Tag Archives: Book Collecting

Rediscovered: The Block Begins to Creak Under the Weight of All Those Comics. . .

Posted on August 10, 2026 by Don

Now here’s some news. Brian Leno let me know today that he has decided to sell a chunk off his horde of stuff. For years he’s been hawking wares on eBay, but I think of most of those listings as … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: More Leno Library

Posted on August 9, 2026 by Don

Brian Leno has come into a group of display cabinets and now is working to fill them up. I imagine he’ll juggle some of the stuff around again, eventually. Maybe have one devoted to his Jack the Ripper collection. Or … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Library of Brian — Inspiration, or Warning!?!

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Don

Brain Leno has a story about when he was a kid in Bismarck, beginning to buy paperbacks. He’d sit in front of the small bookcase he shelved them on and savor his library. His father made the bookstand “out of … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Get Yer Shiel Here

Posted on June 18, 2026 by Don

Aha. I’ve been waiting for this book — although technically I don’t really need it. You do. Beating the likes of Random House and Little Brown and their ilk to the punch, Hippocampus Press just gathered under one set of … Continue reading →

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Tour: By the Book

Posted on June 8, 2026 by Don

Got a note from Joe Salerno, checking to make sure I’m not actually leading the Dashiell Hammett Tour any more. Sorry, no. My big excuse — and it’s the truth — I aged out. I realized at any point something … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Ex Libris Virgil Finlay

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Don

Autograph Hound Saturday. You know the drill. Another week has passed, and Autograph Hound Brian Leno has added more signatures to his collection. A thousand John Hancocks in the naked city. . . . This is the story of one. … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Belly Band Tuesday

Posted on April 21, 2026 by Don

We’ve done belly bands before — notably, one on Michael Connelly’s first crime novel. But now I sense that our maniacal book collecting pal Brian Leno might have picked up a jones for those bands. Just in case, I better … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: More Caveman Lit

Posted on March 21, 2026 by Don

Autograph Hound Saturday yet again, and as ever, Brian Leno is on the prod. Back in 2020 Brian landed an inscribed copy of The Day of the Brown Horde and thought he’d read it immediately when it rolled in. Didn’t … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Haefele Clarifies

Posted on February 20, 2026 by Don

In the recent post about The Due to the Death Series which John D. Haefele and I wrestled with, when we were wrapping up Arkham House Ephemera: The Classic Years, I quoted Haefele as saying that The Due to’s were … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Due to the Death

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Don

Paul Dobish checks in with his latest acquisitions in the quest to land Arkham House ephemera, in this case excavating in the fecund primordial mire that is The Due to the Death Series. In Arkham House Ephemera: The Classic Years … Continue reading →

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