{"id":9904,"date":"2013-02-12T08:48:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T14:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=9904"},"modified":"2013-02-12T08:48:11","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T14:48:11","slug":"recent-library-acquisitions-a-few-random-interesting-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/?p=9904","title":{"rendered":"Recent Library Acquisitions: A Few Random Interesting Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

No particular theme, just a few books fellow science fiction bibliophiles might find of interest.<\/p>\n

  • Anderson, Poul. Homebrew<\/b>. NESFA Press, 1976. First edition hardback, one of 500 copies signed by Anderson (Currey B, no priority), a Fine- copy with slight bumping at head and heel in a Fine- dust jacket with a tiny bit of dust patterning to rear dust jacket. Currey (1978), pages 10-11. Three short stories plus miscellany.\n

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  • Asimov, Isaac and Theodosius Dobzhansky. The Genetic Effects of Radiation<\/b>. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1966. Presumed first edition chapbook (no additional printings listed), a Near Fine copy with slight dust soiling and age darkening to covers, and phantom crease to bottom corner. Non-fiction pamphlet. Marjorie M. Miller, Asimov: A Checklist<\/b>, page 48.\n

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  • Smith, Reginald. Weird Tales in the Thirties<\/b>. Self published, no date (but 1966). First edition, 8 1\/2″ x 11″ side-stapled, mimeographed from typewritten copy, Near Fine- copy with small abrasion at top front, and slight bend to front and rear self-covers. Long essay about the magazine. Joshi, H. P. Lovecraft: An Annotated Bibliography<\/b>, III-D-574.\n

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  • Vance, Jack. Strange Notions<\/b> with The Dark Ocean<\/b>. Underwood\/Miller, 1985. First edition hardbacks, number 47 of 500 signed (Strange Notions<\/b> only, as issued), numbered sets in slipcase, Fine, sans dust jackets, as issued. Mystery novels. Hewett, A75 and A76.\n

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  • Zelazny, Roger. Damnation Alley<\/b>. Putnam, 1969. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with just a tiny bit of edgewear along top front. Levack, 9a. Currey (1978), page 570.\n

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    No particular theme, just a few books fellow science fiction bibliophiles might find of interest. Anderson, Poul. Homebrew. NESFA Press, 1976. First edition hardback, one of 500 copies signed by Anderson (Currey B, no priority), a Fine- copy with slight bumping at head and heel in a Fine- dust jacket with a tiny bit of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,49,5],"tags":[1973,97,87,1978,708,163,1970,1559],"class_list":["post-9904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-pics","category-science-fiction","tag-books","tag-first-edition","tag-jack-vance","tag-pics","tag-poul-anderson","tag-roger-zelazny","tag-science-fiction","tag-weird-tales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9904","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=9904"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9982,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9904\/revisions\/9982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}