Another Half Price Books find:
Novik, Naomi. The Last Graduate. Del Rey, 2021. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. “Lesson 2 of the Schoolomance.” Sequel to A Deadly Education. Bought for $12.59.
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Library Addition: Naomi Novik’s The Last Graduate
Monday, November 4th, 2024Library Addition: Avram Davidson’s A Goat for Azazel
Wednesday, October 16th, 2024Another Dragonstairs Press book but this one is a bit different than their usual fare.
Davidson, Avram, and Grania Davis. A Goat For Azazel: The Grandson of Eszterhazy Returns…Again. A Ghost Novel. First edition chapbook, #80 of 80 copies signed by afterword author Michael Swanwick. Pitch for a proposed Dr. Eszterhazy novel, including sections on setting, protagonists and an extensive plot synopses. “Hand-stitched, with wrappers made of Mexican amate bark paper, chosen to commemorate Avram’s and Grania’s years in Mexico.” Sold out within hours of being offered for sale.
I will have a small number of copies available for sale in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Library Additions: Three Paperbacks
Wednesday, September 18th, 2024Three more very cheap purchases from that storage locker sale:
Not a bad haul for $1.50…
Library Addition: First of Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education
Wednesday, September 11th, 2024I’m still working my way through the Temeraire books, but haven’t read any of Naomi Novik’s other works, so I was happy to pick this up.
Novik, Naomi. A Deadly Education. Del Rey, 2020. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy in a Fine- dust jacket with bumped corners. First book in The Scholomance series. Bought from Half Price Books for $11.92.
Library Addition: Tim Powers’ Empty Chamber
Monday, September 9th, 2024Another Charnel House signed/limited Tim Powers first:
Powers, Tim. Empty Chamber. Charnel House, 2024. First edition hardback, #54 of 250 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in embossed boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. New novella, elaborately decorated with gold and black Tarot-cardesque illustrations. “Handbound in full Corvon® Rust: An acrylic-coated, latex-saturated paper that imitates oxidized metal in all facets. A metal paper with a rusty finish. Printed on Mohawk 80lb. Superfine.” An attractive production. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount.
I will have a small number of these available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Library Addition: Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Little Orange Book of Odd Orchestrations
Wednesday, August 28th, 2024Another Borderlands Little Book:
Doyle, Arthur Conan (Mark W. Whitback, editor). A Little Orange Book of Odd Orchestrations Borderlands Books, 2024. First edition hardback, #463 of 500 copies signed by the editor, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Fantastic stories, several of which are covered in Bleiler’s Supernatural Fiction, pages 159-161, and Bleiler’s Science Fiction: The Early Years, pages 203-209. Part of their “Past Masters of Horror and Fantasy” series, focusing on late 19th/early 20th century writers.
I will have a small number of copies available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Library Addition: Signed First of Neil Gaiman’s Chu’s First Day of School
Thursday, July 18th, 2024I don’t have signed firsts of all Neil Gaiman’s children’s books, but I’m closing in on it.
Gaiman, Neil, and Adam Rex (illustrator). Chu’s First Day of School. HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2014. First edition hardback (“First Edition” stated and numberline ending in “1”), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, signed by Gaiman. Illustrated children’s book about a Panda, and a sequel to Chu’s Day, which I don’t have. Bought for $30 off eBay.
Note: This is just slightly too wide for my scanner, so a sliver of the right side of the book is cut off in the scan.
Library Addition: Signed First of Jack Vance’s The Seventeen Virgins
Wednesday, July 17th, 2024I already had a first of The Seventeen Virgins, but not a signed first.
Vance, Jack. The Seventeen Virgins. Underwood/Miller, 1979. First edition chapbook original, a Fine- copy with one wrinkle to top corner and slight fading along spine, signed by Vance. Hewett, A58. Cunningham, B.70a. Chalker/Owings, pages 430-431 (where they note that only 400 were produced, not the 600 stated). Supplements an unsigned copy and the signed, limited hardback edition of The Seventeen Virgins & A Bagful of Dreams. Bought off eBay for $32 plus shipping.
Library Addition: John Wyndham’s Logical Fantasy
Friday, June 28th, 2024Here’s a book I was tempted to pick up copies of when it was announced, but passed because I wasn’t sure how well it would sell. With The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos, Wyndham is probably considered a top 10 SF all time writer in the UK, but he’s less well known on this side of the pond.
Wyndham, John (David Dyte, editor). Logical Fantasy: The Many Worlds of John Wyndham. Subterranean Press, 2024. First edition hardback, #361 of 1,000 numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and publisher’s plastic bag, with bookmark laid in. Bought for $25 plus shipping during a Subterranean sale.
Library Addition: Michael Swanwick’s The Sleep of Reason
Thursday, June 27th, 2024Another Swanwick book, this one from PS Publishing.
Swanwick, Michael. The Sleep of Reason. PS Publishing, 2024. First edition hardback, #24 of 100 signed, numbered copies (the only hardback edition), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. 80 short stories, each based on a Goya etching.
This hardback edition is now sold out from the publisher, but I will have a very small number available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.