Two library additions of Harlan Ellison non-fiction books from two different purchases.
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Library Additions: Two Signed Harlan Ellison Books
Thursday, May 4th, 2017Library Addition: True PBO 1st of Star Wars
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017Picked this up at Half Price Books, and while not along my usual collecting vectors, I knew enough to pick it up.
Foster, Alan Dean (writing as George Lucas). Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker. Ballantine Books, 1976. First edition paperback original (as indicated both by the “First Printing 1976” statement on the copyright page, and by the original Ralph McQuarrie artwork on the cover, which was dropped from all subsequent reprints), a Very Good copy with cover creasing, bottom front corner crease, and general wear.
Although McQuarrie helped design many of the characters, the versions on the cover of this paperback varies wildly from their on-screen counterparts, and every other subsequent piece of official Star Wars art.
Library Additions: Four Chapbooks, One Postcard
Wednesday, April 26th, 2017Between a new job, doing my taxes, and a relative coming into town, the task of cataloging library additions has been sidelined. The items here are from a Cold Tonnage Books sale in January, so the cataloging has been a long time in coming. All the below prices are after a 50% discount.
Library Addition: Hannu Rajaniemi’s The Quantum Thief
Monday, March 20th, 2017Here’s a book I found out about too late to pick up before prices went through the stratosphere, so I went ahead and settled (for now) for an Ex-Library first I could afford:
Rajaniemi, Hannu. The Quantum Thief. Gollancz, 2010. First edition hardback, an Ex-Library copy with pocket and stamps, in a Fine-, protected dust jacket with a bit of curl at head. Presents well. Bought off eBay for £19.99 plus shipping.
William Peter Blatty: RIP
Friday, January 13th, 2017William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist, has died at age 89.
I remember about a quarter of a century ago, I finished one book before bedtime, and went “I know! I’ll read the first chapter of The Exorcist and then go to sleep.”
At 3:30 AM I finished the book. It was that good. William Friedkin’s very faithful movie adaptation was also great (indeed, arguably the best horror movie of all time), but it helped that he had great source material to start with.
Library Addition: The Illustrated Harlan Ellison
Friday, January 13th, 2017I already had the Illustrated Zelazny volume, so I kept an eye out for this one:
Ellison, Harlan. The Illustrated Harlan Ellison. Baronet Publishing, 1978. First edition hardback, #2014 of 3000 signed, numbered copies, a Fine- copy with wear at tips, otherwise intact with inset color cover illustration still affixed and 3D glasses still attached in the middle, sans dust jacket, as issued. Bought off eBay for $24.99 (the opening bid).
Library Addition: 1/100 Signed Numbered Hardback Copies of Lauren Beukes Zoo City
Thursday, January 12th, 2017Here’s a book I’ve looked for at a price I could afford for a while. Copies would show up online, but typically in the $300+ range.
Beukes, Lauren. Zoo City. Angry Robot, 2010. First hardback edition and first UK edition, one of 100 signed copies (the only hardback edition), a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with a very slight wrinkle at rear heel join, otherwise new and unread. Preceded by the Jacana Media (South Africa) paperback edition. Bought off eBay for $99 (the opening bid).
And here’s the limitation statement on the bottom of the front dust jacket flap.
Library Addition: Signed 1989 Ray Bradbury Christmas Broadsheet
Wednesday, January 11th, 2017Picked up another signed Ray Bradbury Christmas broadsheet off eBay:
Bradbury, Ray. A Christmas Wish 1989: The Bread of Beggars, The Wine of Christ. Privately printed, 1989. First edition broadsheet, a Fine copy, inscribed by the author: “Tim!—Love!—Ray!” Bought off eBay for $34 plus shipping.
The slight shadowing on the left side is a scanner artifact, probably a result of leaving it in the protective plastic while scanning it…
Library Additions: Two Bibliographies
Friday, January 6th, 2017Still clearing out the backlog of books I bought in 2016. here are two bibliographies, each of which I bought quite cheap:
Library Addition: Taylor Caldwell’s Dialogues With the Devil
Thursday, December 29th, 2016Back when you could make decent money on eBay for various offbeat but desirable paperbacks, you used to be able to get decent money for paperback reprints of the following:
Caldwell, Taylor. Dialogues With the Devil. Doubleday, 1967. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with a slight bit of edgewear. Book in which Lucifer makes his case. Bought off eBay for $28 plus shipping.
Taylor Caldwell was a mid-20th century bestseller, but she isn’t read much anymore. She also wrote The Devil’s Advocate, set in a future communist dystopia, which also sounds like the sort of thing I should pick up.