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Library Additions: Two Joseph Payne Brennan Arkham House Firsts, One Signed

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.

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    Library Addition: Signed First of Joseph Payne Brennan’s The Borders Just Beyond

    Friday, September 9th, 2016

    Another item from the werewolf and vampire lots at that National Book Auction.

    Brennan, Joseph Payne. The Borders Just Beyond. Donald M. Grant, 1986. First edition hardback, one of 750 copies, all signed by Brennan, a Fine copy in a Fine-dust jacket with a tiny bit of wear wear at points. Chalker/Owings, 223.

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    Part of the same $55 lot as the three Derleth Arkham House books.

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