And so summer comes to an end. Oh yes, I know it's only the middle of August, but I've had my holidays and now begin settling in for work once more.
While I was away, I found this at
The Bookman in Norwich:
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| Signed by the man himself! |
This is why I maintain my second hand book shop habit! I actually own a more up to date version of this in the British Library publication
Jack Vance: Critical Appreciations and a Bibliography but who could resist a document signed by JV himself. Only a tenner, too, which is beer money, really!
While I was away, I also decided to turn my incorrigible instinct for second hand bookshops to evil: I intend to build up my collection of large SF coffee-table art books from the 70s and 80s.