock, Michael. Von Bek. Millennium, 1992. First edition hardback thus, an omnibus edition of The Warhound and the World’s Pain, The City in the Autumn Stars, and “The Pleasure Garden of Filipe Sagittarius,” a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with a slight edge wrinkling at top front, and slight crimping at head and heel. Inscribed to me by Moorcock: “To Lawrence,/An v. last!” Tale of the Eternal Champion Vol. 1. No additional printings mentioned, but also no numberline as mentioned by a few online dealers. Looks like a first printing to me, and neither ISFDB nor the Locus database lists a second Millennium hardback printing.
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Tuesday, February 18th, 2020
Save the first book (not signed), all of these are books I bought off Mike back in November.
Moorcock, Michael (as Bill Barclay). Printer’s Devil. Compact, 1966. First edition paperback original, a Very Good- copy with spine creasing, rear cover bunching near spine, a nickel-sized blotch of discoloration, pages age-darkened, and slight curl and top front corner. The only book in this post I didn’t buy from Mike. Bought off eBay for £14.50 plus shipping. Tanelorn Archives, page 27. Currey, page 371.
Moorcock, Michael. The Revenge of the Rose. Grafton, 1991. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed to me by Moorcock. Elric novel.
Moorcock, Michael. Sojan. Savoy Books, 1977. First edition trade paperback original, a Near Fine+ copy with a bump at head, slight crease at top of back cover, and touches of edgewear, plus slight age-darkening of pages. Inscribed to me by Moorcock: “To Lawrence,/All very best/yours,/Michael Moorcock.” Includes a fantasy novel Moorcock published in his own Tarzan fanzine in his teens, plus very early Moorcock short stories (most of which have not appeared anywhere else), plus considerable additional material on Elric, Jerry Cornelius, etc. Tanelorn Archives, page 31. Currey, page 372.
Moorcock, Michael. The Vengeance of Rome. Jonathan Cape, 2006. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed to me by Moorcock. Colonel Pyat novel.
Moorcock, Michael, editor. Before Armageddon. W.H. Allen, 1975. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket (though there is now a small hole on the title page where Mike’s fountain pen slipped). Inscribed to me by Moorcock. Reprint anthology of pre-World War I future war stories, including “The Battle of Dorking.” Tanelorn Archives, page 7. Currey, page 374.
Moorcock, Michael, and Langdon Jones, editors. The Nature of the Catastrophe. Hutchison, 1971. First edition hardback, a Near Fine copy with a few small white spots on black cloth, and slight bumping at head, in a Fine- dust jacket with a trace of blindside spotting (I also not that the laminated portion of the dust jacket appears slightly uniformly darkened throughout, save about 1/8″ at the far edge of each flap that’s not laminated, and that portion is bright, undarkened white; both copies I’ve seen so affected, leading me to believe that this is an artifact of the lamination process used by the publisher on the dust jacket, making it likely that all copies are so affected). Inscribed to me by Moorcock: “To Lawrence,/Avguard [?} the heart,/Mike Moorcock.” Anthology of Jerry Cornelius stories by Moorcock and divers hands, including Brian Aldiss, M. John Harrison, Norman Spinrad and James Sallis. Tanelorn Archives, page 25. Currey, page 375.
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Monday, February 17th, 2020
Here’s the first part of the Moorcock titles I bought from Mike back in November.
Moorcock, Michael. The Brothel in Rosenstrasse. New English Library, 1982. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Near Fine+ dust jacket with slight spine fading and slight wear at top points. Inscribed to me by Moorcocok. Von Bek novel.
Moorcock, Michael. Byzantium Endures. Secker & Warburg, 1981. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with bumps to top points in a Very Good+ price-clipped dust jacket with several delamination wrinkles across the spine. Inscribed to me by Moorcock. Colonel Pyat novel.
Moorcock, Michael. The City in the Autumn Stars. Grafton, 1986. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with a tiny bump at head and top front corner blunted, in a Near Fine+ dust jacket with several invisible scratches to rear cover, trace of wear at points, and 1/4″ closed tear at bottom rear fold join. Inscribed to me by Moorcock.
Moorcock, Michael. The Dragon In the Sword. Ace, 1986. First edition hardback, a Near Fine+ copy with two pinhead spots to bottom page blocks, slight bend at head, and slight blunting to bottom points, in a Near Fine+ dust jacket with bumping to bottom front point and wrinkling at head and a trace of edgewear. Inscribed to me by Moorcock: “To Lawrence/All best —/Michael Moorcock.” Precedes the Grafton edition by a year.
Moorcock, Michael. Elric: La Saga. Editizione Oscar Draghiluglio, 2019. First edition hardback thus, an Italian omnibus edition of the first six Elric novels, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Inscribed to me by Moorcock: “To Lawrence/Prego!/Michael Moorcock.” A beautifully printed book, with decorated boards, full-color, full page plates by a variety of artists. A thrown-in by Mike, who had just received a big box of them. “See those behind you? Go ahead and take one if you want…”
Moorcock, Michael. Elric of Melniboné. Hutchison, 1972. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight bumping at head and heel in a Near Fine- dust jacket with a 3/8″ chip at heel/front join, shallow chipping at head and heel, and touches of edgewear. Inscribed to me by Moorcock. Tanelorn Archives, page 17.
Moorcock, Michael. King of the City. Scribners (UK), 2000. First edition hardback, a Near Fine- copy with bumps to top points and a cluster of small gray stains on pageblock edges, and slight bumping at heel, in a Near Fine dust jacket with bumping to top points, slight bumping at heel, and slight edge wrinkling along bottom flaps. Inscribed to me by Moorcock: “To Lawrence,/All the best—/Michael Moorcock.” Sequel to Mother London.
Moorcock, Michael. The Laughter of Carthage. Secker & Warburg, 1984. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight bend at head, in a Near Fine-, price-clipped dust jacket with two scratches to front cover and a long lamination wrinkle down the spine. Inscribed to me by Moorcock.
Moorcock, Michael. Legends From the End of Time. WH Allen, 1976. First UK edition hardback, a Fine- copy with top front point slightly blunted, in a Fine- dust jacket with slight bumping at head and top front point. Inscribed to me by Moorcock. The U.S. true first looks like ass, while this edition has a groovy Rodney Matthews cover that looks a lot like Roger Dean. Tanelorn Archives, page 24.
Moorcock, Michael. Letters from Hollywood. HAARP, 1986. First edition hardback, a Near Fine copy with bumping at head and heel and blunting of points, in a Very Good dust jacket with shallow chipping at heel and points, wrinkling along front join, trace of dampstaining to bottom rear flap, and touches of general wear. Inscribed twice by Moorcock: On front free endpaper: “To Howard —/The third of the/world’s finest cities —/Love/Mike/Aug 18th/NY.” On half-title page: “Michael Moorcock/To Lawrence.” Collection of letters to J.G. Ballard.
Moorcock, Michael. London Peculiar and Other nonfiction. PM Press, 2012. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy, new and unread, inscribed to me by Moorcock.
Moorcock, Michael. The Mystery of the Texas Twister with Argosy January/February 2004. First edition trade paperback original, both fine copies in a Fine paper slipcase with advertising insert intact and inserted. Inscribed to me by Moorcock. Attempt to revive the venerable Argosy magazine, which evidently only lasted three issues. Upon receiving it, Mike said “I thought it was a Mentos ad!”
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Sunday, December 29th, 2019
Two more signed Michael Swanwick Dragonstairs Press first edition chapbooks:
Swanwick, Michael. Is There Something About You Irish?. Dragonstairs Press, 2019. First edition chapbook original, #50 of 60 signed, numbered copies, a Fine- copy (with slight phantom crease at top front), new and unread. Short essays on various Irish aspects of Swanwick’s life, done for the Dublin Worldcon.
Swanwick, Michael. Northern Lights. Dragonstairs Press, 2019. First edition chapbook original, #4 of 120 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy, new and unread. Three short stories about supernatural Scandinavian creatures.
Note: White lines are in the original, and not a scanner artifact. (Good thing, too, since it’s a brand new scanner!)
I still have copies of both these available through Lame Excuse Books.
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Thursday, December 26th, 2019
Bought from the publisher at various discounts:
Crowley, John. Reading Backwards: Essays & Reviews, 2005-2018. Subterranean Press, 2019. First edition hardback, #101 of 750 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket.
Egan, Greg. The Best of Greg Egan. Subterranean Press, 2019. First edition hardback, #248 of 1,000 numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Another giant career retrospective collection.
Resnick, Mike. Voyages: The Chronicles of Lucifer Jones, 1938-1941. Subterranean Press, 2017. First edition hardback, #128 of 1,000 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Bought from the publisher during a 50% off sale.
I have copies of both the Crowley and the Egan available through Lame Excuse Books.
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Monday, December 23rd, 2019
Bought this at a Half Price Books coupon sale last month:
Stephenson, Neal, and Nicole Galland. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. HarperCollins, 2017. First edition hardback, one of an unknown number of copies with a special signature page signed by both authors bound in, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with wear at points and a “Signed Copy” sticker taped to heel (in addition to the gold “Signed First Edition” sticker that seems standard now). Same ISBN (978-0-06-240916-4) as the trade edition. Bought at Half Price Books during a coupon sale for $10.
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Monday, November 4th, 2019
All four bought cheaply, three signed.
Hughes, Matthew. Epiphanies. PS Publishing, 2016. First edition hardback, #37 of 100 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, new and unread. Bought for £4 plus shipping.
Hughes, Matthew. A Wizard’s Henchman: First Book of the Kaslo Chronicles. PS Publishing, 2016. First edition hardback, PC of 100 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, new and unread. Bought for £5 plus shipping.
Laidlaw, Mark. White Spawn. PS Publishing, 2015. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, new and unread. Bought for £5 plus shipping.
Park, Paul. Other Stories. PS Publishing, 2015. First edition hardback, #63 of 100 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, new and unread. Bought for £5 plus shipping.
Tags:Books, Fantasy, Horror, Limited Editions, Mark Laidlaw, Matthew Hughes, Paul Park, PS Publishing, Science Fiction, signed, small press publishers
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Monday, September 2nd, 2019
All five of these books were picked up from Adventures in Crime & Space at Armadillocon, and all five came from the estate of late SF writer Carrie Richerson.
Banks, Iain. Canal Dreams. Macmillian (UK), 1989. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with a few pinpricks of light staining at head and a small wrinkle at top center to the first few pages, in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed to Richardson: “Yo, Carrie!/This one’s for you./Iain Banks/10 March 90/at Wiscon 14.” Supplements an unsigned copy. Bought for $15.00.
Banks, Iain. Espedair Street. Macmillian (UK), 1987. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy one light pinprick stain at head and slight ear at heel, in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed to Richardson: “To Carrie!/Weird regards/Iain Banks/10 March 90/at Wiscon 14.” Supplements an unsigned copy. Bought for $15.00.
Banks, Iain. The State of the Art. Mark V. Ziesing, 1989. First edition hardback, a Fine- with a few pinpricks of light staining at head, in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed to Richardson: “To Carrie!/best wishes from am on the/GS GCU Arbitrary/Iain M. Banks/10 March 90/at Wiscon 14.” Interesting that he puts the middle “M” on the signatures for the SF books as well. Supplements an unsigned copy. Bought for $10.
Butler, Octavia. Xenogenesis. Guild America Books, 1989. First edition hardback thus (an omnibus edition of Dawn, Adulthoode Rights, and Imago), a Fine- copy with slight bumping at head and heel, in a Fine- dust jacket with a trace of edgewear. Inscribed by Butler: “To Carrie/Good reading/Octavia E. Butler.” Supplements signed copies of the three individual first editions. Bought for $25.
Emshwiller, Carol. Carmen Dog. Mercury House, 1990. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight spotting to head, in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Emshwiller: “To Carrie,/Carol Emshwiller.” Nova Express slipstream list. Bought for $7.50.
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Thursday, August 8th, 2019
Another signed Farmer first:
Farmer, Philip Jose. The Lavalite World. Phantasia Press, 1983. First edition hardback, #192 of 250 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and a Fine slipcase. The fifth World of Tiers novel. Chalker/Owings, page 340. Bought off eBay for $34.99.
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