Posts Tagged ‘Borderlands Press’
Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
Another Borderlands Little Book:
Kafka, Franz. A Little Scarlet Book of the Surreal. Borderlands Press, 2026. First edition hardback, #463 of 350 copies signed by editor Ben Keefe (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 in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. Collection including eight stories, of which “In the Penal Colony” is probably the most famous.
(White smudges are scanner artifacts.)
I will have a small number of copies of this available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog, currently in progress.
Tags:Borderlands Press, Franz Kafka, Horror, small press publishers, surrealism
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
Another Borderlands Press Little Book came in:
London, Jack. A Little White Book of the Wild. Borderlands Press, 2026. First edition hardback, #463 of 350 copies signed by editor John DeChancie, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Five stories, the only one I’ve which I’ve already read is “To Build A Fire.”
I will have a small number of these available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
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Monday, November 10th, 2025
Another Borderlands Little Book:
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’ll have copies available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog, which will probably be out in early December (Thanksgiving is too close to the end of the month to get it out in November).
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, Horror, Little Books
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
Another Borderlands Little Book:
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.
I will have a small number of copies of this available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog (probably November December).
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, Fantasy, small press publishers
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
Another Borderland Little Book:
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.”
I will have a small number of copies of this available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, Ghosts, Horror, Little Books, Sabine Baring-Gould, small press publishers
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
Though I have several H. G. Wells first editions, I have comparatively little by Verne. Not only do first English language editions of Verne not pop up at used bookstores in central Texas, I haven’t even chanced across any firsts of the Naval Institute Press translations (which evidently include material omitted from all previous translations). Prior to this volume, the only Verne first I had was the Chambers edition of Backwards to Britain, which I think I bought for something like $7.99. The is the latest in Borderlands “Past Masters of Horror & Fantasy” series.
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.
I’ll have copies of this available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, Jules Verne, Little Books, Science Fiction, small press publishers
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Tuesday, November 12th, 2024
Another Borderlands Little Book:
Rohmer, Sax (F. Paul Wilson, editor). A Little Yellow Book of Perilous Tales. Borderlands Press, 2024. First edition hardback, #463 of 500 copies signed by Wilson, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Short stories, including the very first Fu Manchu story ever published.
I will have a very small number of copies available in the next lame Excuse Books catalog (currently in progress).
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, F. Paul Wilson, Fu Manchu, Horror, Little Books, Sax Rohmer, Yellow Peril
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Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
Another Borderlands Little Book:
Doyle, Arthur Conan (Mark W. Whitback, editor). A Little Orange Book of Odd Orchestrations Borderlands Books, 2024. First edition hardback, #463 of 500 copies signed by the editor, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Fantastic stories, several of which are covered in Bleiler’s Supernatural Fiction, pages 159-161, and Bleiler’s Science Fiction: The Early Years, pages 203-209. Part of their “Past Masters of Horror and Fantasy” series, focusing on late 19th/early 20th century writers.
I will have a small number of copies available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
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Tuesday, June 4th, 2024
One signed by the author, another by the editor.
Morrow, James. Shambling Toward Hiroshima. Tachyon, 2009. First edition trade paperback original, second printing, a Fine copy, inscribed by Morrow: “To Josh,/Gorgantis Forever!/best wishes, James Morrow.” Novel of a psyop project in 1945 to make a kaiju movie to convince the Japanese to surrender. Not sure why I didn’t pick up a copy of this from Tachyon when first announced. Bought for $5.99 from Half Price Books.
Poe, Edgar Allen (Thomas Monteleone, editor). A Little Gold Book of Grotesqueries. Borderlands Press, 2024. First edition hardback, #463 of 500 numbered copies signed by Monteleone, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount.
I will have copies of this in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog (probably November).
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, Edgar Allen Poe, Horror, James Morrow, kaiju, Science Fiction, small press publishers, Tachyon
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Friday, March 29th, 2024
Another classic writer series Little Book.
Lovecraft, H. P. (S.T. Joshi, editor) A Little Silver Book of Supernatural Stories. Borderlands Press, 2024. First edition hardback, #463 of 500 copies signed by Joshi, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Sampler of Lovecraft stories, including “Dagon,” “Nyarlathotep,” and “The Call of Cthulhu.”
I will have copies of this in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, Cthulhu, H. P. Lovecraft, Horror, S. T. Joshi, small press publishers
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