Posts Tagged ‘Horror’
Monday, April 22nd, 2024
Another Lansdale limited edition came in:
(Lansdale, Joe R.) Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, editors. Joe R Lansdale’s The Drive-In: Multiplex Thunderstorm Books, 2024. First hardback edition, #230 of 350 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Preceded by the Pandi Press trade paperback original. Original anthology set in Lansdale’s Drive-In universe, including stories by Joe & Kasey Lansdale, Josh Malerman, David J. Schow, Nancy Collins, Gary Braunbeck, Owen King, etc. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount.
This is now sold out from the publisher, but I will have copies of this available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog, and I still have copies of Joe and Kasey Lansdale’s Dark Kin from the same publisher, which is also sold out, still available at cover price.
Tags:Books, Gary Braunbeck, Horror, Joe R. Lansdale, Josh Malerman, Kasey Lansdale, Owen King, Science Fiction, small press publishers, Thunderstorm Books
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Friday, April 19th, 2024
When Mysterious Press first announced this book, I thought to myself “That’s nice, but not $150 nice.” Fortunately they had a 45th Anniversary sale that put it in my price range.
Stevenson, Robert Louis (Joe Hill) . The New Annotated Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The Mysterious Press, 2022. First edition hardback, #198 of 250 numbered copies signed by annotator Leslie S. Klinger and introduction author Joe Hill, a Fine copy in quarter-leather and marbled boards and Mylar protector, sans dust jacket, as issued. Profusely illustrated and annotated edition of the classic novel. Bought for $45, marked down from the original price of $150.
Tags:Books, Horror, Joe Hill, Robert Louis Stevenson, signatures, signed
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Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
These were a two book lot from Heritage Auctions:
Brennan, Joseph Payne. Nine Horrors and a Dream. Arkham House, 1958. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine Mylar-protected dust jacket. Short story collection, and a good one. Jones & Newman, Horror 100 Best Books 56. Derleth, Thirty Years of Arkham House 53. Joshi, Sixty Years of Arkham House 53. Jaffrey, Horrors and Unpleasantries 53. Nielsen, Arkham House Books: A Collector’s Guide 56. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 273. Barron, Horror Literature: A Reader’s Guide 4-54. Replaces a slightly less attractive copy.
Brennan, Joseph Payne. Stories of Darkness and Dread. Arkham House, 1973. First edition hardback, #74 of 100 copies signed and numbered by the author, a Fine copy in a Fine Mylar-protected dust jacket. Joshi, Sixty Years of Arkham House 123. Jaffrey, Horrors and Unpleasantries 126. Nielsen, Arkham House Books: A Collector’s Guide 129. Strangely, none of the Arkham house references mention this post-publication “limited” edition, one of a handful of Arkhams done this way (Greg Bear’s The Wind from a Burning Woman and Lucius Shepard’s The Ends of the Earth are two others). Supplements an unsigned copy.
The pair won for $129 plus shipping.
Tags:Arkham House, Books, Heritage Auctions, Horror, Joseph Payne Brennan, small press publishers
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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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Monday, March 25th, 2024
Another Swanwick Dragonstairs chapbook:
Swanwick, Michael. Nevermore: an Interview with the Raven. Dragonstairs Press, 2024. First edition chapbook original, #4 of 40 copies, a Fine copy. What the title says. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount.
I will have a small number of these available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Tags:Books, chapbooks, Dragonstairs Press, Horror, Michael Swanwick
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Thursday, March 21st, 2024
Three more Subterranean firsts.
McDevitt, Jack. McDevitt, Jack. Doorway to the Stars. Subterranean Press, 2024. First edition hardback, #444 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Novella about a stargate set in the same universe as Thunderbird. Bought at the usual dealer discount. I will have copies of this available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Powers, Tim. After Many a Summer. Subterranean Press, 2023. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Novella. Bought for $20 (half price).
Reamy, Tom. Under the Hollywood Sign. Subterranean Press, 2023. First edition hardback, #395 of 750 numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. This is billed as “The Collected Stories of Tom Reamy,” and includes three works (“Dinosaurs,” “Sting!” and “Potiphee, Petey, and Me”) not in San Diego Lightfoot Sue, but doesn’t contain “Jenny’s Friends” or “The Wondrous Adventures of Grady Goodmonster or My Vacation,” two still uncollected Reamy stories. Bought for $22.50 (half price).
Tags:Books, Fantasy, Horror, Jack McDevitt, Science Fiction, small press publishers, Subterranean Press, Tim Powers, Tom Reamy
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Friday, March 15th, 2024
Here’s another Lovecraft-themed anthology from PS in the mold of Pedersen’s earlier The Starry Wisdom Library.
Pedersen, Nate, editor. The Dagon Collection: An Auction Catalogue of Items Recovered in the Federal Raid on Innsmouth, Mass. PS Publishing, 2024. First edition hardback in decorated boards, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Anthology in the form of a mock auction catalog of Cthulhu Mythos related items from the Esoteric Order of Dagon, with contributions from F. Paul Wilson, Ramsey Campbell, etc.
I will have a small number of copies of this available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Tags:Books, Cthulhu, H. P. Lovecraft, Horror, Nate Pedersen, PS Publishing, small press publishers
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
Another in Borderland Press’ series of classic writer volumes.
Howard, Robert E. (Edited by P. Gardner Goldsmith) A Little Bronze Book of Weird Tales. Borderlands Press, 2024. First edition hardback, #463 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued.
I will have a small number of these available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, Fantasy, Horror, Robert E. Howard
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Monday, March 4th, 2024
These were part of an auction lot:
Disch, Thomas M. The Brave Little Toaster Goes To Mars. Doubleday, 1988. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with previous owner’s name on front free endpaper, in a Fine, Mylar-protected dust jacket. Sequel to The Brave Little Toaster (which I have an inscribed copy of).
Disch, Thomas M. The Silver Pillow: A Tale of Witchcraft. Mark V. Ziesing, 1987. First edition hardback, #37 of 250 numbered copies signed by Disch and artist Harry O. Morris, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Chalker/Owings, page 490. Replaces a slightly less attractive copy.
Tags:Books, Fantasy, Horror, Mark V. Ziesing, Science Fiction, small press publishers, Thomas M. Disch
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Monday, February 19th, 2024
Another signed Subterranean Lansdale first.
Lansdale, Joe R. The Senior Girls Bayonet Drill Team. Subterranean, 2023 (stated; received early 2024). First edition hardback, #371 of 1250 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. The latest Lansdale short story collection. I’ll have copies of this available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Tags:Books, Horror, Joe R. Lansdale, Mystery, small press publishers, Subterranean Press
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