Tag Archives: Mysterious Bookshop

Hammett: The Grit Conundrum

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Don

Or, The Return of Terry “Pure Texts” Zobeck! Apparently there’s no end to the fine-tuning on issues in re: pure texts. Take it away, Terry: Here’s another example of a Hammett story reprinted by Frederic Dannay where the edits predate … Continue reading →

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Hammett: “D. Hammett”

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Don

  Autograph Hound Super-Sunday once more, and the noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook asked if I’d like to put up images from a very recent acquisition to his shelves, “signed by a guy named D. Hammett.”  Sure. Why … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: More Ace and Parker

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Don

Coincidentally, the topic of Ace Atkins and Robert B. Parker also popped up in the last few days in exchanges with Kevin Cook, noted pulp and book collector. “At this point in time Parker is still an industry,” Kevin observed, … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: An Otto and Ellroy

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Don

Autograph Hound Super-Sunday opens with Kevin Cook refining his terms, and letting us know he’s got even worse autos than the one from Kent Harrington he was talking about yesterday: With Kent’s autograph, what I meant to express was that … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Some Semi-Simulated John Hancocks from Michael Connelly

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Don

So what signature-related extravaganza could Kevin Cook dazzle us with for Autograph Hound Super-Sunday? How about an array of Michael Connelly autos progressing from fuller signature to the squiggly “MC” I’ve mentioned here before? Kind of like a reversal of those images of … Continue reading →

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