Posts Tagged ‘United Mythologies Press’
Monday, February 10th, 2025
Five chapbooks, four from Roy A. Squires, two concerned with small press chapbook publishing, one a modern oddity.
(Lafferty, R. A., Gene Wolfe) Knight, Dan (Amanda Patchin and Brent Towell, interviewers). Hedgehog Press Interviews Dan Knight. Hedgehog Press, 2024. First edition chapbook original, #23 of 50 copies, a Fine copy, with frontispiece tissue guard laid in. Interview with the publisher of United Mythologies Press, small press publisher of several works by R. A. Lafferty and Gene Wolfe. Bought off Abebooks for $15 plus shipping after Knight mentioned the existence off it on a Gene Wolfe group on Facebook. Do I want all the Lafferty and Wolfe critical chapbooks? Yes, yes I do.
Smith, Clark Ashton. Nero. Roy A. Squires, 1964. First edition chapbook original, one of “about 450” copies (Chalker/Owings says 381), a Fine copy of what seems to be the “ordinary” edition in a slightly crease and age-darkened white envelope. Squires’ second Clark Ashton Smith work. The Private Press of Roy A. Squires 3. Joshi/Schultz/Connors, Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography, I.A.20. Chalker/Owings, page 588. This and the other four Squires books were bought for $140.
Smith, Clark Ashton. The Potion of Dreams. Roy A. Squires, 1975. First edition chapbook original, copy 124 of 292 copies, a Fine copy in a Near Fine+ envelope with age-darkening to edges. “The Fugitive Poems, Second Series, Third Volume, Xiccarph Edition.” The Private Press of Roy A. Squires 28. Joshi/Schultz/Connors, Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography, I.A.38.a. Chalker/Owings, page 589.
Smith, Clark Ashton. A Song From Hell. Roy A. Squires, 1975. First edition chapbook original, copy 124 of 296 copies, a Fine- copy with two thin scratches to front, in a Very Good only envelope whose flap came off when I opened it up. “The Fugitive Poems, Second Series, Second Volume, Xiccarph Edition.” The Private Press of Roy A. Squires 27. Joshi/Schultz/Connors, Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography, I.A.38.a. Chalker/Owings, page 589.
Squires, Roy A. The Private Press of Roy A. Squires. Roy A. Squires, 1987. First edition chapbook original, copy #128 of 230 copies of the “standard format” edition, a Fine copy in a Fine- envelope with short tears at either end of the flap fold and a touch of age-darkening to edges. Descriptive bibliography of the press. The Private Press of Roy A. Squires 39 (yes, the bibliography is the last item listed in the bibliography). Chalker/Owings, page 590. Burgess, Reference guide to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror 258.
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Monday, May 22nd, 2023
Here’s the second part of cataloging those two Lafferty bulk orders.
Lafferty, R. A. The Early Lafferty. United Mythologies Press, 1988. First edition chapbook original, #147 of (according to Chalker/Owings) 150 copies, a Fine copy. The first United Mythologies Press item. Chalker/Owings (2002), page 928. Supplements an unsigned copy.
Lafferty, R. A. Funnyfingers & Cabrito. Pendragon Press, 1976. First edition hardback, letter av of 50 signed, lettered copies, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. This actually completes my R.A. Lafferty in hardback collection (which is to say that every Lafferty first edition that came out in hardback I have, though not every one is signed, and I don’t necessarily have the signed/limited state of every Lafferty book that was issued in one). Chalker/Owings (1991), page 328. I paid $100 for it.
Lafferty, R. A. How Many Miles To Babylon. United Mythologies Press, 1989. First edition chapbook original, #94 of (according to Chalker/Owings) 150 copies. Chalker/Owings (2002), page 928.
Lafferty, R. A. Promontory Goats. United Mythologies Press, 1989. First edition chapbook original, #132 of (according to Chalker/Owings) 150 copies, a Fine copy. The second United Mythologies Press book. Supplements an unsigned copy. Chalker/Owings (2002), page 928.
Lafferty, R. A. Strange Skies. United Mythologies Press, 1988. First edition chapbook original, #182 of 300 copies, a Fine copy. The third United Mythologies Press book. Chalker/Owings (2002), page 928.
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
I’ve picked up a number of R. A. Lafferty first editions in the last few months, on two purchases: A UK resident selling off her husband’s private collection, and United Mythologies publisher Dan Knight resurfacing to sell off some of his stock. Both of these were part of collective purchases not tracked in email, so I’m not exactly sure what the price was for each, but I think the UM books were $30-50 signed and $15 unsigned. Plus the latest Centipede Press collected Lafferty volume.
Lafferty, R. A. Alaric: The Day The World Ended. United Mythologies Press, 1993. First edition hardback, a Fine copy, sans dust jacket, as issued. Reprint of The Fall of Rome, and the last book done by the press. Chalker/Owings (2002), page 931. Think I paid $50 for this.
Lafferty, R. A. The Back Door of History. United Mythologies Press, 1988. First edition chapbook original, #126 of 150 (according to Chalker/Owings) signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy, with errata notice laid in and conclusion of “Phoenic” pasted in after page 34. Chalker/Owings (2002), page 928. Supplements a trade edition.
Lafferty, R. A. The Collected Short Fiction Volume Seven: Mad Man. Centipede Press, 2023. First edition hardback, #40 of 300 copies signed by introduction author Scott Bradfield, a Fine copy in a Fine dust wrapper, still in shrinkwrap. Yes, I have matching numbers of all the rest. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount.
Lafferty, R. A. Cranky Old Man From Tulsa. United Mythologies Press, 1990. First edition chapbook, trade edition, a Fine copy. Three pieces of biographical non-fiction. Chalker/Owings (2002), page 928.
Lafferty, R. A. The Elliptical Grave. United Mythologies Press, 1989. First edition trade paperback original, a review copy of 70 signed, numbered copies with an extra story (“The Man Who Lost His Magic”), a Fine- copy with a slight bump at bottom right corner.
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Thursday, June 10th, 2021
Three new R. A. Lafferty firsts, two signed (one by Lafferty).
Lafferty, R. A. The Collected Short Fiction Volume Six: The Man Who Never Was. Centipede Press, 2021. First edition hardback, #40 of 300 numbered copies signed by Neil Gaiman, John Pelan, and Jacob McMurray, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Presumably the last volume edited by John Pelan, who died April 12. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount. Normally I would have copies available, but all the copies I’ve been allocated have sold to people who bought previous volumes with matching numbers.
Lafferty, R. A. The Early Lafferty II. United Mythologies Press, 1990. First edition chapbook original, #57 of 100 signed, numbered copies, a Near Fine copy with some phantom creasing on the top left front cover. Bought for $49.99 off eBay. The signed copy of this chapbook original sold for $7, and the unsigned for $4, and both editions are now scarce and pricey.
(Lafferty, R. A.) Cheek, Kevin, editor. Feast of Laughter Volume 5. Kistic Press, 2020. First edition trade paperback original (POD publication), a Fine copy. Ongoing anthology series of Lafferty interest, including fiction, essays, etc. Includes three Lafferty works (“The Hands of the Potter: An Idyll” (which seems to be fiction, and not in the ISFDB), “Astérix et Cléopâtra” (a review of the French comic) and “Riddle Writers of the Ithmus,” a short essay. Plus contributions from Michael Swanwick, Howard Waldrop, etc. Bought from Amazon at full price, since they do fulfillment (and hence the link on the title).
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