Oldest most relevant to you stuff is probably Stephen Fabian or Jack Vance related. Underwood-Miller limited editions or similar.
Otherwise a variety of science fiction and fantasy pulp, but more 60s and 70s. I don't have much in the way of pulp mags. A couple Galaxy's, but not many in serial format. Later collections in books of some things.
Used to collect more comic books, but now it's just a few cover artists I like, rather than for the reading as much.
I go through binges and purges occasionally, but the last one was about twenty years ago, so some things have piled up. So much still to read...
Actually, my OLDEST stuff is souvenir photography books and postcards from world's fairs. St Louis LPE 1904 and San Francisco PPIE 1915 mostly. A few odd others, but those are my faves. Architecture and art and sculpture mainly, but all the peculiarities as well...
And I'm interested in checking out some of the authors you've mentioned the next time we get to Grand Junction or the front range. Some good used bookstores in Denver and Boulder area that I miss.
Isn't it wonderful to collect what we like? Ultimately, I don't think anyone else can appreciate a collection put together by one individual but the joy of the collection remains. :)
I have a trio of hardback John Taine books from the 1920's in wonderful condition that I bought from a collector who was delighted to pass them on to someone who would love and appreciate them. I treasure them.
That's how I felt when I moved things on. Just wanted them appreciated and taken care of.
I parted with tons of books, comic books, and compact disks when I left the Midwest...
Se la vie. Qe sera sera.
A much more "modest" collection these days.
A few expensive books yet to read. Cugel's Saga by Jack Vance. Also Rhialto the Marvellous as well as Morreion of that series. Fools, tricksters, and thieves are my lot.
Good season for Basil Copper, so perhaps some of that next.
I also like mashups or genre breaking stories. Making the wife suffer through some Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Cowboy science fiction of a sort...
You're conflating pulps and digests. All magazines are not pulps. Pulps are from a particular time and a particular grade of paper. ASTOUNDING was a pulp. ANALOG and GALAXY are digests. DEVIL ON THE MOON is just a paperpack.
Noticing the collector's market shifting over the last few years. Lots of the oldies fading away...
It's currently a buyer's market, for sure.
Waiting for more estates to give up the old collections, but many still not on eBay or the internet in general, so I guess you have to be there.
Yes, my mustys are also separated from the rest. Mostly all over the floor airing out.
A shame to acquire relics that have been neglected or abused, but with some rarities it's a common occurrence.
Perhaps libraries of the "future", like in the newer Time Machine with Guy Pierce... Well, just maybe they'll come with simulated scents too. The wide wonderful world of the smells of our past.
Oldest most relevant to you stuff is probably Stephen Fabian or Jack Vance related. Underwood-Miller limited editions or similar.
Otherwise a variety of science fiction and fantasy pulp, but more 60s and 70s. I don't have much in the way of pulp mags. A couple Galaxy's, but not many in serial format. Later collections in books of some things.
Used to collect more comic books, but now it's just a few cover artists I like, rather than for the reading as much.
I go through binges and purges occasionally, but the last one was about twenty years ago, so some things have piled up. So much still to read...
Actually, my OLDEST stuff is souvenir photography books and postcards from world's fairs. St Louis LPE 1904 and San Francisco PPIE 1915 mostly. A few odd others, but those are my faves. Architecture and art and sculpture mainly, but all the peculiarities as well...
And I'm interested in checking out some of the authors you've mentioned the next time we get to Grand Junction or the front range. Some good used bookstores in Denver and Boulder area that I miss.
Isn't it wonderful to collect what we like? Ultimately, I don't think anyone else can appreciate a collection put together by one individual but the joy of the collection remains. :)
I have a trio of hardback John Taine books from the 1920's in wonderful condition that I bought from a collector who was delighted to pass them on to someone who would love and appreciate them. I treasure them.
That's how I felt when I moved things on. Just wanted them appreciated and taken care of.
I parted with tons of books, comic books, and compact disks when I left the Midwest...
Se la vie. Qe sera sera.
A much more "modest" collection these days.
A few expensive books yet to read. Cugel's Saga by Jack Vance. Also Rhialto the Marvellous as well as Morreion of that series. Fools, tricksters, and thieves are my lot.
Good season for Basil Copper, so perhaps some of that next.
I also like mashups or genre breaking stories. Making the wife suffer through some Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Cowboy science fiction of a sort...
I liked that TV show. :-) It was sort of the the original "Wild Wild West" which I loved as a kid.
You're conflating pulps and digests. All magazines are not pulps. Pulps are from a particular time and a particular grade of paper. ASTOUNDING was a pulp. ANALOG and GALAXY are digests. DEVIL ON THE MOON is just a paperpack.
Haven't withstood the test of time, like a lot of comic books.
Need some good scanning of old copies, then just seal and frame those things.
Good smells from certain ones... I wonder if there's a market for scents and such?
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Perhaps not, but they are still in high demand by collectors. And many copies have been scanned and preserved--I do my part there. :)
As for the musty smells, well, I have plenty with those. I keep the worst of them locked in a cupboard with lavender and costmary. lol
Noticing the collector's market shifting over the last few years. Lots of the oldies fading away...
It's currently a buyer's market, for sure.
Waiting for more estates to give up the old collections, but many still not on eBay or the internet in general, so I guess you have to be there.
Yes, my mustys are also separated from the rest. Mostly all over the floor airing out.
A shame to acquire relics that have been neglected or abused, but with some rarities it's a common occurrence.
Perhaps libraries of the "future", like in the newer Time Machine with Guy Pierce... Well, just maybe they'll come with simulated scents too. The wide wonderful world of the smells of our past.
What do you collect?