Tag Archives: Paul Dobish

Rediscovered: Due to the Death

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Don

Paul Dobish checks in with his latest acquisitions in the quest to land Arkham House ephemera, in this case excavating in the fecund primordial mire that is The Due to the Death Series. In Arkham House Ephemera: The Classic Years … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Another Green Something Breathing

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Don

Remember when bookseller and collector Paul Dobish discovered that the Stanley McNail poetry collection Something Breathing was bound in two variants of green cloth? “Until recently,” Paul tells me, “all of the copies of the Arkham House first edition that … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: And 50 Years Ago

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Don

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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Rediscovered: An Item of Modern Arkham House Ephemera

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Don

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 →

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Rediscovered: Arcane Arkham Arch-Collectors Corner No. 4

Posted on May 9, 2021 by Don

As is his wont, Brian Leno was moping around on eBay the other day and noticed a copy of the Arkham House edition of A. E. Coppard’s Fearful Pleasures — it sold for $108.27. The trick angle was that a … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Arkham Collector

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Don

The maelstrom of Arkham House ephemera collecting swept me up again, with John D. Haefele clinging onto the plunging raft by my side. Some weeks that’s been all I could think about, bidding on items I didn’t have in the … Continue reading →

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The Paul Dobish Jr Collection of Arkham House Review Slips

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Don

If you recall my essay on Arkham House ephemera in Firsts: The Book Collector’s Magazine back in October 2002, I wrapped it up by mentioning that much other ephemera existed than just the stock lists and brochures I concentrated my … 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: Arcane Arkham Arch-Collectors Corner No. 2

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Don

I don’t know how many obscure tidbits of Arkham House collecting lore Paul Dobish is privy to, but I’ll bet it’s more than you or me or the average joe walking down the street. The average joe might dream of … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Anniversary 101 for Stan McNail

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Don

As it turned out, the first installment of my short-lived review column for Lit, a literary supplement for The San Francisco Bay Guardian, hit print in May 1995 — timing that allowed me to wrap up the piece with a … Continue reading →

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