{"id":3009,"date":"2011-01-18T21:18:03","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T03:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=3009"},"modified":"2011-10-27T13:24:43","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T18:24:43","slug":"library-additions-november-15-january-14-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=3009","title":{"rendered":"Library Additions: November 15, 2010-January 14, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are all the books I’ve added to my professional library over the past two months. Every time I start to think I’m slowing down I buy a bunch more stuff…<\/p>\n

  • Baker, Kage. The Hotel Under the Sand<\/b>. Tachyon, 2009. Trade paperback original, Fine.\n
  • Beagle, Peter S. The Line Between<\/b>. Tachyon, 2006. One of 250 signed, numbered copies, Fine, sans dust jacket, as issued.\n
  • Beagle, Peter S. The Unicorn Sonata<\/b>. Turner Publishing, 1996.\n
  • Beagle, Peter S. Your Friendly Neighborhood Magician<\/b>. Tachyon, 2006. Chapbook, one of 100 signed copies, Fine.\n
  • Bear, Greg. Foundation and Chaos<\/b>. Harper Prism, 1998.\n
  • Bear, Greg. Sleepside Story<\/b>. Cheap Street, 1988. One of 52 signed and numbered, traycased “publisher’s edition” copies, a fine copy in tray case, sans dust jacket. See here for details.<\/a>\n
  • Brunner, John. Stand on Zanzibar<\/b>. Doubleday, 1968. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with just the tiniest bit of wear. Replaces an ex-library copy. (I bought this back in June and forgot to list it last time around.)\n
  • Carriger, Gail (pen name for Tofa Borregaard). Soulless<\/b>. Orbit, 2009. Paperback original, Fine- with slight spine creasing. Thought I’d pick this up since we swanned about together at Worldcon before she hit the big time…\n
  • Chabon, Michael. Manhood for Amateurs<\/b>. Harper, 2009. Non-fiction.\n
  • Cherryh, C. J. Cuckoo’s Egg<\/b>. Phantasia Press, 1985. First edition hardback, one of 350 signed, numbered copies, in slipcase.\n
  • Clark, Alan M., Randy Fox and K. J. Peterson. The Pain Doctor’s of Suture Self General<\/b>. Arts Nova Press, 1995. First edition hardback, one of 550 signed, numbered copies. Art book.\n
  • Clavell, James. Shogun<\/b>. Atheneum, 1975. VG with spine worn, slight separation between page block and backing at head, and stains to page block edges, in VG, price-clipped dust jacket.\n
  • Dick, Philip K. Eye in the Sky<\/b>. Gregg Press, 1979. First hardback edition. Fine, sans dust jacket, as issued. Replaced an Ex-library copy in my collection.\n
  • Dick, Philip K. Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick<\/b>. Pantheon, 2002.\n
  • Dick, Philip K. Vulcan’s Hammer<\/b>. Gregg Press, 1979. First hardback edition. Fine, sans dust jacket, as issued. Replaced an Ex-library copy in my collection.\n
  • (Dick, Philip K.) Dick, Anne. The Search for Philip K. Dick<\/b>. Tachyon, 2010. Trade paperback original. Expanded, revised, and corrected edition. Non-fiction.\n
  • Disch, Thomas M. The Wall of America<\/b>. Tachyon, 2008. Trade paperback original, Fine.\n
  • Disch, Thomas M. The Word of God<\/b>. Tachyon, 2008. Trade paperback original, Fine.\n
  • Fforde, Jasper. Shades of Grey<\/b> Hodder & Stoughton, 2010. First UK edition (curiously, the American precedes, which is very unusual for Fforde), a Fine copy, one of 1000 numbered copies signed by Fforde to be sold through the Waterstone’s bookstore chain, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dj, in decorated slipcase, as issued.\n
  • King, Stephen. The Bachman Books<\/b>. NAL, 1985. First hardback edition and first omnibus edition, all four included books (Rage<\/b>, The Long Walk<\/b>, Roadwork<\/b> and The Running Man<\/b>) having previously been published as paperback originals. F\/NF- copy, with rubbing to edgewear to dust jacket.\n
  • King, Stephen. Pet Semetary<\/b>. Viking, 1983. Fine\/Near Fine, with slight wear at dust jacket head and heel.\n
  • Lansdale, Joe R. By Bizarre Hands Rides Again<\/b>. Morning Star Press, 2010. Expanded edition with new stories and story notes, one of 300 copies signed by Lansdale.\n
  • Lansdale, Joe R. Deadman’s Road<\/b>. Subterranean Press, 2010.\n
  • Lansdale, Joe R. Flaming Zeppelins<\/b>. Tachyon, 2010. Trade paperback original thus (omnibus edition), Fine.\n
  • Lansdale, Joe R. and Pat LoBrutto, editors. Razored Saddles<\/b>. Dark Harvest, 1989. Octavo, cloth. First edition hardback, one of 600 numbered copies signed by all the contributors, in slipcase. I had the trade, but not the limited.\n
  • (Lovecraft, H. P.) Joshi, S. T. I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft<\/b>. Hippocampus Press, 2010. First edition hardback, two volume set. Non-fiction.\n
  • Marquis, Don. archy and mehitabel<\/b>. Dolphin Books, no date (probably about 1969). Paperback reprint.\n
  • Martin, George R. R. A Feast for Crows<\/b>. Voyager, 2005. One of 1,000 signed, numbered copies, Fine, sans dust jacket, in slipcase, as issued.\n
  • Michaels, Barbara (AKA Barbara Mertz, AKA Elizabeth Peters). Ammie, Come Home<\/b>. Meredith Press, 1968. First edition hardback, Fine- with a trace of spine lean in a Fine- dj with slight wear at head and heel.\n
  • Moorcock, Michael. The Best of Michael Moorcock<\/b>. Tachyon, 2009. First edition trade paperback original, Fine.\n
  • Morrow, James. The Cat’s Pajamas<\/b>. Tachyon, 2004.\n
  • Niven, Larry. The Best of Larry Niven<\/b>. Subterranean Press, 2010. One of 250 signed, numbered, leatherbound copies\n
  • Niven, Larry. The Best of Larry Niven<\/b>. Subterranean Press, 2010. Trade edition.\n
  • Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four<\/b> Secker and Warburg, 1949. See this post for details<\/a>.\n
  • Powers, Richard. Galatea 2.2<\/b>. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1995.\n
  • Power, Tim. Deliver Us From Evil<\/b>. Charnel House, 2010. One of 100 signed, numbered copies in slipcase, sans dj, as issued, accompanied by an original manuscript page. See here for full details<\/a>.\n
  • Powers, Tim. Night Moves<\/b>. Axolotl Press, 1986. First edition hardback, one of 100 signed, numbered copies.\n
  • Schroeder, Karl. Pirate Sun<\/b>. Tor, 2008.\n
  • Shea, Michael. I, Said the Fly<\/b>. Silver Salamander Press, 1993. First edition hardback, one of 300 signed hardback copies.\n
  • Simmons, Dan. Drood<\/b>. Little, Brown, 2009.\n
  • Vance, Jack. Lurulu<\/b> Tor, 2004.\n
  • Watts, Peter. Maelstrom<\/b>. Tor, 2001.\n
  • Williamson, Jack (John Stewart Williamson). Wolves of Darkness: The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson Volume 2<\/b>. Haffner Press, 1999.\n<\/li>\n

    There. I thought I’d document this bunch since I have another bunch coming in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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