Tag Archives: Arkham House

Rediscovered: Beat to Crap by Jack Palance

Posted on June 23, 2019 by Don

On Autograph Hound Saturday we showed you the signatures. How about on Autograph Hound Super-Sunday we show you the book they came in? To nab those autos you need this copy of the book. Leno mentioned the battered condition of … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Seabury Quinn, Virgil Finlay and Jack Palance, Oh My!

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Don

Autograph Hound Saturday again, time for that old Autograph Hound Dog Brian Leno to pull something out of his collection and amuse the audience with a John Hancock or two. Today he’s selected to trot out a 1948 Arkham House release, and says, “I … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: John D. Haefele on the History of Arkham House

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Don

Our resident expert in everything Arkham returns to review a new (if repurposed) book on the fabled press. John D. Haefele certainly burst fully-formed on the scene with his A Look Behind the Derleth Mythos, but he’s done a ton … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Arcane Arkham Arch-Collectors Corner No. 2

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Don

I don’t know how many obscure tidbits of Arkham House collecting lore Paul Dobish is privy to, but I’ll bet it’s more than you or me or the average joe walking down the street. The average joe might dream of … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Anniversary 101 for Stan McNail

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Don

As it turned out, the first installment of my short-lived review column for Lit, a literary supplement for The San Francisco Bay Guardian, hit print in May 1995 — timing that allowed me to wrap up the piece with a … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Morgman on The Augman, and Others

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Don

As any long time reader, surfer or dipper into The Mean Streets may have noticed, I’m not great on anniversaries — yeah, I hop on the annual birth and death days for Hammett, and usually remember Robert E. Howard’s birthday. … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Who Knows Solar Pons?

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Don

Who knows Pons? Well, John D. Haefele for one. Haefele just put up a post on the Allied Authors blog in which he ruminates in re: August Derleth’s Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street. He gets into all manner of esoterica, … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Lure of Arkham House Ephemerae

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Don

The last few days have been devoted to the glory and the grandeur — and the morass — of that old hobby, collecting Arkham House ephemera items. Paul Dobish, the book dealer who helped with some dope for my article … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: John D. Haefele on the Prowl

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Don

With the raw bulk of his book on Lovecraft turned in and awaiting editing, our pal John D. Haefele already is poking around on his next book, August Derleth of Arkham House, meanwhile feeding tidbits of his research out to … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Lost Arkham Imprint

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Don

I forgot to mention that John D. Haefele wrapped up his three-part series on August Derleth and the Little Review. The third part is kind of the good one — the closer — since it deals with Derleth’s own little … Continue reading →

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