Posts Tagged ‘Chet Williamson’

Library Additions: Borderlands Little Books X 5 (3 of 3) (Sarrantonio, Silva, Straub, Williamson, Wilson)

Thursday, April 6th, 2023

The third and last listing of that bulk Borderlands Little Books purchase, all but one off a 15 book bulk purchase.

  • Sarrantonio, Al. A Little Yellow Book of Fevered Stories. Borderlands Press, 2004. First edition hardback, #168 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Bought as part of the 15 book lot.

  • Silva, David B. A Little White Book of Lies. Borderlands Press, 2005. First edition hardback, #168 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Bought as part of the 15 book lot.

  • Straub, Peter. A Little Blue Book of Rose Stories. Borderlands Press, 2004. First edition hardback, #168 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Bought as part of the 15 book lot.

  • Williamson, Chet. A Little Blue Book of Bibliomancy. Borderlands Press, 2016. First edition hardback, #456 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Bought off eBay for $14.06.

  • Wilson, F. Paul. A Little Beige Book of Nondescript Stories. Borderlands Press, 2004. First edition hardback, #168 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Bought as part of the 15 book lot.

  • I also received a slipcase for five of the books, which I may use after I get a new bookcase.

    Library Addition: Lettered “Slipcrate” State of Chet Williamson’s Dreamthorp

    Sunday, September 23rd, 2018

    Here’s a book I picked up more for the state and the publisher than the author. Dark Harvest was a very active small press from the early 1980s into the early 1990s. They published primarily horror and science fiction, and did very well with it, but managed to kill themselves off by branching out into mystery.

    One of the things they did was do lettered states of some of their books in wooden slipcases, AKA “slipcrates.” I’ve always found them rather attractive, and keep an eye out for them when I see them at an affordable price.

    Williamson, Chet. Dreamthrop. Dark Harvest, 1989. First edition hardback, Letter G of 26 signed, lettered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine wooden slipcase. Horror novel. Chalker/Owings (1991), page 121. Chalker/Owings (2002), page 1045. Bought off eBay for $49.

    The only other Dark Harvest “slipcrate” edition I currently have is George R. R. Martin’s Portraits of His Children (acquired in one of my two big Zelazny purchases), though I do have a nearly complete trade edition run of the Dark Harvest books up to shortly before they started doing the mysteries.