{"id":15473,"date":"2016-08-25T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=15473"},"modified":"2016-11-29T22:49:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T04:49:45","slug":"library-additions-five-signed-first-editions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=15473","title":{"rendered":"Library Additions: Five Signed First Editions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five more books from the Cold Tonnage 40% off sale, all first editions and all signed:<\/p>\n

  • Langford, David. The Dragonhiker’s Guide To Battlefield Covenant At Dune’s Edge: Odyssey Two<\/b>. Drunken Dragon Press, 1988. First edition hardback, one of 903 trade hardback copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Langford: “For Alison, without whom this inscription could not have\/been written\u2014\/Best wishes\/David Langford\/11-88”. Science fiction parodies and pastiches. Chalker\/Owings, page 193. Bought for \u00a39 after discount.\n

    \"Dragonhikers\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    \"IMG_0901\"<\/a><\/p>\n

  • Lee, Tanith. East of Midnight<\/b>. Macmillan (UK), 1977. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Signed and dated 2008 by Lee. Bought for \u00a318 after discount.\n

    \"Lee<\/a><\/p>\n

    \"IMG_0893\"<\/a><\/p>\n

  • Sheckley, Robert. Notions Unlimited<\/b>. Bantam Books, 1960. First edition paperback original, a Near Fine copy with slight wear at head and heel. Signed by Sheckley. Currey, page 433. Bought for \u00a34.80 after discount.\n

    \"Sheckley<\/a><\/p>\n

    \"IMG_0885\"<\/a><\/p>\n

  • Stapledon. Olaf (Sam Moskowitz, editor). Far Future Calling: Uncollected Science Fictions and fantasies of Olaf Stapledon<\/b> Oswald Train, 1979. First edition hardback, one of 1,300 copies printed, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with just of trace of rubbing on front cover along gutter line. Signed by Moscowitz and artist Stephen Fabian. Previously uncollected stories, plus a long bio by Moskowitz. Chalker\/Owings, pages 607-8. Locke, Spectrum of Fantasy 2<\/b>, page 104. Bought for \u00a318 after discount.\n

    \"Far<\/a><\/p>\n

    \"IMG_0906\"<\/a><\/p>\n

  • Whates, Ian and Ian Watson, editors. Shoes, Ships and Cadavers: Tales from North Londonshire<\/b>. NewCon Press, 2010. First edition hardback, #48 of 50 signed, numbered copies signed by all the contributors (including introduction author Alan Moore), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. The combination of the low print run and being signed by Moore enticed me into buying it. Bought for \u00a312 after discount.\n

    \"Shoes<\/a><\/p>\n

    \"IMG_0910\"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Five more books from the Cold Tonnage 40% off sale, all first editions and all signed: Langford, David. The Dragonhiker’s Guide To Battlefield Covenant At Dune’s Edge: Odyssey Two. Drunken Dragon Press, 1988. First edition hardback, one of 903 trade hardback copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Langford: “For Alison, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,137,56,5],"tags":[1973,1954,489,1983,1979,1958,1897,214,1748,1970,882,2126],"class_list":["post-15473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-fantasy","category-horror","category-science-fiction","tag-books","tag-cold-tonnage","tag-david-langford","tag-fantasy","tag-horror","tag-ian-watson","tag-olaf-stapledon","tag-robert-sheckley","tag-sam-moskowitz","tag-science-fiction","tag-signed","tag-tanith-lee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15473"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15932,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15473\/revisions\/15932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}