Posted in Collecting SF, Publishing on January 9th, 2007 No Comments »
Fantasy Press was one of the very earliest of the small presses specializing in the science fiction genre. Created in 1946 by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, Fantasy Press specialized in reprinting novels and short stories originally published in the early pulp magazines. Many of these were the first hardcover printings of works by A. E. [...]
Posted in Collecting SF on December 21st, 2006 1 Comment »
Not too long ago I talked about the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series and the Ace Science Fiction Special series as possible themes for a nice paperback collection. Here are a few more imprints that are excellent choices for paperback collectors.
Ace Doubles – The original Ace Books series that began in 1952. Mostly comprised [...]
Posted in Collecting SF on December 14th, 2006 No Comments »
Here is Part Two of my two part series on Grading and Condition for the beginning collector. Part One can be found here.
Building Your Collection
All booksellers agree that the single most important factor in determining the value of a book is condition. Judicious collectors generally confine their acquisitions to the upper end of the condition [...]
Posted in Collecting SF on December 12th, 2006 1 Comment »
Here is a short two part series on Condition for the beginning collector. This will all will be second nature to any one dealing with second-hand, collectible or antiquarian books for any period of time. I offer this to those budding collectors just getting started as Grading and Condition are critical in the antiquarian book arena.
Grading [...]
