Two signed firsts I picked up cheap at the same auction:
Library Additions: Two Signed Books
April 30th, 2018Library Additions: Two Manly Wade Wellman Non-Fiction Firsts
April 24th, 2018My quest to own a first edition of every Manly Wade Wellman book draws closer to completion with these two non-fiction works:
Wellman non-fiction books I lack:
Shoegazer Sunday: A Four Song Slowdive Live Set
April 22nd, 2018In celebration of Slowdive playing Austin next week, here’s a four song live set including:
The Sunday dose of Shoegaze got put aside while I was doing my taxes, but now that’s done, I hope to catch up on a few things.
Bill Spencer Needs Your Help
March 27th, 2018William Browning Spencer is evidently suffering from some medical issues, and money issues that result from medical issues, which is why someone set up a Go Fund Me account for him.
If you’re a friend of Bill, or a fan of his work, you might consider pitching in.
Library Additions: Three Harlan Ellison Limited Editions
March 24th, 2018Two of these were bought as part of the Subterranean PC copy sale, and the other was an unrelated eBay purchase.
Library Addition: Lettered State of China Mieville’s Railsea
March 22nd, 2018Another book I picked up at the Subterranean Press PC copy sale:
Mieville, China. Railsea. Subterranean Press, 2012. First limited edition hardback (the Del Rey hardback is the true first), PC copy of 26 signed lettered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and a Fine traycase (even by the standards of lettered editions, this is a very nice leather traycase with suede baffle surfaces on the inside of the front and back). Bought for $150.
Library Addition: Lettered State of Philip Jose Farmer’s The Other in The Mirror
March 21st, 2018Another book I picked up at the Subterranean Press PC copy sale:
Farmer, Philip Jose. The Other in the Mirror. Subterranean Press, 2009. First edition hardback, a PC copy of 26 lettered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and a Fine traycase. Omnibus edition of Fire and the Night, Jesus on Mars, and Night of Light, and the first hardback editions of the first two. Supplements both a trade edition and a copy of the limited edition I got very cheap. Bought for $150 (half cover price for the lettered edition).
Library Addition: Lettered State of Jack Vance’s Desperate Days
March 20th, 2018Subterranean Press had a charity sale for PC copies of various lettered and numbered states of various books, most of which had already sold out. I took advantage of it to snap out some books for authors I collect, this being the first:
Vance, Jack. Desperate Days. Subterranean Press, 2012. First edition hardback, a PC copy of the 26 copy lettered edition, a Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket and a Fine- traycase (there’s a small flaw to the cork-lined interior front lid), signed by Vance. Contains “The Genessee Slough Murders: Outline for a Novel” not in the trade edition (though reprinted from Jerry Hewett’s bibliography). Contains three Vance mysteries: The Fox Valley Murders, The Pleasant Grove Murders and The Dark Ocean. Note that there was no regular numbered edition of this, so the lettered edition was the only one signed by Vance. Bought from the Subterranean PC sale for $250 plus shipping. Supplements a trade edition.
Also note that the traycase for Desperate Days is distinctively different from the one the lettered edition of Dangerous Ways, the first book in this mystery reprint series and which resembles an even larger book with it’s rounded spine. The traycase for Desperate Days resembles the regular Subterranean square traycase.
Good Boy!
March 16th, 2018The University of Maryland-Baltimore County just made NCAA basketball tournament history, becoming the first #16 seed to knock off a #1 seed (indeed, the number 1 overall seed) by beating Virginia 74-54.
Their team mascot? The Retrievers.
Good boy!
Somewhere, Jigsaw is smiling…
