LP3067. Anderson, Poul. Masters of Science Fiction, Volume 9: Poul Anderson: "The Star Beast" And Other Tales. Armchair Fiction, 2014. First edition trade paperback original (POD), a Fine copy. Short story collection. "The Long Return" and "World of the Mad" haven't been reprinted since their original magazine appearances. $16.
LP3068. Anderson, Poul with Lester Del Rey and Frederik Pohl. A Twelvemonth and a Day b/w Preferred Risk. Armchair Fiction, 2016. First edition trade paperback original (POD) for the Anderson, a Fine copy. $12.
LP3160. Asimov, Isaac (read by Dan Lazar). Foundation and Empire. Books on Tape, 1979. First? edition audiobook, eight cassette tapes in a plastic library case the size of a hardback book, a Near Fine copy with some surface wear to the transparent plastic wrapper, some transfer from the printer inserts to the inside of that same wrapper (you could probably clean that off with some time and effort), and what appears to be small library ID stickers ("T-787") on each cassette. I get the impression these were done for libraries and the blind before the audio book market took off. I'm not seeing this particular edition available anywhere online. $10.
LP3161. Asimov, Isaac. The Foundation Trilogy. Unknown publisher, unknown date. Eight audiobook CDs with color printed labels in paper sleeves. Looks vaguely LibraVox-ish (see below), but I'm not seeing it in their catalog. At that length it's surely abridged. You pays your money and you takes your chances... $3.
LP2855. Attanasio, A. A. Radix. William Morrow, 1981. First edition trade paperback original, a Near Fine- copy with spine fading, one spine crease and traces of dust soiling along the edge of the rear cover along the spine, otherwise a nice square copy. Simultaneous with the hardback edition. Nebula Award finalist. $20.
LP2220. Aylett, Steve. The Inflatable Volunteer. Indigo, 2000. Trade paperback reprint, a Near Fine- copy with a 1/8" x 3/8" sticker pull on top front cover, otherwise apparently new and unread. More Aylett weirdness I'm sure... $5.
LP1194. Aylett, Steve. Toxicology. Gollancz, 2001. First edition trade paperback original (simultaneous with the hardback) thus, with six stories (two original to this edition) not in the Four Walls Eight Windows edition, a Fine- copy with a tiny bump at head, otherwise new and unread. Very weird postmodern slipstream stories. $8.
LP3469. Bacigalupi, Paolo. The Windup Girl. Night Shade Books, 2010. Trade paperback second printing, a Fine- copy with wear at points, inscribed by Bacigalupi: "For Spencer,/here's hoping we/find our way to a/better future than this one!/All by best,/Paolo Bacigalupi. Note: There is also an underlined sentence on the first page and "Awkward!" written beside it in what appears to be Bacigalupi's handwriting. A chance to pick up a signed copy of a Hugo and Nebula winner cheap. $20.
LP807. Barnes, Steven. Charisma. Tor, 2002. "Advanced uncorrected proofs" of the first hardback edition, A Fine copy save for a trace of glue flash (binders flaw) near authors name on spine. $3.
LP3470. Barrett, Neal, Jr. Slightly Off Center. Swan Press, 1992. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine- copy with just a trace of wear, inscribed by Barret: "To Linda!" (in purple)/Neal Barrett, Jr. (in black). Short story collection. Recommended. $10.
LP2222. Bear, Elizabeth. Shoggoths in Bloom. Prime, 2012. First edition trade paperback original, a Near Fine- copy with a thin 1" cut to left side of cut and a 1" lamination pull to bottom rear just below UPC code, otherwise new and unread. Short story collection. $5.
LP1991. Bester, Alfred, and Roger Zelazny. Psychoshop. Vintage, 1998. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine- copy with traces of wear along spine edge and a few other touches of wear. Collaborative novel, started by Bester and finished by Zelazny. $12.
LP1439. Bishop, Michael. Within the Walls of Tyre: A Screenplay. Kerosina Books, 1989. First edition chapbook, one of only 650 copies, a Fine copy, new and unread. Mike is such an amazingly nice guy that it surprises you he can come up with stories as nasty and twisted as this... $5.
LP532. Blaylock, James P. Thirteen Phantasms. Edgewood Press, 2000. An "Advance Uncorrected Proof"; of the first hardback edition, F with a glue bump at heel (as bound) and a blue ballpoint pen correction to the zip code on the cover (presumably by the publisher). $10.
LP1104. Block, Francesca Lia. Ecstasia. Roc, 1993. First edition trade paperback original (TPO), a Fine- copy with just a trace of wear at corners and exceptionally tiny edgewear. A very well-regarded fantasy, and a very desirable TPO, as there was no hardback edition. $30.
LP2655. Berthed, Berke. Bloom County: Tales Too Ticklish To Tell. Little Brown, 1988. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine- copy with a trace of wear. I pick up anthologies for comic strip s I like when I find them cheap, and I accidentally picked up two copies of this somewhere along the way. Includes an introduction from "Mikhail Gorbachev." With The Frontrunner, maybe there's a market for reliving those halcyon days of 1988! $5.
LP3162. Buckell, Tobias S. Shoggoths in Traffic and Other Stories. Fairwood Press, 2021. First edition trade paperback edition, a Fine copy, new an unread. Stories by the author of Crystal Rain. $17.99.
LP3332. Campbell, John W. Frozen Hell. Wildside Press, 2019. First? edition trade paperback original (this was originally done through a Kickstarter, with both hardback and trade paperback editions at different pledge levels; the copyright notice is identical on this and my hardback edition obtained through the Kickstarter, and it lacks the inner last page barcode that typically denotes a print-on-demand book (as so many of Wildside's are), making me tentatively believe that this was part of the same initial printing done for the Kickstarter), a Fine copy. The original text of John W. Campbell's "Who Goes There?", which adds 45 pages of text excised story. $15.
LP3069. Campbell, John W. and Aladra Septama. When the Atoms Failed b/w The Dragons of Space. Armchair Fiction, 2016. First edition trade paperback original (POD), a Fine copy. Contains "When the Atoms Failed" (one print reprint) and "The Metal Horde" (no print reprints) from Campbell, and the Septama has never been reprinted previously. $12.
LP3333. Chizmer, Richard, editor (Charles L. Grant, T.E.D. Klein). Cemetery Dance issue #58. Cemetery Dance, 2008. First edition magazine, a Fine- copy with a trace of wear at top and bottom of spine. Charles L. Grant tribute issues, with tributes from a variety of horror writers, plus interviews T.E.D. Klein, Stephen Graham Jones and David Morrell, plus fiction by Grant, Jones and Morrell. $9.
LP3334. Chizmer, Richard, editor (Stephen King, Bentley Little). Cemetery Dance issue #64. Cemetery Dance, 2010. First edition magazine, a Fine- copy with a trace of wear at top and bottom of spin and a few traces of wear to rear cover. Bentley Little Special Issue, with two stories by him, plus fiction by Stephen King (an excerpt from Blockade Billy), Douglas Clegg and Brian Knight, plus a roundtable on The New Dead featuring Joe R. Lansdale, Rick Hautala, Max Brooks, etc. $15.
LP3335. Chizmer, Richard, editor (Edward Lee, Terry Dowling). Cemetery Dance issue #66. Cemetery Dance, 2012. First edition magazine, a Fine- copy with a trace of wear at top and bottom of spine. Review of Stephen King's The Wind Through the Keyhole, interviews with Edward Lee and Terry Dowling, fiction by Dowling, Steve Rasnick Tem, Bill Prozini, etc. $9.
LP925. Clement, Hal. Noise. Tor, 2003. Advanced Uncorrected proof of the hardback first edition, a Fine copy, unread. His last novel. $10.
LP3336. Clute, John. Sticking To the End. Beccon, 2022. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine- copy with a bump at head. Collection of reviews, essays, etc. Supposedly both Beccon and Clute's last book. Bought from the publisher at the usual discount. $35.
LP3163. "Conrad, Joseph" (Adam Newell). At the Door of Darkness. Sangrail Press, 2020. First edition chapbook original, one of 100 numbered copies, a Fine copy in white envelope and numbered brown cardboard mailer, as issued. Somewhat elaborate production, with tipped-in linocut frontispiece and tissue guard and duplicated pages from the "original" manuscript for Heart of Darkness featuring a deleted scene. A very sly literary endeavor. $35.
LP926. Constantine, Storm. Three Heralds of the Storm. Meisha Merlin, 1997. First edition chapbook, a Fine copy. Three short stories. Blurbs by Neil Gaiman and Michael Moorcock. $5.
LP3536. Crowley, John. A Conway Miscellany (four books): Seventy-Nine Dreams. Ninepin Press, 2024. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy. A dream journal. 5" tall by 5" wide. WITH The Sixties: A Forged Diary. Ninepin Press, 2024. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy. A reconstruction of Crowley's life in New York City in the 60s. "After taking a job with a photography studio, he soon crosses paths with the likes of Andy Warhol and Richard Avedon, Claudia Cardinale and Raquel Welch." 8" tall by 6" wide. WITH Two Chapters in a Family Chronicle. Ninepin Press, 2024. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy. Two stories, "Percy and Lulu Go to Vermont" and "Poker Night at the Elks Club 193" that "link three generations of John Crowley's family." 7" tall by 5" wide. WITH Crowley, John. Two Talks On Writing. Ninepin Press, 2024. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy, with signature plate by Crowley laid in (only one per set). Two speeches, "Practicing the Arts of Peace" and "The Uses of Allegory." 6" tall by 4" wide. WITH Crowley signature plate. The four books, which are all different sizes, were offered as a set on Kickstarter and can be laid out together to form a single image. Complete sets with the signature plate might be hard for Crowley fans who missed the Kickstarter to find going forward. For the set: $95.
LP1195. Crowther, Peter (Alastair Reynolds, Barry Malzberg & Paul Di Filippo, Jack Dann, Adam Roberts, Zoran Zivkovic, Lawrence Person, Eric Brown). Postscripts Number 4: Summer 2005. First edition magazine, trade paperback format (simultaneous with a very limited and fairly pricey signed hardback state), a Fine copy, new unread. Contains my story, "Master Lao and the Flying Horror," a homage to Barry Hughart, Ernest Bramah, and Hong Kong supernatural action films. I think you'll enjoy it. Signed and/or inscribed upon request. $10 Net (cover price; a very short discount on these)
LP2803. Dann, Jack. Counting Coup. Tor Forge, 2001. Proof, trade paperback format, of the first hardback edition (preceded by an Australian PBO under the title Bad Medicine), a Fine- copy with slight crease across bottom rear corner and a pinprick of dust soiling along top glue join, otherwise unread. For a long time this was one of the science fiction field's great unpublished novels, a mainstream novel about a janitor and an Indian on a binge road trip. $10.
LP1196. Datlow, Ellen, and Terri Windling. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection. St. Martins, 1990. First edition trade paperback original (simultaneous with the hardback edition), a hardbound-ized Ex-Library copy, with all the usual flaws, otherwise a NF- copy with spine lean, dust staining to page block edges, and a line at heel. Sturdy reading copy of this volume. $5.
LP874. Datlow, Ellen & Windling, Terri. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection. St. Martin's Griffin, 2003. First edition trade paperback original (simultaneous with the hardback edition), a Fine- copy with one small, faint, tackhead-sized dust stain to lower fore-edge, otherwise new and unread. Lots of the usual suspects, including Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Hand, Karen Joy Fowler, etc. These are always worth picking up. $9.
LP1197. Datlow, Ellen, Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant, editors. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection. St. Martins, 2005. First edition trade paperback original (simultaneous with the hardback edition), a Fine copy, new and unread. $15.
Davidson, Avram. AD 100: Volume I and AD 100: Volume II. Or All the Sea With Oysters Publishing, 2023. First edition trade paperback originals (print on demand), as new. The Avram Davidson Society has set these up as Amazon print on demand originals. Together they include 100 unpublished or uncollected Avram Davidson stories. If you're interested in picking them up, click the links.
Davidson, Avram. Dragons in the Trees: A Visit to British Honduras (Belize). Or All The Seas With Oysters Publishing, 2023 (i.e. 2024). First edition trade paperback original (this is a Print-on-Demand book fulfilled through Amazon), a Fine copy. Non-fiction. "This unique travel journal, born from DavidsonŐs travels between December 1965 and January 1966, showcases his unparalleled imagination and erudite commentary. Known primarily for his fantastical fiction, Davidson proves to be a masterful travel writer, capturing the essence of his experiences with vivid prose and introspective reflections." Since it's an Amazon POD book, I'm just providing a link to it here. LP2341. Davidson, Avram. The Last Wizard. The Nutmeg Point District Mail, 1999. First edition chapbook original, one of 125 numbered copies, a Fine copy, new and unread. A very short story and a letter of explanation. $13.
LP3471. Dawidziak, Mark. The Klochak Papers: Grave Secrets. Cinemaker Press, 1994. First edition trade paperback original, a Very Good+ copy with beverage stains across bottom pageblock edge, plus one very light dime-sized spot on top and side, and what looks like a small bump at the very corner of the heel, otherwise a nice, square copy. Based on the Jeff Rice/Richard Matheson Night Stalker movies and TV shows of the 1970s featuring dogged, wise-cracking reporter Carl Kolchak. $35.
LP1440. Delany, Samuel R. Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics. Wesleyan University Press, 1994. Second printing of the trade paperback edition, a Fine- copy with a trace of haze rubbing and a few pinpricks of wear, otherwise new and apparently unread. A quick look shows this a few orders of magnitude more accessible than Delany's deconstructionist "close reading" criticism. $8.
LP2608. Delany, Samuel R. Wagner/Artaud: A Play of 19th and 20th Century Critical Fictions. Ansatz Press, 1988. Second printing, trade paperback original, a Very Good+ copy with quarter-sized abraded area near bottom of back cover, long faint crease down rear cover, and general wear. Compares the lives and works of opera composer Richard Wagner and "theater of cruelty" playwright Antonin Artaud. I mistakenly bought this as a first, and I'm passing it along for cost as a reading copy of one of Delany's less common critical works. $15.
LP1198. De Lint, Charles. Someplace to be Flying. Orb, 2005. First printing of this trade paperback reprint, a Fine copy, new and unread. Signed by De Lint. $14.
P2804. Dick, Philip K. The Eye of the Sybil and Other Classic Stories. Citadel Press, 2002 (stated). Trade paperback reprint, a Fine copy. Short story collection. Reprint of Volume 5 of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick. $4.
LP2805. Dick, Philip K. The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories. Citadel Press, 2002 (stated). Trade paperback reprint, a Fine copy. Short story collection. Reprint of Volume 4 of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick. $5.
LP2806. Dick, Philip K. The Philip K. Dick Reader. Citidel Press, 1997 (stated). Trade paperback reprint, a Fine copy. Short story collection. Lots of good stories in here: "The Golden Man," "Second Variety," etc. Recommended, at least if you don't have the Collected Stories. $4.
LP2807. Dick, Philip K. Paycheck and Other Classic Stories. Citadel Press, 1990 (stated). Trade paperback reprint, a Fine copy. Short story collection. Reprint of Volume 1 of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick. Dick wrote something like a short story every two weeks for a year, many very interesting. Recommended. $4.
LP1708. Dick, Philip K. Puttering About in a Small Land. Tor, 2009. Advanced Uncorrected Proof of the first Tor edition, trade paperback format, a Fine copy, new and unread. Good to see Tor bringing back some of the more obscure mainstream Dick titles into print. $10.
LP2808. Dick, Philip K. Second Variety and Other Classic Stories. Citadel Press, 2002 (stated). Trade paperback reprint, a Fine- copy with a touch of wear. Short story collection. Reprint of Volume 3 of The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick. Lots of great stories: "Second Variety," "The Father Thing," "War Veteran," etc. Recommended. $4.
LP533. (Dick, Philip K.) Levack, Daniel J. H. PKD: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography. First edition trade paperback original (simultaneous with the hardback edition), a Fine copy. Essential and highly recommended if you collect Dick, and increasingly hard to find. $45.
LP1992. (Dick, Philip K.) Williams, Paul. Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick. Arbor House, 1986. First edition trade paperback original (a format that was pretty rare for Arbor House; I can't recall another from their SF line), a Near Fine copy with former owner's blindstamp on half-title page, otherwise nice and square. Book on Dick's life by his close friend and literary executor. Includes lots of interview material. $20.
LP1300. Di Filippo, Paul. Shuteye for the Timebroker. Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy, new and unread. With signed bookplate laid in. Short story collection. $14.
LP1756. Dozois, Gardner, editor (Greg Bear, William Gibson, Tim Powers, Michael Swanwick, Bruce Sterling, Kim Stanley Robinson, Howard Waldrop, etc.) The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection. St. Martins, 1987. First edition trade paperback original (simultaneous with the hardcover), a Near Fine- copy with several non-breaking spine creases and slight wear at head, otherwise fairly square. $25.
LP3337. Dozois, Gardner (Michael Swanwick, interviewer). In His Own Words. Dragonstairs, 2022. First edition chapbook original, #56 of 60 numbered copies signed by Swanwick, a Fine copy. Condensed transcription of an interview Swanwick conducted with Gardner at the 2001 Capclave. Instantly out of print from the publisher. Only have one. $50.
LP2585. Effinger, George Alec. The Exile Kiss. Doubleday Foundation, 1991. Uncorrected proof of the hardback first edition, a Fine- copy with spine fading. The third Maurid novel, and not a terribly common proof. $25.
LP1301. Ellison, Harlan (edited by Andrew Porter). The Book of Ellison. ALGOL Press, 1978. First edition trade paperback original (simultaneous with a very small hardback run), an Ex-Library copy with all the usual flaws (stamps, interior stickers & pocket, exterior tape ghost) etc., otherwise VG- with bent bottom back corner and spine fading. Decent reading copy. Includes multiple introductions by such luminaries as Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, etc., as well as Leslie Swigart's "Harlan Ellison: A Non-Fiction Checklist." $20.
LP876. Eskridge, Kelley. Solitaire. Eos, 2002. Uncorrected Proof in trade paperback of the first edition form of the hardback, a Fine copy, new an unread. I heard this was a very good first novel. Nebula finalist. $5.
LP1656. Farmer, Philip Jose. A Barnstormer in Oz. Berkley Books, 1982. First edition trade paperback original, an Ex-Library copy with the usual flaws whose covers have been rebound into a library hardback, otherwise Near Fine. Nice sturdy reading copy. $5.
LP460. Files, Meg. Meridian 144. SOHO, 1991. Uncorrected Proof of the first edition, Fine. If I remember correctly, this is a literary post-apocalyptic novel, possibly slipstream. Ed Bryant blurbs it. First novel. $5.
LP3164. "Fitzgerald, F. Scott" (Adam Newell). Gods of Darkness. Sangrail Press, 2021. First edition chapbook original, one of 250 numbered copies, a Fine copy in numbered brown cardboard mailer, as issued. Another elaborate production, with tipped-in frontispiece illustration. "F. Scott FitzgeraldŐs forgotten tale of a Lovecraftian witch cult, not in any edition of his collected works." Now sold out from the publisher. $49.
LP703. Friedman, Kinky. Steppin' on a Rainbow. Simon and Schuster, 2001. An Advanced Uncorrected Reader's Proof (side-bound trade paperback format), Fine- with a trace of handling to front cover. Mystery set in Hawaii. The latest weirdness from this gonzo country music singer turned author. $9.
LP3338. Fry, Daniel W., Ph.D. To Men Of Earth (including The White Sands Incident). El Cariso Publishing, 1973. First edition trade paperback original thus (there was an original printing of To Men Of Earth in 1954 than ran some 40 pages long; this book is 118 pages, and includes the White Sands Incident, originally published separately in 1966), a Very Good copy with two dime-sized abrasion rubs on front cover, mild blue rubbing to rear white cover (possibly from another copy), slight age darkening to spine, and a few other touches of general wear, and an "Understanding Inc." (Fry's own group) sticker at the bottom of the title page. UFO book, purportedly of alien contact with the author. Shows up in various UFO bibliographies and Fry has a Wikipedia entry, which notes "Fry became the 1972 vice-presidential nominee of the Universal Party along with the presidential nominee and fellow contactee Gabriel Green." $35.
LP256. (Gabriel, Peter). Rabid Chalk. Deerfield Press, 1983. Poetry chapbook (presumably a first edition), Edited by Melina Costello. VG-, with considerable rubbing to the black cover, an address sticker for "Mg" (who contributed two poems), and an inscription (and two gold stars!) by "MG" to "Jeff." Reprints ("with permission") the lyrics to Peter Gabriel's "Modern Love", a song off Peter Gabriel (aka Peter Gabriel I). Personally I would have preferred "Here Comes the Flood." Actually a pretty ugly package, but this sucker has got to be rare. Somewhere out there, some fanatical Genesis/Peter Gabriel collector needs this to complete their collection . . . $10
LP3165. Gaiman, Neil (read by Lenny Henry). Anansi Boys. Harper Audio, 2005. First audiobook edition, 8 CDs, in a Near Fine light cardboard case with slight creasing to three sides, trace of wear at points, and slight price sticker remnant over UPC code. At a Gaiman signing for Anansi Boys, and he said Lenny Henry (best known over here for Chef!, and a longtime Gaiman friend and comics fan) did a much better job reading (especially for the Caribbean voices) than he could have done. $10.
LP3072. Gaiman, Neal. Fragile Things. Harper Perennial, 2007. Trade paperback reprint, a Near Fine copy with crease running the length of the first ten pages, signed by Gaiman. Short story collection. Not a lot of signed copies of this title online in any state. $25.
LP3166. Gaiman, Neil (read by Gary Bakewell). Neverwhere. HighBridge Company,Ę 1997. First U.S. edition audiobook, two cassettes in plastic cases inside a light cardboard retail sleeve, Near Fine+ with thin line across UPC code and light wear at corners. "2 hours on two audiocassettes," so it's obviously abridged. Read by actor Gary Bakewell, who played Richard Mayhew in the BBC miniseries. There is evidently a three-hour BBC version in the UK that includes music by Brian Eno and additional commentary by Lenny Henry, who suggested an idea to Gaiman that original became the script and novel. Not seeing a copy of this edition anywhere online. $7.
LP3394. Gaiman, Neil. Words of Fire. Arete Editions, 2022. First edition trade paperback original with flaps, simultaneously with two ridiculously small hardback runs that were already sold out when I heard about it, one of 300 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy. Poetry collection, now out of print from the publisher. My last Arte edition, The Case of Death and Honey, didn't last long, and unlike this one, it wasn't signed by Gaiman. $395.
LP2344. Gibson, William. Spook Country. Berkley, 2008. Trade paperback reprint, a Very Good copy with general wear at extremities and waviness to first 30 pages or so. Signed by Gibson. Actually didn't get Gibson to sign this one, I found it pre-signed in the clearance rack at Half Price Books. Buy a cheap signed reading copy! $7.
LP265. Godwin, Parke. The Last Rainbow. Bantam Spectra, 1985. TPO (Trade Paperback Original) first edition, Fine-, with the usual page yellowing and only a few scratches (one 1" long, the others tiny) to reflective foil cover. Actually, this is phenomenal shape for this particular title, about which a bookstore clerk once said "you only had to look at one of these for the foil to start flaking off." Fantasy about St. Patrick. $10.
LP266. Grundy, Stephan. Atila's Treasure. Bantam, 1996. Uncorrected Proof, Fine with contact sticker on cover. Please take this off my hands $1.
LP2124. Gunn, James. The Unpublished Gunn Part 2. Chris Drumm Books, 1996. First edition chapbook original, a Fine copy. Uncollected work by this Nebula Grandmaster. $5.
LP3167. Harrison, Harry (read by Gregg Margarite). Deathworld. LibraVox/Wyndham Books, 2009. Five audiobook CDs with printed labels in a white cardboard mailer hand-labeled "DEATHWORLD." LibraVox offers public domain recordings of works, so what you're paying for here is not having to download the individual chapters from their website. $3.
LP3537. Heinlein, Robert A. For Us, The Living. Scribner, 2004. Advanced Uncorrected ReaderŐs Proof of the hardback first edition, trade paperback format, a Near Fine+ copy with slight bumping to points and a thin, pixelated line on the inside front cover about 1/2? from the outer edge, possibly a printing process byproduct, otherwise a nice copy with an unbroken spine. ARC of this early but posthumously published Heinlein novel. Not seeing any copies online, and I donŐt remember seeing ARCs back when it was published. $49.
LP3538. Hendrix, Grady. Paperbacks From Hell. Quirk Books, 2017. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine- copy with a couple of tiny nicks to spine and a trace of edgewear at head, heel and points, but the spine is unbroken, the raised red foil lettering is bright and unknicked, and the self-wrapper flaps are perfectly crisp; a very nice copy. Engaging, chatty non-fiction book on the horror paperbacks of the 70s and 80s, arranged by topic (When Animals Attack, Creepy Kids, etc.). Though not a bibliography per se, many of the titles covered seem to have gotten a lot more collectable after the book came out. Reprints are common, but nice firsts considerably less so. $35.
LP1921. Hill, Joe. 20th Century Ghosts. PS Publishing, 2005. First edition trade paperback (simultaneous with the hardback states), one of 1000 copies, a Fine copy, new and unread. A very solid short story collection. At the 2011 World Horror Convention in Austin, Peter Straub and I talked about how we're both fans of the story "Pop Art." This copy has been signed (with a simple drawing) by Hill at that convention. $45.
LP1303. Holkins, Jerry & Krahulik, Mike (aka John "Gabe" Gabriel & Tycho Brah). Penny Arcade 1: Attack of the Bacon Robots. Dark Horse, 2006. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy, new and unread. Collection of the online Penny Arcade comic strip, which casts an appropriately jaundiced eye on the world of computer gaming. Recommended. $9.
LP1368. Holkins, Jerry & Krahulik, Mike (aka John "Gabe" Gabriel & Tycho Brah). Penny Arcade 2: Epic Legends of the Magic Sword Kings. Dark Horse, 2006. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy, new and unread. Collection of the online Penny Arcade comic strip, which casts an appropriately jaundiced eye on the world of computer gaming. Recommended. $9.
LP1441. Holkins, Jerry & Krahulik, Mike (aka John "Gabe" Gabriel & Tycho Brah). Penny Arcade 3: The Warsun Prophecies. Dark Horse, 2007. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy, new and unread. Collection of the online Penny Arcade comic strip, which casts an appropriately jaundiced eye on the world of computer gaming. Recommended. You should read the rip on Harry Knowles in here... $9.
LP1442. Holkins, Jerry & Krahulik, Mike (aka John "Gabe" Gabriel & Tycho Brah). Penny Arcade 4: Birds Are Weird. Dark Horse, 2007. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy, new and unread. Latest collection of the online Penny Arcade comic strip. Still amazingly funny, and better drawn than ever. Recommended. $9.
LPPA1. Special deal! Pick up all four Penny Arcade books for $32, $4 off the sale price (only one available). $32.
LP3006. Holkins, Jerry and Mike Krahulik. Penny Arcade 6: The Halls Below. Del Rey, 2010. Trade paperback reprint, a Fine- copy with a touch of edgewear at heel. Collection of Penny Arcade cartoons. Got sent this by mistake (I ordered the signed/limited hardback). $5.
LP706. Hopkinson, Nalo. Midnight Robber. Warner Books, 2000. First edition trade paperback original, NF with 1/4" nick to spine and some slight wear. The second novel from this acclaimed new writer, and a Hugo and Nebula finalist. $5.
LP3073. (Howard, Robert E.) Charles Hoffman and Marc Cerasini. Robert E. Howard: A Closer Look. Hippocampus Press, 2020. First edition trade paperback original thus, a Fine copy. Critical companion on Howard's work greatly expanded and revised from a 1987 Starmont Reader's Guide. $20.
LPCP1. (Robert E. Howard) Lansdale, Joe R., and Scott A. Cupp, editors (Howard Waldrop, Bradley Denton, Lawrence Person, Michael Moorcock, etc.). Cross Plains Universe: Texans Celebrate Robert E. Howard. MonkeyBrain Books/Fandom Association of Central Texas, 2006. First edition trade paperback original, Fine, new and unread. Signed by editor Scott Cupp and contributors Howard Waldrop, Christopher Brown, Lawrence Person, Mark Finn and Jayme Lynn Blashke, with a signature plate signed by Lansdale laid in. Inscribed upon request. Back in stock! $15.
LP707. Hughart, Barry. Eight Skilled Gentlemen. Foundation/Doubleday, 1991. First edition trade paperback, issued simultaneously with the now difficult (and expensive) hardback edition, Fine- with a trace of wear at head and heel, a trace of dust soiling, and pinprick of wear to front cover. Still a very attractive copy of the Third Master Li and Number Ten Ox novel. Great fun. Highly recommended. $25.
LP275. Jeter, K.W. The Glass Hammer. Bluejay, 1986. TPO (Trade Paperback Original) first edition, Fine-, with the usual darkening of the white spine and back cover. A very nice copy of Jeter's masterpiece, and perhaps the most structurally ambitious SF novel ever published. Highly recommended. $14.
LP3539. (Joyce, James) Scripsi November 1982 No. 1/Vol. 2, James Joyce (1882-1982). First edition literary journal, trade paperback format, a Near Fine copy with spine wrinkling (looks like from the gluing process) in a Very Good slightly grubby dust jacket with the same spine wrinkling and about 1/8? loss at head. Literary journal out of Melbourne University in Australia focused on the life and work of James Joyce on the centenary of his birth. Not the usual thing I carry, but it was one of the few interesting things I saw at a 50˘ a pound booksale, and Joyce scholars are a dedicated lot. $25.
LP2115. Klaw, Rick, editor (Joe R. Lansdale, Howard Waldrop, Neal Barrett, Jr., Lawrence Person, Bruce Sterling, Michael Moorcock, etc.). Rayguns Over Texas. Fandom Association of Central Texas, 2013. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy, new and unread, signed by 13 of the contributors. Anthology of SF stories from Texas writers published for the 2013 Worldcon in San Antonio. I have a story in here, "Novel Properties of Certain Complex Alkaloids," that's like a Greg Egan story by way of H. P. Lovecraft and Timothy Leary. Introduction by Bruce Sterling. This copy signed by Lansdale, myself, and Scott Cupp. $17.
LP3395. Kuttner, Henry, and C. L. Moore (as Lewis Padgett). Well of the Worlds. Galaxy Publishing Corp., 1953. First edition digest-sized trade paperback original, a Near Fine copy with slight spine creasing and the usual age-darkening to pages, otherwise nice and square. Galaxy Science Fiction Novel #17. Sayeth Amazon: "Clifford Sawyer, investigating ghosts in a mine, finds ancient beings from another world - and gets swept up in a titanic struggle between for control of a parallel dimension." Haven't read this one yet, but I really like both Kuttner and Moore, either solo or together. Not a hard book to find, but this is in better condition than usually found. $10.
LP2126. Lake, Jay, and Frank Wu, editors. The Exquisite Corpuscle. Fairwood Press, 2008. First edition trade paperback original, a Fine copy, new and unread. Signed by Jay Lake at the 2013 San Antonio Worldcon. Weird-ass literary game-playing anthology (Oulipo?). $20.