{"id":24952,"date":"2025-05-12T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=24952"},"modified":"2025-05-12T09:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:56:18","slug":"library-additons-signed-sturgeon-wagner-wellman-pbos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=24952","title":{"rendered":"Library Additions: Signed Sturgeon, Wagner, Wellman PBOs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three more signed PBOs from that same eBay seller:<\/p>\n

  • Sturgeon, Theodore. More Than Human<\/b>. Farrar. Straus & Young and Ballantine Books, 1953. First edition paperback original (Currey state B, simultaneous with the hardback issue), a Good+ copy only with significant waviness to book and moisture spotting to edges, a touch of edgewear to covers, and just a trace of space concavity, otherwise square, signed by Sturgeon to the inside front cover. His celebrated fixup novel of a gestalt organism, including the classic “Baby is Three.” Currey (1978), page 472. Currey (2002), page 403. Pringle, SF 100<\/b> 14. Bought off eBay for $20.61.\n

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  • Wagner, Karl Edward. Bran Mak Morn: Legion From the Shadows<\/b>. Zebra Books, 1976. First edition paperback original, a Fine- copy with a tiny crease to bottom front corner and a trace of wear at points, inscribed by Wagner: “To Ed \u2014\/from the King of the Picts\/Karl Edward Wagner\/CONAN.” Novel featuring Robert E. Howard’s Bran Mak Morn character. Bought off eBay for $37.\n

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  • Wellman, Manly Wade. The Beyonders<\/b>. Warner Books, 1977. First edition, second printing paperback original (This is the rare case where Currey (1978) got something wrong: There it states “First Printing: April 1977\/10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2” on the copyright page as the true first, but the 2002 Currey CD says “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” and no<\/i> “First Printing” statement is the true first), a Near Fine+ copy with slight small crease to bottom outer corner, hairline crease along front spine join, and slight edgewear, otherwise nice and square, inscribed by Wellman: “To Vickie [?]\/From whom I’ll sign\/anytime.\/Manly Wade Wellman.” Science fiction novel. Currey (1978), page 512. Currey (2002), page 435. Supplements an unsigned first printing. Bought off eBay for $26.79.\n

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    Three more signed PBOs from that same eBay seller: Sturgeon, Theodore. More Than Human. Farrar. Straus & Young and Ballantine Books, 1953. First edition paperback original (Currey state B, simultaneous with the hardback issue), a Good+ copy only with significant waviness to book and moisture spotting to edges, a touch of edgewear to covers, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,137,5],"tags":[1877,1983,1377,88,2275,44,1970,1491,2116],"class_list":["post-24952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-fantasy","category-science-fiction","tag-ebay","tag-fantasy","tag-karl-edward-wagner","tag-manly-wade-wellman","tag-pbo","tag-robert-e-howard","tag-science-fiction","tag-signatures","tag-theodore-sturgeon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24952","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=24952"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24972,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24952\/revisions\/24972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}