Three Joe R. Lansdale chapbooks purchased from that same private collector:
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Library Additions: Three Lansdale Chapbooks
Friday, October 8th, 2021Library Addition: Lettered Edition of Joe R. Lansdale’s The Bottoms
Thursday, September 30th, 2021Still another Lansdale lettered edition bought from that same private collector:
Lansdale, Joe R. The Bottoms. Subterranean Press, 2000. First edition hardback, letter R of 26 signed, lettered copies, a Fine leatherbound copy in a Fine dust jacket and Fine traycase with full color illustration mounted inside front lid. The Subterranean edition was the true first edition, preceding the Mysterious Press edition by several months. Edgar Award winner for Best Novel. Bought for $300 from a private collector, which is just twice list price for the regular numbered edition.
The plastic illustration protector shows both glare and the shadow of my hands holding the iPhone to get the photo. (Also some glare off the dust jacket protector on the book itself.)
Library Addition: Lettered Edition of Joe R. Lansdale’s Blood Dance
Tuesday, September 28th, 2021Another purchase from that same private collector as the two previous Lansdale lettered editions:
Lansdale, Joe R. Blood Dance. Subterranean Press, 2000. First edition hardback, letter R of 18 signed, lettered copies, a Fine copy in a beautiful full-cloth binding and a Fine traycase with an additional Mark A. Nelson illustration mounted on the inside front cover, sans dust jacket, as issued. The Lost Lansdale Volume Three. Bought for $250 off a private collector.
Note: The bottom right of the illustration looks strange due to reflections off the protective plastic covering over the illustration.
Library Addition: Lettered Edition of Joe R. Lansdale’s Texas Night Riders
Monday, September 27th, 2021More from that private collector purchase:
Lansdale, Joe R. (originally writing as Ray Slater). Texas Night Riders. Subterranean Press, 1997. First edition hardback thus and first U.S. hardback edition (preceded by the PBO and the Chivers large print hardback), copy P of 26 signed and lettered copies, a Fine copy bound in quarter-leather, in a Fine- patterned slipcase with slight rubbing to corners, sans dust jacket, as issued. This was early in Subterranean’s history, and they were still using the 4 x 3 acrostic spine logo. Bought for $220.
Library Addition: Lettered Edition of Joe R. Lansdale’s Waltz of Shadows
Thursday, September 23rd, 2021Here’s the first of several Lansdale items I obtained from a fellow collector who was selling off his collection:
Lansdale, Joe R. Waltz of Shadows. Subterranean Press, 1999. First edition hardback, letter R of 52 signed, lettered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and a Fine- traycase with a few small, shallow, random indentations. The Lost Lansdale Volume One. Chalker/Owings (2002), page 855. Unnoted by Chalker/Owings (or my proof copy of The World Lansdalian), this edition is bound in a very attractive, deep purple cloth rather than the light blue of the trade edition. Bought for $190 ($5 less than cover).
Library Additions: Two Signed Harlan Ellison Firsts
Tuesday, September 7th, 2021Both of these were bought from a customer who wanted to sell off his collection. Some of that was listed in the Lame Excuse Books catalog, and I’ll be listing the books I bought for my own collection here.
Other Ellison firsts I’m still looking for can be found here.
Library Addition: The Best of David Brin
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021Another Subterranean career retrospective collection.
Brin, David. The Best of David Brin. Subterranean Press, 2021. First edition hardback, #289 of 1,000 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Lots of good stories in here, including “Dr. Pak’s Preschool” and “Thor Meets Captain American.” (Though I can’t believe they left out “A Stage of Memory.”) Bought from the publisher at the usual discount.
I’ll have copies of this available in the forthcoming Lame Excuse Books catalog (currently in progress).
Library Addition: The Best of Harry Turtledove
Tuesday, July 27th, 2021This came in a while back, but was at the bottom of a stack.
Turtledove, Harry. The Best of Harry Turtledove. Subterranean Press, 2021. First edition hardback, #268 of 1,000 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, new and unread.
I will have copies of this available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog (currently in progress).
Library Additions: Three Subterranean Press Firsts
Tuesday, March 30th, 2021The Carriger is the last book from the Subterranean PC sale, while the Hand and Smith are normal Lame Excuse Books stock purchases:
Library Additions: Limited and Lettered Editions of Neal Stephenson’s Atmosphæra Incognita
Thursday, March 18th, 2021Still more books from the Subterranean Press PC sale:
All editions are long sold out.