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Not a fanzine
Jan. 23rd, 2012 06:24 pmI've received the latest catalog (#38) from Bob Brown and Associates -- a local book dealer. (So local that his shop is three blocks from here.) It's four sheets of paper folded into a chapbook, with the cover beige and the interior white. I always enjoy looking through Bob's catalogs both because he usually features old science fiction novels that I've never heard of and I guess because I just like looking at random lists of books.
Here's one I'd never heard of:
Bigley, Cantell. AURIFODINA OR ADVENTURES IN THE GOLD REGION. Baker & Scribner, NY, 1849. 1st ed. One of the earliest American Lost Race novels. [Description of book's condition deleted.] A scarce and important early American fantasy occasionally credited with helping to start the California Gold Rush.
I mean, who knew? I definitely didn't know that lost race novels started that early, but I suppose it just shows I don't know much about lost race novels.
Or this one sounds like a corker:
Olerich, Henry. A CITYLESS AND COUNTRYLESS WORLD, AN OUTLINE OF PRACTICAL CO-OPERATIVE INDIVIDUALISM. Gilmore & Olerich, Holstein, 1893. 1st ed.
"Gilmore & Olerich", eh? Self-published, then.
But then there's this:
Wentworth-James, G De S. THE TELEVISION GIRL. A NOVEL. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1928. 6th Thousand. [Description of book's condition deleted.] ... a very scarce SF novel about the fictionalized development of television.
Torn from yesterday's headlines, no doubt. The title reminds me of Amy Thomson's VIRTUAL GIRL.
In other news, Bob is offering a signed first edition of Stephanie Meyer's TWILIGHT for $1150.00. Copyright 2005. Most expensive single volume in the catalog. Can its value possibly appreciate over time? The mind boggles.
Here's one I'd never heard of:
Bigley, Cantell. AURIFODINA OR ADVENTURES IN THE GOLD REGION. Baker & Scribner, NY, 1849. 1st ed. One of the earliest American Lost Race novels. [Description of book's condition deleted.] A scarce and important early American fantasy occasionally credited with helping to start the California Gold Rush.
I mean, who knew? I definitely didn't know that lost race novels started that early, but I suppose it just shows I don't know much about lost race novels.
Or this one sounds like a corker:
Olerich, Henry. A CITYLESS AND COUNTRYLESS WORLD, AN OUTLINE OF PRACTICAL CO-OPERATIVE INDIVIDUALISM. Gilmore & Olerich, Holstein, 1893. 1st ed.
"Gilmore & Olerich", eh? Self-published, then.
But then there's this:
Wentworth-James, G De S. THE TELEVISION GIRL. A NOVEL. Hurst & Blackett, London, 1928. 6th Thousand. [Description of book's condition deleted.] ... a very scarce SF novel about the fictionalized development of television.
Torn from yesterday's headlines, no doubt. The title reminds me of Amy Thomson's VIRTUAL GIRL.
In other news, Bob is offering a signed first edition of Stephanie Meyer's TWILIGHT for $1150.00. Copyright 2005. Most expensive single volume in the catalog. Can its value possibly appreciate over time? The mind boggles.
