Posts Tagged ‘Borderlands Press’
Tuesday, November 12th, 2024
Another Borderlands Little Book:
Rohmer, Sax (F. Paul Wilson, editor). A Little Yellow Book of Perilous Tales. Borderlands Press, 2024. First edition hardback, #463 of 500 copies signed by Wilson, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Short stories, including the very first Fu Manchu story ever published.
I will have a very small number of copies available in the next lame Excuse Books catalog (currently in progress).
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, F. Paul Wilson, Fu Manchu, Horror, Little Books, Sax Rohmer, Yellow Peril
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Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
Another Borderlands Little Book:
Doyle, Arthur Conan (Mark W. Whitback, editor). A Little Orange Book of Odd Orchestrations Borderlands Books, 2024. First edition hardback, #463 of 500 copies signed by the editor, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Fantastic stories, several of which are covered in Bleiler’s Supernatural Fiction, pages 159-161, and Bleiler’s Science Fiction: The Early Years, pages 203-209. Part of their “Past Masters of Horror and Fantasy” series, focusing on late 19th/early 20th century writers.
I will have a small number of copies available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Tags:Arthur Conan Doyle, Books, Borderlands Press, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, small press publishers
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Tuesday, June 4th, 2024
One signed by the author, another by the editor.
Morrow, James. Shambling Toward Hiroshima. Tachyon, 2009. First edition trade paperback original, second printing, a Fine copy, inscribed by Morrow: “To Josh,/Gorgantis Forever!/best wishes, James Morrow.” Novel of a psyop project in 1945 to make a kaiju movie to convince the Japanese to surrender. Not sure why I didn’t pick up a copy of this from Tachyon when first announced. Bought for $5.99 from Half Price Books.
Poe, Edgar Allen (Thomas Monteleone, editor). A Little Gold Book of Grotesqueries. Borderlands Press, 2024. First edition hardback, #463 of 500 numbered copies signed by Monteleone, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount.
I will have copies of this in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog (probably November).
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, Edgar Allen Poe, Horror, James Morrow, kaiju, Science Fiction, small press publishers, Tachyon
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Friday, March 29th, 2024
Another classic writer series Little Book.
Lovecraft, H. P. (S.T. Joshi, editor) A Little Silver Book of Supernatural Stories. Borderlands Press, 2024. First edition hardback, #463 of 500 copies signed by Joshi, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Sampler of Lovecraft stories, including “Dagon,” “Nyarlathotep,” and “The Call of Cthulhu.”
I will have copies of this in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, Cthulhu, H. P. Lovecraft, Horror, S. T. Joshi, small press publishers
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
Another in Borderland Press’ series of classic writer volumes.
Howard, Robert E. (Edited by P. Gardner Goldsmith) A Little Bronze Book of Weird Tales. Borderlands Press, 2024. First edition hardback, #463 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued.
I will have a small number of these available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, Fantasy, Horror, Robert E. Howard
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Thursday, January 4th, 2024
Four books, three from the publisher, three signed.
Shiner, Lewis. More Collected Stories. Subterranean Press, 2023. First edition perfect bound chapbook, a Fine copy, in publisher’s plastic bag. Six stories Lew has published since Subterranean’s Collected Stories for him. Bought from the publisher.
Swanwick, Michael. Winter Songs. Dragonstairs Press, 2022 (not offered for sale until 2023). First edition chapbook original, #37 of 115 copies, a Fine copy. I will have copies of this available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Whitehead, Henry S. (Thomas Tessier, editor). A Little Orange Book of Voodoo Tales. Borderlands Press, 2023. First edition hardback, #462 of 500 numbered copies signed by the editor, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Five stories, two of which (“Jumbee” and “West India Lights”) were the title stories of his two Arkham House collections. Weirdly, this book has about 130 pages of text, then another 30 numbered but blank pages at the back. I have copies of this available through Lame Excuse Books.
Wilson, F. Paul. The Peabody-Ozymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium. Necessary Evil Press, 2007. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- dust jacket with a 3/4″ closed tear to bottom front near spine. Bought for $30 from a Half Price Books location in the Metroplex.
Tags:Borderlands Press, Dragonstairs Press, F. Paul Wilson, Fantasy, Half Price Books, Henry S. Whitehead, Horror, Lewis Shiner, Michael Swanwick, Necessary Evil Press, Subterranean Press
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Monday, October 2nd, 2023
Another Borderlands Little Book:
Saki (H.H. Munro) (edited by Stuart David Schiff). A Little Red Book of Wit & Shudders. Bands Press, 2023. First edition hardback, #462 of 500 copies signed by Schiff, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued.
I will have a small number of copies available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, Horror, Saki, small press publishers
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Friday, August 18th, 2023
Another Borderlands Little Book.
Connell, Richard (Ted Connair, editor). A Little Gray Book of Grisly Tales. Borderlands Press, 2023. First edition hardback, #462 of 500 copies signed by Connair, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Connell is most famous for having penned “The Most Dangerous Game” (one of the stories here), which has been adapted so many times it has a Wikipedia entry just for the adaptations. Contains eight stories total. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount. Now out of print from the publisher.
Copies will be available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Tags:Borderlands Press, Horror, Little Books, Richard Connell, small press publishers
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Wednesday, June 28th, 2023
Another Borderlands Little Book:
White, Edward Lucas. A Little Green Book of Grue. Borderlands Press, 2023. First edition hardback, #462 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. A shame they didn’t make it a little white book of some sort…
Tags:Books, Borderlands Press, Edward Lucas White, Horror, Little Books, small press publishers
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Thursday, April 6th, 2023
The third and last listing of that bulk Borderlands Little Books purchase, all but one off a 15 book bulk purchase.
Sarrantonio, Al. A Little Yellow Book of Fevered Stories. Borderlands Press, 2004. First edition hardback, #168 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Bought as part of the 15 book lot.
Silva, David B. A Little White Book of Lies. Borderlands Press, 2005. First edition hardback, #168 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Bought as part of the 15 book lot.
Straub, Peter. A Little Blue Book of Rose Stories. Borderlands Press, 2004. First edition hardback, #168 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Bought as part of the 15 book lot.
Williamson, Chet. A Little Blue Book of Bibliomancy. Borderlands Press, 2016. First edition hardback, #456 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Bought off eBay for $14.06.
Wilson, F. Paul. A Little Beige Book of Nondescript Stories. Borderlands Press, 2004. First edition hardback, #168 of 500 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Bought as part of the 15 book lot.
I also received a slipcase for five of the books, which I may use after I get a new bookcase.
Tags:Al Sarrantonio, Books, Borderlands Press, Chet Williamson, David B. Silva, F. Paul Wilson, Horror, Peter Straub, small press publishers
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