Tag Archives: John D. Haefele

Rediscovered: Place of Hawks — a.k.a. Arkham House

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Don

Apparently my post the other day on August Derleth and his home Place of Hawks set off a little brush-fire on Facebook. The main point I was disputing was that Derleth lived in a “log cabin” in Wisconsin, and that … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Time for Derleth

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Don

August Derleth is beginning to get renewed evaluation — and not just from our good pal John D. Haefele. Just noticed an article by G. W. Thomas that blurbs Derleth’s 132 appearances in the magazine Weird Tales. Provides a list, … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Arcane Arkham Arch-Collectors Corner No. 3

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Don

A few weeks ago I mentioned a couple of ephemera pieces done by Arkham House authors to promote their Arkham House books. Since the publishing firm had nothing to do with them, we experts on Arkham House ephemera don’t number … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Modern Arkham Ephemera — My Bad

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Don

Uhoh. The other day I finally got around to annotating my working file copy of Firsts which features a checklist of Modern Arkham House Ephemera by John D. Haefele. I’m not talking anything too fancy. I go through with a … 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: 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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