Tag Archives: John D. Haefele

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: Straubomination and Others

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Don

What could we do for Autograph Hound Super-Sunday? How about an exciting return to the Quest for the Worst Autograph Ever? Remember the other week when John D. Haefele sent in an image from a Karl Edward Wagner book he’d … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Rogue’s Gallery Expands; or, A Mystery Solved

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Don

You know how bizarre squiggly autographs drive Kevin Cook into a berserk and bemused frenzy? And do you remember how John D. Haefele presented a John Hancock from horror writer Karl Edward Wagner for that day when we featured a … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Modern Arkham Ephemera Checklist

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Don

Looks as if it is available to order now: For anyone interested in the history of Arkham House the November/December issue of Firsts: The Book Collector’s Magazine is not to be missed, since it presents the item-by-item checklist to accompany … 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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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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Rediscovered: Modern Arkham Ephemera

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Don

Autograph Hound Saturday rolls around once again, and What the Hell! Brian Leno is off for the weekend on an expedition into the darkest corners of lowlife gambling dens, and he’s incommunicado. Kevin Cook apparently is digging through all his … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Karl to Eric

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Don

John D. Haefele slips a toe into the Autograph Hound Saturday action, writing: “You and your cohorts seem focused on the first third of the twentieth century. “Here is one of interest from the middle. I didn’t even know I had … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Now You’ll Need Two Issues

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Don

Just heard from John Haefele, who just heard from Firsts, that they broke his coverage of Modern Era Arkham House Ephemera in twain — the new September/October issue will have his essay covering the subject, BUT (a big but) the … Continue reading →

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