Two signed firsts I picked up cheap at the same auction:
Niven, Larry and Jerry Pournelle. Escape From Hell. Tor, 2009. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, signed by both Niven and Pournelle. Sequel to Inferno. Supplants an unsigned copy. Bought for $10 plus buyers fee and shipping at auction.
Silverberg, Robert. Beyond the Safe Zone. Donald I. Fine, 1986. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Silverberg: “For Joe—/L.A./ 10/25/86 / Robert Silverberg.” Short story collection. Bought for $10 plus buyers fee and shipping at auction.
My quest to own a first edition of every Manly Wade Wellman book draws closer to completion with these two non-fiction works:
Wellman, Manly Wade. The Rebel Songster: Songs the Confederates Sang. Heritage House, 1959. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight wear at points and slightly uneven glue binding along front cover joint, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with age darkening 2 1/2″ along front bottom and 1″ near spine, and small touches of dust soiling everywhere. A book of songs Confederate soldiers sung during the Civil War, with music, some familiar (“The Yellow Rose of Texas”), but most not. Bought for $35 on eBay, a good deal since I intermittently searched for this for several years when there were no copies to be found online at all.
Wellman, Manly Wade. The Story of Moore County. Moore County Historical Society, 1974. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight wear at head and heel in a Fine- dust jacket with one 1/8″ closed tear at head (now under Mylar), slight wrinkling to top front jacket, and a few touches of general wear; a very nice copy. Non-fiction history of the North Carolina County. Bought off eBay for $10.
Wellman non-fiction books I lack:
(with Robert F. Cope) The County of Gaston. Gaston County Historical Society, 1961.
The County of Warren, North Carolina, 1586-1917. University of North Carolina Press, 1959.
Fastest on the River: The Great Race Between the “Natchez” and the “Robert E Lee”. Henry Holt, 1957.
Giant in Gray: A Biography of Wade Hampton of South Carolina. Scribners, 1949.
The Life And Times Of Sir Archie The Story Of America’s Greatest Thoroughbred, 1805-1833. University of North Carolina Press, 1958.
