Tag Archives: Robert Silverberg

Library Addition: Silverberg & Garrett’s The Shrouded Planet

Posted on September 7, 2026 by Lawrence Person

A Mysterious Benefactor who enjoys my other blog contacted me to give me his entire library, knowing I could take care of and appreciate his books. He was getting on in years, and just didn’t want to deal with the … Continue reading →

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Library Addition: Signed, Limited Editions of Robert Silverberg’s Nightwings

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Lawrence Person

I haven’t been buying too many signed/limited editions due to my current jobless state, but I decided I wanted this one. Silverberg, Robert. Nightwings. Centipede Press, 2025. First limited edition hardback, #338 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: Three Signed PS Publishing Titles

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Lawrence Person

All signed, slipcased PS Publishing firsts: Baxter, Stephen. Xeelee: Endurance. PS Publishing, 2017. First edition hardback, letter D of 26 lettered copies, a Fine copy in a decorated boards and a Fine dust jacket and a Fine decorated slipcase. I … Continue reading →

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Library Additions for 2022

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Lawrence Person

It’s that time of the year again, where I compile every book I bought last year into one long post. Adams, Richard. Watership Down. Macmillian, 1972. First American edition hardback, a Very Good copy with name marked out in black … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: Silverberg and McDevitt Subterranean Press Firsts

Posted on February 10, 2023 by Lawrence Person

Two new books that came in from Subterranean Press late in 2022, both bought from the publisher at the usual discount. McDevitt, Jack. Return To Glory. Subterranean Press, 2022. First edition hardback, #448 of 1,000 signed, numbered copies, a Fine … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: Three Signed Books

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Three more books from that private collector culling his collection. Pohl, Frederik. Midas World. St. Martin’s, 1983. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with the barest bit of bumping at head and heel, and a trace of fixing to inside … Continue reading →

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Library Additions for 2021

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Here’s the big roundup of every book I added to my library in 2021. Most (but not all) of these have appeared in previous library addition posts. Lots of Joe R. Lansdale, lettered editions, Lansdale lettered editions, Zelazny paperbacks, signed … Continue reading →

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Library Addition: Three Signed Firsts

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Another one from the bulk purchase: Fowler, Karen Joy. What I Didn’t See and Other Stories. Small Beer Press, 2010. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with a tiny bit of wrinkling at top rear, … Continue reading →

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Library Addition: Several Armchair Fiction Titles

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Lawrence Person

Here are some Armchair Fiction titles I picked up during a sale, all of which are (though POD editions) either first editions thus or first book editions of works originally published in magazines, and are mostly works that have fallen … Continue reading →

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Library Additions for 2020

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Lawrence Person

I didn’t manage to break it up into two posts this year, so this is a roundup of every book I bought (or that came in) between January 1 and December 31, 2020. Most, but not all, of these were … Continue reading →

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