Tag Archives: Book Collecting

Rediscovered: The Writings of Lawrence Block, Item by Item, Book by Book

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Don

You may have been thinking, hey, I wonder, What has Terry Zobeck been up to lately? A guy like that, who knows what he’s been digging around in. You got that right. One of the most prolific Guest Bloggers for … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: More on Collecting Haefele

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Don

Ah, my mention last October of Lloyd Currey not having seen the true first of John D. Haefele’s A Look Behind the Derleth Mythos has shaken up the valuation on the title and seems to have pried a couple of … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Arkham House Ephemera Back on the Block

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Don

In the last month or so bidding on items of Arkham House ephemera on eBay has been hot and heavy. The other day I popped a note to my ephemera collecting bud John D. Haefele and reported: “To my surprise … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: E. Charles E. Vivian

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Don

Autograph Hound Super-Sunday (Revisited), and the noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook returns to one of his favorite authors, “Viv.” The shots of the dustjacketed books were taken by Victoria Cook in the wilds of Kevin’s library. Take it, … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Working the Electronic Morgue

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Don

Speaking of the epic sale of Otto Penzler’s mystery library, you may recall that I used Evan Lewis as my man on the street covering the events, since he was interested in hunting down the auction lists and putting up … Continue reading →

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Hammett: More Zobeck v. Otto

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Don

Terry Zobeck popped in a micro review related to the sale of Otto Penzler’s mystery library a few months ago, which sucked all the oxygen out of the room for awhile. The word, from Terry: My copy of Otto Penzler’s … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Liquor Guns & Ammo — Hand-Corrected

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Don

How about some extra oomph for Autograph Hound Super-Sunday? And with just a little bit more effort, why not make it an apt offering for Veterans Day? Kent Anderson is a Vietnam War combat vet — his first novel Sympathy … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Collecting Haefele

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Don

One of my little hobbies — fairly harmless — involves keeping an eye out to see how my kid protégé John D. Haefele is doing in the collectability department. A couple of months ago I mentioned, in an aside, how … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Kent Harrington, Signatory

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Don

Image above: Kent Harrington (with Lynn behind the bar) in one of my favorite restaurants, Street on Polk, on Saturday September 21. We got there as soon as the doors opened and had the place to ourselves for a few minutes, … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Lovecraft — the Reason There’s Arkham Ephemera

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Don

If we’re celebrating John D. Haefele’s landmark article on Modern Arkham House Ephemera in the September/October issue of Firsts (with the checklist of items to follow soon in the November/December issue) — and we are — then how about bringing … Continue reading →

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