I’ve won a number of Jack Vance first off eBay as of late, many signed:
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Library Additions: Eight Jack Vance Firsts, Six Signed, One Strange
Thursday, September 17th, 2020Library Additions: Unsigned Books Bought from Dreamheaven
Monday, May 4th, 2020I was in Minneapolis in early March (right before everything went into lockdown), and I had a chance to drop by Dreamhaven Books and pick up a few things. Here are the unsigned books I bought.
Library Addition: Proof of George R. R. Martin’s Never-Published John W. Campbell Awards Volume 6
Monday, July 20th, 2015Finally obtained a book I’ve been trying to get for over 20 years, ever since hearing about it while compiling Bruce Sterling’s bibliography for Nova Express in the early 1990s:
Martin, George R. R. The John W. Campbell Awards Volume 6. Bluejay Books, 1986. Uncorrected proof, trade paperback format, of the never-published hardback first edition, a Very Good- copy, being well-read with creasing along front and back spine joins, bottom of front spine join starting to split, a few spots of staining (including one to the edge of side/bottom page block), and general wear, with note on front cover stating “To/Shelia/Williams/Isaac/Asimov” and a note on the table of contents saying the Orson Scott Card story listed was going to be replaced with another Card story. Never produced because Bluejay Books went out of business in 1986. Copy on the back covers states the book was to be produced in both hardback and trade paperback formats.
The contents are as follows:
Bought for $100 from an editor who was downsizing his library as part of moving.
Book Proofs Received: Gene Wolfe’s Home Fires
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010Gene Wolfe
Home Fires
Tor, January 2011
Seems like a time-lag war romance, ala The Forever War or Voices From a Distant Star. She goes off to war leaving him behind, she comes back, they go on a second honeymoon, and then weird things start happening.
This will probably jump to the next thing on the stack after I finish Charlie Stross’ The Fuller Memorandum