Monthly Archives: August 2021

Rediscovered: Endless Autographs

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Don

The steady flow of autograph materials over the last few days has plunged Autograph Hound Brian Leno even deeper into John Hancockian reveries, but then he’s never quite free of such musings. . . . “Of course I’ve been reading … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Clint Eastwood, PKD, R. Faraday Nelson, Ray Bradbury, Ray Faraday Nelson, Roy Batty, Selected Letters of PKD |

Rediscovered: More Bradbury?

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Don

For an Autograph Hound Quick Follow-Up John D. Haefele sends in: “How about this one, which I found in a bookstore? I doubt it is actually Bradbury’s signature — & the ‘John!’ is purely a coincidence.” I don’t know, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged Autographs, John D. Haefele, Peter Straub, Ray Bradbury, Tom Krabacher |

Rediscovered: Bradbury Enters the Fray

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Don

Autograph Hound Super-Sunday returns, carried by a morbid wave of interest in the indecipherable! Tom Krabacher dropped a note to say, “Saw the Charles de Lint signature on your blog. Kevin’s explanation that de Lint’s autograph is actually just his … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lit | Tagged Autographs, Charles de Lint, Ray Bradbury, Ray Faraday Nelson, Roy Batty, Tom Krabacher |

Rediscovered: Initial Signatures

Posted on August 27, 2021 by Don

The noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook provides a footnote or two on the most recent signature covered in our ongoing surveys of the good, the bad, and the ugly John Hancocks riding the range: A comment on the Charles … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged Autographs, Charles de Lint, George Pelecanos, Kevin Cook |

Rediscovered: de Lint via Swann

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Don

Aha! A Sudden Autograph Hound Super-Sunday is upon us! A week or so back Brian Leno — the most maniacal Autograph Hound of my acquaintance — mentioned he was digging around in his holdings and came across a couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, REH | Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Charles de Lint, Charles Saunders, Fu-Moran, George Barr, Gray Morrow, James Ellroy, Peter Straub, Stella Stevens, Thomas Burnett Swann |

Rediscovered: The Long Goodbye

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Don

Obviously Brian Wallace wants me to pay more attention to Chandler, because he’s been bombarding me recently with links — heavy on The Long Goodbye. Of possible interest to some people would be a “graphic novel” (or fine arts) treatment … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Frisco, Lit, News | Tagged Bogie, Brian Wallace, Bruce Taylor, Elliot Gould, Klaus Kremmerz, Leigh Brackett, Mark Coggins, Raymond Chandler, Robert Altman, Robert Mitchum, San Francisco Mystery Bookstore, The Long Goodbye |

Rediscovered: The First Strut of the Logo

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Don

Before John D. Haefele recently released Addenda 2 to his Cimmerian Library booklet, apparently the Hesperia Press cat butt logo had appeared only on Lest We Forget: August Derleth on the Subject of H. P. Lovecraft (Hesperia Special Issue No. 6), … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged August Derleth, Hesperia Press cat butt, John D. Haefele |

Rediscovered: Return of the Logo!

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Don

On July 29 I found a little packet in the mailbox, with the completely unexpected second addenda to John D. Haefele’s working bibliography of August Derleth enclosed. The bibliography appeared in 2006 as the third entry in The Cimmerian Library’s … Continue reading →