Book Collection - Rachel Readman

[Rachel Readman]

Well, I figured it is high time I throw my modest collection up here after all this time. These photos are old and the only pitures I have right now but I will take more and add to it as a lot has changed and I've moved house twice since we were in this place:

My self designed custom built 30 year old oak Dark Tower bookcase:

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A load of reading copies which has grown substantially now as well and a few of my other non King sculptures scattered around:

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[Dan]

Great stuff! I love the bookcase. You made, or had made, this 30 years ago?

[Rachel Readman]

Talisman S/L:

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The Art Of Michael Whelan Signed Limited and 1st HB eds, Inscribed, doodled and Original DT art ) slipcase not shown here. This is a beautiful production:

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This is in the standard 1st Hardback edition

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Gunslinger 1st Signed by Michael

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Gunslinger 2nd Signed by Donald M Grant:

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Alan M Clark Keys To The Kingdom Print with added sketch:

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Glenn Chadbourne Wizard & Glass Original 1/1

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[Rachel Readman]

Framed Stuff

Alan M Clark

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Michael Whelan

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There's a lot more but I need to get around to photographing it all so I'll add in when I can.

[Rachel Readman]

Sorry I wasn't very clear on that, hell I'm only 32 myself LOL. The Oak used to make it was aged and weathered for 30 years after being cut. I designed the case and had it made by a professional furniture maker/restorer.

It also has the numbers 19 (left) and 99 (right) carved into the sides at the top similar to the eye. Black 13 mounted into the front.

[jhanic]

Beautiful! I love the bookcase!

John

[Rachel Readman]

Thanks John, in hindsight I should have had it made much bigger as it is full and I now have the usual collectors dilemma of having no space for more, which simply will not do at all now will it!? Back then I couldn't have afforded to have it made any bigger as it cost a fortune as it was. I might have to design a second one :biggrin:

[The Library Policeman]

Great collection, Rachel. Love that bookcase!

[Bad Penny]

Rachel - it's great to see you in the collection threads at last - you've some wonderful pieces here, and I bet you have a whole bunch more yet to post (I, for one, look forward to seeing them!!!) :clap:

[Rachel Readman]

Thanks guys, I do love how the bookcase turned out and it is more special that I designed it myself. Originally I was going to have the whole wizards rainbow around the top but getting nice looking orbs that were the right size and colour proved to be too difficult so I went with just the Black 13 on it's own.

I do have a fairly modest collection compared to many. Most of my books are firsts or artist editions but I do have a number of nice items in there such as signed by King or remarqued, a few new DJ's for WAG a Gunslinger 1st and 2nd, portfolios and prints and a Michael Whelan 1/99 Road to the Dark Tower canvas print that remains unframed. There's probably items there that I have forgotten I even have.

I'll get some photos of them up here soon...

[Shannon]

Hey, Rachel Readman has a SK collection! :) Some nice books and signatures, but I love the artwork the best. Are any of those originals or are they all prints? And man oh man, you have some nice frames. :)

Shannon

P.S. Oh, also, what is that white Eyes of the Dragon book?

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Very impressive. What is that blue proof next to the DARK TOWER?

[jhanic]

Yeah, I can see it's by King, but I can't make out the title.

John

[Rachel Readman]

Hey, Rachel Readman has a SK collection! :) Some nice books and signatures, but I love the artwork the best. Are any of those originals or are they all prints? And man oh man, you have some nice frames. :)

Shannon

P.S. Oh, also, what is that white Eyes of the Dragon book?

No originals Shannon, I wish!! Those frames took some finding too and they are all framed to museum standard with anti glare and 200% UV protection etc.

The EOTD is just without it's dustjacket the one next to it is the same with a jacket. I think the one without is a second printing if I remeber correctly.


The blue proofs are DTVII, The Wastelands and I think the one you mean is a Scribner Dreamcatcher which is in an dark blue slipcase. Someone gave me the Dreamcatcher I forget now who it was. I think it was either back on .net or not long after this site was started and the slipcase is just a plain blue that they happened to have lying around.

[Shannon]

Oooooh, duh! :)

[dnemec]

Beautiful bookcase. And those frames are amazing! Can't wait to see more!

[Cook]

Rachel, Wow !
Showing your artistry skills in so my ways.
Bookcase is amazing, framing is fantastic & another cool book collection to the thread... Yeeaaaaa!
Whelan's framed Firestarter is absolutely perfect :thumbsup:
Thanks for sharing Rachel

[Rachel Readman]

Thank you guys, glad to have finally joined in the collection thread. I've been meaning to for quite some time and just never got around to it.

I do particularly like the Firestarter print because it is a photographic print and the strength of colour to it, it is very sharp and captured details superbly. The frame was chosen specifically because it looks almost charred and burned. The black matte around it is also textured and looks a little like paint burning off wood.

Just found some other pictures on a backup CD from back when I was having the bookcase made.

The original designs:

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This was the day I finally got to fill the bookcase after having my collection stored for a long time I think this must have been 2007 and we still had our Bearded Dragons Draco and Falcor back then, the house was tiny and very full. Another reason (apart from cost) that the bookcase couldn't be made bigger was that I didn't have space to have a bigger one:

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I certainly don't regret moving from there as now we live here:

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The house is a grade 2 protected listed building and it was derelict. It was taken down and rebuilt stone by stone and every stone had to be put back exactly where it came from because of it's protected status. The building has a lot of history. It was a dairy farm and mill. The Cornish Roundhouse was where horses would walk around and around to drive the mill to grind grain and there were only (as far as I can tell) 2 still standing in the whole world when the house was rebuilt around two years ago. There used to be lots of 'bad' men would come here and hold bare knuckle fighting contests upstairs and hide out from the law and there is still one of the original doors from upstairs with names of those men carved into it stored in the outbuildings.. Originally it was built around 1800.

[Merlin1958]

What a very cool collection thread!!!!!


:clap::clap::clap:

[Rachel Readman]

Some pics of how the house was before being rebuilt:

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The firewood that came out of the place:

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This is the mill that was used after the roundhouse became so dilapidated it couldn't be used anymore. This was engine driven via a large belt that went through the narrow window to the left front of the house. I believe this is now in an agricultural and Cornish history museum having been restored:

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As you can imagine it is very rural and idyllic, lots of wild animals, fields, trees and tractors but very historical and inspiring for an artist and very quiet for a bookworm like myself to enjoy me lovely booksies.

[Rachel Readman]

Got to do some more work now but happy reading folks. I thought it would be nice to give you all an insight into where we live.

More soon...

[Shannon]

Wow, very very very nice house. Speaking of which, I think I might have found one of my dream houses while looking through Craigslist for houses to rent. Going to go show it off in my thread. Thanks! :)

[Rachel Readman]

Yep we do love it but we too are renting. Would love to own it but it would cost us £850,000+!!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

But ---- the original house had so much ATMOSPHERE! How could you bear to rebuild it!

[Bad Penny]

Yep we do love it but we too are renting. Would love to own it but it would cost us £850,000+!!

Ouch !!!! Rachel, the house is nothing short of amazing - love the pix, love the story !!!! :rock:

[dnemec]

Wow...I love that house! But the horror lover in me has to ask...is it haunted? :ghost_002:

[becca69]

Nice stuff... great house!

[Scoogs]

I had forgotten about your bookcase, so I'm glad you reposted those photos.
It looks great and the house is fantastic.

[needfulthings]

Love the house & the Dark Tower bookcase. Possible solution for your bookcase dilemma.
ONLY USE IT FOR DARK TOWER BOOKS

[Scoogs]

I say make it a double sided bookcase on a turn table base so it could spin around.
One set on each side so your Tower collection could just loop around on itself!

[Rachel Readman]

Wow...I love that house! But the horror lover in me has to ask...is it haunted? :ghost_002:

We've been here for 7 months now and as yet there have only been a few odd things happen. Dark shadows, things that seem to move behind you quickly and you catch them out of the corner of your eye and things seem to go missing after you put them down only to turn up later. Haven't seen anything major yet though, there is still hope for it yet.

Just remembered there was one thing, I was in my studio working one day and heard someone very clearly walking across the dining room and kitchen (which is open plan) towards my studio and I thought it was my husband, but it wasn't as he was in his music room.

[Rachel Readman]

I say make it a double sided bookcase on a turn table base so it could spin around.
One set on each side so your Tower collection could just loop around on itself!

I see your way of thinking. I might have to keep that in mind for the next design if I can maybe save up about $5000 equivalent, then I'll have to have the books to fill it as well so maybe about $25,000 should do it :scared:

I'm going to have to do something though as I am all out of shelves now and my other bookcases are full too.

That bookcase is more DT stuff than anything else but when I get another case I probably will keep that as just DT and move everything else out. I originally only ever wanted to have a full collection of 1st/1st DT books and didn't set my sights any higher than that, believe it or not.

[TwistedNadine]

Great before and after pics of the house. The bookcase is gorgeous!

[Dan]

I would love to see more photos of the house. I love how it looks so creepy.

[Merlin1958]

Got to do some more work now but happy reading folks. I thought it would be nice to give you all an insight into where we live.

More soon...

So cool!! So, you like, live in a suburb of "Hobbiton"???? LOL LOL


I have an extra "Bag End" sign you are welcome to. It's just like the one hanging out side my house!!!

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Terrible photo, great sign!!!

[Rachel Readman]

Haha, The funny thing about that is that our landlady who lives just out back in another great house has a dog called Bilbo! Her house is the original farmhouse where the farmer would have lived with their family. Our house was originally a cow shed/milking parlour/barn and mill and according to some records a 'tater' store.

If the sign said, 'The Roundhouse, St. Elvan Farm - Bag End' it would be ideal.

We are about 1.4 miles either way from a historic harbour village and market town but it feels like we're in the middle of nowhere with just countryside around us. Very handy really. Although Cornwall is just that way wherever you are, you only have to travel a short way out of any populated areas and it feels like you're in the back of beyond with farmland, countryside cliffs, coastline and beaches all around.

Ok I'll throw up some more photos in a bit...

[Rachel Readman]

"But ---- the original house had so much ATMOSPHERE! How could you bear to rebuild it!"

It was a case of not having any choice, it was so run down that it was completely uninhabitable and unuseable for anything. We didn't rebuild it, as we don't own it (if only). It was derelict from about 1996 until 2010 when the rebuild was completed.

Strange that you think it looks creepy Dan? I would say those big old psycho and King's house type places look creepy or do you mean the derelict photos look creepy?

[The Library Policeman]

You have a lovely house, Rachel. :)

Regarding your Firestarter art, Whelan's cover for Firestarter is by far the best cover for any King book so far imo. Always been my favourite.

[Rachel Readman]

Thank you Alan, I agree, Firestarter is definitely up there with the best of 'em.

We are very privileged and lucky to live in such a lovely place and I really mean that modestly! We couldn't believe our luck when we found it and that we could afford to rent it, our landlady was very good to us with the monthly rent.

I just sent my husband around with the camera so here goes:

Wrecked, devastated and needing lots of love:

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Rear views

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Single storey barn that adjoins our house:

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The teardown begins:

Bilbo the dog in the rear courtyard

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Where's the Rounhouse gone?

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The Roundhouse (Background) and the single storey barns completely gone only the workshop outbuildings remain:

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[Rachel Readman]

The Rebuild:

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Two and a half years later...

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The whirlwind tour:

Inside the Roundhouse, and the vaulted ceiling:

(This first one is not our furniture and was taken before we moved in)

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A view from the other direction:

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My studio, where the magic, mess and hard work happens:

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The view the other way and my drawing board:

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[Rachel Readman]

The garden (or should I say football field):

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Surrounding view across the meadow:

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View across surrounding fields and horse pasture:

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Back indoors, the Constant Reader and the new Jake & Oy Silflay presentation boxes:

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The Tower in the library (this is actually 2 layers deep so I'll have to take more photos when I can get the books out):

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My other bookcase with lots of reading copies (again 2 layers):

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http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/darktowernetbooksigningtour/The%20Roundhouse/House009_zpsda159f82.jpg~original

Whew all done, that was a journey LOL.

We're still shifting and shuffling things around at the minute and these photos are only showing a tiny part of the inside of the house. 4 huge bedrooms, 3 huge bathrooms, huge dining/kitchen, utility room that is bigger than most living rooms. We are still trying to get used to the size, freedom and open airiness and LIGHT we have LIGHT! Looking at these pictures makes it look a lot smaller than it actually is.

So from that then Bill, I guess you could say we live in a place a little like a suburb of Bag End, maybe a little flatter and not so many Orcs, Elves and filthy Obbitszs?

[Dan]

Wow, love it! I would love to live out in the country like that. Amazing rebuild!

[jhanic]

A truly beautiful house, Rachael. Congratulations!

John

[Rachel Readman]

Thank you, the rebuild is pretty spectacular and I wish I could take credit for it but it is all down to our landlady, her husband and the builders who did an amazing job.

I'll get to digging through my books and taking photos next...

[Bad Penny]

Bring it on Rachel !!!! :rock:

[Scoogs]

My studio, where the magic, mess and hard work happens:

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/darktowernetbooksigningtour/The%20Roundhouse/House011_zpsa6cf1783.jpg~original

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/darktowernetbooksigningtour/The%20Roundhouse/House012_zps6a9891ff.jpg~original

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I see what you did there. You're teasing us by letting us catch just a glimpse of all those Crimson King sculptures sitting on the floor/in the boxes!

[Rachel Readman]

Who me, no, I wouldn't, not never :nope:

They are ready to go and I'm chasing the flight case maker to try to get things rolling. Sending to Michael Whelan will be first priority as soon as I get the first case(s).

Mick took the photos, I just posted them and I did say that I wasn't sure I should have the sculptures there but he said not to worry they could hardly be made out in the pics anyway. I'm innocent m'lord. :fairy:

You're the first to notice though (or at least to say so).

[Scoogs]

:lol:

I only noticed because I'm saving my pennies so I can order that one when it is released.

[becca69]

Beautiful place!

[Merlin1958]

Beautiful place!


Yes, almost as pretty as you, my dear!!! :rose:

[Shannon]

Love it. Thanks for showing us. :)

[Rachel Readman]

Although I already posted elsewhere my Carrie Artist case courtesy of Mr. Olson has to go into my collection thread too:

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/darktowernetbooksigningtour/Our%20Collection/CarrieArtistCase001_zps8a4f9b6d.jpg~original

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[Dan]

Very nice!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Nice case. You can carry CARRIE carefully in it if you care to.

[Merlin1958]

Nice case. You can carry CARRIE carefully in it if you care to.


:doh:

[Rachel Readman]

Terrible, stick to book collecting. :tongue:

[Bad Penny]

May I humbly suggest some Rachel Readman art to compliment that marvelous Dolso case (difficult to come across due to exclusivity, but well worth the hunt) :P

[Merlin1958]

May I humbly suggest some Rachel Readman art to compliment that marvelous Dolso case (difficult to come across due to exclusivity, but well worth the hunt) :P

I have to agree with, Rachel. However, some Chadbourne art would be a great alternative!!!

[Bad Penny]

May I humbly suggest some Rachel Readman art to compliment that marvelous Dolso case (difficult to come across due to exclusivity, but well worth the hunt) :P

I have to agree with, Rachel. However, some Chadbourne art would be a great alternative!!!

Yeah, Glenn's good, but I've heard it around the traps that this Readman character is a damn great artist too!!!! :smile:

[Merlin1958]

May I humbly suggest some Rachel Readman art to compliment that marvelous Dolso case (difficult to come across due to exclusivity, but well worth the hunt) :P

I have to agree with, Rachel. However, some Chadbourne art would be a great alternative!!!

Yeah, Glenn's good, but I've heard it around the traps that this Readman character is a damn great artist too!!!! :smile:

No slight on, Rachel. Just a suggestion for another artist to do the art besides herself. Since Glenn has done these before it seemed logical.

[Bad Penny]

Lordy McGawdy Wild Bill, sometimes subtleties are just plain lost on ya, huh ??? :P

[Merlin1958]

Lordy McGawdy Wild Bill, sometimes subtleties are just plain lost on ya, huh ??? :P

Yes, I suppose I can be rather "literal" at times. Fuck you, mate!!! LOL LOL LOL I'm just kidding, of course.


FWIW, I think that Rachel having a Chadbourne piece of art in her collection would be kinda neat, IMHO I'd even pay for it just for the "story" aspect of it.

[Bad Penny]

Lordy McGawdy Wild Bill, sometimes subtleties are just plain lost on ya, huh ??? :P

Yes, I suppose I can be rather "literal" at times. Fuck you, mate!!! LOL LOL LOL I'm just kidding, of course.


FWIW, I think that Rachel having a Chadbourne piece of art in her collection would be kinda neat, IMHO I'd even pay for it just for the "story" aspect of it.

And the very best of seasons greetings to you, too, Wild Bill :P

Nope, self-nepotism needs to come into play with this one, a Readman piece is the ONLY way to go (this time around) :smile:

[Rachel Readman]

I would honestly like to have Michael Whelan work some magic for me and I may approach the subject with him once we get over all this Crimson King stuff we have to work through.

[Merlin1958]

Lordy McGawdy Wild Bill, sometimes subtleties are just plain lost on ya, huh ??? :P

Yes, I suppose I can be rather "literal" at times. Fuck you, mate!!! LOL LOL LOL I'm just kidding, of course.


FWIW, I think that Rachel having a Chadbourne piece of art in her collection would be kinda neat, IMHO I'd even pay for it just for the "story" aspect of it.

And the very best of seasons greetings to you, too, Wild Bill :P

Nope, self-nepotism needs to come into play with this one, a Readman piece is the ONLY way to go (this time around) :smile:


I would honestly like to have Michael Whelan work some magic for me and I may approach the subject with him once we get over all this Crimson King stuff we have to work through.

I see I was grossly mistaken in this case, From my perspective, it would seem "neat as hell", then again "what do I know"? My apologies to all involved. No "offense" was intended. I will retire, quietly.

[Ben Eads]

I love your collection! Especially your art! Well done!

[Rachel Readman]

OK it been such a long time since I said I would show the shelves here and I never got around to it. After some prompting from Zelig, here are the new custom bookcases I got with all my books in situ. These pics don't include my King/DT bookcase with my 'proper' collection in it. That will take me some time to go through and take photos of everything, so I'll do that another time, perhaps next weekend...

Full Height and width shots:

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/darktowernetbooksigningtour/Our%20Collection/Bookshelves/P1010194_zpsjr5rk71z.jpg~original

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First (left hand case) shelves bottom to top:

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Second (middle case) bottom to top:

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/darktowernetbooksigningtour/Our%20Collection/Bookshelves/P1010206_zpszbwy15oc.jpg~original

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Third (right hand case) bottom to top:

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/darktowernetbooksigningtour/Our%20Collection/Bookshelves/P1010207_zpsf2yecw02.jpg~original

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http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/darktowernetbooksigningtour/Our%20Collection/Bookshelves/P1010212_zpsepflqepm.jpg~original

[Rachel Readman]

The other case:

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/darktowernetbooksigningtour/Our%20Collection/Bookshelves/P1010213_zpsj2swds9r.jpg~original

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:smile:

[The Library Policeman]

They look great, Rachel. :)

[jonp]

Very nice collection and cases Rachel. Congratulations.

[Merlin1958]

I just LOVE it, Rachel!!! :clap::clap::clap:

[zelig]

Wonderful Rachel! Thanks for posting all the pics! I like the dragon on the top of that one bookcase, and also like how your paperbacks are well read! The Ken Follett books look great too, I'm a fan. Look forward to seeing the rest of the King books.

[Dan]

Love the Dickens set? Is it complete?

[stroppygoblin]

Love the Dickens set? Is it complete?

I'm pretty sure there is a set like that at my Mothers house. Do they have any particular value Rachel? I know they have been there for years as I read them when I was quite young

[Rachel Readman]

Thanks everyone. As you can see I do a lot of reading and I'm quite varied in my tastes. My paperbacks are well read and multiple times but treasured as much as any of my collectible copies. Need more shelves so I can house more.

Ahh my cute dragon. He's a hand puppet. Little monster looks after my studio/library for me.

Ken Follet is great. I started out with Pillars of the Earth and enjoyed it so much I picked up the others. The TV series of PotE was really good too.

[Rachel Readman]

The Dickens set originally belonged to my Grandfather and he passed them to my Dad. My Dad gave them to me about a year ago. Dad said he had researched them on the internet and every set he saw seemed to be missing a few of the books that my set has. I seem to recall that he said they were from the 1930's, 1936 if I recall correctly. I have 16 books in the set but all the sets my Dad found on the internet I think he said only had 13 books.

Doing a quick search myself I did just find these:

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/181537847403?_mwBanner=1

http://m.preloved.co.uk/m/showadvert/111955927/dickens-complete-works.html

http://www.justanswer.com/antiques/6i0lt-set-16-volumes-charles-dickens-books.html


Kind of blows my Dad's research out. Apparently there are 16 in the set and they are circa 1950 if the preloved ad is correct. Then it appears there was a similar set with blue boards.

Some info on the publisher:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazell,_Watson_and_Viney

Seems they are not particularly scarce or valuable. No matter though, still a nice set to own and the sentimental value in my set means more that any monetary value.

[Dan]

Fantastic! I bought a 20 volume set a few years ago that I love. They were printed in 1936, I believe. They are only worth a few dollars each but I still love the look of the set on my dresser.

[zelig]

Ken Follet is great. I started out with Pillars of the Earth and enjoyed it so much I picked up the others. The TV series of PotE was really good too.

I'm a big fan of his historical fiction. I started with the Century trilogy, then read Pillars of the Earth which was incredible. One of the best books I've read. And just today actually, I finished World Without End. I hear he's writing a 3rd book in this series.

[TCCBodhi]

Great collection, Rachel and obviously well-loved and taken care of!

[Priest]

ich think its never to late to say, that the house is fantastic and the collection looks great!!!
thats absolute perfect, congrats!

[Stockerlone]

GREAT collection !!!
Is M. Ende´s NEVERENDING STORY the custom selfmade leather edition ?

[webstar1000]

DAMMMMMMM~! You got a LOT of books Rach!

[Theli]

Fantastic collection Rachel!

[Rachel Readman]

GREAT collection !!!
Is M. Ende´s NEVERENDING STORY the custom selfmade leather edition ?

Thanks everyone. What can I say. I love books in all their forms and the more the better. Never can have enough books.

The Neverending Story is this one :

http://geekifyinc.com/product/leatherbound-neverending-story-book/

My husband got it for me along with an Auryn necklace/medallion as a Christmas present 2 Christmas's ago. He got me 152 books (most of what you see on the shelves in the photos then for my Birthday he got me the custom bookshelves. Took me a long time to open all my presents that Christmas but it was certainly a good one!

[Cordial Jim]

Incredible book collection! Fantastic book case! Awesome house! :)

[Merlin1958]

Incredible book collection! Fantastic book case! Awesome house! :)

And the Lady is a very talented artist that we hope will soon be commissioned to do some work on an upcoming, King edition. Talk about having it all!!!

Hint, hint, Mr. Brian Freeman!!!!!

[HONKYTONKSMASH]

Fantastic collection and just an awesome bookcase!

[Rachel Readman]

:blush:

[Merlin1958]

:blush:


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