{"id":2830,"date":"2010-11-14T21:39:31","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T03:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=2830"},"modified":"2021-02-24T06:31:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:31:02","slug":"library-additions-july-12-to-november-14-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=2830","title":{"rendered":"Library Additions, July 12 to November 14, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

The period right around Halloween and the election was particularly busy, so I took a break from blogging here. To get back in the skiffy swing of things, here’s the latest list of books I’ve added to my library. <\/p>\n

Books that I have available for sale through Lame Excuse Books are marked LEB<\/a> (though some of those titles won’t appear on the stock page until after I send out my next book catalog, which will probably be late this month or early next; email me<\/a> if you’d like to get on the mailing list to received it). <\/p>\n

  • Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship-Breaker<\/b>. Little Brown, 2010.\n
  • Baring-Gould, William S.. The Annotated Sherlock Holmes<\/b>. Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1976. Two volumes, reprint.\n
  • Barker, Clive. Visions of Heaven and Hell<\/b>. Rizzoli, 2005. Art book.\n
  • Bennett, Robert Jackson. Mr. Shivers<\/b>. Orbit, 2010.\n
  • Bennett, Robert Jackson. Mr. Shivers<\/b>. Orbit, 2010. Mass market paperback, inscribed by Bennett. (He was giving them away at his Armadillocon signing.)\n
  • Brackett, Leigh. The Best of Leigh Brackett<\/b>. Nelson Doubleday (SFBC), 1977. Near Fine\/Near Fine.\n
  • Bradbury, Ray. Dark Carnival<\/b>. Arkham House, 1946. First edition hardback, good only, with lettering on spine almost completely worn away, spine lean, general wear, and lacking the dust jacket.\n
  • Bradbury, Ray. The Illustrated Man<\/b>. Doubleday, 1951. First edition hardback, lacking the dust jacket.\n
  • Brunner, John. The Jagged Orbit<\/b>. Ace (SFBC), 1969. (Book club, first hardback edition).\n
  • Chiang, Ted. The Lifecycle of Software Objects<\/b>. Subterranean Press, 2010. Signed limited edition.\n
  • Chiang, Ted. The Lifecycle of Software Objects<\/b>. Subterranean Press, 2010. Trade edition. LEB<\/a>\n
  • Coover, Robert. The Public Burning<\/b>. Viking, 1977. Signed by Coover.\n
  • Cullin, Mitch. Tideland<\/b>. Dufour Editions, 2000. Signed by Cullin. Basis of the Terry Gilliam film.\n
  • Day, Bradford M. The Supplemental Checklist of Fantastic Literature<\/b>. Arno Press, 1974. First hardcover edition, Fine, sans dj, as issued. Non-fiction.\n
  • Di Filippo, Paul. Roadside Bodhisattva<\/b>. PS Publishing, 2010.\n
  • Doctorow, Cory. Makers<\/b>. Tor, 2009.\n
  • Egan, Greg. Zedengi<\/b>. Orion\/Gollancz, 2010. I have the Night Shade edition for sale here.<\/a>\n
  • Harrison, Harry. The Stainless Steel Rat Returns<\/b>. Tor, 2010.\n
  • Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World<\/b>. Chatto & Windus, 1932. VG- only, lacking the dust jacket.\n
  • Kelly, James Patrick and John Kessel. Rewired: The Postcyberpunk Anthology<\/b>. Tachyon, 2007. Trade paperback original.\n
  • King, Stephen. The Dark Tower: Wolves of the Calla<\/b>. Donald M. Grant\/Scribner’s, 2003. First trade edition.\n
  • King, Stephen. The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower<\/b>. Donald M. Grant\/Scribner’s, 2004. First trade edition.\n
  • Kay, Guy Gavriel. Under Heaven<\/b>. Roc, 2010.\n
  • Kunitz, Stanley J. & Howard Haycraft. British Authors Before 1800: A Biographical Dictionary<\/b>. H. W. Wilson, 1975. Fifth printing, an Ex-Library copy, otherwise Fine-, no dust jacket, presumably as issued. Non-fiction.\n
  • Kunitz, Stanley J. & Howard Haycraft. British Authors of the Nineteenth Century<\/b>. H. W. Wilson, 1982. Eighth printing, an Ex-Library copy, otherwise Fine-, no dust jacket, presumably as issued. Non-fiction.\n
  • Lansdale, Joe R. Deadman’s Road<\/b>. Subterranean Press, 2010. LEB<\/a>\n
  • Lake, Jay. The Sky That Wraps<\/b>. Subterranean Press, 2010. LEB<\/a>\n
  • Lake, Jay. Specific Gravity of Grief<\/b>. Fairwoods Press, 2010. LEB<\/a>\n
  • Leiber, Fritz. Strange Wonders<\/b>. Subterranean Press, 2010. LEB<\/a>\n
  • Lentz, Harris M. III. Science Fiction, Horror, & Fantasy Film and Television Credits: Second Edition: Volume 1: Credits<\/b>. McFarland & Company, 2001. Ex-library copy, otherwise Fine-, sans dust jacket, as issued. Non-fiction.\n
  • Ligotti, Thomas. The Conspiracy Against the Human Race<\/b>. Hippocampus Press, 2010. Non-fiction.\n
  • Lovecraft, H. P. Black Seas of Infinity: The Best of H.P. Lovecraft<\/b>. SFBC, 2001.\n
  • Lovecraft, H.P. Collected Poems<\/b>. Arkham House, 1963. VG\/VG, with top inch of boards discolored and sun-fading to spine.\n
  • (Lovecraft, H. P.) Joshi, S. T. I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft<\/b> Hippocampus Press, 2010. Two volumes, one of 1000 sets. Non fiction. LEB<\/a>\n
  • Manvell, Roger, ed. The International Encyclopedia of Film<\/b>. Joseph, 1972. Near Fine\/Near Fine.\n
  • McDevitt, Jack. Time Travelers Never Die<\/b>. Ace, 2009.\n
  • McDonald, Ian. The Dervish House<\/b> Pyr, 2010.\n
  • (Moorcock, Michael) Bilyeu, Richard. The Tanelorn Archives: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography of the Works of Michael Moorcock 1949-1979<\/b>. Pandora’s Books, 1981. Fine, sans dust jacket, as issued. Non-fiction.\n
  • Niven, Larry. Stars & Gods<\/b>. Tor, 2010.\n
  • Oliver, Chad. The Wolf is My Brother<\/b>. Herbert Jenkins, 1968. First UK and first hardback edition, a Near Fine copy in a Good+ only dust jacket, missing an irregular 3\/4″ x 1\/2″ ship at head, and shallow chipping and edgewear. I didn’t even know there was a hardback until I chanced across this copy (though it is in Currey).\n
  • Pohl, Frederik. The Best of Frederik Pohl<\/b>. Nelson Doubleday (SFBC), 1975.\n
  • (Powers, Tim) Berlyne, John, editor Powers: Secret Histories: A Bibliography<\/b> PS Publishing, 2009. One of 200 signed, numbered Slipcased copies in slipcase with companion volume, The Waters Deep, Deep, Deep<\/b>, not included with the trade edition. Non-fiction with additional fictional material included.\n
  • (Powers, Tim) Berlyne, John, editor Powers: Secret Histories: A Bibliography<\/b> PS Publishing, 2009. One of 26 signed, lettered Deluxe copies in slipcase with two companion volumes, The Waters Deep, Deep, Deep<\/b> and bound, photographic reproduction of the original hand-written manuscript for The Anubis Gates<\/b>, not included with the trade or Slipcased editions. Slipcase and Anubis Gates<\/b> volume very slightly bumped, otherwise Fine\/Fine. Non-fiction with additional fictional material included.\n
  • Priest, Cherie. Clementine<\/b>. Subterranean Press, 2010.\n
  • Reilly, John. The Painted Word: Paintings by John Reilly<\/b>. Cross Publishing, 2008. Trade paperback original, NF, slightly bumped and bent in center. Art book.\n
  • Rucker, Rudy. Hylozoic<\/b>. Tor, 2009.\n
  • Sadler, Jeff, editor. Twentieth Century Western Writers: Second Edition<\/b>. St. James Press, 1991. Ex-library copy., otherwise Fine-, sans dust jacket.\n
  • Schmitz, James A. The Demon Breed<\/b>. Ace (SFBC), 1968. First hardback edition, a Fine\/Fine- with a trace of edgewear.\n
  • Silverberg, Robert. The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Five: The Palace at Midnight<\/b>. Subterranean Press, 2010. LEB<\/a>\n
  • Silverberg, Robert. The Last Song of Orpheus<\/b>. Subterranean Press, 2010. On of 200 signed, leatherbound copies.\n
  • Summers, Rev. Montague. The Vampire: His Kith and Kin<\/b>. E. P. Dutton, 1929. First U.S. edition, VG, lacks dust jacket. Non-fiction.\n
  • Straub, Peter. The Juniper Tree<\/b>. Subterranean Press, 2010. Signed, limited edition. LEB<\/a>\n
  • Straub, Peter. The Juniper Tree<\/b>. Subterranean Press, 2010. Trade edition. LEB<\/a>\n
  • Stross, Charles. The Fuller Memorandum<\/b>. Ace, 2010.\n
  • Stross, Charles. Toast<\/b>. Wyrm Publishing, 2010. First limited edition and first edition thus, signed, with new material. LEB<\/a>\n
  • Pringle, David, ed. The St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost, and Gothic Writers<\/b>. St. James, 1998. Ex-Library copy, otherwise NF.\n
  • Wells, H. G. The World of William Clissold<\/b>. Published by Ernest Benn (UK) 1926. Three volumes, one of 198 copies signed by Wells on the title page. Full description here.<\/a>\n
  • Vance, Jack. The Complete Dying Earth<\/b>. SFBC, 1998. First omnibus edition.\n
  • Vance, Jack. Ports of Call\/Lurulu<\/b>. SFBC, 2004. First omnibus edition.\n
  • Vance, Jack. Sjambak<\/b>. Wildside Press, 2010. Chapbook. (There seem to be multiple copies of this title from multiple POD publishers this year, so I’m unclear on the publishing precedence. I suspect that Vance failed to file a renewal, allowing the work to slip into the public domain, which is why it can be found at Project Gutenberg<\/a>.)\n
  • VandeerMeer, Jeff, ed.. Last Drink Bird Head<\/b>. Wyrm Publishing, 2010.\n
  • Wolfe, Gene. The Best of Gene Wolfe<\/b>. Tor, 2009.\n
  • Wolfe, Gene. Home Fires<\/b>: Tor, 2011. Uncorrected proof, trade paperback format. Details here.<\/a>\n
  • Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn. False Dawn<\/b>. Doubleday, 1978. NF\/NF copy, signed by Yarbro.<\/li>\n

    Previous posts on my library:<\/p>\n

  • A more comprehensive look at my library can be found here<\/a>.\n
  • A previous list of library additions from January to June 2010 is here<\/a>.\n
  • A previous list of library additions from December 2009 to January 2010 can be found here<\/a>.\n
  • Here’s a list of books<\/a> I picked up on a book-hunting trip to Archer City and Denton.<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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