Category Archives: Lit

Rediscovered: A. Merritt

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Don

For Autograph Hound Super-Sunday (Revisited), Kevin Cook dips into his archival material to do a showcase on another of his favorite authors: Abraham Merritt.      If you recall, Kevin got interested in the concept and potential ramifications of the autograph weekends … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Tod Robbins

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Don

And finally for this incarnation of Autograph Hound Saturday Revisited we lay out another signature from Clarence A. Robbins, often billed as C.A. Robbins, but best known as Tod Robbins, who wrote the story that served as the kernel of … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Another Lamb

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Don

Back in July we dropped a couple of early signatures by adventure writer Harold Lamb. For Autograph Hound Saturday Revisited how about one from much later in Lamb’s long career, to give you a chance to compare and contrast? Inked into … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: E. Charles Vivian

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Don

Kevin Cook returns once more to handle the autograph action this weekend, but let’s put some spin on it with the premiere of Autograph Hound Saturday Revisited. An easy concept. You’ve seen signatures by these people before. But you haven’t seen these John … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Hobart Gondor Wagglestaff?

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Don

Another Autograph Hound Super-Sunday rolls around, relentlessly, like time itself. I thought Brian Leno might finally have snapped, after the last weekend’s round of superb John Hancockery from Kevin Cook. Brian popped me a note: “Cook’s stuff was fantastic. I almost broke … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Philip “Fungus” Fisher

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Don

For Autograph Hound Saturday our resident Autograph Hound Brian Leno trots out yet another signature from his not inconsiderable holdings. Brian says: “Philip M. Fisher, Jr., is not a name that immediately comes to mind when collectors talk of the … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Monahan v. Finlay

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Don

Kevin Cook adds some thoughts in re: the artist P.J. Monahan, featured in today’s Autograph Hound Super-Sunday Polaris — of the Snows coverage:  “Probably best remembered for his later All-Story Weekly cover painting for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ ‘Thuvia, Maid of … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Munsey Trove

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Don

In his coverage of the most recent PulpFest for the Pulp Flakes blog, I noticed Walker Martin make this comment: “Now you might wonder what I bought and sold. As usual my best seller were the cancelled checks that Bob Weinberg … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Polaris — of the Snows

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Don

So, what tour de force of John Hancockery could Kevin Cook lay out for today’s Autograph Hound Super-Sunday? How about the cheque covering the first of many, many imitations of Tarzan — and the cheque covering the cover art of the … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Perley Poore Sheehan

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Don

For his next Autograph Hound Saturday offering, Kevin Cook turns to the pulpster and film-writer Perley Poore Sheehan — let’s proceed, with Kevin at the wheel: “Perley Poore Sheehan is an unacknowledged master of fantastic fiction. “After serving as Munsey’s … Continue reading →

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