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In 1977 Don Herron began leading The Dashiell Hammett Tour, now the longest-running literary tour in the nation. On this site you’ll find information on current walks — dates, where to meet, arranging tours by appointment — plus a hard-boiled blog with news, reviews of books and film, and a dash of noir.
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Willeford: The Book
Includes the first “Mr. Hunt” story, “Knives in the Dark.”
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Rediscovered: Sidney-Fryer to Sabato
The month kicked off with talk about Donald Sidney-Fryer’s book Songs and Sonnets Atlantean and we may as well whip out a Worm Ouroborus move by going out with yet more DSF and S&SA to sign off June. Martin Stever … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, Tour
Tagged Autographs, Book Collecting, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Fritz Leiber, L. Sprague de Camp, Martin Stever, Sabato Fiorello, Songs & Sonnets Atlantean
Rediscovered: Haefele Sleuthing the Christmas Card Caper
Someone somewhere sometime may have knocked out more ephemera than August Derleth, but who it might have been I can’t imagine. John D. Haefele and I are beginning to poke around on our book listing all the Arkham House ephemera … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Songs and Sonnets Atlantean at 50
On this date in 1971 Donald Sidney-Fryer, Last of the Courtly Poets, inscribed the earliest copy of his “Little Booke” Songs & Sonnets Atlantean that I have dug up. Fifty years ago. The last title from Arkham House released under … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit, News
Tagged Arkham House, August Derleth, Autographs, Book Collecting, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Facsimile Dustjackets LLC, Firsts, Songs & Sonnets Atlantean
