Tag Archives: Autographs

Rediscovered: Michael Connelly’s Earliest John Hancock

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Don

In a book of his crime fiction, that is. Welcome to Autograph Hound Super-Sunday the Second! A couple of months ago I stopped into the book-haunted quarters in the American Southwest where Dennis McMillan currently is making his lair. Probably … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Kevin Cook on Full Auto

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Don

And Kevin Cook — noted pulp and book collector — couldn’t resist sending in some remarks on the subject of autographs. I’m fairly sure Brian Leno has a bigger auto collection, but when it comes to pulp era signers, Kevin may … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Edwin Baird Inscription

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Don

It’s Autograph Hound Saturday again, and we all know the biggest Autograph Hound making paw prints on These Mean Streets is none other than Brian Leno. Given this opportunity to display a few of the John Hancocks in his trove, … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Full Belknapius

Posted on June 9, 2019 by Don

Then again, I could start a regular Autograph Hound Super-Sunday feature. . . . Brian Leno’s mention yesterday that he picked up his Alfred Galpin/Frank Belknap Long item from the Necronomicon Press catalog of Long’s last library reminded me of something. Leno isn’t … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Galpinius and Mrs. Galpinius

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Don

Every now and then I think I ought to start a regular feature like some blogs do — call it, in imagination, Autograph Hound Saturdays. And only because I know that Arch-Autograph Hound Brian Leno, whose holdings I’m sure could … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Dodging Apache Torture and Other Incidents of a Life Fully Lived

Posted on May 26, 2019 by Don

You know Brian Leno, mention stuff like Edgar Rice Burroughs and the disconcerting torture techniques of the Apache, and instantly he starts thinking about Frederick Russell Burnham. Doesn’t everyone? Here’s Brian with some thoughts for today: Recently I read A Splendid Savage: … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Rejections (W)right Up to the End

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Don

You know that Brian Leno loves to jump in on new litcrit as it breaks here on the Mean Streets. And you know that above all the dude is a stone-cold, steely-eyed Autograph Hound. All the ruminating in re: Farnsworth … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: On a Postcard, Halloween 1944

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Don

Brian Leno reports in bright and early from behind the lines, after another raid on his autograph collection: “Was going to send you this image sometime back, but never got around to doing it. “Sorry about the blurry picture — … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Carnera v. Young

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Don

Woke up with an email from Brian Leno lurking in the inbox, and here it is, every word, plus the attachment. Brian obviously is going full-tilt after his hobby of autograph collecting (Terry Moore and Ben Johnson starred in the … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Borland’s Mark

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Don

You know that Brian Leno collects autographs constantly, but I’m sure he gets an added kick out of the hunt if he can spin a seasonal angle out of it. He tells me that the autographed photo above is “something I … Continue reading →

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