I try to collect at least one signature for every writer I seriously collect. I have signatures for H. G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Tom Reamy, to name a few.<\/p>\n
I also have a few books signed by C. L. Moore, but not (until this item) any by her husband, Henry Kuttner, who were both behind the Lewis Padgett pseudonym. Kuttner, a first rate writer, died in 1958, and works signed by him seldom come on the market. However, I found the following first edition online, and not only is it signed, it’s an inscribed association copy.<\/p>\n
Padgett, Lewis (Henry Kuttner and possibly C.L. Moore). The Brass Ring<\/b>. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946. First edition hardback, a Very Good+ copy, with uneven fading to the spine (looks to be lightening in relation to the dust jacket) and age darkening to pages, in a Good+ dust jacket with a 1″ chip to bottom front and 1\/4″ chipping at head and heel. Not a great copy, but it does have a great inscription on the front free endpaper: “For Bob \u2014\/In memory of a happy childhood at the old Basutoland reformatory,\/now dust.\/Hank\/(“Lewis Padgett”)”. It also has Bloch’s signature at the top of the page. Currey, page 291 (which says this was in collaboration with C. L. Moore). Hubin, Crime Fiction: 1749\u20141980<\/b>, page 309 (which credits this to Kuttner alone). Bloch and Kuttner were friends and collaborators<\/a>, making this a very important association copy from one SF giant to another. Bought, after much haggling, for $500 from a dealer online. <\/p>\n
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