Here’s UK performer Hollie Blue covering Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You.”
Not bad, and she’s easy on the eyes…
Shoegazer Sunday: Hollie Blue Covers “Fade Into You”
March 17th, 2024Library Addition: The Dagon Collection
March 15th, 2024Here’s another Lovecraft-themed anthology from PS in the mold of Pedersen’s earlier The Starry Wisdom Library.
Pedersen, Nate, editor. The Dagon Collection: An Auction Catalogue of Items Recovered in the Federal Raid on Innsmouth, Mass. PS Publishing, 2024. First edition hardback in decorated boards, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Anthology in the form of a mock auction catalog of Cthulhu Mythos related items from the Esoteric Order of Dagon, with contributions from F. Paul Wilson, Ramsey Campbell, etc.
I will have a small number of copies of this available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Library Addition: Robert E. Howard’s A Little Bronze Book of Weird Tales
March 12th, 2024Another 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.
Library Addition: Michael Swanwick’s Phases Of The Sun/Phases of the Moon
March 6th, 2024Another short-run Dragonstairs chapbook I managed to grab:
Swanwick, Michael. Phases of the Sun/Phases of the Moon. Dragonstairs Press, 2020 (not offered for sale until 2024). First edition accordion-fold chapbook original (Phases of the Sun goes one way, and then you flip it over and Phases of the Moon goes the other), a Fine copy. Bought for $60 from Dragonstairs and sold out within two minutes.
Library Additions: Two Thomas Disch Firsts
March 4th, 2024These were part of an auction lot:
Shoegazer Sunday: School of Seven Bells’ “Ablaze”
March 3rd, 2024SVIIB is School of Seven Bells’ last album, compiled from the tracks laid down by Benjamin Curtis before he died and completed by vocalist Alejandra Deheza. Here’s opening track “Ablaze,” which is pretty groovetastic.
Library Addition: First of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book
February 28th, 2024This is a case of replacing a just slightly less attractive first with a pristine copy.
Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book. HarperCollins, 2008. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Newbery and Carnegie Medal winner. Replaces a Fine/Fine- copy. Bought for $8.09 from Half Price Books.
Library Additions: Four John Crowley Firsts
February 26th, 2024These four books were offered as The John Crowley Conway Miscellany set on Kickstarter. Each has a different trim size.
The four books together can be laid out to form a single image. Because the books are too large to fit on my scanner, I have copied the image from the Kickstarter page.
I will have a small number of sets of these (with the signature plate) in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Library Addition: Joe R. Lansdale’s The Senior Girls Bayonet Drill Team
February 19th, 2024Another signed Subterranean Lansdale first.
Lansdale, Joe R. The Senior Girls Bayonet Drill Team. Subterranean, 2023 (stated; received early 2024). First edition hardback, #371 of 1250 signed, numbered copies, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. The latest Lansdale short story collection. I’ll have copies of this available in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog.
Library Additions: Two Gnome Press Firsts
February 14th, 2024Here’s another Heritage Auctions lot I placed lowball bid on and won. There were three books, one of which will be in the next Lame Excuse Books catalog. Both of these were on my Books Wanted List.
This scans lighter than it actually is, so I’ve adjusted the brightness down a smidge to closely match the color I’m seeing with my eye.
I paid less than $50 each for these with buyer’s premium.