Tag Archives: Brian Leno

Rediscovered: Og

Posted on December 13, 2025 by Don

Autograph Hound Saturday yet again, and Brian Leno goes all caveman on us. I’ve always liked cavemen. Here’s a quick note from Brian: Thought you might like to see the Og books, all inscribed by Irving Crump to the late … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Place of Hawks (Not the House of Arkham)

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Don

Brian Leno has nabbed another couple of items for his bulging shelves — or you could think of it as three, maybe four items. The book Place of Hawks. The belly-band on the dustwrapper. A letter from August Derleth, a … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Writing Away in Arkham House

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Don

Autograph Hound Saturday again, but this time we ain’t got no John Hancock — we’ve got a book stamp. You know we could begin knocking out a series — a long series — of Book Stamp Saturdays or Mondays or … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Buford Pusser

Posted on October 18, 2025 by Don

Autograph Hound Saturday once again, and we spotlight a famous lawman. When I was in college at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, I heard Buford Pusser would be signing clubs at a Ford dealership across town. Growing up … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Pirate Peake

Posted on October 4, 2025 by Don

Autograph Hound Saturday once more, and we enlist the services of the most maniacal collector of John Hancocks we know, none other than Brian Leno. Brian’s been updating me over the last few months on some of the autos rolling … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Kornbluth

Posted on July 5, 2025 by Don

How about another Autograph Hound Saturday? It’s been awhile, and on the side the topic came up of authors who have rare signatures — if you’ve got enough loot laying around, you can shell it out but the autos that … Continue reading →

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Mort: McGinnis

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Don

Brian Leno has prepared himself for decades with an ever increasing stock of John Hancocks, now coming in handy to memorialize people as they fall. For this particular Autograph Hound Saturday he offers: I know I don’t get out much … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: John Hancock Writes Some Science Fiction

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Don

Autograph Hound Saturday once again and Brian Leno sends in a few siggies from a recent purchase. Nothing too exciting, meat & potatoes stuff. He already had several of these banked in his files. One nice angle is that Will … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Is It Doc’s John Hancock? Is It the Suicide Car?

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Don

After Brian Leno’s stunning eBay coup of a signed — and seemingly previously unseen — photograph of Dr. Isaac Howard, people (you know people) are getting in on the action. Some think the signature is authentic. Some feel it can’t … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: A Little Birthday Treat

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Don

For birthday 119 for Robert E. Howard — should he have lived so long — Brian Leno roars into Autograph Hound action once more, pulling an original photo of REH’s father, actually signed by Doc Howard, from the time-lost ruins … Continue reading →

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