Posts Tagged ‘Borderlands Press’

Library Additions: Two Borderlands Little Books

Friday, August 28th, 2020

Two more Borderlands Press “little” books:

  • McCammon, Robert. A Little Amber Book of Wicked Shots. Borderlands Press, 2020. First edition hardback, #498 of 750 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Four stories, all of which involve alcoholic drinks. Plus an extra cocktail recipe in the introduction! I have copies of this available through Lame Excuse Books.
  • Pinborough, Sarah. A Little Magenta Book of Malevolence. Borderlands Press, 2020. First edition hardback, #498 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. I’ll have copies of this available for sale in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
  • Library Additions: Four Borderland Press Little Books

    Wednesday, May 13th, 2020

    I picked up four books in the Borderlands Press Little Book series:

  • Campbell, Ramsey. A Little Green Book of Grins & Gravity. Borderlands Press, 2020. First edition hardback, #498 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. A novella, “The Enigma of the Flat Policeman,” supposedly in the manner of John Dickson Carr, along with an introduction and an afterword.
  • Castle, Mort. A Little Cobalt Book of Old Blue Stories…And Stuff. Borderlands Press, 2018. First edition hardback, #492 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy, sand dust jacket, as issued. Nine stories, one original to this volume.
  • Grant, Charles L. (Hank Wagner and Kathryn Ptacek, editors). A Little Black book of Quiet Horror. Borderlands Press, 2019. First edition hardback, #498 of 500 numbered copies signed by the editors, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Four stories. Now out of print from the publisher.
  • Morrell, David. A Little Gold Book of Protector Tales. Borderlands Press, 2017. First edition hardback, #337 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Three stories, plus an introduction.
  • I will have copies of the Campbell and Grant volumes for sale in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.

    Library Addition: Gahan Wilson’s A Little Purple Book of Phantasies

    Saturday, September 21st, 2019

    Picked up another in the Little Library series:

    Wilson, Gahan. A Little Purple Book of Phantasies. Borderlands Press, 2019. First edition hardback, #88 of 500 numbered copies signed by editor Stuart David Schiff, a Fine copy in decorated boards (a Wilson illustration, natch), sans dust jacket, as issued. Short story collection, something of a best of collection, with a smattering of cartoons. Out of print before publication. I’ll have copies for sale in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog, due out in November.

    Looks like it’s past time to pick up another cheap scanner at Sam’s…

    Library Additions: Five Reference Books (And One Oddity)

    Saturday, December 29th, 2018

    The last of the books from the Camelot 60% off sale. All but one of these are reference books, and the other is an oddity I just didn’t include with the previously listed books.

  • (Ellison, Harlan) Richmond, Tim, compiler and editor. Fingerprints on the Sky: The Authorized Harlan Ellison Bibliography. Edgeworks Abbey/Subterranean Press, 2017. First edition hardback, #238 of 500 numbered copies signed by Ellison and Richmond, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Massive oversized hardback, roughly 12 1/2″ high by 11″ wide. Lacks an index. Bought for $30, marked down from $75.

  • (Farmer, Philip Jose) Croteau, Michael. The Best of Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip Jose Farmer. Meteor House, 2017. First edition hardback, one of 175 hardcovers signed by five of the contributors, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Contains a mixture of Farmer’s fiction, non-fiction, and essays about Farmer and his works by others, so I’ll probably end up shelving this under fiction anyway. Bought for $20, marked down from $50.

  • Golden, Christopher, editor (Clive Barker, Joe R. Lansdale, Charles L. Grant, John Ferris, etc). Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film. Borderlands Press, 1992. First hardback edition and first edition thus, #318 of 500 signed, numbered copies signed by most of the contributors (doesn’t look like Anne Rice signed it), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and Fine slipcase. Bought for $20 marked down from $50 (list price was $65).

  • King, Stephen, with John Mellencamp and T. Bone Burnett. Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. Concord Music Group, 2013. Trade paperback original in slipcase, the size and shape of an old multi-record LP boxed set, with two CDs of music and a DVD in pockets at the back. Libretto for a “Southern Gothic supernatural musical thriller.” The cast they’ve assembled to sing this thing is amazing: Elvis Costello, Neko Case, Kris Kristofferson, Roseanne Cash, Sheryl Crowe, etc. Bought for $19.99 marked down from $49.99.

  • (Lovecraft, H.P.) S.T. Joshi. H.P. Lovecraft: A Comprehensive Bibliography. University of Tampa Press, 2009. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. An update of Joshi’s 1981 Lovecraft bibliography. Weighs in at a hefty 681 pages. 200 Books by S. T. Joshi, I33a.

  • Williams, Liz, and Trevor Jones. Diary of a Witchcraft Shop. NewCon Press, 2011. First edition hardback, #49 of 50 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. I already owned the second volume, of which there were 100 hardbacks. Bought for $12 marked down from $30.
  • Library Additions: Five Signed Ray Garton and David J. Schow Firsts

    Thursday, December 27th, 2018

    I haven’t been buying Ray Garton for a while, but I found a few things in the Camelot sale worth picking up:

  • Garton, Ray. Crucifax Autumn. Dark Harvest, 1988. First edition hardback, #194 of 300 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and Fine- slipcase with a couple of minor dings. The best of Garton’s early splatterpunk novels. Supplements a trade edition. Bought for $20, marked down from $50.

  • Garton, Ray. A Little Gray Book of Grim Tales. Borderlands Press, 2015. First edition hardback, #25 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. I rather like these little books. Bought for $20, marked down from $50.
  • Schow, David J. DJSturbia. Subterranean Press, 2016. First edition hardback, #137 of 750 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Short story collection interspersed with essays. Bought for $16 marked down from $40.
  • Schow, David J. Havoc Swims Jaded (with Water Music). Subterranean Press, 2006. First edition hardback, #60 of 150 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Supplements a trade edition. With Water Music, a 40-page chapbook about The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Both bought for $16 marked down from $40.

  • Schow, David J. Zombie Jam. Subterranean Press, 2005. First edition hardback, #436 of 750 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Compilation of Schow’s zombie fiction. Bought for $16 marked down from $40.
  • Library Additions: Four Signed David Morrell and Peter Straub Firsts

    Wednesday, December 26th, 2018

    Back to cataloging those Camelot Books sale purchases:

  • Morrell, David. Black Evening. Cemetery Dance, 1999. First edition hardback, one of 1500 copies signed by Morrell, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Short story collection. Bought for $16, marked down from $40.
  • Morrell, David. Stars in My Eyes: My love Affair With Books, Movies and Music. Gauntlet Press, 2016. First edition hardback, #29 of 300 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Essays on Morell’s favorite books, movies and music, including essays on Richard Matheson, Dan Simmons and William Tenn, in addition to Geoffrey Household’s Rogue Male, the inspiration for First Blood. Bought for $20, marked down from $50.

  • Morrell, David. Rambo: First Blood II. Borderlands Press/Gauntlet Press, 2016. First hardback edition, first signed/limited edition, and first edition thus, with material not in the Jove paperback novelization, #27 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. (The original First Blood is a very good action movie, but it’s a great novel.) Bought for $24, marked down from $60.

  • Straub, Peter. 5 Stories. Borderlands Press, 2007. First edition hardback, #328 of 350 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Bought for $24, marked down from $60.

  • Library Addition: Joe Hill’s A Little Silver Book of Sharp Shiny Slivers

    Thursday, June 29th, 2017

    Just got the new small press Joe Hill book in:

    Hill, Joe. A Little Silver Book of Sharp Shiny Slivers. Borderlands Press, 2017. First edition hardback, #439 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. Part of the Borderlands Little Book series.

    Joe Hill Silver

    Note that I’ll have copies of this for sale in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog [Now sold out – LP], but keep in mind how popular Joe Hill is, and that this sold out per-publication, it won’t be cheap…