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Tag Archives: John D. Haefele
Rediscovered: Place of Hawks (Not the House of Arkham)
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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Tagged Alfred Dashiell, Arkham House, August Derleth, Book Collecting, Brian Leno, Clycde Beck, Detroit News, Edward J. O;Brien, John D. Haefele
Rediscovered: An Audio/Video Review
John D. Haefele came across a review of our book on Arkham House ephemera on YouTube. “What a thoughtful and perceptive video-review of our book,” he wrote, “just discovered and very much appreciated!” And he got a comment from Leo … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Collecting, Infinite Text, John D. Haefele, Leo Grin, The Cimmerian Press, Vincent Starrett, YouTube
Rediscovered: Arkham House Ephemera — The Classic Years
Ready to order, the book on the Classic Era of Arkham House Ephemera I’ve been promising for years awaits you. 150 Items covered (with 3 playfully hidden away for the readers who like to have a little fun with their … Continue reading
Rediscovered: And 50 Years Ago
Back in 1974 I had my first review published in issue 9 of the Harry Morris, Jr. zine Nyctalops, which will make it 50 Years Worth of selected essays and reviews when collected, crammed into two eBook LitCrit MegaPacks. Guessing, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arkham House, Book Collecting, Harry Morris, John D. Haefele, Nyctalops, Paul Dobish, Terry McVicker
Rediscovered: A Look Behind the Ed Price Biblio
Doing some email with noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook, the topic of Ed Price’s collection of pulp era memoirs came up — in particular the bibliography of Price’s own pulp fictioneering that appears in the book. Since I … Continue reading
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Tagged Arkham House, August Derleth, Book Collecting, E. Hoffmann Price, John D. Haefele, Kevin Cook, PEAPS, Peter Ruber, Virgil Utter
Rediscovered: More Derleth Bibliography
Check out the latest book from John D. Haefele, if you have an interest in August Derleth or Lovecraft or the general Arkham House landscape. Or if you’re simply one of those people who enjoy plunging into a meaty bibliography. … Continue reading
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Tagged Arkham House, August Derleth, Hesperia Press cat butt, John D. Haefele, Lovecraft, The Cimmerian Press
Rediscovered: An Item of Modern Arkham House Ephemera
John D. Haefele and I actually have been slaving away on a book on Arkham House ephemera from the Classic Years — 1937-1972. We’ve got guys eyeballing some of the largest private collections (as I post, one stalwart has the … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Derleth’s Last Book — Well, In His Lifetime
John D. Haefele — author of Lovecraft: The Great Tales, A Look Behind the Derleth Mythos, etc. — just popped up an article further investigating how many — or how few — copies may exist of the last of many, … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Milwaukee Party Animals
Always digging around, John D. Haefele uncovered a fanzine report of a party held in Milwaukee in 1940 — a science fiction and pulp gathering anchored by solving an appropriate rebus puzzle. Meeting in the home of Ralph Milne Farley … Continue reading
Two-Gun Bob: A “Probable Outline” Tidbit
The noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook was telling me about another collector he knew named Richard Minter, who would have made a great resource for the book on Arkham House ephemera I’m working on with John D. Haefele. … Continue reading
