{"id":25219,"date":"2025-07-30T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=25219"},"modified":"2026-01-24T10:53:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:53:46","slug":"library-additions-signed-firsts-of-hal-clements-xi-bootis-still-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=25219","title":{"rendered":"Library Additions: Signed Firsts of Hal Clements&#8217; Xi Bootis, Still River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two more Kathryn Cramer purchases:<\/p>\n<li>Clement, Hal. <b>Some Notes on Xi Bootis<\/b>. Advent: Publishers, 1960. First edition chapbook original, one of 500 copies (per Chalker Ownings), a Fine copy save a penciled &#8220;118&#8221; at top rear left corner. Given away as a freebie at the 1960 Pittsburgh Worldcon, where Clement gave a speech on the topic of speculative fiction set in this star system. Chalker\/Owings, page 5. Hassler, <b>Hal Clement<\/b>, page 57, footnote 47. Not in Currey. Bought for $45.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clement-Xi-Bootis-671x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"687\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clement-Xi-Bootis-671x1024.png 671w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clement-Xi-Bootis-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clement-Xi-Bootis-768x1171.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clement-Xi-Bootis-1007x1536.png 1007w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clement-Xi-Bootis.png 1112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clement-Xi-Bootis-sig-692x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"666\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clement-Xi-Bootis-sig-692x1024.png 692w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clement-Xi-Bootis-sig-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clement-Xi-Bootis-sig.png 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<li>Clement, Hal. <b>Still River<\/b>. Ballantine Books, 1987. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, signed by Clement. Pringle, <b>Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction<\/b>, page 302. (&#8220;**&#8221;). Bought for $15.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ClemenStill-River-707x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"652\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ClemenStill-River-707x1024.png 707w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ClemenStill-River-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ClemenStill-River-768x1112.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ClemenStill-River-1061x1536.png 1061w, https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ClemenStill-River.png 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two more Kathryn Cramer purchases: Clement, Hal. Some Notes on Xi Bootis. Advent: Publishers, 1960. First edition chapbook original, one of 500 copies (per Chalker Ownings), a Fine copy save a penciled &#8220;118&#8221; at top rear left corner. Given away as a freebie at the 1960 Pittsburgh Worldcon, where Clement gave a speech on the [&hellip;]<\/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":[8,5],"tags":[2769,1973,1143,905,2768,1970,1491,57],"class_list":["post-25219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-science-fiction","tag-advent-publishers","tag-books","tag-chapbooks","tag-hal-clement","tag-kathryn-cramer","tag-science-fiction","tag-signatures","tag-worldcon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25219","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=25219"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25246,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25219\/revisions\/25246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}