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Archive for July, 2020
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Thursday, July 30th, 2020Library Additions: Various Subterranean Firsts
Friday, July 17th, 2020Here are some Subterranean Press books I picked up at the usual dealer discount over the last few months.
I have all of these for sale through Lame Excuse Books.
Library Addition: Signed, Traycased Edition of Jack Vance’s Minding The Stars
Wednesday, July 15th, 2020Jack Vance’s estate sold off some of his contributor copies recently. I bid on many, but only won this one:
Vance, Jack (Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan, editors). Minding the Stars (The Early Jack Vance, Volume Four). Subterranean Press, 2014. First edition hardback, a PC copy of 26 lettered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and a Fine- traycase with one small fingernail-tip sized indention at bottom front, with a provenance card from the Vance estate laid in. The only edition signed by Vance. Bought off eBay for $255.00. The other traycase editions I bid on went for substantial more.
Shoegazer Sunday: The Telewire’s “Head on Straight”
Sunday, July 12th, 2020Been a long time since I featured something from The Telewire, but “Head on Straioght” is part of my regular Shoegaze rotation.
Library Addition: Two Volume Masters of Science Fiction: Kate Wilhelm
Saturday, July 11th, 2020Had to scramble to pick this set up:
Wilhelm, Kate (John Pelan, editor). Masters of Science Fiction: Kate Wilhelm (Volumes One and Two). Centipede Press, 2020. First edition hardback, #457 of 500 numbered hardbacks signed by the editor and artists Jim and Ruth Keegan, both Fine copies in Fine dust jackets, with dust jacket protectors, new and unread.
For some reason I’d fallen off the Centipede Press mailing list, so I actually had to purchase these at cover price of $90 for the set. (The indignity!)
Library Addition: Signed First of Nelson Bond’s Nightmares and Daydreams
Thursday, July 9th, 2020A signed Arkham House at a nice price:
Bond, Nelson. Nightmares and Daydreams. Arkham House, 1968. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slightly bumped pints, in a Fine- dust jacket with slight wear at points and the barest trace of dust soiling to white rear cover. Signed by Bond. Currey (1979), page 49. Joshi, Sixty Years of Arkham House 98. Jaffrey, Horrors and Unpleasantries, 106. Nielsen, 104. Derleth, Thirty Years of Arkham House, 96. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, page 38. Bought off eBay for $35.
Library Additions: Two Signed Harlan Ellison Books
Tuesday, July 7th, 2020Here are two Ellison limited editions I refrained from picking up when they were published:
These two limited editions were originally offered at $150 each. I thought they were nice, but not $150 nice. Bought off eBay for $50 each.
Believe it or not, you could actually buy “Sex Gang perfume” from the publisher’s website as well…
Ennio Morricone, RIP
Monday, July 6th, 2020Legendary film score composer Ennio Morricone has died at age 91. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, John Carpenter’s The Thing and The Hateful Eight all had scores by him, among the 500+(!) he composed.
Here’s probably my favorite piece by him, from his soundtrack to Once Upon A Time In The West: