Posted in Collecting SF on January 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Scott Brown of Fine Books has an interesting article on the value of old books. It’s a bit of a wake up call for collectors and worth reading for anyone concerned with what their old books might be worth.
There’s always a lot of talk among collectors and booksellers about what a particular book is worth and [...]
Posted in Collecting SF on January 22nd, 2007 2 Comments »
Dana of Windy Hill Books fantasized about a dream collection of hard to find juvenile science fiction and fantasy books. All in fine condition with fine dust jackets, naturally! Her list included several of my favorites.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Cat’s Eye by Andre Norton
Beastmaster by Andre Norton
Star Man’s Son 2250 AD [...]
Posted in Collecting SF on January 19th, 2007 3 Comments »
Hooray, hurrah, another list! This time of marvelous genre artists. One of the less frequent themes for a book collection is a focus on the artist who illustrates the cover, dust jacket or interior illustrations. Such a collection can be a wonderful showcase of a particular artist showing diversity, style development over a career or [...]
Posted in Collecting SF, Publishing on January 11th, 2007 4 Comments »
A noteworthy update to my recent discussion on Fantasy Press was kindly provided by Fred Reynolds. It’s an amazing six-volume boxed set of E.E. “Doc” Smith’s Lensman books titled The History of Civilization. Limited to only 75 copies, the set includes Triplantary, First Lensman, Galactic Patrol, Gray Lensman, Second Stage Lensman, and Children of [...]
