Posts Tagged ‘Horror’
Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
Another addition to the Lansdale collection:
Lansdale, Joe R. and Karen, editors. Dark at Heart. Dark Harvest, 1992. First edition hardback, #120 of 400 copies signed by all the contributors, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with just a couple of touches of edgewear at top front (and a $45 price sticker on inside front flap, as per Chalker/Owings), in a Fine slipcase. Anthology of “dark suspense.” Includes some signatures I didn’t have in my collection heretofore, like Ardath Mayhar’s. Chalker/Owings (2002), page 1049. Nova Express Lansdale Bibliography, 1A.2. Hankow, A Checklist of Joe R. Lansdale, AA4a. Bought for $17.26 plus shipping off eBay, less than half the publication price of $45.
Chalker/Owings noted that the move into mystery is what killed off Dark Harvest, though I suspect they did OK on this (Lansdale’s a strong seller).
Tags:Books, Dark Harvest, Horror, Joe R. Lansdale, Mystery, small press publishers
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Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
I have a complete run of the trade edition of Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine I picked up as they were coming out. Recently I saw a couple of issues of the signed edition of same cheap, so I picked them up at prices that were actually less than what the trade edition retailed for.
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn, editor. Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue Three: Fantasy. Pulphouse, 1989. First edition hardback, #170 of 250 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine slipcase, sans dust jacket, as issued. Signed by contributors Avram Davidson, Harlan Ellison, Jack Williamson, Charles De Lint, Michael Bishop, Don Webb, etc. Bought off eBay for $22.99.
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn, editor. Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue Five: Horror. Pulphouse, 1989. First edition hardback, #36 of 250 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine slipcase, sans dust jacket, as issued. Signed by contributors George Alec Effinger, Ed Bryant, Elizabeth Hand, etc. Bought off eBay for $19.99.
Pulphouse wildly overproduced and over-saturated the market in the early 1990s, but I always thought the hardback magazine itself featured solid stories.
Tags:Books, Fantasy, Horror, Limited Editions, Pulphouse, small press publishers
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Saturday, March 2nd, 2019
Two signed firsts bought cheap off eBay:
Schow, David J. DJStories. Subterranean Press, 2018. First edition hardback, #927 of 1000 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Oddly enough, this is one of the books I wanted to pick up in the Camelot sale late last year, but it was too recent to earn the discount. Bought off eBay for $17.95, plus shipping. (List price was $40.)
Wolfe, Gene. Weird Tales #290 (Sixty-Fifth Anniversary Issue): Special Gene Wolfe Issue. Terminus Publishing, 1988. First edition hardback-bound state of the magazine, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Inscribed by Wolfe and editors Darrell Schweitzer, John Betancourt, and George H. Scithers to “Bruce.” Presentation state, lacking the limitation page but including the extra George Barr illustration not in the regular magazine edition, which is where Wolfe signed. Includes six Wolfe stories (one original), an interview and a profile. There were evidently 100 copies of the hardbound limited edition done at a list price of $50, but I’m not sure how many of these presentation state were done. Bought off eBay for $27.95.
Tags:Books, David J. Schow, Gene Wolfe, Horror, Science Fiction, small press publishers, Subterranean Press, Weird Tales
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2019
This is an upgrade, replacing an unsigned copy of he trade edition with a signed copy of the trade edition:
Bloch, Robert. Screams. Underwood -Miller, 1989. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, with a $39.95 overprint pricing sticker on flap (as issued). Signed by Bloch. Omnibus edition of The Will To Kill, Firebug, and The Star Stalker, being the first hardback editions of each. Chalker/Owings (1991), page 440. Bought off eBay for $25.
Tags:Horror, Mystery, Robert Bloch, signatures, Underwood/Miller
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2019
Only in reading the February Ansible did I learn that artist GAK died mid-January. His real name was evidently Gregg Kanefsky (edited to add: probably not; that seems to be a different GAK), though I also knew him as Glenn Denny Gak (the name he used on Facebook), and an obituary linked from his Facebook page referenced Glenn A. Klinger. He was obviously a man of many mysteries.
Back when I edited Nova Express, GAK became my go-to guy for cover art. His spikey style seemed a good fit for what I wanted to publish. Among his best covers was the one for the Tim Powers issue:
As well as the one for the Neil Gaiman issue, the original artwork for which I have matted and hanging in my house above a copy of the issue:
After Nova Express, he went on to illustrate a number of horor works, including the Dead Cat Bounce series.
I only met GAK once, at the 2002 World Fantasy Convention in Minneapolis, where I had dinner with him and Nova contributor Hank Wagner. I had no idea he was sick until I read that he had died.
Here’s his ISFDB listing.
One more for the road:
Tags:art, GAK, Horror, Nova Express, Obituary, Science Fiction
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Friday, February 15th, 2019
Three more Lansdale first editions:
Lansdale, Joe R. Bubba and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers. Subterranean Press, 2017. First edition hardback, letter G of 26 signed, lettered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and Fine traycase. Prequel to Bubba Ho-tep. The traycase is a vaguely coppery color and feels vaguely suede-like. Supplements a signed trade edition. Bought off eBay for $185, $65 less than the original $250 publication price. I wouldn’t mind picking up all the Lansdale traycase editions, since I already have four of those, and have virtually everything else of Joe’s…
Lansdale, Joe R. The Steel Valentine. Pulphouse, 1991. First edition hardback, #36 of 100 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in imitation leather boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. Pulphouse Short Story Hardback #7, reprinted from By Bizarre Hands. I avoided the short story hardback line when it first came out, as I had a hard time thinking of them as real books rather than gimmicks, and didn’t expect them to hold their value. Now, after I’ve collected everything else by the author, I’ve been picking them up, and my original judgment about their collectability (or lack thereof) was largely accurate. I picked this and the following up for $29, which is all of $7 over the combined price of both when published…
Lansdale, Joe R. The Steel Valentine. Pulphouse, 1991. First edition trade paperback original (simultaneous with the hardback), a Fine copy, signed by Lansdale.
Tags:Horror, Joe R. Lansdale, Limited Editions, Pulphouse, Subterranean Press
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2019
Picked up two signed Manly Wade Wellman firsts off eBay to replace unsigned copies:
Wellman, Manly Wade. The Kingdom of Madison: A Southern Mountain Fastness and Its People. The University of North Carolina Press, 1973. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with a trace of dust soiling at head and heel in a Near Fine, corner-clipped dust jacket that will get traded out for the unclipped dust jacket on my unsigned copy. Inscribed by Wellman: “for/Bill Washburn/and/Linda Ocker/Manly Wade Wellman/April 26, 1973.” Non-fiction. Bought for $20 plus shipping off eBay.
Wellman, Manly Wade. Not At These Hands. Putnam’s, 1962. First edition hardback, a Very Good+ copy with slight bumping at head and heel, slight wear to spine, and a faint dime-sized stain to page edges, in a Very Good- dust jacket with several small tears which I’ll be trading out with the better dust jacket on my unsigned copy. Inscribed by Wellman: “with best wishes/to/Richard Steele/(read it sometime)/Manly Wade Wellman.” Currey (1979), page 514. Mystery novel. Bought for $34.99 off eBay.
Tags:Books, Horror, Manly Wade Wellman
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2019
The signed Ray Bradbury buying spree continues apace:
Bradbury, Ray. Bullet Trick. Gauntlet Press, 2009. First edition hardback, one of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, new and unread, still in publisher’s shrinkwrap. Collection of teleplays and short fiction. List price of $85. Bought off eBay for $46.
Bradbury, Ray. Christmas Greetings 1982. Self-published, 1982. First edition broadsheet, a Near Fine copy with wrinkling on the right side (probably do to inadequate stiffing in an envelope shipped from France) and a former paperclip impression at top left. Inscribed by Bradbury. Bought for $30 plus shipping.
(Bradbury, Ray) Robin Anne Reid. Ray Bradbury: A Critical Companion. Greenwood Press, 2000. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. Signed by Bradbury. Non-fiction reference book. Bought from an Internet book dealer for $35.
Tags:Books, Christmas, Gauntlet Press, Horror, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction, signed
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Saturday, January 5th, 2019
So it wasn’t enough that Camelot Books had a sale. Right before that, PS publishing had a sale on their website, so after the Camelot order came in, I received three more big boxes of books to catalog:
Crowther, Pete and Nick Gevers. Postscripts 30/31: Memoryville Blues. PS Publishing, 2013. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards in a Fine dust jacket. Trade edition. Supplements a signed, limited, traycased edition.
Gevers, Nick. Postscripts 32/33: Far Voyager. PS Publishing, 2014. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards in a Fine dust jacket. Trade edition.
Gevers, Nick. Postscripts 36/37: The Dragons of the Night. PS Publishing, 2016. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards in a Fine dust jacket. Trade edition. All three Postscripts bought for £12.99, plus shipping.
Hill, Joe. The Fireman. PS Publishing, 2016. Signed, limited edition hardback, #472 of 900 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in decorated boards in a Fine dust jacket and Fine slipcase, with tissue paper laid in at signature page. An attractive edition, though it was preceded by no less than three U.S. signed/limited editions, specific to different bookstore chains. The scan is the front of the decorated slipcase. Bought for £19, marked down from £70.
(Lovecraft, H.P.) Joshi, S.T., editor. Black Wings IV: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror. PS Publishing, 2015. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards and a Fine dust jacket. Bought for £9.33 as part of a bundle.
(Lovecraft, H.P.) Joshi, S.T., editor. Black Wings V: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror. PS Publishing, 2016. First edition hardback, #94 of 300 copies, a Fine copy in decorated boards and a Fine dust jacket, in a Near Fine slipcase with 1 1/4″ x 2″ abraded spot at back cover bottom, with tissue paper laid in at signature page. Bought for $12.99, marked down from £50.
(Lovecraft, H.P.) Joshi, S.T., editor. Black Wings VI: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror. PS Publishing, 2015. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards and a Fine dust jacket. Bought for £9.33 as part of a bundle.
MacLeod, Ian R. Red Snow. PS Publishing, 2017. First edition hardback, #86 of 100 signed, numbered copies a Fine copy in decorated boards in a Fine dust jacket and Fine slipcase, with tissue paper laid in at signature page. Bought for £12.99, marked down from £50.
Watson, Ian. The Uncollected Ian Watson. PS Publishing, 2014. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards and a Fine dust jacket. Bought for £5, marked down from £25.
Tags:Books, H. P. Lovecraft, Horror, Ian Watson, Joe Hill, Postscripts, PS Publishing, S. T. Joshi, Science Fiction, small press publishers
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Saturday, December 29th, 2018
The last of the books from the Camelot 60% off sale. All but one of these are reference books, and the other is an oddity I just didn’t include with the previously listed books.
(Ellison, Harlan) Richmond, Tim, compiler and editor. Fingerprints on the Sky: The Authorized Harlan Ellison Bibliography. Edgeworks Abbey/Subterranean Press, 2017. First edition hardback, #238 of 500 numbered copies signed by Ellison and Richmond, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Massive oversized hardback, roughly 12 1/2″ high by 11″ wide. Lacks an index. Bought for $30, marked down from $75.
(Farmer, Philip Jose) Croteau, Michael. The Best of Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip Jose Farmer. Meteor House, 2017. First edition hardback, one of 175 hardcovers signed by five of the contributors, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Contains a mixture of Farmer’s fiction, non-fiction, and essays about Farmer and his works by others, so I’ll probably end up shelving this under fiction anyway. Bought for $20, marked down from $50.
Golden, Christopher, editor (Clive Barker, Joe R. Lansdale, Charles L. Grant, John Ferris, etc). Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film. Borderlands Press, 1992. First hardback edition and first edition thus, #318 of 500 signed, numbered copies signed by most of the contributors (doesn’t look like Anne Rice signed it), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and Fine slipcase. Bought for $20 marked down from $50 (list price was $65).
King, Stephen, with John Mellencamp and T. Bone Burnett. Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. Concord Music Group, 2013. Trade paperback original in slipcase, the size and shape of an old multi-record LP boxed set, with two CDs of music and a DVD in pockets at the back. Libretto for a “Southern Gothic supernatural musical thriller.” The cast they’ve assembled to sing this thing is amazing: Elvis Costello, Neko Case, Kris Kristofferson, Roseanne Cash, Sheryl Crowe, etc. Bought for $19.99 marked down from $49.99.
(Lovecraft, H.P.) S.T. Joshi. H.P. Lovecraft: A Comprehensive Bibliography. University of Tampa Press, 2009. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. An update of Joshi’s 1981 Lovecraft bibliography. Weighs in at a hefty 681 pages. 200 Books by S. T. Joshi, I33a.
Williams, Liz, and Trevor Jones. Diary of a Witchcraft Shop. NewCon Press, 2011. First edition hardback, #49 of 50 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. I already owned the second volume, of which there were 100 hardbacks. Bought for $12 marked down from $30.
Tags:bibliography, Books, Borderlands Press, Fantasy, H. P. Lovecraft, Harlan Ellison, Horror, Liz Williams, Music, Philip Jose Farmer, reference works, S. T. Joshi, Science Fiction, Stephen King, Subterranean Press
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