I managed to pick up three different Cheap Street Press books from a couple of different sources over the last week:
Benford, Greg. At the Double Solstice. Cheap Street, 1986. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy, in original mailing envelope. Chalker/Owings, page 108, which lists this copy (with publisher’s greetings on (unnumbered) page 23) as one of 60 copies thus, one of apparently four states.
Benford, Greg. Time’s Rub. Cheap Street, 1984. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy, in original mailing envelope. Chalker/Owings, page 107, which lists this copy (with publisher’s greetings on (unnumbered) page 19) as one of 73 copies thus, one of apparently four states.
Leiber, Fritz. In the Beginning. Cheap Street, 1983. First edition hardback, #67 of 128 copies of the “Collectors’ Edition” signed by both Leiber and illustrator Alicia Austin (there were also 10 lettered collector’s copies, and 7 lettered and 32 number publisher’s copies), a Fine copy, in full cloth with title labels pasted on front and spine, sans dust jacket, as issued. Chalker/Ownings, pages 106-107.
Also laid into this copy is the four page prospectus for the book:
I already had two other Benford Cheap Street books (the hardback Of Space/Time and the River and the chapbook of We Could Do Worse), which means I’m still missing:
Benford, Greg. Centigrade 133 (Cheap Street, 1990)
Benford, Greg. Matter’s End (Cheap Street, 1991)
Leiber, Fritz. Ervool (Cheap Street, 1980)
Leiber, Fritz. Quicks Around the Zodiac: A Farce (Cheap Street, 1983)
Leiber, Fritz Riches and Power (with actually includes Ervool) (Cheap Street, 1982)
Plus several Cheap Street books by other authors.
Tags: Cheap Street, first editions, Fritz Leiber, Gregory Benford
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Lawrence,
I’m hoping to do an article on the late Jan and George O’Nale, and Cheap Street. Any chance we could talk over e-mail or by phone about what drew you to purchase these books?
Thanks for considering.
John