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Library Additions: Three Signed Firsts

Wednesday, September 9th, 2020

Three signed hardback firsts editions, of various types:

  • De Palma, Brian and Susan Lehman. Are Snakes Necessary? Hard-Case Crime, 2020. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, signed by both authors. Bought from The Mysterious Bookstore at a dealer discount.

  • Holkins, Jerry and Mike Krahulik. Penny Arcade 6: The Halls Below. Del Rey, 2010. First edition hardback, #885 of 1000 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy with inset color cover illustration, sans dust jacket, as issued. Collection of Penny Arcade cartoons. Bought from the Penny Arcade store for $30.

  • Russell, Mary Doria. Doc. Random House, 2011. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, signed by Russell. Western novel about Doc Holliday Bought from The Mysterious Bookstore for $10.

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    Two Joe R. Lansdale Red Range Firsts

    Monday, September 7th, 2020

    Two Lansdale graphic novels:

  • Lansdale, Joe R. Red Range: A Wild West Adventure. It’s Alive, 2017. First edition hardback graphic novel, the Kickstarter edition, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. I am unclear on the precedence between this version (with the block cover) and the regular hardback with the red cover. Weird western featuring a hollow earth with dinosaurs and such.

  • Lansdale, Keith. Red Range: Pirates of Fireworld. It’s Alive, 2019. First edition comic, a Fine copy, as issued. Lansdale the Younger continues the story.

    • Both bought directly from the publisher at a dealer’s discount, and both will be available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.

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    Shoegazer Sunday: The Telewire’s “Slower”

    Sunday, September 6th, 2020

    Here’s another dose of The Telewire, with “Slower” off their Airport EP.

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    Library Addition: Traycased Edition of Karl Edward Wagner’s HorrorStory Volume Four

    Thursday, September 3rd, 2020

    Stumbled across this on eBay and went “Hmm, that’s pretty close to a great deal!”, then made an offer that was accepted.

    Wagner, Karl Edward. HorrorStory Volume Four. Underwood-Miller, 1990. First edition hardback, #82 of 300 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and Fine- traycase, with just a touch of blunting at points, a touch of edgewear around spine label, and a trace or two of wear. Omnibus and first hardback editions of Year’s Best Horror Stories X, XI and XII. Signed by Wagner, Harlan Ellison, Dennis Etchison, Michael Kube-McDowell, Richard Laymon, Michael Swanwick, David Drake, and many others. Chalker-Owings (1991), page 441. Supplements the trade edition. Bought off eBay for $65, or less than half the original offering price of $150.

    Now I guess I need the limited editions of the other two…

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