Here’s all the books I added to my library in 2025, some 204 of them. This list is dominated by a whole lot of Robert E. Howard, first from a large bulk purchase from a collector at the beginning of the year, and then someone selling off someone else’s collection of books on Facebook later. I also bought an interesting Ed Bryant collection at a bargain price, some of David Hartwell’s collection from Kathryn Cramer, numerous books from shopping at Half Price Books locations in Austin, DFW and Houston (and a few points between), several signed paperbacks off eBay, and fewer small press books than usual (a lot have gotten ridiculously pricy).
And please note that there are a few things covered here that I haven’t previously listed on this blog.
Allston, Aaron. Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Betrayal. Del Rey, 2006. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight bend at head and heel and slight bumping at points, in a Fine- dust jacket with trace of bumping at points, signed and dated (“2006/6/24”) by Allston. Bought from Half Price Books for $9.99.
Asimov, Isaac, editor. Where Do We Go From Here? Doubleday, 1971. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with one light thumbprint-sized blotch with a long sperm-like tail (binding flaw) to inside front cover, the ghost of that indention to the front free endpaper, slight bend at head, and front gutter just a little off from straight up and down (probably a binding flaw), in a Fine dust jacket, signed by Asimov. Reprint story anthology. Miller, Asimov: A Checklist, page 68. Currey, page 21. Bought from Kathryn Cramer for $100.
Asimov, Isaac, Martin S. Greenberg and Charles G. White, editors (Jack Vance, Larry Niven, etc.). Isaac Asimov’s Magical Worlds of Fantasy 1: Wizards. New American Library, 1983. First edition paperback original, a Fine- copy with slight wrinkle at spine head and trace of wear at points, signed by contributors Jack Vance and Larry Niven. Bought off eBay for $13.01.
Baring-Gould, Sabine (John Maclay, editor). A Little Gray Book of Gloom. Borderlands Press, 2025. First edition hardback, #462 of 350 signed numbered copies (Borderlands: “we only print 350 copies but if anyone has matching numbers above 350, we make sure they continue to get it”), a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Collection of ghost stories from this extremely prolific late 19th/early 20th century clergyman and writer who penned the lyrics to “Onward Christian Soldiers.”
Blaylock, James P. The Aylesford Skull. Titan Books, 2013. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine- copy with a few tiny touches of wear. Bought from Half Price Books for $4.99.
Interestingly, there was supposed to be a 750 signed, limited hardback edition of this. One copy of that showed up in a Cold Tonnage Books catalog in 2023, but I never saw any others listed. I asked Jim Blaylock about this on Facebook, and he told me the following:
The story behind those ultimately destroyed books is unlikely, but essentially the production of the books was botched. There was gold-embossed writing on the cover and, I think, spine, but the gold was misapplied and muddied. They weren’t saleable, and Titan had no idea of reproducing them, so they pulped the lot. Several were sent out as pre-orders that were okay. One of my friends got one, which she ultimately gave to me. I can’t be sure how many survived the carnage, but Andy has one of probably a dozen books. I was slightly miffed, partly because I had to sign the signature pages twice. The first 750 were signed by me and Tim Powers, and then I sent the result to K.W. Jeter in Ecuador along with the box of necessary pens. The story is far more hilarious than I have room for here, but they were ultimately blown to smithereens by the Ecuadorian postal service who suspected that the box was some variety of terrorist plot and exploded it in a parking lot.
Blaylock, James P. Beneath London. Titan Books, 2015. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine- copy with a few tiny touches of wear. Bought from Half Price Books for $4.99.
Blaylock, James P. The Invisible Woman. PS Publishing, 2024. First edition hardback, #76 of 200 signed, numbered hardbacks, a Fine copy in decorated boards and a Fine dust jacket. Set in the same universe as Pennies From Heaven. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount.
Bloch, Robert. Fear and Trembling. Tor, 1989. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine copy with small chip to top tip of rear cover, small chip to top tip of blurb page, slight, non-breaking spine creasing, and slight edgewear, inscribed by Bloch: “For Ingrid/ – best, always./Robert Bloch.” Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction Writers page 111. Bought off eBay for $16.77.
Bloch, Robert. Mysteries of the Worm: All the Cthulhu Mythos Stories of Robert Bloch. Kensignton Zebra, 1981. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine copy with a faint crease starting down front spine join and a few thin stray marks to pageblock edges, otherwise tight and square, inscribed by Bloch: “Warmest/good wishes/to/Dan/from/Robert Bloch.” I don’t think the sub-title is entirely accurate (or was even then), but otherwise a very solid collection of Bloch’s Mythos stories. Larson, The Complete Robert Bloch page 61. Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction Writers page 111. Supplements a less attractive, unsigned copy. Bought off eBay for $17.87.
(Bloch, Robert) Nemeth, Jim (with Randall D. Larson). Robert Bloch: An Unconventional Bibliography. No publisher listed (but probably Amazon KDP), 2025. Print-On-Demand “first edition” (printing date of “03 July 2025”), a Fine copy. “This bibliography, as unconventional and idiosyncratic as Bloch himself, documents the entire oeuvre of his varied and diverse career, sprinkled throughout with Bloch’s own remembrances regarding many of his works.” Alas, one “unconventional” touch is the omitting of standard bibliographic information like first edition points (there is no mention of how to tell apart the two printings of Sea Kissed, for example), or things like page counts, prices, etc. Still, there’s a good bit of useful information in here, and the Larson essays look interesting. Bought from Amazon for $18.99.
Brackett, Leigh. The Reavers of Skaith. Ballantine Books, 1976. First edition paperback original, a Fine- copy with a trace of edgewear. I now have all three Skaith books, thanks to a previous Half Price Books purchase. Currey, page 53. Bought from Half Price Books for $1.34.
Brackett, Leigh. The Starman of Llyrdis. Ballantine Books, 1976. First edition paperback original thus under this title, (a reprint of the 1952 Gnome Press hardback The Starman), a Near Fine copy with edgewear and a large bookstore stamp inside the front cover, otherwise nice and square. Currey, page 53. Bought from Half Price Books for 67¢.
Bradbury, Ray. Christmas Greetings 1997. Self-Published, 1997. First edition broadsheet of the poem “Witness and Celebrate,” a Near Fine copy folded in the middle and with a name and phone number for Bradbury biographer Donn Albright on the back, inscribed “IRMA!” and signed by Bradbury. Bought as part of a small eBay lot.
Bradbury, Ray (with Kent Williams, Craig P. Russell, Segrelles, John Van Fleet, Chuck Roblin, Ray Zone, Ralph Reese and Al Williamson). The Ray Bradbury Chronicles Volume 1. Byron Preiss/Mantier, Beall, Minoustchini Publishing, 1992. First edition hardback graphic novel, a Fine- copy with a tiny bit of bumping at heel in a Fine- dust jacket with a trace of wear at points. Bought off eBay for a $25 offer.
Bryant, Edward. The Cutter. Pulphouse, 1991. First edition paperback chapbook edition, a Fine- copy with small spots of rubbing to rear along spine, inscribed by Bryant: “Edward Bryant/6 -20-03/For Jane,/I love the movies/don’t you?/x o X/Ed.” Issue #8 of their Short Story Paperbacks series. Supplements a copy in my complete run of Short Story Paperbacks.
Bryant, Edward. Dreamer. Wormhole Books, 2003. First edition greeting card chapbook, #June of 500 copies signed by Bryant and other Wormhole Books staffers (Dawn Dunn, Chris Dunn, Joanna Erbach and Thomas Mark), a Fine copy in plain white envelope, presumably as issued. Wormhole Books seems to have been in business from 2001-2004 and produced a handful of chapbooks (most with small hardback runs) by Bryant, Connie Willis, etc. This seems to have been sent out as an Independence Day greeting to customers. Though probably categorized as ephemera, this appears to be an original Bryant story printed nowhere else. Does anyone know how many of these holiday card stories Wormhole published?
Bryant, Edward. Knock. No publisher listed, just “copyright (C) 2004 by Edward Bryant.” Presumed first edition thus, an 8 1/2″ x 11″ broadsheet, #28 of 50 signed copies, a Very Good+ copy with several wrinkles. No idea what this was done for, maybe a convention. Reprints a very short story originally published in Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, which I also have a story in.
Bryant, Edward. Particle Theory. Pocket/Timescape, 1981. First edition paperback original, a Very Good+ copy with spine creasing and former owner’s name stamped on inside front cover, inscribed by Bryant: “For Jane,/Yes, I know you’re not the/sort of person who makes requests/like this…but what the/heck—maybe these are fictions you can repeat/in the morning./Enjoy!/Edward Bryant/ 6/23/82.” Supplements a fine (but unsigned) copy.
Bryant, Edward. A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned. Wormhole Books, 2001. First edition chapbook original (simultaneous with the much smaller hardback run), one of 750 copies on which “43” has been crossed out and replaced with “proof,” a Fine copy, signed by Bryant. I heard Ed read this at Armadillocon. Originally appeared in Skipp & Spector’s The Book of the Dead. Chalker/Owings (2002), page 1214 (which erroneously notes this as the original publication). Supplements a copy of the hardback edition.
Bryant, Edward. The Thermals of August. Pulphouse, 1992. First edition hardback, one of 100 signed, numbered hardbacks, a Fine- copy with some extremely minor nicks (greatly exaggerated in the scan), sans dust jacket, as issued. Hugo and Nebula finalists. Supplements a copy of the short story paperback version.
Bryant, Edward. While She Was Out. Wormhole Books, 2001. First edition chapbook original (simultaneous with the much smaller hardback run), #154 of 750 copies, signed by Bryant. Thriller story that was the basis of a 2008 film of the same name. Chalker/Owings (2002), page 1214.
Bryant, Edward. Wyoming Sun. Jelm Mountain Press, 1980. First edition trade paperback (simultaneous with a much smaller hardback run), a Fine- copy with slight wear at points, inscribed by Bryant: “Edward Bryant/6-20-30/For Jane,/Hey, Love Min. Sit/down. Have some tea/This is home,/Enjoy,/Ed.” Short story collection from a regional small press. Supplements a copy of the hardback. I also have an inscribed copy of this available through Lame Excuse Books.
Bryant, Edward and Harlan Ellison. Phoenix Without Ashes. Fawcett, 1975. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine copy with one spine crease, bookstore stamp inside front cover, and a touch of edgewear, signed by Bryant. Richmond, Fingerprints on the Sky page 108. Supplements a fine (but unsigned) copy. Also, see another copy under Ellison. All of the above Ed Bryant items, and Wilson’s Clarion II below, bought for $50.
Burke, James Lee. In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead. Hyperion, 1993/ First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine, Mylar protected dust jacket, inscribed by Burke: “To Morey,/All the best,/James Burke.” I picked this up because I heard good things about it (and the author), and since there’s a ghost in it, it qualifies as slipstream. Bought from Half Price Books for $9.99.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice and Joe R. Lansdale. Tarzan: The Lost Adventure: Book One. Dark Horse, 1995. First edition trade paperback graphic novel (I assume it’s a first edition, as I see no additional printing listed), a Fine copy. First of four issues of a Tarzan novel started by Burroughs and completed by Lansdale. These are more illustrated chapters rather than an actual graphic novel. Isajanko, A016.a. Supplements the later hardback first edition.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice and Joe R. Lansdale. Tarzan: The Lost Adventure: Book Two. Dark Horse, 1995. First edition trade paperback graphic novel (no additional printing listed), a Fine- copy with slight edgewear. Second of four issues of a Tarzan novel started by Burroughs and completed by Lansdale. Isajanko, A016.a.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice and Joe R. Lansdale. Tarzan: The Lost Adventure: Book three. Dark Horse, 1995. First edition trade paperback graphic novel (no additional printing listed), a Fine copy. Third of four issues of a Tarzan novel started by Burroughs and completed by Lansdale. Isajanko, A016.a.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice and Joe R. Lansdale. Tarzan: The Lost Adventure: Book Four. Dark Horse, 1995. First edition trade paperback graphic novel (no additional printing listed), a Near Fine- copy with slight edgewear, thin crease to front middle near spine, and thin crease running down front cover near spine. Fourth of four issues of a Tarzan novel started by Burroughs and completed by Lansdale. Isajanko, A016.a. All four of these bought off Facebook for $15.
Cabell, James Branch. Something About Eve. Robert McBride & Company, 1927. First edition hardback, limited “Large Paper” edition #655 of 850 signed, numbered copies, a Near Fine copy with bumping at heel, with frontispiece tissue guard intact and attached, sans dust jacket, I think as issued. Jones & Newman, Horror: The 100 Best Books 35, where it’s praised by no less than Robert E. Howard (“Cabell writes with a diamond pen”). Barron, Fantasy Literature *3-70. Tymn Zahorsk Boyer, Fantasy Literature: A Core Collections and Reference Guide page 59. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, page 45 (“The British issue of a book printed in America.”). Bleiler, The Checklist of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1978) page 37. Bleiler, Supernatural Fiction 327. Supplements a copy of the unsigned edition. Bought from L. W. Currey for $37.50, marked down from $75.
Campbell, Ramsey. The Inhabitant of the Lake & Other Unwelcome Tenants (60th Anniversary Edition). PS Publishing, 2024 (stated, actually 2025). First edition hardback thus, a considerably expanded version of the 1964 Arkham House first edition, #47 of 100 signed, traycased copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket in a Fine traycase. A massively expanded version of Campbell’s first book, a collection of Cthulhu Mythos stories that August Derleth helped him edit and polish before publishing for Arkham House. In addition to being a much more attractive package than both the original and the 2011 PS edition, the book includes 12 additional works (stories and essays) not in the original. Sold out upon publication, but I still have copies available through Lame Excuse Books. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount.
Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Shadow. Tor, 1999. First edition hardback (trade state; Tor did expensive signed/leatherbound editions for both this and Shadow of the Hegemon), a Fine copy in a Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket, signed by Card. Bought from a DFW Half Price Books for $8.49.
Card, Orson Scott. Shadows in Flight. Tor, 2012. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket, signed by Card. Bought from a DFW Half Price Books for $8.49.
Card, Orson Scott. Shadow of the Hegemon. Tor, 1999. First edition hardback (trade state), a Fine copy in a Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket, signed by Card. Bought from a DFW Half Price Books for $7.49.
Card, Orson Scott. Stonefather. Subterranean Press, 2008. First separate edition, one of 2,000 signed, hardback copies, a Fine copy in a Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket. Fantasy novella. Bought from a DFW Half Price Books for $16.99.
Caro, Robert. The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate. Knopf, 2002. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket folded just slightly off-center, with a tiny bit of pull to top of flaps and a trace of edgewear, signed by Caro. The third in Caro’s monumental LBJ series. According to Caro, Johnson is the first Majority Leader to ever actually make the senate work. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Replaces an unsigned copy. Bought for $29.49 at the Half Price Books in Humble. I now have three of the four volumes signed by Caro (the first two signed on his book tour for Working, which obviously I also have signed). (Previously.)
Chiang, Ted. Exhalation. Knopf, 2019. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight bend at head and heel in a Fine- dust jacket with slight bend at heel and a trace of haze rubbing. Short story collection, Ted’s second. Includes such Hugo and Nebula-winning stories as “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” (which he brought to a Turkey City Writer’s Workshop I hosted, despite it being, like all Ted’s short fiction, annoyingly perfect already), “Exhalation,” and “The Lifecycle of Software Objects.” Bought for $13 at Half Price Books.
Chiang, Ted. Story of Your Life. Subterranean Press, 2025. First edition hardback, #212 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine slipcase, sans dust jacket, as issued, in publisher’s resealable bag. Chiang’s Nebula-winning novella about attempts to communicate with aliens who don’t perceive time as linear, and the basis of the 2016 movie Arrival. The number matches the number of my Subterranean edition of Exhalation. I also own an inscribed first of Stories of Your Life, his first short story collection, which contains this. Lots of people love this novella, but I don’t like it nearly as much as “Understand” or “Hell is the Absence of God” (also contained there). I still have copies available through Lame Excuse Books. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount.
Clarke, Arthur C. Three signature cut “from extra limitation pages for the limited edition Ultramarine Press published in 1988 of 2061.” Bought for $45 for the three. For now I’ve put these into my first editions of The Fountains of Paradise, Rendezvous With Rama, and Tales from the White Hart.
Guran, Paula, editor. New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird. Prime Books, 2011. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy. Reprint anthology of Cthulhu Mythos and related stories, with stories from China Mieville, Neal Gaiman, Michael Shea, John Shirley, etc. Bought at Half Price Books for $13.
Clement, Hal. Some Notes on Xi Bootis. Advent: Publishers, 1960. First edition chapbook original, one of 500 copies (per Chalker Ownings), a Fine copy save a penciled “118” at top rear left corner. Given away as a freebie at the 1960 Pittsburgh Worldcon, where Clement gave a speech on the topic of speculative fiction set in this star system. Chalker/Owings, page 5. Hassler, Hal Clement, page 57, footnote 47. Not in Currey. Bought from Kathryn Cramer for $45.
Clement, Hal. Still River. Ballantine Books, 1987. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, signed by Clement. Pringle, Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, page 302. (“**”). Bought from Kathryn Cramer for $15.
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. His World Fantasy Award-winning time travel novel, it which an initial time travel effort to keep the British Empire intact eventually results in radical changes down the line. Bought from Half Price Books for $1.79.
Davidson, Avram (as Ellery Queen). And on the Eighth Day. Random House, 1964. First edition hardback (“First Printing” stated, as per Currey), a Near Fine- copy with wear at head, heel and points, in a Very Good dust jacket with several 1/4″ to 1/8″ chips at head, heel, points and bottom center, “3-24” written in pen on inside top flap, two hairline tears to bottom front cover, and trace of dust soiling to white rear cover. Currey, page 131. Hubin, page 326. Bought from Kathryn Cramer for $10.
Davidson, Avram (as Ellery Queen). The Fourth Side of the Triangle. Random House, 1965. First edition hardback (“First Printing” stated, as per Currey), a Fine- copy with a trace of wear at head, heel and points in a Near Fine+ dust jacket with slight grubbiness to white jacket, 1/4″ close hairline tear at bottom front, and a touch of edgewear. Currey, page 131. Hubin, page 326. Currey says this Random House edition precedes, but Hubin says the Gollancz edition precedes. Bought from Kathryn Cramer for $10.
Davidson, Avram. The Island Under The Earth. Ace, 1969. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine+ copy with faint creasing along front spine join and slight edgewear (most noticeable at head and heel), otherwise square and bright, inscribed by Davidson to editor Lin Carter: “From one six-limbed to/another -/Lin Carter from/Avram Davidson/Jun 11, 1976/New York City.” In addition to having edited the acclaimed Ballantine Adult Fantasy line, Carter also bought two stories from Davidson: “Caravan to Illiel” for Flashing Swords #3: Warriors and Wizards, and “Milord Sir Smiht, The English Wizard” for Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 2, making this an even better associational copy. Dillon cover. Supplements an unsigned copy. Bought off eBay for $13.95.
Disch, Thomas M. The Businessman: A Tale of Terror. Harper & Row, 1984. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, signed by Disch. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 98. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 88. Supplements an unsigned copy. Bought from Kathryn Cramer for $20.
(Donaldson, Stephen R.) W. A. Senior. Stephen R. Donaldson’s Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: Variations on the Fantasy Tradition. Kent State University Press, 1995. First edition hardback (“03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 5 4 3 2 1” numberline), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket (although, oddly, it seems quite like a heavy grade of red construction paper). Critical companion to the Thomas Covenant books. Added mainly because Kent State has put out a number of interesting SF/F/H related books over the years, some of which (like Bleiler’s Guide to Supernatural Fiction) have gotten quite pricey on the secondary market. Bought for $8 at Recycled Books in Denton.
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 with slight bend at head and heel and slight blunting of tips in a Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket. Mainstream novel of a mother raising a son in a single room while trying to hide from him the fact she’s a prisoner there. Basis of the 2015 film of the same name. Bought at Half Price Books for $5.84.
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 have to admire the chutzpah of the title. Bought from Half Price Books for $13.50.
Ellison, Harlan. The Man With Nine Lives b/w A Touch of Infinity. Ace Doubles, 1960. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine- copy with spine crease and faint crease along each cover’s spine join (exagerated here), both sides identically inscribed by Ellison: “For Carter/Harlan Ellison.” Richmond, Fingerprints on the Sky page 107. Currey, page 178. Supplements a slightly less attractive signed copy. Bought for $26.55.
Ellison, Harlan. No Doors, No Windows. Pyramid, 1975. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine+ copy with slight spine fading, hairline creasing on front and rear join, and slight edgewear, signed by Ellison. Richmond, Fingerprints on the Sky page 54. Currey, page 178. Supplements a better but unsigned PBO and the signed, limited Borderlands Press hardback. Bought for $26.
Bryant, Edward and Harlan Ellison. Phoenix Without Ashes. Fawcett, 1975. First edition paperback original, a Fine- copy with a trace of edgewear and spine ever so slightly concave, signed by Bryant and Ellison. Richmond, Fingerprints on the Sky page 108. Currey, pages 76 and 178. Supplements a Near Fine copy signed by Bryant, a Fine, unsigned copy, and a Near Fine unsigned copy, so now I have two each under Bryant and Ellison, which is probably more than I need. And I have unsigned copies for sale through Lame Excuse Books. Bought off eBay for $19.87.
Farmer, Philip Jose. Dare. Ballantine Books, 1965. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine- copy with a 1″ non-breaking crease or slice to rear cover, a bit of non-breaking spine creasing just starting, and a trace of edgewear, signed by Farmer. Currey, page 183. Pringle, Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, page 79. Bought off eBay for $36.
Farmer, Philip Jose. The Lovers. Ballantine Books, 1961. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine copy with one faint spine crease just starting and slight edgewear Currey, page 185. Brizzi, Phillip Jose Farmer, pages 18-24. Pringle, Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, 189. Bought off eBay for $16.49. Supplements a signed copy of the later hardback first and a less attractive signed PBO.
Farmer, Philip Farmer. Strange Relations. Ballantine Books, 1960. First edition paperback original, (and, unlike many Ballantine SF of the era, there was no simultaneous hardback edition, a Near Fine copy with one wrinkle across middle of spine and a small stray ink mark at head, signed by Farmer. Short story collection, the alien sex anthology before Alien Sex. Currey, page 178. Bought for $10 (the opening bid).
Farmer, Philip Jose. The Unreasoning Mask. Putnam, 1981. First edition hardback (simultaneous with the trade hardback), #349 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Pringle, Science Fiction: The Hundred Best Novels 96. Pringle, Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, pages 339-340 (“***…Metaphsyical space opera, one of the author’s best”). Supplements a copy of the trade hardback. Bought from Kathryn Cramer for $35.
Ferris, John, Stephen Gallagher and Joe R. Lansdale. Night Visions 8. Dark Harvest, 1990. First edition hardback, #491 of 600 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine-, Mylar-protected dust jacket with a trace of edgewear at bottom rear, in a Fine slipcase. The second to last Dark Harvest volume of the original Night Visions anthology series, each volume of which includes original stories from three writers. Supplements a trade edition signed by Lansdale (I have all 12 volumes, including the three done by Subterranean). Bought off eBay for $30, a substantial discount off the original $55 price.
Note: The white streak at upper right is dust jacket glare.
(Gaiman, Neil) Hank Wagner, Christopher Golden and Stephen R. Bissette. The Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman. Cemetery Dance, 2015. First edition thus (the trade edition precedes by seven years), one of 1000 copies signed by the three authors (not by Gaiman), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Critical companion to Gaiman’s work. Bought off eBay for an offer of $10, a considerable discount from the publication price of $75.
Hammond, Warren. KOP. Tor, 2007. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, signed by Hammond. Postcyberpunk crime drama. Back when I was still invited to Worldcon etc., someone mentioned that this was a good cyberpunk police procedural. Bought from Half Price Books for $4.99.
Hammond, Warren. KOP Killer. Tor, 2012. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with a trace of haze rubbing to rear panel, inscribed by Hammond: “To Deane,/Down the/rabbit hole/Warren Hammond.” Postcyberpunk crime drama. Bought from Half Price Books in Pearland for $4.99.
Harvia, Teddy (David Thayer). WingNuts in Time and Space. Self-published, 2025. First edition comic book fanzine original, #90 of 200 copies, a Fine copy, with letter from the author/illustrator laid in. An eight page comic from the award-winning fan artist featuring his WingNut characters talking about the Big Bang. Given to me free after he asked me if I wanted a copy. Sure!
Haydock, Ron. Deerstalker! Holmes and Watson on Screen. Scarecrow Press, 1978. First edition hardback (no additional printings listed), a Fine- copy with wear at points, sans dust jacket, presumably as listed. Filmography of Sherlock Holmes films and TV shows. Bought off Facebook for $10.
Hill, Joe. The Fireman. William Morrow, 2016. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight bend at head and heel in a Near Fine- dust jacket with two creases running the length of the front flap. Supplements an unsigned first and the signed, limited, slipcased PS Publishing edition. Bought from Half Price Books for $13.04.
Houlihan, John. Mon Dieu Cthulhu! The d’Bois Escapades: Volume One. No Publisher, 2018. Presumed first edition trade paperback original (no additional printings listed, but it looks like a POD book), a Fine copy. Contains two Napoleonic Wars Cthulhu Mythos novellas, “The Crystal Void” (“first illustrated edition”) and “Feast of the Dead,” for which this appears to be the first publication anywhere. I just found the concept interesting. Bought at Half Price Books for $4.94.
Howard, Robert E. The Adventures of Lal Singh. Cryptic Publications, 1985. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy. Short story collection. Part of a large bulk purchase of Robert A. Howard books at the beginning of the year from a private collector for $725.
Howard, Robert E. Always Comes Evening. Underwood Miller, 1977. First edition thus, a reprint of the Arkham House edition #116 of 200 leatherbound copies signed by artist Keiko Nelson, a Fine copy in a Fine-, first state (dragon) dust jacket with a short hairline crack and three tiny spots of edgewear at head, four tiny spots of edgewear at heel, and indention in spine middle (where you would pull the book out of the slipcase with you fingers), with folded sheet reproducing the handwritten “The Song of Yar Ali Khan” laid in, in a Fine- slipcase with a trace of wear at points. Contents differ from the Arkham House edition. Chalker/Owens, page 430. Supplements a copy of the Arkham House first edition. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Black Vulmea’s Vengence. Donald M. Grant, 1976. First edition hardback, a Fine-/Fine- copy with trace of wear at head, heel and points. Pirate stories. Currey, page 248. Chalker/Owings, page 218. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Blades for France. George T. Hamilton, 1975. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with faint dust prints to front cover. Part of that large Howard purchase.
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 a Near Fine+ dust jacket with slight bumping at heel, small fold to top of front flap, trace of wear at points, and slight haze rubbing to rear. Most of the letters in this volume seem to be to longtime close friend Tevis Clyde Smith.
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Howard, Robert E. (Rob Roehm, editor). The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Two: 1930-1932. Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2007. First edition hardback, #266 of 300 copies, a Fine- copy with bump to top front point in a Fine- dust jacket with slight bend at head, bump at point, trace of wear at points, and faint non-breaking surface scratches to rear cover. In this volume we finally start to see a number of letters to H.P. Lovecraft (I haven’t looked yet, but I’m guessing most if not all are included in the two volume A Means to Freedom, which I also have).
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Howard, Robert E. (Rob Roehm, editor). The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Three: 1933-1936. Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2007. First edition hardback, #265 of 300 copies, a Fine copy in a Near Fine- dust jacket with two long, faint scratches to the front cover, slight wrinkling at head and a trace of wear at points. Letters to a wide range of recipients: Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, August Derleth, Emil Petja, etc. All three bought of Facebook for $60 for the set.
Howard, Robert E. The Coming of El Borak. Cryptic Publications, 1987. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy. Short story collection. Part of that large Howard purchase.
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 The Yellow Jacket, the school paper for Howard Payne University. Bought off Facebook for $20.
Howard, Robert E. The Devil in Iron. Donald M. Grant, 1976. First edition hardback, a Near Fine+ copy with slight bump at heel and long, faint non-breaking crease to front free endpaper, in a Near Fine dust jacket with bump at heel, small section of slight discoloration to bottom rear edge, long, faint non-breaking crease to front flap and trace of wear at points. Chalker/Owings, page 218. Currey, page 249. Fifth volume in the Deluxe Conan series. Part of that large Howard purchase.
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 X. Gordon, Lal Singh and Yar Ali Khan stories. Although not signed when I purchased, I’ve now had introduction author David A. Hardy inscribe it to me. Bought off Facebook for $50.
Howard, Robert E. Echoes from an Iron Harp. Donald M. Grant, 1972. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with trace of wear at head, heel and point in a Fine- dust jacket with trace of wear at head, heel and points and trace of dust soiling to white rear panel. Howard’s third poetry collection. Lord, The Last Celt, page 129. Chalker/Owings, page 217. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. The Grey God Passes. Charles Miller, 1975. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy. Chalker/Owings, page 547. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Hawks of Outremer. Donald M. Grant, 1979. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight bumping at head and heel in a Near Fine+ dust jacket with slight bumping and small abrasion at heel and trace of wear at head and points. Howard’s Cormac Fitzgeoffrey stories. Chalker/Owens, page 220. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. The Hour of the Dragon. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1977. First hardback edition thus (no statement of printing, as per Currey, and “7711” date on flap, as per ISFDB), “The Authorized Edition” of the Conan novel Conan the Conqueror edited by Karl Edward Wagner (and weirdly, the paperback edition precedes by a couple of months), a Fine-/Fine- copy with a trace of bumping at points. Currey, page 250, who notes “Follows the text of the five-part serial appearing in Weird Tales.” Supplements a copy of the Gnome Press first of Conan the Conqueror. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan. FAX Collector’s Editions, 1974. First edition hardback, a Fine-/Fine- copy with slight bumping and edgewear at head, heel and a trace of wear at points. All Howard’s tales of Sailor Dennis Dorgan. Chalker/Owings, page 177. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Isle of Pirate Doom. George T. Hamilton, 1975. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with slight wear to top corners. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. The King’s Service. George T. Hamilton, 1976. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. The Lost Valley of Iskander. FAX Collector’s Editions, 1974. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, still in shrink wrap. Chalker/Owings, page 177. Francis X. Gordon stories. Neither Chalker/Owings nor ISFDB note any additional FAX printings. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Marchers of Valhalla. Donald M. Grant, 1977. First edition thus, a larger and more heavily heavily illustrated version than the 1972 edition which adds an additional story (“The Grey God Passes”), a Fine- copy with slight bumping at head and heel in a Near Fine+ dust jacket with bumping at head and heel and two 1/2″ closed tears to top rear panel, with signature plate by illustrator Marcus Boas affixed to front free endpaper. Chalker/Owens, page 218 (“essentially a new book”). I’m not seeing any mention of the plate online or in the literature, and I’m not sure whose signature that is. Supplements the 1972 first edition. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Pay Day. Cryptic Publications, 1986. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy. Eight extremely short stories. Editor Robert M. Price: “These tales represent Howard’s attempt to write ‘realistic’ fiction.” Bought off Facebook for $20.
Howard, Robert E. The People of the Black Circle. Donald M. Grant, 1974. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket with slight discoloration to the front panel and slight bumping at head. Chalker/Owings, page 217. Currey, page 250. First volume of the Deluxe Conan series. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. The Pride of Bear Creek. Donald M. Grant, 1966. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with previous owner’s name in ink on front free endpaper and a tiny dust print at heel, in a Fine- dust jacket with a few small nicks to front panel near bottom edge. The second collection of Breckenridge Elkins stories. Supplements a copy of the 1977 Grant edition. Lord, The Last Celt, page 117. Currey, page 251. Chalker/Owings, page 216. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. The Queen of the Black Coast. Donald M. Grant, 1978. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine copy. Chalker/Owings, page 218. Seventh volume of the Deluxe Conan series. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Red Nails. Donald M. Grant, 1975. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket was one pinprick black dot on front of dust jack. Fourth in the Deluxe Conan series. Currey, page 251. Chalker/Owings, page 217-18. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. The Road of Azrael. Donald M. Grant, 1979. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy in a Fine- dust jacket with slight bend at head and heel. Another lavishly illustrated collection, this one with art by Roy Krenkel. Chalker/Owens, page 219. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. The Road to Rome. Roy A. Squires, 1972. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy in a Fine- envelope with slight wear at edges. Lord, The Last Celt: A Bio-Bibliography of Robert Ervin Howard, page 128. The Private Press of Roy A. Squires 17. Chalker/Owings, page 589. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Rogues in the House. Donald M. Grant, 1976. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Sixth in the Deluxe Conan series. Currey, page 251. Chalker/Owings, page 218. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Sentiment: An Olio Rarer Works. Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2009. First edition hardback, #63 of 150 hardback copies, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with a trace of edgewear at head. Hefty 583 page collection of Howard’s rarer works, including some never meant for publication. Edited by Bob Roehm. Introduction by Mark Finn. Bought off Facebook.
Howard, Robert E. The Shadow of the Beast. George T. Hamilton, 1977. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with slight bend to top front right corner. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. The Shadow of the Hun. George T. Hamilton, 1975. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with slight crease to top left front corner. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Son of the White Wolf. FAX Collector’s Editions, 1977. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, still in shrink wrap. Francis X. Gordon stories. Chalker/Owings, page 177. Neither Chalker/Owings nor ISFDB note any additional FAX printings. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. A Song of the Naked Lands. Roy A. Squires, 1973. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy in a Near Fine+ envelope with fold to flap and slight wear at edges. Lord, The Last Celt: A Bio-Bibliography of Robert Ervin Howard, page 130. The Private Press of Roy A. Squires 21. Chalker/Owings, page 589. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Spears of Clontarf. George T. Hamilton, 1978. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Swords of the North. Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, 2009. First edition hardback, #118 of 200 numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with slight wrinkling at head and slight edgewear at heel. “Featuring Viking Stories, Celtic Adventures, Drafts and Fragments.” Edited by Bob Roehm. Introduction by Rusty Burke. Bought off Facebook.
Howard, Robert E. The Swords of Shahrazah. FAX Collector’s Editions, 1976. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, still in shrink wrap. Kirby O’Donnell stories. Chalker/Owings, page 177. Neither Chalker/Owings or ISFDB note any additional FAX printings. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. The Tower of the Elephant. Donald M. Grant, 1975. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight bumping at head in a Fine- dust jacket with slight bumping at head and heel. Third in the Deluxe Conan series. Currey, page 251. Chalker/Owings, page 217. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Two-Fisted Detective. Cryptic Publications, 1984. First edition chapbook original, one of 450 unsigned, unnumbered copies, a Fine- copy with slight bit of wear to the spine. Four stories featuring Detective Steve Harris. Bought off Facebook for $20.
Howard, Robert E. Up, John Kane! Roy A. Squires, 1977. First edition chapbook original, a Fine- with one faint surface scratch and faint indentation through pages copy in a Fine- envelope with slight wear at edges. The Private Press of Roy A. Squires 33. Chalker/Owings, page 590. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Valley of the Lost. Charles Miller, 1975. First edition chapbook original, #691 of 777 signed by illustrator Bot Roda, a Fine copy (the ragged right edge of the front cover seems intentional). Chalker/Owings, page 547. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. A Witch Shall Be Born. Donald M. Grant, 1975. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with slight bend at head and slight crease to very tip of top front inner flap. Second in the Deluxe Conan series. Currey, page 251. Chalker/Owings, page 217. Part of that large Howard purchase.
Howard, Robert E. Writer of the Dark. Dark Carneval Press, 1986. First edition oversized 11 1/2″ x 8 3/8″ trade paperback original, #111 of 500 copies, a Near Fine copy with light streak of dampstaining to pageblock edges, slight dampstaining dye transfer from covers to first and last pages, just the start of a spine crease, and a touch of edgewear to covers. Collection of poetry and fiction. Bought off Facebook.
Howard, Robert E. and Tevis Clyde Smith (“El Gringo” (E. A. Fisher) illustrator). Red Blades of Black Cathay. Real Free Press, 1975. First edition chapbook graphic novel, a Fine copy. Part of that large Howard purchase.
(Howard, Robert E.) Derie, Bobby. Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E. Howard and Other. Hippocampus Press, 2019. First edition trade paperback original (though I think all Hippocampus Press trade paperbacks are POD books now), a Fine copy. Bought off Facebook for $5.
(Howard, Robert E.) de Camp, L. Sprague. The Miscast Barbarian: A Biography of Robert E. Howard (1906-2936). Gerry de la Ree, 1975. Presumed second printing (no limitation statement on final page, as pr Chalker/Owings) oversize chapbook original, a Fine copy. A short (42 pages, including art, bibliography and notes), impressionistic biography of Howard by de Camp, who was later to do a much more extensive biography of Howard, Dark Valley Destiny, in collaboration with his wife Catherine Crook de Camp. It is an understatement to note that de Camp’s biography, and his long legacy collecting, editing and publishing Howard’s work, is not regarded with universal love by the Robert E. Howard community. Chalker/Owings, page 128. Part of that large Howard purchase.
(Howard, Robert E.) Lord, Glenn. The Last Celt: A bio-Bibliography of Robert Ervin Howard. Donald M. Grant, 1976. First edition hardback a Fine- copy in a Fine- dust jacket with bumped corners. About a hundred pages of biography of Howard by various people (including H. P. Lovecraft), with the rest taken up with a bibliography. Chalker/Owings, page 218 (“Good and very useful.”). Part of that large Howard purchase.
(Howard, Robert E.) Willard M. Oliver. Robert E. Howard: The Life and Times of a Texas Author. University of North Texas Press, 2025. First edition hardback (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” numberline), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Hefty 580 page biography of Howard that’s gotten lots of praise in the various REH-adjacent bibliographic groups I visit on Facebook. Bought off Amazon for $20.80, a hefty discount off the $40 list price. But click on that link and you’ll find it even cheaper…
Hunter, Stephen. Dead Zero. Simon and Schuster, 2010. First edition hardback (“1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2” numberline), a Fine- copy with slight bends at head and heel in a Fine- dust jacket with traces of wear at head, heel and points, signed by Hunter. Bought at Half Price Books for $7.19.
Hunter, Stephen. I, Ripper. Simon and Schuster, 2015. First edition hardback (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” numberline), a Fine- copy with slight bends at head and heel in a Fine- dust jacket with traces of wear at head, heel and points, inscribed by Hunter: “To David,/All/best/Stephen Hunter”. Bought at Half Price Books for $7.19.
Hunter, Stephen. Night of Thunder. Simon & Schuster, 2008. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket, signed by Hunter. “A Bob Lee Swagger novel.” Bought at a Dallas Half Price Books for $6.49, which is a quarter of the original selling price.
Jeter, K.W. Star Wars: Slave Ship: Book 2 of The Bounty Hunter Wars. Bantam Spectra, 1998. First edition paperback original, a Fine- copy with slight foxing to inside covers and a trace of edgewear. I already had volume 1 and volume 3 of the trilogy, as well a signed copy of the SFBC hardback omnibus. Bought for $3.99.
Jones, Diana Wynne. Minor Arcana. Gollancz, 1996. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket, signed by Jones, with sales slip laid in. Bought at a Half Price Books for $14.99. I kept this one because I like short story collections and I didn’t have a signed Jones in my collection.
Joshi, S. T., editor. Black Wings II: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror. PS Publishing, 2012. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket with UPC sticker to rear cover (presumably as issued). Original Lovecraftian horror anthology featuring work from John Shirley, Don Webb, Steve Rasnic Tem, etc. This is the trade edition (there was also a signed, limited edition). Long out of print in hardback, but bought off Facebook for $30 (pretty close to the original price of £25).
Joshi, S. T., editor. Black Wings IIi: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror. PS Publishing, 2014. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. original Lovecraftian horror anthology featuring work from Brian Stableford, Don Webb, Peter Cannon, etc. This is the trade edition (there was also a signed, limited edition). Long out of print in hardback, but bought off Facebook for $30 (pretty close to the original price of £25).
Koontz, Dean R. Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages. Warner Books, 1988. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, an association copy inscribed by Koontz to longtime friend and fellow writer Lisa Tuttle: “To Lisa —/A tale for kids of all ages./Button up your jammies, put/your slippers by the bed, and/be ready to run in case the/[underlined]bad toys[/underlined] show up some night./Warmest regards/Dean R. Koontz.” Lisa told me that she knew Koontz since she met him and his wife Gerda at a convention in the early 1970s when she was a student at Syracuse University, and in fact spent Thanksgiving break with the Koontzs one year. Koontz also dedicated his novel Beastchild to Tuttle. I saw on Facebook that Lisa had been selling off some books, and this is one of the ones she wanted to sell. The prices for signed Koontz firsts have come down a bit lately, to the point that recent titles can be had for cover price or even a bit less, but I have to think actual associational copies signed by him are a good deal harder to find. Bought from Lisa for £50, including shipping (which is a goodly chunk).
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Koontz, Dean R. (as Leigh Nichols). Shadowfires. Avon, 1987. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine copy with one slight spine crease, start of a faint crease along front spine join, slight bumping at head, trace of wear at corners, and touch of age darkening to very tops of white cover, signed by Koontz: “Leigh Nichols/[quotation marks around printed Leigh Nichols name]/also known as/Dean R. Koontz.” One of Koontz’s many pseudonymous novels. Supplements unsigned copies of the book club hardback and the Dark Harvest trade hardback under Koontz’s own name. Bought off eBay for $15.59.
Kurland, Michael. The Unicorn Girl. Pyramid, 1969. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine copy with non-breaking crease across front cover and some edgewear (but no spine creasing). Second book in the hippie science fiction trilogy, preceded by Chester Anderson’s The Butterfly Kid and followed by T. A. Waters’ The Probability Pad (which I have). Bought from a DFW Half Price Books for $2.49.
Kuttner, Henry. Ahead of Time. Ballantine Books, 1954. First edition hardback, a Near Fine copy with slight wear at head, heel and points, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with two closed 2″ tears to front cover, wear at points, and slight soiling to lighter portions of jacket. Short story collection. Currey, page 291. Bought from L. W. Currey for $37.50, marked down from $75.
Kuttner, Henry. Valley of the Flame. Ace, 1964. First edition paperback original (40¢ price and no printing statement on copyright page, as per Currey), a Fine- copy with a trace of wear at points. Currey, page 293. Cawthorn and Moocrcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books, page 135. Bought at Recycled Books in Denton for $3.
Kuttner, Henry and C. L. Moore. Earth’s Last Citadel. Ace, 1964. First edition paperback original (40¢ price and no printing statement on copyright page, as per Currey), a Near Fine copy with hairline creasing along front spine join, slight edgewear at head, heel and points and a few other traces of edgewear. Currey, page 292. Bought at a DFW Half Price Books for $3.
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 to the dust jacket), otherwise it would be a Fine/Fine copy. Provides plot synopsis for American detective novels, along with a few different index sections (pseudonyms, series characters, settings, etc.). There are no entries for Joe R. Lansdale, Kinky Friedman, or even Dashiell Hammett, so I wonder what the criteria was for an entry here. Bought for the munificent sum of $1 at UT’s ReUse shop.
Lafferty, R.A. The Man Who Lost His Magic: The Collected Short Fiction Volume 8. First edition hardback, #40 of 300 numbered copies signed by introduction author Gary K. Wolfe.
(Lafferty, R. A., Gene Wolfe) Knight, Dan (Amanda Patchin and Brent Towell, interviewers). Hedgehog Press Interviews Dan Knight. Hedgehog Press, 2024. First edition chapbook original, #23 of 50 copies, a Fine copy, with frontispiece tissue guard laid in. Interview with the publisher of United Mythologies Press, small press publisher of several works by R. A. Lafferty and Gene Wolfe. Bought off Abebooks for $15 plus shipping after Knight mentioned the existence off it on a Gene Wolfe group on Facebook. Do I want all the Lafferty and Wolfe critical chapbooks? Yes, yes I do.
Lansdale, Joe R. (Joe Hill) The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale. Tachyon, 2025. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy, signed by Lansdale. According to the publisher, Joe showed up for their 30th Anniversary Party and “signed all the books.” Joe Hill provides the introduction. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount. I have copies available through Lame Excuse Books.
Lansdale, Joe R. Freezer Burn. Mysterious Press, 1999. Advanced Reading Copy, trade paperback format, of the trade hardback first edition, a Fine- copy, with slight wear at corners. Supplements the Crossroad Press signed, limited, true first edition. Bought for $9.99.
Lansdale, Joe R. Sugar on the Bones. Short Scary Tales (SST) Publications. 2025. First limited edition edition hardback, #101 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and a Fine slipcase (the slipcase was not included in the base price for the book, I had to pay extra for it). Signed, limited edition of the latest Hap and Leonard novel.
Lansdale, Joe R., editor. The Horror Hall of Fame. Cemetery Dance, 2011. First edition Advanced Uncorrected Proof, trade paperback format, of the hardback first edition, a Fine copy. Isajanko D13.a (but no mention of proof states). Bought off Facebook for $10.
(Lansdale, Joe R.) Christopher Golden & Brian Keene, editors. The Drive-In: Multiplex. Pandi Press, 2023. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy with seven different Pando Press/Lansdale advertising cards and such laid in. Supplements a copy of the the Thunderstorm Books signed/limited hardback. Bought from the publisher at cover price when they announced it was about to go out of print.
Lethem, Jonathan. K is for Fake. McSweeney’s Quarterly, 2000. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy. Story about Franz Kafka from the then-forthcoming Kafka Americana. Bought for $10 from The Little Book House in the Woods in Spring, Texas.
Link, Kelly. 4 Stories. Jelly Ink, 2000. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy, singed by Link. Jelly Ink was Link’s own publishing house before Small Beer Press. Bought from Kathryn Cramer for $35.
Locke, George. Ferret Fantasy’s Christmas Annual For 1972. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy save for penciled inventory number on front cover. Full of obscure bibliographic entries and reprints of period literature. I would like to pick up all of Locke’s reference works. Tymn Schlobin Currey, A Research Guide to Science Fiction Studies 31. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror 180. Bought from L. W. Currey for $12.50, marked down from $25.
(Lovecraft, H.P.) Eddy, Muriel E. & C.M. The Gentleman from Angell Street. Helios House Press, 2025. Third edition, first hardback and first thus, a greatly expanded version of the Fenham Publishing trade paperback of 2001 (which I also have), a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Biographical memoir of Lovecraft by two of his neighbors, now filled out with information gleaned from unearthed correspondence. Backed on Kickstarter for $65.
(Lovecraft, H. P.) S. T. Joshi, editor. Primal Sources: Essays on Lovecraft. Hippocampus Press, 2003. First edition trade paperback original (stated, though I think all Hippocampus Press trade paperbacks are POD books now), a Fine- copy with first page slightly dog-eared at bottom. Joshi essays on various Lovecraftian topics. Joshi, H.P. Lovecraft: A Comprehensive Bibliography III-C-65. Joshi, 200 Books by S. T. Joshi, I.23. Bought off Facebook for $10.
(Lovecraft, H.P.) Mariconda, Steven J. H. P. Lovecraft: Art, Artifact, and Reality. Hippocampus Press, 2013. First edition trade paperback original (though I think all Hippocampus Press trade paperbacks are POD books now), a Near Fine+ copy with a trace of light staining to page block edges and few light spots of staining to first few pages, and a trace of wear at points. Bought for $10.
McDonald, Ian. Hopeland. Tor, 2023. First edition hardback, a Fine-/Fine- copy with slight bumping to top points. Looks a bit New Weird-ish. ISDFB says the Tor edition precedes by a couple of days. Bought from Half Price Books for $13.49.
Michener, James A. The Eagle and the Raven. State House Press, 1990. First edition hardback, an unnumbered copy of 350 numbered copies signed by Michener and illustrator Charles Shaw, a Fine copy in a Fine Mylar-protected dust jacket. Novel of the clash between Sam Houston and Santa Ana, and unlike most Michener works, this one comes in at a sprightly 210 pages. Bought at a Half Price Books for $9.99.
Middleton, Richard. A Little Green Book of Ghastly Tales. Borderlands Press, 2025. First edition hardback, #462 of 350 numbered copies (Borderlands: “we only print 350 copies but if anyone has matching numbers above 350, we make sure they continue to get it”) signed by editor Nicholas A. Psaltso, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Collection from this British writer and poet who died young, including his most famous story, “The Ghost Ship.” I have copies available through Lame Excuse Books.
Moorcock, Michael. The Fireclown. Compact SF/Roberts & Vintner, 1965. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine- copy with slight spine creasing and wear at points, otherwise nice and square, signed by Moorcock, with a folded flyer for Modern Family Planning laid in (no idea if that was as issued or not). Bilyeu, Tanalorn Archive page 19. Currey, page 370. Bought for $20.51.
Moorcock, Michael. The Twilight Man. Compact SF/Roberts & Vintner, 1966. First edition paperback original, a Fine- copy with former owner’s name on blurb page and a few nicks of wear, otherwise tight and square, signed by Moorcock. Bilyeu, Tanalorn Archive page 35. Currey, page 373. Bought for $20.59.
Moorcock, Michael. Five signature plates. Mike was kind enough to put these in my SASE.
(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 have a first printing statement and/or numberline; while this one does not, it doesn’t have any later printing statement either, I have been unable to find anyone who has a copy with a printing statement, and it seems unlikely an anthology would have multiple printings), a Fine- copy with a trace of soiling to outer pageblock edge. Original anthology of Eternal Champion stories, featuring work by John Shirley, Don Webb, Bill Crider, Peter Crowther, etc. (even Gary Gygax!). Bought off Facebook for $10.
Moore, Christopher. Island of the Sequined Love Nun. Avon, 1997. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, signed by Moore. Comic novel. Bought off Facebook for $10.
Morris, Edmund. Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan. Random House, 1999. First edition hardback (with “First Edition” states and “24689753” numberline (yes, Random House first printing numberlines of the period started with “2”; don’t ask me why)), a Fine- copy with a touch of a crease at head in a Fine- dust jacket with a slight bit of pull at head and top front edge, inscribed by Morris: “To Wade/With regards.” Massive 874 page authorized biography of Reagan that was quite controversial when released because it added fictional characters for dramatic effect. Bought from Recycled Reads, the Austin Public Library resale shop, for $1.85.
Moskowitz, Sam. Explorers of the infinite: Shapers of Science Fiction. World Publishing Company, 1963. Hardback reprint (Currey says First Edition stated on copyright page, and I’m not seeing it anywhere), a Near Fine copy with bend at head and heel and a few pinpoint spots to boards, in a Near Fine- Mylar-protected dust jacket with wear at head and heel, slight age darkening to spine, some rubbing, and slight darkening to white portions of rear panel. Mostly essays on individual writers, arranged chronologically, from well-known figures like Lovecraft, Stapledon and Burroughs to more obscure ones like Fitz-James O’Brien and Frank Reade Jr. Moskowitz was tremendously important as one of the field’s first historians and critics, but also tremendously controversial due to many tendentious opinions. Bought at a DFW Half Price Books for $6.99.
Nesbit, Edith. A Little Fuchsia Book of Fantasy. Borderlands Press, 2025. First edition hardback, #463 of 350 numbered copies (Borderlands: “we only print 350 copies but if anyone has matching numbers above 350, we make sure they continue to get it”) signed by editor Hal Bodner, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Ten stories (including retellings of Hamlet and Macbeth) from an English author better known for children’s books. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount. I have copies of this available through Lame Excuse Books.
Neville, Leigh. Technicals: Non-Standard Tactical Vehicles from the Great Toyota War to modern Special Forces. Osprey, 2018. Fourth printing of the first trade paperback original edition, a Fine copy. Just what is says, a history of technicals, civilian vehicles (frequently Toyota pickup trucks) modified to mount military weapons like machine guns, anti-tank guns and rocket launchers. Usually an insurgent weapon, American Special Forces used them in some theaters in the 1980s and 90s. Given to me as a late Christmas present by Dwight.
Niven, Larry. Ringworld. Ballantine Books, 1970. First edition paperback original (“First Printing: October 1970,” as per Currey), a Near Fine copy with just a start of spine creasing, traces of soiling to rear cover, and trace of wear at head and heel and tips, otherwise a tight, square, beautiful copy. Hugo and Nebula winner for Best Novel. Currey, page 387. Pringle, Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, page 262 (“***”). Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 4 *4-316. Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature, pages 1799-1804. The true first edition and the one in which Niven infamously had the earth rotating the wrong way. Supplements a copy of the Gollancz hardback first and replaces a less attractive PBO copy now available through Lame Excuse Books. Bought off Facebook for $5.
Niven, Larry. The Time of the Warlock. SteelDragon Press, 1984. First edition hardback, #185 of 200 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket. Includes all of The Magic Goes Away and additional stories set in the same universe. Supplements an unsigned copy. Chalker/Owings, page 418. Bought off eBay for $23.50, less than the original limited edition list price of $30.
Piper, H. Beam. Four-Day Planet. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1961. First edition hardback (no statement of printing, as per Currey), a Near Fine copy with slight wear at heel and points, slight bend at head and heel, and slight dust-soiling to page block edges, and a trace of foxing to gutters, in a Very Good- dust jacket missing several small chips from spine, the largest about 1″ x 1/16″), about 1/4″ loss at head, and shallow loss at points, inscribed by Piper: “For Bill Stroup/—off for California with his banjo on/his knee –/Hope the Injuns don’t get him. /a-crossin’ the plains —/H. Beam Piper.” According to the seller, Piper was a friend of his father’s. Currey, page 402. Bought for $150, bargained down from $180.
Pournelle, Jerry (with John F. Carr). The Survival of Freedom. Fawcett Crest, 1981. First edition paperback original (“First Fawcett Crest Printing: August 1981” and “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”), a Near Fine- copy with slight spine creasing and a touch of edgewear, a few other touches of wear, and pages slightly toned, signed not only by editor Pournelle, but also contributors Robert A. Heinlein (twice; once on the title page and once after his non-fiction piece on the L-5 society), Poul Anderson and Larry Niven. Proof, once again, of George Locke’s dictum not to look for books, but look at books. Heinlein didn’t make many (if any) public appearances after the Kansas City Worldcon in 1976. I found this book at the Half Price Books in Clear Lake City, so I wonder if the contributors might have signed this at a NASA or L-5 event. Contains a mixture of fiction and non-fiction, and includes contributions from Russell Kirk (non-fiction), Harlan Ellison (“‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman”) and Jack Vance (“Dodkin’s Job”). Bought for $2.99, quite a bargain considering that signed Heinleins start at about $300 these days.
Powers, Tim. Dinner at Deviant’s Palace. Charnel House, 2025. First limited edition thus, #56 of 99 numbered copies, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued, with cardstock ad for limited edition art print of Powers’ own interpretation of Deviant’s Palace laid in. Post-apocalytic science fiction novel that won the Philip K. Dick Award. Already sold out from the publisher, but I have a copy available through Lame Excuse Books.
Powers, Tim. The Mills of the Gods. Charnel House, 2025. First edition hardback (according to Charnel House, both this and the Baen edition came out December 2, 2025), #54 of 150 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Supernatural fantasy set in 1925 Paris. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount.
Price, Robert M., editor. Two-Fisted Detective Stories Volume 2. Cryptic Publications, 1988. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy. Anthology of detective stories, including stories from Manly Wade Wellman (“Murder Music,” which doesn’t appear to be in the five volume Selected Stories), Robert Bloch (“The Knife and the Throat,” which doesn’t appear to have been reprinted in any Bloch collections), Lin Carter and C.J. Henderson. Bought off Facebook for $20.
Rand, Ayn (edited by Michael S. Berliner). Letters of Ayn Rand. Dutton, 1995 First edition hardback (“First Printing, June, 1995/1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2”), a Fine- copy with a trace of bend at head in a Fine- dust jacket with small crease to rear top flap tip and a trace of haze rubbing. 682 page collection of Rand letters. Bought for $9.99 from a Half Price Books in Garland.
Reagan, Ronald (edited Kiron B. Skinner, Annelisa Anderson, and Martin Anderson). Reagan: A Life in Letters. Free Press, 2003. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with a trace of crimping at head and top points. Just what it says, a hefty 934 page collection of Reagan’s letters. Forward by George P. Schultz. Bought for $4.94.
Resnick, Mike. Eros Descending. Signet, 1985. First edition paperback original (“First Printing, December, 1985/1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9”), a Near Fine- copy with spine crease just beginning, start of a hairline crease along front spine join, a dozen or so very small rubs to bottom half of front cover, bookstore stamp to blurb page, and a trace of edgewear, otherwise a tight, square copy, signed by Resnick. Third book in the Tales of the Velvet Comet. Bought for $5.
Reynolds, Alastair. The Dagger in Vichy. Subterranean Press, 2025. First edition hardback, #422 of 1,000 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, with bookmark laid in. Novella described as a mixture of science fiction and fantasy, with perhaps a dollop of Eldritch Horror.
Rice, Jeff. Kolchak: The Night Stalker: The Original Novel. Monstrous Books, 2024. First hardback edition (no additional printings stated), a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued, with postcard and press pass laid in. Supplements my copy of the paperback original, which precedes by over half a century. The extra button is in a photo below. Bought off Kickstarter for $39.
Rosenbach, A. S. W. A Book Hunter’s Holiday. Houghton Mifflin, 1936. First edition hardback, #747 of 760 signed, numbered copies, a Very Good+ copy with a bit of wear to the cloth and a large sticker ghost on the inside front cover, with some sheets still uncut, sans dust jacket, presumably as issued (the trade edition had a dust jacket, but all online examples of the signed edition seem to lack the dust jacket), but lacking the slipcase. Essays on bookselling and collecting. Received as a Christmas gift from Dwight, and a companion volume for Books and Bidders.
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 join and slight bend at head and heel, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with a 1” closed tear and associated creases at top rear, two much smaller closed tears, slight shallow loss at head and heel, and a bit of soiling to white rear cover, with dedication slip tipped in at the dedication page: “To Ben F. Wallace, with all best wishes/a.s.w. Rosenbach/ June 20, 1933.” Rosenbach was probably the grandest of the grand old men of the American bookselling trade in the first half of the 20th century. Given that Rosenbach sold multiple Gutenberg bibles throughout his career, I think my own bookselling efforts rather pale in comparison. Still, I expect this will be full of bookselling tidbits of yesteryear. Given to me as a birthday gift by Dwight.
Saha, Arthur W., editor. The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 9. SAW, 1983. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine copy with slight abrasion line to spine, slight age toning to pages, moderate foxing to inside covers, a trace of edgewear, and a trace of age darkening of white rear cover along spine. Year’s Best anthology with stories from R. A. Lafferty, Michael Shea, Tanith Lee, Harlan Ellison, Parke Godwin, etc. Saha took over from Lin Carter on this series starting with volume 7. Bought from a DFW Half Price Books for $1.99.
Scarborough, Elizabeth [Ann]. The Drastic Dragon of Draco, Texas. Bantam Spectra, 1986. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine- copy with slight pine creasing and lean trace of edgewear and wear at tips, slight foxing and page toning, inscribed by Scarborough: “For Bobbi,/Not a tall tail but a long one./Elizabeth Scarborough/Ann[?].” Bought at a Half Price Books for $1.99.
Schwarzkopf, General Norman H. (with Peter Petre) The Autobiography: It Doesn’t Take A Hero. Bantam Books, 1992. First edition hardback this, the large print edition (which came out in December 1992, while the true first came out in October 1992), a Fine- copy with slight bend at head and touches of wear at head and heel, in a Fine- dust jacket with slight wrinkle at head and slight wear at top points, with bookplate signed by Schwarzkopf pasted to front free endpaper. Autobiography of the architect of the U.S. military-led coalition’s overwhelming victory in Desert Storm. I meant to pick up a first of this back in the 1990s, but I knew this type of book would show up heavily discounted at some point, but evidently I never ran across a Fine/Fine copy at a price I liked. Bought from Recycled Reads for $2, which I think is incredibly cheap to buy a book with Stormin’ Norman’s signature.
Shepard, Lucius. Crows and Silences. Subterranean Press, 2024. First edition hardback, #108 of 750 copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Collection of four novellas, all of which have previously been published as stand-alone works, though one (Skull City), was only available in the limited edition of The Best of Lucius Shepard.
Shirley, John. Lovecraft Alive! Hippocampus Press, 2016. First edition trade paperback original (stated, though I think all Hippocampus Press trade paperbacks are POD books now), a Fine copy. Collection of Shirley’s Lovecraftian stories. Bought off Facebook for $10.
Silverberg, Robert. Nightwings. Centipede Press, 2025. First limited edition hardback, #338 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, new and unread, still in shrinkwrap. Somehow I never picked up the first edition hardback, even though the novella is one of Silverberg’s best. Includes a bonus interview with Silverberg and reproductions of covers of previous editions. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount.
Simmons, Dan. The Crook Factory. Easton Press, 1999. First edition hardback thus, #264 of 1,050 copies, a Fine leatherbound copy, sans dust jacket, as issued, with “a note about THE CROOK FACTORY and the author DAN SIMMONS” and Certification of Authenticity laid in. Supplements an inscribed first edition. Bought off eBay for $20.
Smith, Clark Ashton. Nero. Roy A. Squires, 1964. First edition chapbook original, one of “about 450” copies (Chalker/Owings says 381), a Fine copy of what seems to be the “ordinary” edition in a slightly crease and age-darkened white envelope. Squires’ second Clark Ashton Smith work. The Private Press of Roy A. Squires 3. Joshi/Schultz/Connors, Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography, I.A.20. Chalker/Owings, page 588. This, the other two CAS books below, and the Squires bibliography below, were bought for $140.
Smith, Clark Ashton. The Potion of Dreams. Roy A. Squires, 1975. First edition chapbook original, copy 124 of 292 copies, a Fine copy in a Near Fine+ envelope with age-darkening to edges. “The Fugitive Poems, Second Series, Third Volume, Xiccarph Edition.” The Private Press of Roy A. Squires 28. Joshi/Schultz/Connors, Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography, I.A.38.a. Chalker/Owings, page 589.
Smith, Clark Ashton. A Song From Hell. Roy A. Squires, 1975. First edition chapbook original, copy 124 of 296 copies, a Fine- copy with two thin scratches to front, in a Very Good only envelope whose flap came off when I opened it up. “The Fugitive Poems, Second Series, Second Volume, Xiccarph Edition.” The Private Press of Roy A. Squires 27. Joshi/Schultz/Connors, Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography, I.A.38.a. Chalker/Owings, page 589.
Smith, Clark Ashton, and George Sterling (David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi, editors). The Shadow of the Unattained: The Letters of George Sterling and Clark Ashton Smith. Hippocampus Press, 2019. First edition trade paperback original (though I think all Hippocampus Press trade paperbacks are POD books now), a Fine copy. Sterling was the California poet who mentored and championed the work of the young Clark Ashton Smith. Bought for $10.
Squires, Roy A. The Private Press of Roy A. Squires. Roy A. Squires, 1987. First edition chapbook original, copy #128 of 230 copies of the “standard format” edition, a Fine copy in a Fine- envelope with short tears at either end of the flap fold and a touch of age-darkening to edges. Descriptive bibliography of the press. The Private Press of Roy A. Squires 39 (yes, the bibliography is the last item listed in the bibliography). Chalker/Owings, page 590. Burgess, Reference Guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror 258.
Sterling, Bruce. Schismatrix Plus. SFBC, 2006. First hardback edition, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Part of SFBC’s 50th Anniversary Collection. Honestly, I wasn’t even aware they had done this until I chanced across it. Supplements the trade paperback original and the hardback firsts of Schismatrix and Crystal Express. Bought for $4.99.
Stross, Charles. A Conventional Boy. Tor, 2025. First edition hardback (ISFDB states that the UK and U.S. editions came out the same day), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Bought at a DFW Half Price Books for around $9.99.
Stross, Charles. Dead Lies Dreaming. Tor, 2020. First edition hardback (ISFDB states that the U.S. edition came out two days before the UK edition), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Bought at a DFW Half Price Books for around $9.99.
Stross, Charles. The Labyrinth Index. Tor, 2018. First edition hardback (ISFDB states that the UK and U.S. editions came out the same day), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Bought at a DFW Half Price Books for around $9.99.
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 waviness to book and moisture spotting to edges, a touch of edgewear to covers, and just a trace of space concavity, otherwise square, signed by Sturgeon to the inside front cover. His celebrated fixup novel of a gestalt organism, including the classic “Baby is Three.” Currey (1978), page 472. Currey (2002), page 403. Pringle, SF 100 14. Bought off eBay for $20.61.
Swanwick, Michael. A Fantasist’s Guide to Venice. Dragonstairs Press, 2025. First edition chapbook original, #30 of 79 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Collection of short essays on various fantastic elements of Venice, in fact and fiction, following the author’s visit there. Note that this is one of at least four different cover patterns for this title, all done in reds and yellows.
Swanwick, Michael. Life: A User’s Manual. Dragonstairs Press, 2025. First edition chapbook original, #6 of 40 signed, numbered copies produced for Confluence 2025, a Fine copy, with tiny additional chapbook inscribed “for a friend of the Press” laid in. Vignettes on the stages of life.
Swanwick, Michael. S1ngular 1nterv1ews. First edition chapbook original, #57 of 60 signed, numbered copies, a Fine- copy with a slight crease in the middle. A series of one question interviews with science fiction professionals: David Hartwell (on editing Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun), Samuel R. Delaney, John Crowley, etc.
Swanwick, Michael. Winter Constellations. Dragonstairs Press, 2024 (not seen until 2025). First edition chapbook original, #76 of 118 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Bought directly from the publisher.
Swanwick, Michael, with Marianne Porter. Under A Harvest Moon. Dragonstairs Press, 2025. First edition chapbook original, #5 of 80 copies signed by both Swanwick and Porter, a Fine copy. “A very short, dark and romantic story of love and death,” and an outgrowth of Swanwick’s online ‘fallen leaves” project. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount.
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, signed by Tenn. Currey, page 278. Bought off eBay for the opening bid of $10.
Vance, Jack. Bad Ronald. Underwood Miller, 1982. First hardback edition, #63 of 200 signed, numbered copies, a Fine- copy with a very small bump to top rear boards, in a Near Fine dust jacket with slight age darkening to top of spine, and a trace of same along edges. Suspense novel originally published as a paperback original under his legal name of John Holbrook Vance, and the basis of a well-regarded 1974 TV movie of the same name. Hewett, A.43.c. Cunningham, 5.b. Chalker/Owings, page 434. Hubin, page 404. Supplements copies of the text in Volume 12 of the Vance Integral Edition and the Subterranean Dangerous Ways omnibus (which I have both lettered and trade states of), but I still lack the 1973 Ballantine PBO. Though overgraded as Fine/Fine, I can’t really complain since I bought this off eBay at a bargain $35 price.
Vance, Jack. The Best of Jack Vance. Pocket Books, 1976. First edition paperback original, a Fine copy, signed by Vance. Hewett, A51. Cunningham, B.7.a. Currey, page 497. Supplements a copy of the Taplinger hardback. Bought off eBay for $35.
Vance, Jack. Marune: Alastor 933. Ballantine Books, 1975. First edition paperback original, a Fine- copy with just a tiny trace of wear to front tips, signed by Vance. Hewett, A48. Cunningham, B.56.a, Currey, page 499. Supplements another signed PBO copy (I should probably work a trade for a signed Vance PBO I don’t have) and an unsigned Underwood-Miller hardback. Bought off eBay for $10.50.
Vance, Jack. Showboat World. Pyramid, 1975. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine+ copy with one very faint spine crease, otherwise nicely tight and square, signed by Vance. Supplements two Underwood-Miller hardbacks (both 1/200 signed, numbered copies, one a PC copy) and replaces an unsigned PBO. Hewett, A47. Cunningham, B.71.a. Currey, page 500. Bought off eBay for $10.50.
Vance, Jack. Slaves of the Klau b/w Big Planet. Ace, 1958. First edition paperback original (for Slaves of the Klau and this Ace Double, though Big Planet was previously published as an Avalon hardback), a Very Good copy with stamps at head, heel and blurb page for Slaves of the Klau, with a dime-sized stain and a small, fine-line ballpoint division equation to inside from cover, spine creasing and wear, and wear at points, signed by Vance. First copy I have of Slaves of the Klau under that title, though it supplements two copies of the Underwood-Miller Gold and Iron (one a trade edition, the other one of 200 signed copies), the Avalon Big Planet, and the Underwood-Miller Big Planet. Hewett, A9. Cunningham, B.72.a. Currey, page 500. With Slaves of the Klau, I believe the only English-language titles I lack for Vance are three early 1980s DAW paperbacks, Nopalgarth, The Narrow Land and Dust of Far Suns (though I’m still looking for a few various states of Vance books). Bought off eBay for $16.50.
Verne, Jules (Tim Connair, editor). A Little Blue Book of Icy Peril. Borderlands Press, 2024. First edition hardback, #463 of 500 copies signed by the editor, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issue. Three novelette/novella length stories (“A Drama in the Air,” “Winter amidst the Ice,” and “Ascent of Mount Blanc”) plus notes.
Wagner, Karl Edward. Bran Mak Morn: Legion From the Shadows. Zebra Books, 1976. First edition paperback original, a Fine- copy with a tiny crease to bottom front corner and a trace of wear at points, inscribed by Wagner: “To Ed —/from the King of the Picts/Karl Edward Wagner/CONAN.” Novel featuring Robert E. Howard’s Bran Mak Morn character. Bought off eBay for $37.
Wagner, Karl Edward and David Drake. Killer. Baen, 1985. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine+ copy with phantom crease to top front corner, a trace of edgewear and slight foxing to inside covers (but no spine creasing). Novel of hunting an outer space monster in ancient Rome. Replaces a slightly less attractive copy. Bought from a DFW Half Price Books for $1.49.
Waldrop, Howard. The Ugly Chickens. Old Earth Books, 2009. First edition chapbook original thus, one of 250 copies distributed to members of the 2009 World Fantasy Convention, a Fine copy, signed by Waldrop. Nebula and World Fantasy Award winner for Best Novelette of 1980. Bought off eBay for the opening bid of $25.
(Waldrop, Howard) David E. Myers. “Whenever and Wherever: The Fishing and Fiction of Howard Waldrop” in The Flyfish Journal, Volume Seventeen, Issue 2 (2025). Profile of Howard and his fishing in a glossy lifestyle fishing magazine. Received as a gift from Dwight.
Includes one of the best pictures of Howard I’ve seen from his Oso sojourn:
Wellman, Manly Wade. The Beyonders. Warner Books, 1977. First edition, second printing paperback original (This is the rare case where Currey (1978) got something wrong: There it states “First Printing: April 1977/10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2” on the copyright page as the true first, but the 2002 Currey CD says “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” and no “First Printing” statement is the true first), a Near Fine+ copy with slight small crease to bottom outer corner, hairline crease along front spine join, and slight edgewear, otherwise nice and square, inscribed by Wellman: “To Vickie [?]/From whom I’ll sign/anytime./Manly Wade Wellman.” Science fiction novel. Currey (1978), page 512. Currey (2002), page 435. Supplements an unsigned first printing. Bought off eBay for $26.79.
Westwood, Emma, editor. Midnight Movie Monographs: Bride of Frankenstein. Electric Dreamhouse/PS Publishing, 2023. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Essays on the celebrated second film in the Universal Frankenstein series. The only other volume I have in this series is their Plan 9 From Outer Space book. Bought for $6 from Recycled Books in Denton.
Williamson, Jack. Mazeway. Del Rey, 1990. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, signed by Williamson. Bought off eBay for $10.
Wilson, Kris, Rob DenBleyker and Dave McElfatrack. Cyanide & Happiness: Twenty Years Wasted. Archaia, 2024. First edition hardback (“First Printing” stated), a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. With book mark, enamel pin and sticker set extras. Best of collection for the online cartoon. Bought off Kickstarter for $30.
Wilson, Robin Scott, editor. Clarion II. Signet, 1972. First edition paperback original, a very Good copy with spine creasing and a few other touches of wear. Anthology of stories by attendees of the Clarion Writer’s Workshop. Ed Bryant has a story in here, but this book is not signed.
Wolfe, Gene. The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories. Pocket Books, 1980. Proof (trade paperback format) of the paperback original first edition, a Fine copy, inscribed by Wolfe to his longtime editor Hartwell: “To Dave Hartwell, who/had sense enough to/separate the Doctor stories./Gene Wolfe”. Supplements another signed copy of this proof inscribed to me by Wolfe. In his Nova Express interview, Gene said Hartwell was the best editor he ever worked with. I suppose it’s a bit greedy to have two signed proof firsts of this, but I had long wanted an associational copy of a Wolfe title inscribed to Hartwell, and this is a pretty good one. Bought from Kathryn Cramer for $100.
Wolfe, Gene. Two signatures cut from “extra limitation pages for the limited edition Ultramarine Press published in 1988 of There Are Doors. Right now I’m inclined to lay them in my first editions of On Blue’s Waters and In Green’s Jungles. Bought for $20 for the pair.
Zelazny, Roger. Immer, Zlaz: The Zelazny Yoke Letters, Portrait of a Lifelong Friendship. Positronic Publishing, 2022. First edition? hardback, (sold as such, though its a print on demand book; as there’s no date code on the POD page at the back, so its possible that it’s a first printing), a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued, signed by editor/publisher/introduction author Warren Lapine. Massive 933 page volume of correspondence between Zelazny and longtime friend/critical biographer Carl B. Yoke. Bought from Lapine off eBay for $20.
Zelazny, Roger. Seven Tales in Amber. Positronic Publishing, 2023. Hardback print on demand book, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued, signed by editor/publisher/introduction author Warren Lapine. In contrast to the above, this is a slender, 86 page hardback containing seven Amber stories, many of which had originally appeared in obscure places like Amberzine. Bought from Lapine off eBay for $12.
Four of these were bought from a dealer having a 40% off sale, and the fifth (the Rucker) was part of that estate purchase, which I didn’t realize was signed until I went to catalog it for sale because none of the other books in that purchase were.
Baxter, Stephen and Alastair Reynolds. The Medusa Chronicles. Gollancz, 2016. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, signed by both authors. based on Arthur C. Clarke’s “A Meeting With Medusa.” I collect Reynolds and I used to collect Baxter, but he simply put out too many books for me to read in too short a time period that were too long. I’ve got better signatures for each of these guys obtained at various Worldcons. The signatures here look like they were whipped out at a store signing session for all the remaining copies after patrons had gotten all their stuff signed and right before they headed off to the pub. Bought for $15 marked down from $25.
Bisson, Terry. In The Upper Room and other likely stories. Tor, 2000. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight bumping at heel in a Fine- dust jacket with traces of haze rubbing, inscribed by Bisson to fellow SF writer Neal Barrett, Jr.: “for Neal/with gratitude for/your attention/+envy for you accomplish/ments./your fellow/word-slinger/Terry B./NY 2K.” Since I lacked this Bisson and knew Neal, I was happy to scoop this up for $15 (marked down from $25), which is less than cover price. A neat association copy at a bargain price.
Rucker, Rudy. The Secret of Life. Bluejay, 1985. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with just a trace of age darkening to white edges, inscribed by Rucker: “& for Larry/Rudy Rucker/3/99.” Supplements an unsigned copy.
Straub, Peter. The Buffalo Hunter. Cemetery Dance, 2012. First edition hardback, one of 450 signed copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Novella. Bought for $18 (original price was $50).
Williamson, J. N., editor, and Gary A. Braunbeck. Masques V. Gauntlet Publications, 2006. First edition hardback, #392 of 500 copies signed by Braunbeck and almost all the contributors (including Clive Barker, William F. Nolan, Ray Garton, Richard Christian Matheson, etc. I already owned Masques I-IV, but somehow never picked this one up. Interestingly, it says Braunbeck is the co-editor on the flap and title page, but not the front cover, spine or limitation page, probably because Williamson died in 2005 and presumably Braunbeck finished up. Mostly original horror anthology, with a few reprints scattered in. Originally published at $55. Bought for $36.
I picked up a keystone science fiction first, replacing a lesser copy, at a bargain price at auction. Which is a good thing, as just about every part of the of the post-auction process was unusually and deeply irritating.
Clarke, Arthur C. Childhood’s End. Ballantine Books, 1953. First edition hardback, a Very Good+ copy with a spine crease and a bit of lean, trace of wear at head, heel and points, touch of dust soiling to outer edge of bottom page block, and a trace of foxing to inside covers, in a Very Good, Mylar-protected dust jacket with moderate spine fading, abrasion to the bottom 1/4″ of front panel (probably from an old style dust jacket protector) plus a few edgewear touches elsewhere, faint creasing along front spine join, two 1/4″ closed tears (and associated crease) at top near spine join, a couple of smaller closed tears, slight wear at points, and slight dust soiling to white rear panel; all in all, a nice copy of a book frequently found in much worse condition. Replaces an Ex-Library first I’ll be listing in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog (currently in progress), from which I have extracted an aftermarket bundle of a signed Clarke bookplate, Clarke’s business card, and a picture of Clarke to lay into this copy. Clarke’s most important novel, and one of the keystone science fiction novels of the 20th century. Currey (State A), page 113. Locke, Science Fiction First Editions, page 23 and pages 84-85, where he argues that the hardcover (Currey A) state was probably printed before the simultaneous paperback edition. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy page 52. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 9. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder 4 3-44. Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature, pages 337-341. Hartwell, Age of Wonders, pages 82-83. Pringle, The Utlimate Guide to Science Fiction page 58 (“****…Clarke’s best novel.”) Bought for a hammer price of $300 (the opening bid), which, after buyer premium and shipping, was just under $450.
This was a lowball bid I unexpectedly won, possibly because there were few other SF titles in this auction. It’s a good thing I won it so cheap, since I experienced considerable difficulty paying for it. After a delay for auction platform Invaluable to accept my resale certificate to drop taxes from the invoice, the credit card payment was unexpectedly declined. Checking with my credit union, it seems Invaluable’s system was trying to run my card with the old expiration date despite having the new one on file. There then followed several frustrating days dealing with technical support of them continuing to try to run the card with the wrong expiration date, despite having thought the problem was fixed. Finally, they had me completely delete and re-add my card information (which I should have thought to try earlier), only for the system to throw an error when trying to save the updated information! It continued to do this even after trying both Firefox and Chrome (including trying incognito/private mode), and discovering that on Chrome, it keeps you logged into the system even after having logged out! (Obviously their system isn’t properly managing its caching.) I was finally able to get it to take the credit card information after using Safari, after which I was able to pay for my purchase.
One final frustration was the auction house I bought from having no in-house shipping. A UPS store they specified picked up the book (for a stiff price) and shipped it to me. Upon its arrival, I discovered they used no padding for the book! But I am happy to finally have a better copy of this classic, arguably one of the ten most important science fiction novels of the 20th century.
Found at various Half Price Books locations across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, the Book Celler in Temple, and Recycled Books in Denton.
Anonymous. In the Future. Arno Press, 1974. First edition hardback thus, a reprint of a book originally published in 1867, a Fine- copy with slight bumps at points, sans dust jacket, as issued. Bought for $7.99.
Not to be confused with the David Byrne piece of the same name:
Clarke, Arthur C. A Fall of Moondust. Harcourt, Brace and World, 1961. First edition hardback, an Ex-Library copy with the usual flaws, including stamps, pocket removal, tape to boards, etc, but with a much better than usual dust jacket, with a couple of short closed tears on flap edges, a small sticker ghost on spine, and slight protector discoloration to edges; call it a G/NF Ex-Lib copy. Currey, page 114. Replaces a less attractive Ex-Library copy. Bought for $20.
Erickson, Steve, Our Ecstatic Days. Simon & Schuster, 2005. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket. Bought at Recycled Books in Denton for $6.80.
Kuttner, Henry. The Best of Henry Kuttner. Nelson Doubleday (SFBC), 1975. First edition hardback (code “01 R” on page 335, as per Currey), a Fine- copy with trace of bumping at points in a Fine- dust jacket with slight edgewear and small fold to tip of bottom front flap. Introduction by ray Bradbury. Currey, page 291. Bought for $6 at the Book Cellar in Temple.
Martin, George R. R., editor. Wild Cards VI: Ace in the Hole. Bantam Books/SFBC, 1989. First hardback edition, the SFBC book club edition, preceded by the PBO, a Fine- copy with bumping at head, heel and top points, in a Near Fine+ dust jacket with slight bumping at head, heel and top points, a couple of phantom creases across rear cover, and slight edgewear. Bought for $6 at the Book Cellar in Temple.
Matheson. Richard. Duel: Terror Stories By Richard Matheson. Tor, 2003. First edition hardback, a Fine- with slight bend at heel copy in a Fine- dust jacket with a slight wrinkle at rear bottom. Supplements a trade paperback edition. Bought for $12.99.
Vance, Jack. The Space Pirate. Toby Press, 1953. First edition trade paperback original (no statement of printing, as per Currey), a Fine- copy with a bare trace of dust oiling age darkening to rear cover, plus the usual age darkening to pages; all but perfect, and far and away the nicest copy I’ve seen. Vance’s second novel. Hewett, A2. Cunningham, B.75.a. Currey, page 500. Supplements a signed but less attractive copy. Bought for $12 from Recycled Books in Denton.
It’s been a while since I did one of these, and more than seven years since I did a Beach House song, so here’s “Space Song,” featuring footage of a science fiction film I bet you’re familiar with.
Two more first editions from that private collector sale:
Clarke, Arthur C. Tales From The White Hart. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1970. First hardback edition (no statement of printing on copyright page, as per Currey), a Near Fine+ copy with what appears to be a 1″ slight sticker pull inside front cover and tarnishing to “o” in “from” gold metal colored lettering on spine, in a Fine- dust jacket with just a trace of edgewear at heel. A collection of “club stories,” sort of the English version of the American tall tale. Currey, page 115. Bought for $40.
Koontz, Dean R. Odd Thomas. Bantam Books, 2003. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy in a Fine- dust jacket with slight bumping at head and heel, slight haze rubbing to reflective surfaces, and one small spot of blind-side staining at heel. Another book Scott Cupp recommended. Bought for $7.20.
Some ten years ago I put up a books wanted list, and since then I’ve obtained a lot of things on it. Now here’s a greatly expanded list.
The vast majority of these are first edition first printings, mostly hardbacks, but I do have more PBOs listed this time around (especially for Michael Moorcock and Jack Vance). Hardback is the default, but other formats are listed where otherwise, as are a occasional first edition points for clarity or to jog my memory.
I don’t buy later printings, copies without dust jackets (when issued with same), copies with price-clipped dust jackets (unless all copies of the true first edition were released that way), copies with facsimile dust jackets, or overly crummy copies. Most of the books I buy are in Fine/Fine condition, but that relaxes a bit the older (and pricier) books become. I have picked up Ex-Library copies in dust jacket when the better copies of the true first can’t be found under a grand. I also only buy first state bindings and dust jackets, unless there’s no priority, or the true first state is insanely rare (such as with Stanley G. Weinbaum’s Dawn of Flame). I prefer signed copies to unsigned copies for most things, especially for dead writers (an ever-growing list). Trade editions of recent books from mainstream publishers are mainly here to jog my own memory when visiting bookstores.
I have a few books here under the writer’s pseudonym, so I can enter them under that name in various search fields.
Some of these are aspirational, as I doubt I’m going to find a first printing of The Hobbit I can afford, but you never know.
If you have nice copies of the below you’re willing to part with at an attractive price, feel free to drop me a line at lawrenceperson at gmail dot com.
Anonymous (actually Dorothy Scarborough)’s The Wind (Harper & Brothers, 1925)
Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Arthur Baker, 1979) (first state “Capricorn One” on dj rear)
Richard Adams’ Watership Down (Rex Collins, 1972)
Robert Aickman’s Sub Rosa (Gollancz, 1968)
Brian Aldiss’ At the Caligula Hotel (Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995) (trade paperback)
Brian Aldiss’ Greybeard (Harcourt Brace & World, 1964)
Brian Aldiss’ Helliconia Spring (Cape, 1982)
Brian Aldiss’ Helliconia Summer (Cape, 1983)
Brian Aldiss’ Helliconia Winter (Atheneum, 1985)
Brian Aldiss’ Hothouse (Faber & Faber, 1962)
Brian Aldiss’ A Plutonian Monologue (Frogmore Press, 2002) (chapbook)
Brian Aldiss’ At a Bigger House (Avernus, 2002) (chapbook)
Brian Aldiss’ The Dark Sun Rises (Avernus, 2002) (chapbook)
Kingsley Amis’s New Maps of Hell (Gollancz, 1961)
Poul Anderson’s The Broken Sword (Abelard-Schulman, 1954)
Poul Anderson’s The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson Volume 5: Door to Anywhere (NESFA Press, 2013)
Poul Anderson’s The High Crusade (Doubleday, 1960)
Poul Anderson’s The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson Volume 7: Question and Answer (NESFA Press, 2017)
Isaac Asimov’s The End of Eternity (Doubleday, 1955)
Isaac Asimov’s Good Taste (Apocalypse Press, 1976) (chapbook, 1/500 signed in blue on page 33)
Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot (Gnome Press, 1950)
Isaac Asimov’s Liar! (Cambridge University Press, 1977) (chapbook)
Steve Aylett’s Shamanspace (Codex, 2001) (TPO)
Steve Aylett’s Dummyland (Gollancz, 2002) (TPO)
Paul Bailey’s Deliver Me From Eva (Murray & Gee, 1946)
J. G. Ballard’s Crash (Cape, 1973)
J. G. Ballard’s The Day of Forever (Gollancz, 1986)
J. G. Ballard’s The Drowned World (Gollancz, 1962)
J. G. Ballard’s Kingdom Come (Fourth Estate, 2006)
J. G. Ballard’s Low Flying Aircraft (Cape, 1976)
J. G. Ballard’s Rushing to Paradise (Flamingo, 1994)
Bill Barclay’s Somewhere in the Night (Compact PBO, 1966)
Clive Barker’s The Hellbound Heart (Earthling Publications, 2007)
Clive Barker’s The Scarlet Gospels (St. Martin’s, 2015)
Stephen Baxter’s The Massacre of Mankind (Gollancz, 2017)
Peter S. Beagle’s Lila the Werewolf (Capra Press, 1974) (1/75 signed hardbacks)
Michael Bishop’s Windows & Mirrors (The Moravian Press, 1977) (poetry chapbook)
Jerome Bixby’s The Devil’s Scrapbooks (Brandon House, 1964) (PBO)
(Blackwood, Algernon) Mike Ashley’s Algernon Blackwood: A Bio-Bibliography (Greenwood, 1987)
William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist (Harper & Row, 1971)
James P. Blaylock’s Doughnuts (ASAP, 1994) (1/26 triptych copies)
James P. Blaylock’s Home Before Dark (Subterranean, 2000) (1/26 signed, lettered hardback copies)
James Blish’s The Day After Judgment (Doubleday, 1971, code L47 on p. 166)
Robert Bloch’s Atoms and Evil (Robert Hale, 1976)
Robert Bloch’s Blood Runs Colds (Simon and Schuster, 1961)
Robert Bloch’s Chamber of Horrors (Award Books, 1966) (PBO)
Robert Bloch’s Cold Chills (Doubleday, 1977)
Robert Bloch’s The Dead Beat (Simon and Schuster, 1960)
Robert Bloch’s Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow (Award, 1971) (PBO)
Robert Bloch’s The Kidnaper (Lion, 1954) (PBO)
Robert Bloch’s The Laughter of a Ghoul/Whatever A Young Ghoul Should Know (Necrominocon Press, 1977) (chapbook)
Robert Bloch’s The Living Demons (Belmont, 1967) (PBO)
Robert Bloch’s Once Around the Bloch (Tor, 1993)
Robert Bloch’s The Opener of the Way (Arkham House, 1945)
Robert Bloch’s Pleasant Dreams – Nightmares (Arkham House, 1960)
Robert Bloch’s The Scarf (Dial Press, 1947)
Robert Bloch’s Sea-Kissed (Utopian Publications, 1945)(PBO)
Robert Bloch’s The Skull of the Marquis de Sade and other stories (Robert Hale, 1975)
Robert Bloch and Ray Bradbury’s Bloch and Bradbury (Tower, 1969) (PBO)
Pierre Boulle’s Monkey Planet (Secker & Warburg, 1964)
Edward P. Bradbury’s Barbarians of Mars (Compact, 1965) (PBO)
Edward P. Bradbury’s Blades of Mars (Compact, 1965) (PBO)
Ray Bradbury’s About Norman Corwin (Santa Susana Press, 1979)(boxed art portfolio)
Ray Bradbury’s The Anthem Sprinters (Dial Press, 1963, hardback)
Ray Bradbury’s The April Witch (Creative Education, 1987) (hardback chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s The Aqueduct (Roy A. Squires, 1979) (hardback chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s Beyond 1984: Remembrances of Things Future (Targ, 1979)
Ray Bradbury’s Christmas Greetings broadsides (all years except 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997 and 2008)
Ray Bradbury’s Christus Apollo: Cantata Celebrating the Eighth Day of Creation and the Promise of the Ninth (The Gold Stein Press, 1998) (1/50 signed hardback copies in traycase)
Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine (Doubleday, 1957)
Ray Bradbury’s Dawn to Dusk (Gauntlet, 2011) (signed numbered or signed lettered edition)
Ray Bradbury’s The Day It Rained Forever. (Rupert Hart Davis, 1959) (Currey state A (navy blue binding))
Ray Bradbury’s The Day It Rained Forever: A Comedy in One Act (Samuel French, 1966) (play chapbook, 75¢ price)
Ray Bradbury’s A Device Out of Time (Dramatic Publishing, 1986)
Ray Bradbury’s The Engines Drive the Summer With Their Purr (Green Cat Press, 2001) (broadsheet)
Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 (Ballantine Books, 1953) (any Currey hardback state (B-E))
Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaption (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009) (graphic novel)
Ray Bradbury’s Falling Upward (Dramatic Publishing Company, 1989) (play chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s Farewell Summer (Morrow, 2006)
Ray Bradbury’s Farewell Summer (Subterranean, 2011) (lettered edition with extra book)
Ray Bradbury’s The Fog Horn (Creative Education, 1987) (hardback chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s Fragments (Gauntlet, 2005)
Ray Bradbury’s Frost and Fire (DC Comics, 1985) (graphic novel)
Ray Bradbury’s From the Dust Returned (Morrow, 2001)
Ray Bradbury’s A Gathering of Authors & Their Admonitions (Castle Press, 1981) (broadsheet)
Ray Bradbury’s The God in Science Fiction (Santa Susana Press, 1978)(chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s The Golden Apples of the Sun (Doubleday, 1953)
Ray Bradbury’s October (Shuttlebop Press, 1983)
Ray Bradbury’s The Halloween Tree (Gauntlet Press, 2005) (1/52 lettered copies with metal case and popup tree)
Ray Bradbury’s How I Wrote My Book (Hill House/PS Publishing, 2009) (hardback chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s Imagine (Lord John, 1981) (broadside, 1/100 signed)
Ray Bradbury’s I Live By The Invisible (Salmon Poetry, 2002) (TPO)
Ray Bradbury’s I Sing the Body Electric (Knopf, 1969)
Ray Bradbury’s Kaleidoscope (Dramatic Publishing, 1975)(play chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s The Last Good Kiss (Santa Susana Press, 1984) (art portfolio thing)
Ray Bradbury’s Long After Ecclesiastes (Gold Stein Press, 1985; miniature book)
Ray Bradbury’s The Love Affair (Lord John Press, 1982) (1/300 signed hardbacks)
Ray Bradbury’s Long After Midnight (Knopf, 1976)
Ray Bradbury’s The Machineries of Joy Simon and Schuster, 1964)
Ray Bradbury’s Madrigals for the Space Age (Associated Music Publishers, 1972) (chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s Man Dead? Then God Slain (Santa Susana Press, 1977) (1 of 26 numbered hardback copies in slipcase)
Ray Bradbury’s Match to Flame (Gauntlet, 2006) (Wooden slipcase lettered edition)
Ray Bradbury’s A Medicine for Melancholy (Doubleday, 1959)
Ray Bradbury’s My Cat Has Swallowed a Bumblebee (Green Cat Press, 2003) (broadsheet)
Ray Bradbury’s 1984 Will Not Arrive: A Prediction for the Greening of Scripps (Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press, 1975) (chapbook text lecture)
Ray Bradbury’s No Man Is An Island (Brandeis University, 1952) (chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s October (Shottlebop Press, 1983) (chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s The October Country (Ballantine Books, 1955; first state with inverted logo on spine)
Ray Bradbury’s One More For The Road (Morrow, 2002)
Ray Bradbury’s One the Years Were Numerous and the Funerals Few (broadsheet, 2004)
Ray Bradbury’s The Other Foot (Creative Education, 1993)
Ray Bradbury’s The Pedestrian (Roy Squires, 1964) (chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act (Samuel French, 1966) (chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s Pillar of Fire and Other Plays (Bantam Books, 1975) (PBO)
Ray Bradbury’s The Poet Considers His Resources (Lord John Press, 1979) (broadside)
Ray Bradbury’s R is for Rocket (Doubleday, 1962)
Ray Bradbury’s Ray Bradbury Chronicles (Volumes 1, 3 and 5) (Byron Preiss/NBM) (signed hardback graphic novels)
Ray Bradbury’s Samurai/Kabuki (Hill House, 2006 hardback)
Ray Bradbury’s S is for Space (Doubleday, 1966)
Ray Bradbury’s Skeletons (Subterranean, 2008) (lettered edition)
Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes (Simon and Schuster, 1962)
Ray Bradbury’s The Stars (Gold Stein Press, 1/95, 1993, miniature book)
Ray Bradbury’s Sun and Shadow (Quenian Press, 1957) (chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s Switch on The Night (Pantheon, 1955)(first state, no mention of Random House on copyright page)
Ray Bradbury’s That Ghost, That Bride of Time (Roy A. Squires, 1976)
Ray Bradbury’s That Son of Richard III: A Birth Announcement (Roy A. Squires, 1974)
Ray Bradbury’s Tomorrow Midnight (Ballantine Books, 1966) (PBO, 50¢)
Ray Bradbury’s To Sing Strange Songs (A. Wheaton & Co., 1979)
Ray Bradbury’s To The Chicago Abyss (Dramatic Publishing Company, 1988) (play chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s The Tonybee Convector (Knopf, 1988) (1/350 signed/numbered)
Ray Bradbury’s Twice 22 (Doubleday, 1966) (book club, code 47G on page 405)
Ray Bradbury’s The Trivial Pursuits Transporter (Hill House, 2006)
Ray Bradbury’s The Vintage Bradbury (Vintage Books, 1965)
Ray Bradbury’s Where Everything Ends (Subterranean Press, 2009) (1/26 lettered copies)
Ray Bradbury’s The Wish (Hill House, 2006)
Ray Bradbury’s The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone (?, 1985) (chapbook)
Ray Bradbury’s Zen in the Art of Writing (Capra Press/Joshua Odell Editions, 1973) (1/250 signed, numbered copies)
Ray Bradbury editor’s The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Stories (Bantam Books, 1956) (PBO)
Ray Bradbury editor’s Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow (Bantam Books, 1953) (PBO, 35¢)
Ray Bradbury and Robert Bloch’s Bloch and Bradbury (PBO, Tower, 1969, Tower 43-246, 60¢)
(Ray Bradbury) Steven Ageliss’ Conversations With Ray Bradbury (University Press of Mississippi, 2004)
(Ray Bradbury) Gene Beley. Ray Bradbury: Uncensored! The Unauthorized Biography. (iUniverse, 2006)
(Ray Bradbury) Jonathan R. Eller & William F. Touponce’s Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction (Kent State University Press, 2004)
(Ray Bradbury) Joseph Mugnaini: Drawings & Graphics (Scarecrow Press, 1982)
(Ray Bradbury) Joseph Mugnaini: Ten Views of the Moon (Lynton Kistler, 1981) (art portfolio with 10 signed prints)
(Ray Bradbury) Sam Weller’s Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews (Stopsmiling Books/Melville House, 2010) (TPO)
(Ray Bradbury) William F. Nolan’s Ray Bradbury Review (Graham Press, 1988)
Ernest Bramah’s Kai Lung: Six (Non-Profit Press, 1974)
Joseph Payne Brennan’s The Adventures of Lucius Leffing (Donald M. Grant, 1990)
Joseph Payne Brennan’s As Evil Advances (Crystal Vision, 1978) (1/400 signed chapbooks)
Joseph Payne Brennan’s Creep to Death (Donald M. Grant, 1981)
Joseph Payne Brennan’s The Dark Returners (Macabre House, 1959)
Joseph Payne Brennan’s Evil Always Ends (Donald M. Grant, 1982)
Joseph Payne Brennan’s Nightmare Need (Arkham House, 1964)
Joseph Payne Brennan’s Scream at Midnight (Macabre House, 1963)
Joseph Payne Brennan’s Webs of Time (Macabre House, 1979) (1/100 signed chapbooks with picture laid in)
Joseph Payne Brennan and Donald M. Grant’s Act of Providence (Donald M. Grant, 1979)
William S. Burroughs’ Cities of the Red Night (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1981)
William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch (Grove Press, 1959 (i.e., 1962))
William S. Burroughs’ The Soft Machine (Grove Press, 1966)
John W. Campbell’s Invaders from the infinite (Fantasy Press, 1961) (one of 300 (actually 112) signed, numbered copies)
John W. Campbell’s Islands of Space (Fantasy Press, 1956) (1/50-odd signed copies)
John W. Campbell’s Who Goes There? (Shasta Publishers, 1952)
John Dickson Carr’s The Devil in Velvet (Harper & Brothers, 1951)
Angela Carter’s Heroes and Villains (Heinemann, 1969)
Edd Cartier’s The Known and the Unknown (De La Ree, 1977)
Michael Chabon’s Werewolves in Their Youth (Random House, 1999) (Number line ends with 2)
G. K. Chesterton’s Napoleon of Notting Hill (John Lane, 1904)
Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood Ends (Portentious Press HB, 1996)
Arthur C. Clarke’s Expedition to Earth (Ballantine Books, 1953)
Arthur C. Clarke’s The Sands of Mars (Sidgwick & jackson, 1951)
Arthur C. Clarke’s Tales From the White Heart (Ballantine Books, 1957)
Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (NAL, 1968)
James Clavell’s King Rat (Little Brown, 1962)
Hal Clement’s Cycle of Fire (Ballantine, 1957)
Colvin, James. The Deep Fix (Compact, 1966) (PBO)
Avram Davidson’s And Don’t Forget The One Red Rose (Dryad Press, 1986) (1/15 hardbacks)
L. Sprague De Camp’s Lest Darkness Fall (Henry Holt, 1941)
L. Sprague De Camp’s The Tritonian Ring (Twayne, 1953)
L. Sprague De Camp and Fletcher Pratt’s The Castle of Iron (Fantasy Press, 1950)
L. Sprague De Camp and Fletcher Pratt’s The Incomplete Enchanter (Henry Holt & Co., 1941)
Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren (Gregg Press, 1977)
Samuel R. Delany’s The Einstein Intersection (Ace, 1967) (PBO)
Samuel R. Delany’s The Fall of the Towers (Gregg Press, 1977)
Samuel R. Delany’s Out of the Dead City (Sphere, 1968) (PBO)
(Samuel R. Delany) George Edgar Slusser’s The Delany Intersection (Borgo Press, 1977) (chapbook)
(Samuel R. Delany) James Sallis, editor. Ash of Stars: On the Writings of Writing of Samuel R. Delany (University of Mississippi Press, 1996)
August Derleth’s The Trail of Cthulhu (Arkham House, 1962)
Philip K. Dick’s Dr. Bloodmoney (Gregg Press, 1977)
Philip K. Dick’s Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s (Library of America, 2008) (in dust jacket with green band)
Philip K. Dick’s Five Novels of the 1960s & 70s (Library of America, 2008) (without dust jacket, in slipcase)
Philip K. Dick’s VALIS and Later Novels (Library of America, 2009) (in dust jacket with pink band)
Philip K. Dick’s VALIS and Later Novels (Library of America, 2009 (without dust jacket, in slipcase)
Philip K. Dick’s Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said (Doubleday, 1974) (no remainder spray)
Philip K. Dick’s The World Jones Made (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1968)
Gordon R. Dickson’s The Dragon and the George (Nelson Doubleday/SFBC, 1976) (book club hardback) (code G24 on page 243)
Thomas M. Disch’s Haikus of an Ampart (Coffee House Press, 1991) (chapbook)
Thomas M. Disch’s Orders of the Retina (Toothpaste Press, 1982) (1/100 signed, numbered hardbacks)
Thomas M. Disch’s Ringtime (Toothpaste Press, 1982, 1/100 signed, numbered hardbacks)
Thomas M. Disch’s Under Compulsion (Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968)
Thomas M. Disch, Marilyn Hacker and Charles Platt’s Highway Sandwiches (chapbook, 1970)
Gardner Dozois’s Sunk beneath the Waves (Dragonstairs Press, 2013) (chapbook)
Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction Volumes 15, 23, 24, 27, 28 (St. Martin’s hardbacks)
E. R. Eddison’s The Worm Ouroboros (Cape, 1922)
Greg Egan’s Oceanic (Gollancz, 2009)
Robert Eighteen-Bisang’s A Vampire Bibliography: Volume One, Literature (Transylvania Press, 1996)
Harlan Ellison’s All the Sounds of Fear (Panther, 1973) (PBO)
Harlan Ellison’s Broken Glass (Avenue Victor Hugo, 1981) (broadside)
Harlan Ellison’s The Deadly Streets (Ace, 1958) (PBO)
Harlan Ellison’s Ellison Under Glass (Charnel House, 2019) (1/100 signed/numbered)
Harlan Ellison’s Gentlemen Junkie (Regency, 1961) (PBO, 50¢ on the cover)
Harlan Ellison’s The Glass Teat & The Other Glass Teat (Charnel House, 2014)
Harlan Ellison’s I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (Pyramid, 1967) (PBO, 60¢)
Harlan Ellison’s Jokes Without Punchlines (White Wolf, 1995) (chapbook)
Harlan Ellison’s The Juvies (Ace, 1961) (PBO, 35¢)
Harlan Ellison’s The Man With Nine Lives b/w A Touch of Infinity (Ace, 1960) (PBO, 35¢)
Harlan Ellison’s One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty (Lance Brown, 1993) (broadside, 1/100 copies)
Harlan Ellison’s Over the Edge (Belmont, 1970) (PBO, May 1970 on copyright page, 75¢)
Harlan Ellison’s Night of Black Glass (1981) (broadside)
Harlan Ellison’s Rockabilly (Fawcett, 1961) (PBO, First Printed October 1961 on copyright page, 35¢)
Harlan Ellison’s (Edgeworks Abby, 2012) (TPO)
Harlan Ellison’s Spider Kiss (Pyramid, 1975) (PBO, Pyramid Edition published July 1975 on copyright page, $1.25 on cover)
Harlan Ellison’s The Time of the Eye (Panther, 1974) (PBO, first published in Great Britain in 1974 on copyright page, 35p on cover)
Harlan Ellison’s Web of the City (Pyramid, 1975) (PBO, New Pyramid edition: December 1975 on copyright page, price of $1.50 on cover)
Harlan Ellison (& Steranko)’s “Repent, Harlequin,” Said The Ticktock Man (art Portfolio w/6 prints) (Baronet, 1978)
Harlan Ellison’s Vic and Blood (Edgeworks Abbey, 2003)
(Harlan Ellison) Ellen Weil and Gary K. Wolfe’s Harlan Ellison: The Edge of Forever (Ohio State University Press, 2002)
Philip Jose Farmer’s A Barnstormer in Oz (Phantasia Press S/L, 1982)
Philip Jose Farmer’s Blown or Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind (Essex House, 1968, PBO)
Philip Jose Farmer’s Dare (Gregg Press, 1980)
Philip Jose Farmer’s Flesh (Doubleday, 1968)
Philip Jose Farmer’s Greatheart Silver and Other Pulp Heroes (Meteor House, 2019)
Philip Jose Farmer’s Image of the Beast (Essex House, 1966, PBO)
Philip Jose Farmer’s Night of Light (Garland, 1975)
Philip Jose Farmer’s The Unreasoning Mask (Putnam, 1981) (signed/limited edition)
Philip Jose Farmer editor’s Strange Relations (Gollancz, 1964)
Gans T. Field’s Romance in Black (Utopian Publications, 1946) (chapbook)
Virgil Finlay’s The Book of Virgil Finlay (De La Ree, 1975)
Virgil Finlay’s The Third Book of Virgil Finlay (De La Ree, 1979)
Virgil Finlay’s The Fourth Book of Virgil Finlay (De La Ree, 1979)
Virgil Finlay’s The Fifth Book of Virgil Finlay (De La Ree, 1979)
Virgil Finlay’s The Sixth Book of Virgil Finlay (De La Ree, 1980)
Jack Finney’s Time and Again (Simon & Schuster, 1970) (1st stated, no book club mention on dj or embossed book club square on rear)
John Fowls’ The Magus (Cape, 1966)
Pat Frank’s Alas, Babylon (Lippincott, 1959)
Neil Gaiman’s Blueberry Girl (Harper, 2009)
Neil Gaiman’s Chu’s Day (Harper, 2013)
Neil Gaiman’s Chu’s First Day at the Beach (Harper, 2016)
Neil Gaiman’s Cinnamon (Harper, 2017)
Neil Gaiman’s Chu’s First Day at School (Harper, 2013)
Neil Gaiman’s Odd and the Frost Giants (HarperCollins, 2009)
Neil Gaiman’s Only the End of the World Again (Dark Horse, 2018)
Jane Gaskell’s The Shiny Narrow Grin (Hodder & Stoughton, 1964)
Neil Gaiman’s The Little Gold Book of Ghastly Stuff (Borderlands, 2011)
,li>(Gibson, William) Patrick A. Smith. Conversations with William Gibson (Univerity of Mississippi Press, 2014)
William Golding’s The Inheritors (Faber & Faber, 1955)
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (Faber & Faber, 1954)
William Golding’s Pincher Martin (Faber & Faber, 1956)
Herbert Gorman’s The Place Called Dagon (Doran, 1927)
Charles L. Harness’s Flight Into Yesterday (Bouregy & Curl, 1953)
Roger Harris’ The LSD Dossier (Compact, 1966) (PBO)
Harry Harrison’s Make Room! Make Room! (Doubleday, 1966)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Between Planets (Scribner’s, 1951) (First Printing A & seal, unclipped $2.50 dj)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Beyond This Horizon (Fantasy Press, 1948)
Robert A. Heinlein’s The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (Putnam, 1985) (1/350 signed, numbered copies)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Citizen of the Galaxy (Scribner’s, 1957) (First Printing A & seal)
Robert A. Heinlein’s The Door Into Summer (Doubleday, 1957)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Farnham’s Freehold (Putnam, 1964)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Farmer in the Sky (Scribner’s, 1950)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Friday (Holt Reinhardt & Winston, 1982) (1/500 signed, numbered copies)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Glory Road (Putnam, 1963)(no statement of printing)
Robert A. Heinlein’s I Will Fear No Evil (Putnam, 1970)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Job: A Comedy of Justice (Del Rey, 1984, 1/750 signed, numbered copies)
Robert A. Heinlein’s The Menace From Earth (Gnome, 1959)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Methuselah’s Children (Gnome, 1st state binding (black boards), 1st state dj (“New York 3”)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Orphans of the Sky (Gollancz, 1963)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Red Planet (Scribner’s, 1949) (First Printing A & seal)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Rocket Ship Galileo (Scribner’s, 1947) (First Printing A & seal, unclipped $2.00 dj)
Robert A. Heinlein’s The Rolling Stones (Scribner’s, 1952) (First Printing A & seal)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Space Cadet (Scribner’s, 1948) (First Printing A & seal)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Starman Jones (Scribner’s, 1953) (First Printing A & seal)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love (Putnam, 1973)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Time for the Stars (Scribner’s, 1956) (First Printing A & seal)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Tunnel in the Sky (Scribner’s, 1955) (First Printing A & seal)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Universe (Dell, 1951) (PBO)
Robert A. Heinlein’s The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (Gnome, 1959)
Robert A. Heinlein’s Waldo & Magic Inc. (Doubleday, 1950)
Peter Held’s Take My Face (Mystery House, 1957)
Mark Helprin’s Winter’s Tale (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983)
Joe Hill’s Basket Full of Heads (Hill House Comics/DC, 2020) (Hardback graphic novel)
Joe Hill’s Dying Is Easy (IDW, 2020) (Hardback graphic novel)
Joe Hill’s Plunge (Hill House Comics/DC, 2020) (Hardback graphic novel)
Joe Hill’s You Are Released (Lividian Publications, 2022) (chapbook)
Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker (Cape, 1980)
William Hope Hodgson’s The Boats of the ‘Glen Garrig’ (Chapman and Hall, 1907) (no statement of printing)
William Hope Hodgson’s The Calling of the Sea (Selwyn & Blount, 1920)
William Hope Hodgson’s The Ghost Pirates (Stanley Paul, 1909) (red cloth binding)
William Hope Hodgson’s The Haunted Pampero (Donald M. Grant, 1991, 1/500 signed copies)
William Hope Hodgson’s The House on the Borderland (Chapman and Hall, 1908)
William Hope Hodgson’s Men of Deep Waters (Eveleigh Nash, 1914)
William Hope Hodgson’s The Night Land (Eveleigh Nash, 1911)
William Hope Hodgson’s Terror of the Seas (Donald M. Grant, 1996, with signed illustration sheet laid in)
William Hope Hodgson’s Voice of the Ocean (Selwyn & Blount, 1921)
(William Hope Hodgson) Ian Bell, editor William Hope Hodgson: Voyages And Visions (Bell, 1987 chapbook)
Nancy Holder’s Dead in the Water (Dell Abyss, 1994) (PBO)
Robert Holdstock’s Mythago Wood (Gollancz, 1984)
Gordon Honeycombe’s Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (Hutchison, 1969)
Geoffrey Household’s Dance of the Dwarfs (Michael Joseph, 1968)
Robert E. Howard’s Adventures of Lal Singh (Cryptic Publications, 1985) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s Altars and Jesters (Roy A. Squires, 1974) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s Always Comes Evening (Arkham House, 1957)
Robert E. Howard’s Almuric (Ace, 1964) (PBO, 40¢)
Robert E. Howard’s “…and their memory was a bitter tree” (Black Bart, 2008) (1/500 signed slipcased)
Robert E. Howard’s Black Colossus (Donald M. Grant, 1979)
Robert E. Howard’s Black Dawn (Roy A. Squires, 1974) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s Black Vulmea’s Vengence (Donald M. Grant, 1976)
Robert E. Howard’s Blades for France (George T. Hamilton, 1975) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s Bloodstar (Morning Star Press, 1976) (Graphic novel, one of 1,500 signed by artist Corban)
Robert E. Howard’s The Saga of Faring Town (Robert E. Howard Foundation, 2009) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard (Robert E. Howard Foundation, 2009)
Robert E. Howard’s The Coming of El Borak (Cryptic Publications, 1987) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s The Complete Yellow Jacket (Paul Herman, 1999) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Adventurer (Lancer, 1966) (PBO, 60¢)
Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Warrior (Lancer, 1967) (PBO, 60¢)
Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Usurper (Lancer, 1967) (PBO, 60¢)
Robert E. Howard’s The Early Adventures of El Borak (Robert E. Howard Foundation, 2010)
Robert E. Howard’s Echoes From an Iron Harp (Donald M. Grant, 1972)
Robert E. Howard’s Etchings in Ivory (Glenn Lord, 1968) (chapbook)(see Currey for points)
Robert E. Howard’s A Gent From Bear Creek (Herbert Jenkins, 1937)
Robert E. Howard’s The Ghost Ocean (Gibbelins Gazatte Pubns, 1982, hardback)
Robert E. Howard’s The Gold and the Grey (Roy A. Squires, 1974) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s “Golden Hope” Christmas (Dennis McHaney, 2002) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s The Grey God Passes (Charles Miller, 1975) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s The Grim Land and Others (Stygian isle Press, 1976) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s The Hand of Kane (Centaur Press, 1970) (PBO, 75¢)
Robert E. Howard’s The Hour of the Dragon (Donald M. Grant, 1989)
Robert E. Howard’s The Hyborain Age (LANY Cooperative Publications, 1938) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s The Illustrated Gods of the North (Necronomicon Press, 1977) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan (Fax Collector’s Edition, 1977)
Robert E. Howard’s The Iron Man and other tales (Donald M. Grant, 1976)
Robert E. Howard’s Isle of Pirate’s Doom (George T. Hamilton, 1975)
Robert E. Howard’s The King’s Service (George T. Hamilton, 1975)
Robert E. Howard’s Kull (Donald M. Grant, 1985)
Robert E. Howard’s The Hyborian Age (Los Angeles-New York Cooperative Publications, 1938)
Robert E. Howard’s Jewels of Gwahlur (Donald M. Grant, 1979)
Robert E. Howard’s Lewd Tales (Cryptic Publications, 1987) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s The Lost Valley of Iskander (FAX Collector’s Edition, 1974)
Robert E. Howard’s The Last Cat Book (Dodd Mead, 1984) (trade paperback)
Robert E. Howard’s A Man Eating Jeopard (Alla Ray Morris, 1994) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s The Moon of Skulls (Centaur Press, 1969) (PBO, 60¢)
Robert E. Howard’s Neolithic Love Song (Thomas Kovacs, 1987) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s North of Khyber (Cryptic Publications, 1987) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s Pay Day (Cryptic Publications, 1986) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s Pictures in the Fire (Robert E. Howard Foundation, 2018)
Robert E. Howard’s Pool of the Black One (Donald M. Grant, 1986)
Robert E. Howard’s Post Oaks & Sand Roughs (Donald M. Grant, 1989)
Robert E. Howard’s The Pride of Bear Creek (Grant, 1966)
Robert E. Howard’s Red Blades of Black Cathay (Grant, 1971)
Robert E. Howard’s Red Shadows (Grant, 1968)
Robert E. Howard’s The Return of the Seafarer (Thomas Kovacs, 1988) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s The Road to Rome (Roy A. Squires, 1972) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s The Rhyme of the Three Slavers (Thomas Kovacs, 1983) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s Sentiment: An Olio of Rarer Works (Robert E. Howard Foundation, 2009)
Robert E. Howard’s The Shadow of the Beast (George T. Hamilton, 1977)
Robert E. Howard’s Shadow of the Hun (George T.Hamilton, 1977)
Robert E. Howard’s Shadows of Dreams (Donald M. Grant, 1989)
Robert E. Howard’s Singers in the Shadows (Donald M. Grant, 1970)
Robert E. Howard’s Solomon Kane (Centaur Press, 1969) (PBO, 75¢)
Robert E. Howard’s A Song of the Naked Lands (Roy A. Squires, 1972) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s Son of the White Wolf (Fax Collector’s Edition, 1977)
Robert E. Howard’s The Sonora Kid (Cryptic Publications, 1988) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s Spears of Clontarf (George T. Hamilton, 1978) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s Spicy Adventure Stories (Robert E. Howard Foundation, 2011)
Robert E. Howard’s Swords of the North (Robert E. Howard Foundation, 2014)
Robert E. Howard’s The Sword of Shahrazar (FAX Collector’s Editions, 1976)
Robert E. Howard’s Tigers of the Sea (Donald M. Grant, 1974)
Robert E. Howard’s Two Against Tyre (Dennis McHaney, 1976) (chapbook)(1/600 numbered)
Robert E. Howard’s Two-Fisted Detective Stories (Cryptic Publications, 1984) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s Up, John Kane! (Roy A. Squires, 1977) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s Valley of the Lost (Chuck E. Miller, 1975)
Robert E. Howard’s Voices of the Lost (Necronomicon Press, 1977) (chapbook)
Robert E. Howard’s Wolfshead (Lancer, 1968) (PBO)
Robert E. Howard’s Writer of the Dark (Dark Carnival Press, 1986) (trade paperback)(1/500)
Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp’s Tales of Conan (Gnome Press, 1955)
Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp’s Conan the Freebooter (Lancer, 1968) (PBO, 60¢)
Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter’s Conan (Lancer, 1968) (PBO, 60¢)
Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter’s Conan of Cimmeria (Lancer, 1968) (PBO, 95¢)
Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter’s Conan the Wanderer (Lancer, 1968) (PBO, 60¢)
Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Bjorn Nyburg’s Conan the Avenger (Lancer, 1968) (PBO, 95¢)
Robert E. Howard and Tevis Clyde Smiths’s Red Blades of Black Cathay (Real Free Press, 1975) (graphic novel chapbook)
Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long, H.P. Lovecraft, A. Merritt and C.L. Moore’s The Challenge From Beyond (Weltschmertz Publications, 1954) (Mimeographed)
(Robert E. Howard) Glenn Lord’s The Last Celt: A Bio-Bibliography of Robert E. Howard
(Robert E. Howard) Willard M. Oliver’s Robert E. Howard: The Life and Times of a Texas Author
(Robert E. Howard) Patrice Louinet’s The Robert E. Howard Guide (Skelos, 2018) (1/50 hardback copies)
Jan Hudson’s Those Sexy Saucer People (Greenleaf Classics, 1966)
Shirley Jackson’s The Bad Children (Dramatic Publishing Company, 1958)
Shirley Jackson’s The Magic of Shirley Jackson (Farrar Straus, 1966)
Diana Wynne Jones’ The Tough Guide to fantasyland (DAW/SFBC, 1996 (stated)) (book club and first hardback)
Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot (Doubleday, 1976) (Father Cody and not price-clipped on front flap)
Henry Kuttner’s The Valley of the Flame (Ace, 1964) (PBO)
R. A. Lafferty’s The Audifaxes (2019 chapbook)
R. A. Lafferty’s Alaric: The Day The World Ended (United Mythologies Press, 1994)
R. A. Lafferty’s Anamnesis (United Mythologies Press, 1992) (chapbook)
R. A. Lafferty’s The Best of R.A. Lafferty (Gollancz, 2019) (trade paperback)
R. A. Lafferty’s The Best of R.A. Lafferty (Tor, 2021) (hardback)
R. A. Lafferty’s Cranky Old Man From Tulsa (United Mythologies Press, 1990)
R. A. Lafferty’s How Many Miles to Babylon (United Mythologies Press, 1989)
R. A. Lafferty’s Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas (Aegypan, 2007) (hardback chapbook)
R. A. Lafferty’s The Six Fingers of Time (Aegypan, 2011) (hardback chapbook)
R. A. Lafferty’s Strange Skies (United Mythologies Press, 1988) (chapbook)
R. A. Lafferty’s Funnyfingers & Cabrito (Pendragon Press HB)
(R. A. Lafferty) Boomer Flats Gazette (Volumes 1-4)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Blood and Shadows (Volumes 1-4) (DC Vertigo, 1996)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Blood Dance (Subterranean, 2000) (lettered edition)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Bubba Ho-Tep (Hail To the King edition DVD with jacket packaging, 2007)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Conan and the Songs of the Dead (Dark Horse, 2007)
Joe R. and Kasey Lansdale’s The Case of the Bleeding Wall (Dead Sky Publishing, 2024) (graphic novel)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Crawling Sky (Antarctic Press, 2013) (graphic novel)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Dead in the West (Crossroads Press, 1994) (signed/limited)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Dead in the West (Night Shade Books, 2005) (1/150 signed, limited copies)
Joe R. Lansdale’s The Drive In Bus Tour (Subterranean, 2005) (lettered edition)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Freezer Burn (Crossroads Press, 1999) (lettered edition)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Freezer Burn (Crossroads Press, 1999) (Special Edition, 1 of 5 copies)
Joe R. Lansdale’s The Good, the Bad and the Indifferent (Subterranean Press, 1997) (lettered edition)
Joe R. Lansdale’s H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror (IDW, 2012) (graphic novel)
Joe R. Lansdale’s I Tell You It’s Love (SST Publications, 2014) (hardback graphic novel)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Jonah Hex: Two Gun Mojo (DC Vertigo, 1994) (graphic novel)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Lone Ranger & Tonto (Topps Comics, 1995) (graphic novel)
Joe R. Lansdale’s The Long Ones (Necro Publications, 1999) (lettered traycased edition)
Joe R. Lansdale’s The Magic Wagon (Borderlands Press signed/limited hardback, 1991)
Joe R. Lansdale’s The Nightrunners (Dark Harvest, 1987) (signed slipcased edition)
Joe R. Lansdale’s The Nightrunners (Dark Harvest, 1987) (signed leatherbound “slipcrate” edition)
Joe R. Lansdale’s On the Far Side with Dead Folks (Avalon, 2004) (graphic novel)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Orbit 1 & 2 (Subterranean, 2000) (hardback)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Pigeons From Hell (Dark Horse, 2009) (graphic novel TPO)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Something Lumber This Way Comes (Subterranean, 1999) (1/13 lettered editions)
Joe R. Lansdale’s The Steam Man (Dark Horse, 2016) (graphic novel TPO)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Tarzan and the Land That Time Forgot (TimeShifter/ECOF, 2018) (chapbook)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back (Pulphouse hardback)
Joe R. Lansdale’s The Thicket (Earthling Publications, 2015) (1/250 signed/limited hardbacks)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Two-Bear Mambo (Cahill Press, 1995) (lettered edition)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Waltz of Shadows (Subterranean, 1999) (lettered edition)
Joe R. Lansdale and Lewis Shiner’s Private Eye Action As You Like It (Crossroads Press, 1998) (1/26 lettered editions)
Joe R. Lansdale’s The X-Files: Case Files (IDW, 2018) (hardback graphic novel)
Joe R. Lansdale’s Robert Bloch’s Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (IDW, 2010) (graphic novel)
Fritz Leiber’s Conjure Wife (Twayne, 1953) (no statement of printing)
Fritz Leiber’s Gather, Darkness (Pellegrini & Cudhay, 1950)
Fritz Leiber’s The Green Millennium (Abelard, 1953) (no statement of printing, no overprice)
Fritz Leiber’s Night Monsters (Gollancz, 1974)
Fritz Leiber’s Two Sought Adventure (Gnome Press, 1957)
Fritz Leiber’s The Secret Songs (Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968)
Cornel Lengyel’s The Atom Clock (FPCI, 1951) (hardback or chapbook)
Doris Lessing’s Briefing for a Descent Into Hell (Cape, 1971)
C. S. Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet (John Lane The Bodley Head, 1938)
C. S. Lewis’ That Hideous Strength (John Lane The Bodley Head, 1945)
David Lindsay’s A Voyage to Arcturus (Methuen, 1920) (Gilt-stamped spine, undated publisher’s catalog)
H. P. Lovecraft’s Essential Solitude: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth (Hippocampus Press, 2013) (two volumes)
H. P. Lovecraft’s Juvenilia 1895-1905 (Necronomicon Press, 1984) (chapbook)
H. P. Lovecraft’s The Outsider and Others (Arkham House, 1939)
H. P. Lovecraft’s Beyond the Wall of Sleep (Arkham House, 1943)
(Lovecraft, H.P.) Donald R. Burleson’s Lovecraft: Disturbing the Universe (University of Kentucky Press, 1990)
(Lovecraft, H.P.) Peter Cannon’s The Chronology Out of Time (Necronomicon Press chapbook, 1986)
Mervyn Peake’s Titus Alone (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959)
H. Beam Piper’s Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen (Garland HB, 1975)
H. Beam Piper’s (and Andre Norton’s) A Planet For Texans (and Star Born) (Ace, 1958) (PBO, 35¢)
H. Beam Piper’s Space Viking (Ace, 1962) (PBO, 40¢)
Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth’s Gladiator-At-Law (Ballantine Books, 1955)
Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth’s Presidential Year (Ballantine Books, 1956)
Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth’s Search the Sky (Ballantine Books, 1954)
(Powers, Tim and James P. Blaylock) (edited by Silver Smith) A Comprehensive Dual Bibliography Of James P. Blaylock And Tim Powers (Argent Leaf Press, 2011) (signed, leather-bound edition)
Terry Prachett’s The Colour of Magic (Colin Smythe, 1983)
Terry Prachett’s The Light Fantastic (Colin Smythe, 1986)
Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow (Viking, 1973) (First issue dj with ISBN lettered in white over red on rear panel, date code 0273 on lower front flap)
Ellery Queen’s And On the Eighth Day (Random House, 1964)
Ellery Queen’s The Fourth Side of the Triangle (Random House, 1965)
Ellery Queen’s The Player on The Other Side (Random House, 1963)
Back in November, I went out to Michael Moorcock’s house and bought five boxes of books from him. Some of those went out in December’s Lame Excuse Books catalog, and more were Moorcock first editions (naturally) that I’ll be cataloging a bit later. But here’s one of the most notable books by other authors I bought from him:
Clarke, Arthur C. Rendezvous With Rama. Gollancz, 1973. First edition hardback (no statement of printing, as per Currey), a Near Fine copy with bumped top front corner, small inked “W” on front free endpaper, tiny doggear to top of first 12 pages, in a Near Fine dust jacket with bumped top front corner, 3/8″ closed tear to rear bottom DJ near heel, pinhead nick to bottom front fold edge with associated scratch, slight edegwear at head and heel, and a touch of rubbing. Hugo and Nebula winner for Best Novel. Currey, page 115. Anatomy of Wonder 4, *4-109. Magill, Survey of Science Fiction Literature, pages 1759-1763 (“Rendezvous With Rama is one of those novels obviously destined to become instant classics.”). Reginald, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, page 106. One of Clarke’s most important novels. Replaces an Ex-Library first.
You may have noticed that I bought a lot of books last year. Since I’m getting ready to do another “this is what I bought recently” post, I thought I would do a recap of my most significant acquisitions in 2010. These may be significant for being important, valuable, cool, beautiful, hard to find, or some combination therefore. As usual, all of these are Fine/Fine copies unless otherwise listed. Ala George Locke’s Spectrum of Fantasy volumes, I’m listing where I got them and how much I paid, plus occasional notes on the books (with links if I’ve already described them before).
Bear, Greg. Sleepside Story. Cheap Street, 1988. One of 52 signed and numbered, traycased “publisher’s edition” copies, a fine copy in tray case, sans dust jacket. For full details see here. Bought for $175 from a notable SF book dealer having a 50% off sale.
Bradbury, Ray. Dark Carnival. Arkham House, 1946. First edition hardback, good only, with lettering on spine almost completely worn away, spine lean, general wear, and lacking the dust jacket. Bought from someone selling their late father’s collection (mostly, alas, book club editions) for $20.
Brunner, John. Stand on Zanzibar. Doubleday, 1968. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with just the tiniest bit of wear. Replaces an ex-library copy. (I bought this online back in June for $199.99 and forgot to list it last time around.) Brunner’s undisputed masterpiece.
Dick, Philip K. Eye in the Sky. Gregg Press, 1979. First hardback edition. Fine-, with a tiny bit of crimping at head, sans dust jacket, as issued. Bought from a notable SF dealer having 50% off sale. Replaced an Ex-library copy in my collection.
Dick, Philip K. Vulcan’s Hammer. Gregg Press, 1979. First hardback edition. Fine, sans dust jacket, as issued. Replaced an Ex-library copy in my collection.
Hill, Joe. Horns. PS Publishing, 2010. First UK and first limited edition hardback, one of 200 copies signed by both the author and artist Vincent Chong in traycase with three extra chapters not in the trade edition, extra art not in any other edition, etc. a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and traycase. Notably thicker than the slipcased edition. Bought at a pre-publication dealer discount from the publisher.
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. Chatto & Windus, 1932. VG- only, lacking the dust jacket. Bought for $35 from a notable SF book dealer having a 50% off sale. I don’t usually buy books without dust jackets, but the price was right for this space-filling copy of this famous dystopia.
Lafferty, R. A. The Devil is Dead. Gregg Press, 1977. First hardback edition, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Found at Recycled Books in Denton for $36. Replaces a more worn copy in my library. For a while this wasn’t too hard to find, but recently copies have become scarce. In fact, it seems like a lot of the rarer Lafferty books have gotten scarce as of late. Looks like years of just about every SF writer talking up Lafferty have finally paid off…
Lovecraft, H.P. Collected Poems. Arkham House, 1963. VG/VG, with top inch of boards discolored and sun-fading to dj spine. Bought at auction for $75.
Oliver, Chad. The Wolf is My Brother. Herbert Jenkins, 1968. First UK and first hardback edition, a Near Fine copy in a Good+ only dust jacket, missing an irregular 3/4″ x 1/2″ chip at head, and shallow chipping and edgewear. I didn’t even know there was a hardback until I chanced across this copy (though it is in Currey). No other copy online as of this writing. Bought for $50 during a Half Price Books coupon sale.
Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949. See here for full details. Arguably the most important novel of the 20th century. Bought from a notable SF book dealer for $500.
Powers, Tim. Deliver Us From Evil. Charnel House, 2010. One of 100 signed, numbered copies in slipcase with accompanying manuscript page. See here for full details. Bought at a pre-publication dealer discount from the publisher.
(Powers, Tim) Berlyne, John, editor. Powers: Secret Histories: A Bibliography. PS Publishing, 2009. One of 26 signed, lettered Deluxe copies in slipcase with two companion volumes, The Waters Deep, Deep, Deep and bound, photographic reproduction of the original hand-written manuscript for The Anubis Gates, not included with the trade or Slipcased editions. Slipcase and Anubis Gates volume very slightly bumped, otherwise Fine/Fine.
Temple, William F. 88 Gray’s Inn Road. Sansato Press (AKA Ferret Fantasy), 2000. Roman-a-clef that features a thinly-disguised Arthur C. Clarke (who provides the introduction) as a character, with Clarke’s signature plate affixed to the FFE, reportedly one of only 50 such copies. Found at Recycled Books in Denton, priced the same as the non-signed edition (I paid $32 for it). Replaced a non-signed copy in my collection.
Vance, Jack. Bird Isle/Take My Face. Underwood/Miller, 1988. One of 500 signed, numbered sets in slipcase. Found at Recycled Books in Denton for $160 for the set.
Vance, Jack. The Dark Side of the Moon. Underwood/Miller, 1986. One of 200 signed/numbered copies. One of the rarest Underwood/Miller Vance books. (Are they being snapped up by Pink Floyd fans?) Found at Recycled Books in Denton for $160. Replaced a trade copy in my library.
Wells, H. G. The World of William Clissold. Published by Ernest Benn (UK) 1926 in three volumes, one of 198 copies signed by Wells on the title page. For full details see here. Bought at the main Austin Half Price Books for $175, marked down from $350, during their coupon sale. Scott Cupp told me this copy formerly belonged to him, and that he obtained it at one of UT’s library sales.
H. G. Wells: The World of Williams Cissold, three volume set of the first edition, signed by Wells
The limitation page, with H. G. Wells' signature
Zelazny, Roger. Bridge of Ashes. Gregg Press, 1979. (Replaces my Ex-Library copy.) Found at Recycled Books in Denton for $40.
Zelazny, Roger. Hymn to the Sun: An Imitation. NA Publications, 1996. Poetry chapbook, a Near Fine- copy with some rubbing to price code on rear cover, spot on front cover, and black dot at heel. I missed this when it came out, and it’s been devilishly hard to find. Bought it off a dealer on Amazon, of all places, for abut $25. (99 times out of 100, Amazon is going to be higher than buying directly from a dealer on Bookfinder for collectible books.)
Zelazny, Roger. Nine Princes in Amber. Doubleday, 1970. An Ex-Library copy, but cleaner than the Ex-Library copy previously in my collection. Reportedly Doubleday ordered their warehouse to pulp all Zelazny’s books the same day this came in from the printer, so only review copies, pre-orders, and library copies escaped the pulper, which is why non-Ex-Library copies are exceedingly rare. The first Amber novel, and one of Zelazny’s best. Found at Recycled Books in Denton for $160.
Since I attended a family event in the Dallas Metroplex over the 1/15/10-1/17/10 weekend, I took the opportunity to do something I had long wanted to do: Visit Larry McMurtry’s Booked-Up book store (actually spread across four buildings) in Archer City.
The drive itself (a solid five hours) completely redefined my “ass end of nowhere” scale. It’s pretty far away from anything else, so only serious bibliophiles need apply.
As for the store itself, there’s a huge amount of stuff for a general book hunter to look for (especially in areas like pamphlets, foreign language books, Texana, literary criticism, and probably several others), but not a whole lot of SF/F/H. I found about $50 worth of stuff, most of it in the general fiction section.
Then I drove to Recycled Books in Denton, and bought $1,200+ worth of stuff (and that was after my dealer discount).
By contrast, I found very little of interest at the main Half Price Books just off 75 in Dallas; all they seemed to have were multiple copies of very common titles. (I did a lot better when they were in a smaller building just down the block, the one with the boat-shaped section in the middle of the store.) Maybe their non-fiction section is more worth browsing.
Below is the list of books I’m adding to my own library, including items from Recycled Books, Booked Up, and a three different Half Price Books. All of these are Fine/Fine first edition hardback copies, unless otherwise noted:
Ash, Brian. Who’s Who in Science Fiction. Elm Tree, 1976.
Beagle, Peter S. The Folk of the Air. Del Rey, 1986.
Bear, Greg. Beyond Heaven’s River. Dell, 1980. PBO. VG+. Also have the hardback.
Bear, Greg. Quantico. HarperCollins (UK), 2005.
Blaylock, James P. The Rainy Season. Ace, 1999.
Brunner, John. No Future in It. Gollancz, 1962.
Cherry, C. J. Voyager in Night. DAW, 1984. (Book club and only hardback.)
De Camp, L. Sprague. Solomon’s Stone. Avalon, 1957.
Emshwiller, Carol. Joy in Our Cause. Harper & Row, 1974.
Franzen, Charles. Cold Mountain. Fine/Fine save for name written inside. Pulitzer Prize winner that I’d been looking for for several years, and an example of why you look at 199 copies of an otherwise common book to see if each is a first edition, because that 200th copy just might be it…
Jackson, Shirley. Come Along With Me. Viking, 1968. Fine in a Near Fine- dj with price sticker on inner flap and very shallow (less than 1/32″) chipping at head and heel.
Koontz, Dean R. (as Leigh Nichols). Shadowfires. Avon, 1987. Book club and first hardback edition.
Kornbluth, C. M. Christmas Eve. Michael Joseph, 1956.
Lafferty, R. A. The Devil is Dead. Gregg Press, 1978. Replaces a more worn copy in my library.
Le Guin, Ursula. Rocannon’s World. Garland Press, 1975. First hardback edition, Fine, sans dj, as issued.
Lupoff, Pat & Dick. The Best of Xero. Tachyon Publications, 2004.
Malzberg, Barry. In the Stone House. Arkham House, 2000.
Moorcock, Michael. The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius. Alison & Busby, 1976.
Moorcock, Michael. The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius. HAARP, 1987. (Contents differ from the above.)
Morrow, James. The Wine of Violence. Holt, Reinhardt & Winston, 1984.
Standish, David. Hollow Earth: The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth’s Surface. De Capo, 2006.
Temple, WIlliam F. 88 Gray’s Inn Road. Sansato Press (AKA Ferret Fantasy), 2000. Roman-a-clef that features a thinly-disguised Arthur C. Clarke (who provides the introduction) as a character, with Clarke’s signature plate affixed to the FFE, reportedly one of only 50 such copies. Replaces the trade edition in my library.
Wilhelm, Kate. Juniper Time. Harper & Row, 1979.
Vance, Jack. Bird Isle/Take My Face. Underwood/Miller, 1988. One of 500 signed, numbered sets in slipcase.
Vance, Jack. The Dark Side of the Moon. Underwood/Miller, 1986. One of 200 signed/numbered copies. Replaces a trade copy I’ll sell via my next Lame Excuse For a Book Catalog (in preparation).
Waggoner, Diana. The Hills of Faraway A Guide to Fantasy. Atheneum, 1978.
Williamson, Jack. Wonder’s Child: My Life in Science Fiction. Bluejay, 1984.
Williamson, Jack (& E. C. Tubb). The Iron God (& Tomorrow). Gryphon Double Novel, 1999. TPO.
Zelazny, Roger. Bridge of Ashes. Gregg Press, 1979. (Replaces my Ex-Library copy.)
Zelazny, Roger. Nine Princes in Amber. Doubleday, 1970. An Ex-Library copy, but cleaner than the Ex-Library copy previously in my collection.
I also found a bunch more books that are going in this month’s Lame Excuse Books catalog.
So, if you’re going to be book shopping in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, by all means visit Recycled Books, which seems to be the best used bookstore in Texas. Visit Booked Up if you have the time to drive out that way, but the SF selection is fairly poor.
Chiang, Ted. Exhalation. Knopf, 2019. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight bend at head and heel in a Fine- dust jacket with slight bend at heel and a trace of haze rubbing. Short story collection, Ted’s second. Includes such Hugo and Nebula-winning stories as “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” (which he brought to a Turkey City Writer’s Workshop I hosted, despite it being, like all Ted’s short fiction, annoyingly perfect already), “Exhalation,” and “The Lifecycle of Software Objects.” Bought for $13 at Half Price Books. 
Haydock, Ron. Deerstalker! Holmes and Watson on Screen. Scarecrow Press, 1978. First edition hardback (no additional printings listed), a Fine- copy with wear at points, sans dust jacket, presumably as listed. Filmography of Sherlock Holmes films and TV shows. Bought off Facebook for $10. 
