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The Dashiell Hammett Tour
1977-2022



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Arkham House Ephemera
The Classic Years 1937–1973-

Death Lit
Essays and Reviews Selected from Fifty Years of Writing 1974–2024-

Willeford
The Book-
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Tag Archives: Frank A. Munsey
Rediscovered: Mundy
Brian Leno confesses, “I have no autographed copies of Talbot Mundy volumes, but I do have the signed check presented here. “I started reading Mundy after Robert E. Howard and once, many years ago, I came upon five or six old hardbacks … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Lamb
Obviously the baseline reference point for today’s Autograph Hound Saturday posts from Brian Leno is none other than Robert E. Howard. And why not? Like his pal H.P. Lovecraft, REH is the central sun around which other literary planets orbit. … Continue reading
Rediscovered: The Rest of the Hand
For Autograph Hound Super-Sunday, Brian Leno checks in during an autobiographical mood: One of the bad consequences about working for 37 years in the gambling profession is you start to see things in terms of wagers placed. Bets won and lost. … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, REH
Tagged Anthony M. Rud, Autographs, Brian Leno, Erle Stanley Gardner, Frank A. Munsey, George Allan England, Ray Cummings, Robert Weinberg, Virgil Finlay
Rediscovered: “I’ll See You an England and Raise You a Rud”
Before he finally retired, Brian Leno spent many long years dealing cards in gambling dens in North Dakota — giving him some authentic Mean Streets cred and pocket money to toss against his Autograph Hound addiction. So when Kevin Cook … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged "Ooze", Anthony M. Rud, Autographs, Brian Leno, Frank A. Munsey, George Allan England, Kevin Cook, Weird Tales





