Book Collection: Scoogs

[Scoogs]

This thread is long overdue.
These are my two primary collection book cases. I have several others, but they are mainly just reading copies or books that I don't consider part of my actual collection.

Up first is the King case:
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And this one is for other authors.
The top shelf is just temporary storage at this point, so I have some free space to expand there and on the very bottom. I'm sure that space won't last long.
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[Scoogs]

My King collection is primarily focused on the Dark Tower books, so you won't see a lot of the other books in here compared to most of the collections on this site.

I'm sure everyone here has seem the King limiteds before, so I won't post individual shots unless they contain something unique.
Most of the bells or other stuff you see on the shelves belonged to my Grandmothers.

King Shelf 1A:
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Knowing Darkness and the Salem's Lot gift edition with The Collector's traycase and an extra set of the art prints from the book.


King Shelf 1B:
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Due to their size, I had to cheat and put a few non-King books in here.
The Beck book is signed, the others are movie/special effects books that I collected when I was younger.


King Shelf 2:
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DOTT, The Waste Lands and TWTTK are my remarqued copies, everything from Joyland on are my signed/limited editions.


King Shelf 3:
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LSOE Artist Edition, Gunsligner 2nd, DOTT 1st signed by Phil Hale, DOTT ARC, Gunslinger 3rd, DOTT 2nd signed by Phil Hale, Waste Lands 1st, W&G 1st, WotC 1st Trade, TWTTK Artist Edition, TWTTK 1st Trade, WotC Artist Edition, SoS Artist Edition, TDT Artist Edition, SoS 1st Trade Remarqued and signed by Darrel Anderson, TDT 1st Trade singed and doodled by Whelan, TDT Complete Concordance S/L.


King Shelf 4:
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The Road to the Dark Tower S/L, Talisman & Black House gift edition, both signed by Peter Straub, Desperation Gift Edition, Insomnia Gift Edition, The Dark Man 1st printing and slipcased 1st, All of the Marvel DT hardcover collections, Viking DT reprints, SoS 1st Trade, TDT 1st Trade, UK hardcover 1st/1st editions of both volumes of the Dark Tower Concordance.


King Shelf 5:
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Mostly Dark Tower linked hardcovers or other titles I found interesting enough to add to the shelf.
The three tubes on the right contain a full set of Grant edition dust jackets with the exception of a first edition Gunslinger.

[Scoogs]

So far I have four remarqued books from the Dark Tower series.

DOTT Grant First Edition(Phil forgot to sign this one):
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The Waste Lands -- Grant First Edition:
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Song of Susannah -- First Trade Edition:
I know a lot of collectors don't care for the SoS remarques, but I actually like this one a lot.
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The Wind Through the Keyhole -- Grant Artist Edition:
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Not a Remarque, but Whelan did doodle an eye in my TDT 1st/1st that he signed.
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[Scoogs]

I really can't limit myself to just one author. Thank God I'm not a completest!

Other Authors Shelf 1:
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The Anne Rice Easton Press set (unsigned edition), my first editions of the Vampire Chronicles and a couple of new authors I've picked up recently including a Night Film Arc and a signed 1st Trade, followed by UK and US 1st/1sts of The Bone Season.


Other Authors Shelf 2:
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My George R.R. Martin collection, which I just started earlier this year. New AGOT UK edition, B&N AGOT slipcased edition, ACOK 1st Trade, ASOS 1st Trade, AFFC 1st Trade, ADWD 1st Trade (needs to be upgraded), UK Slipcased editions of AGOT(3rd), ACOK(1st), ASOS(1st), AFFC(1st), ADWD(1st), ADWD S/L (with rights), AFFC 1st Trade. That last copy of AFFC was for one of my dust jacket proofs, but it isn't quite as Fine as the seller indicated.


Other Authors Shelf 3:
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Frank Herbert, Ray Bradbury, Anne Rice and some Star Wars S/Ls. I'll show close-ups of these in another post.


Other Authors Shelf 4:
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Joe Hill, Frank Darabont, Kurt Vonnegut, Hugh Howey, Colin Meloy, Max Brooks, Tolkein, and a few others. I'll show close-ups of these in another post.


Other Authors Shelf 5:
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A few gift editions or generally not limited editions that I still really like.
3 volume set of the complete annotated Sherlock Holmes, a children's book written by a friend of mine earlier this year (signed of course), Leather bound edition of Frank Miller's Batman stories, Leather bound edition of Joker stories, Poe, Dickens Christmas stories, a couple of Dracula editions, Asimov, Brandbury and the 3 volume Complete Calvin & Hobbes set.

[Scoogs]

Frank Herbert:
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These are signed/limited editions of God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, Chapterhouse: Dune and The White Plague. None of these were issued with dust jackets, but the seller I purchased from added a first edition jacket to Heretics.


Ray Bradbury:
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These are my signed/limited Bradbury books.
That's the Hill House edition of The Cat's Pajamas, 50th Anniversary edition of F451 with new Ralph Steadman art (love this edition), Easton Press signed/numbered edition of F451, 40th Anniversary edition of F451, Dandelion Wine S/L, and Farewell Summer. The F451 40th, Dandelion Wine and Farewell Summer are all matching single digit numbers.
Not shown is a S/L chapbook from Hill House.


Anne Rice:
I used to have a fairly extensive collection of Anne Rice signed/limiteds, but I stopped collecting books a few years ago and sold all but a handful of them. Some days I regret that now that I'm collecting again.
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Signed 20th Anniversary edition of Interview With the Vampire. This one is near impossible to get out of its slipcase, so I store that on the shelf with my first editions. The Queen of the Damned S/L, this is one of my favorites of her limiteds. Memnoch the Devil, lettered edition. Got this one for a steal.
Vittorio the Vampire, publisher issued signed bookplate edition.

[Scoogs]

Signed Star Wars Novels:
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I used to be a big Star Wars fan, so naturally when I started collecting books, I looked to see what titles were available.
Timothy Zahn can be credited for bringing Star Wars back to popularity in the very early 90s and is a fan favorite, so I was glad to see his original trilogy was given the S/L treatment. Not many seem to know these exist.
Heir to the Empire S/L, Dark Force Rising S/L, The Last Command S/L, The Last Command 1st Trade inscribed, Outbound Flight 1st Trade inscribed, Outbound Flight 1st Trade signed/dated, Episode One S/L, Episode Two S/L, Episode Three S/L.
Episode Two was not issued with a dust jacket.

I was able to catch Zahn on a signing tour in Chicago in 2006 for the release of Outbound Flight and had him inscribe my 1st/1st of The Last Command with the final words of Grand Admiral Thrawn.
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Joe Hill, Frank Darabont, Kurt Vonnegut and Neil Gaiman:
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Signed 1st/1st of NOS4A2, Heart-shaped Box S/L deluxe edition PC, Walpuski's Typewriter S/L, Slaughterhouse Five Easton Press Signed Edition, The Ocean at the End of the Lane signed 1st/1st


Hugh Howey:
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Wool signed UK 1st/1st, Wool signed US 1st/1st, Dust signed 1st/1st ugly edition.

[Scoogs]

Colin Meloy:
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Barely visible next to Dust is a lettered and a numbered copy of The Grievous Demise of Mr. Whitley Rackham. There are only 200 copies total, included the lettered edition, and it was letterpress printed. Only the lettered edition is signed.
Then we have a Wildwood ARC, Wildwood US 1st/1st, Wildwood S/L, Under Wildwood ARC, Under Wildwood US 1st/1st and a Wildwood Imperium ARC. I just got that last ARC earlier this week, the book won't be published until February.
Wildwood is currently being developed as a stop motion animated film by the same studio that made Coraline and ParaNorman, so I assume that will help increase its popularity.


Zombies, Elves, Lawyers and Pigs:
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The Zombie Survival Guide ARC (Cemetery Dance), World War Z 1st/1st (S/L and lettered editions of both are on order), The Children of Hurin 1st/1st, LOTR 50th Anniversary edition 1st/1st, To Kill a Mockingbird 50th Anniversary edition 1st/1st, Animal Farm Folio Society Edition.


Frank Herbert (Again):
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Dune Leather-bound SFBC 50th Anniversary Edition limited edition, Dune Barnes & Noble Leather Edition.
The SFBC edition is actually pretty rare and can be hard to find, especially at a good price.
The B&N edition is also pretty well made for a mass market edition.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Reserved for comment - Nice bookcases. I really like the way they look, and the books inside ain't bad either! Looking forward to more photos.

[Bad Penny]

Brilliant start Scoogs !!! Really liking what you've posted so far (and, yeah, a bit overdue on your part mate ... hahahaha) :smile:

[Ben Staad]

Love the illustrations and really love the Taheen in SOS. Great stuff and congrats.

[carlosdetweiller]

Other Authors Shelf 1:
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The Anne Rice Easton Press set (unsigned edition), my first editions of the Vampire Chronicles and a couple of new authors I've picked up recently including a Night Film Arc and a signed 1st Trade, followed by UK and US 1st/1sts of The Bone Season.


Nice collection! Thanks for the pics. What is the book with the black spine between The Servant of the Bones and the ARC of Night Film?

[Stockerlone]

GREAT Collection !!!

[Scoogs]

Other Authors Shelf 1:
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The Anne Rice Easton Press set (unsigned edition), my first editions of the Vampire Chronicles and a couple of new authors I've picked up recently including a Night Film Arc and a signed 1st Trade, followed by UK and US 1st/1sts of The Bone Season.


Nice collection! Thanks for the pics. What is the book with the black spine between The Servant of the Bones and the ARC of Night Film?

Thanks Bob.

That's actually just the slipcase for the 20th Anniversary edition of Interview With the Vampire. It's the worst fitting slipcase I've ever seen and it is nearly impossible to get the book out of it, so I just leave it empty on the shelf.
That edition sells so cheaply that I may just pick up another copy and hope for a better fit.

[jhanic]

Beautiful, Kyle. A great collection!

John

[Cook]

Very nice collection Scoogs,
Handsome display, well done.

[becca69]

Really nice stuff!

[Scoogs]

Thanks everyone. I'm still kind of shocked how much my collection grew this year, or will once all of the pre-orders come in!

[bdwyer19]

Great looking collection!!

[The Library Policeman]

Great stuff, scoogs!

[Merlin1958]

Very, very cool collection, Kyle!!! Unique items there!!! Jealous!!! LOL

[Scoogs]

Christine arrived yesterday.

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[Bad Penny]

That's one fine looking volume Kyle !!!! :smile:

[Scoogs]

Two new additions today. The first is the S/L of The Skin Trade by George R.R. Martin.

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The second is the S/L of Dust by Hugh Howey.

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[Bad Penny]

Nice additions Kyle !!!! :smile:

[becca69]

Two new additions today. The first is the S/L of The Skin Trade by George R.R. Martin.

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The second is the S/L of Dust by Hugh Howey.

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Very nice. Makes me wonder where my Skin Trades are... they were supposed to ship Capclave members first - BOO!

[dnemec]

Love all the Bradburys!

[DoctorZaius]

The cover for The Skin Trade is fantastic. I love Rick's work!

[Scoogs]

Love all the Bradburys!

Thanks, I still have a few more editions of F451 on my want list.
Someday I also want to add the S/L of Something Wicked This Way Comes.

[Scoogs]

Very nice. Makes me wonder where my Skin Trades are... they were supposed to ship Capclave members first - BOO!

Being on the East coast, I would have expected you to have yours already!
They did write me back about the dust jacket. Sounds like it is a small, but known issue that they are working to correct.

[becca69]

I emailed them and they said mine was shipped in a larger package. I'm sure it's still an envelope though. I did have two books so we'll see what happens.

[Scoogs]

My signed 1st/1st UK hardcovers of Shift and Dust arrived today.

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[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I have yet to read a book by Howey, but something tells me I should.

[Scoogs]

I have yet to read a book by Howey, but something tells me I should.

I'm a bit behind, so I actually still need to read Shift and Dust.
Wool was a good read.

[Scoogs]

A couple more that I've been waiting on arrived yesterday.

First up is Heart-Shaped Box:
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The other is the Goldsboro S/L of Shift:
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These are really just a UK first with a signature page and slipcase added, so I'm interested to see what Sub Press will do with the trilogy.

[Scoogs]

Dr. Sleep has arrived:

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Unfortunately I didn't get the number that I requested, so it doesn't match my IT S/L. Fingers crossed that SubPress can still match The Shining for me.

[bdwyer19]

Dr. Sleep has arrived:

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Unfortunately I didn't get the number that I requested, so it doesn't match my IT S/L. Fingers crossed that SubPress can still match The Shining for me.

I was about to ask what number you were looking for, but now that it's remarqued, you probably wouldn't want to trade!

[Scoogs]

I was about to ask what number you were looking for, but now that it's remarqued, you probably wouldn't want to trade!

Yeah, that complicates it a little. However, if I can still match The Shining to this number, I won't worry about it.
It's a really nice edition and almost doesn't need a dust jacket.

[Cook]

Scoogs,
Congratulations on Doctor Sleep !!

P.S. That's also a real pretty Heart Shaped Box.

[Ben Eads]

Wow! Awesome books and fantastic remarques!

I love your bookcases! I need to get some like that to properly display my books.

[Scoogs]

Wow! Awesome books and fantastic remarques!

I love your bookcases! I need to get some like that to properly display my books.

Thanks Ben.
I picked those bookcases up from IKEA over the Summer. The only question now is; how long until I need a third?

[Scoogs]

Speaking of bookcases, these are two smaller cases that I have in the other room.
These are mostly reading copies.

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I've also been meaning to post my Darrel Anderson print from DT6.

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[Scoogs]

Grant attempted to have a convention for members of the old DT.N site back in 2005 called PalaverCon.
I didn't attend, but I did buy one of the gift bags they offered and got quite a few of the signed art pages.

The only thing not signed that is shown here is the small Gunslinger card.
The Rick Berry page is one of my favorite King illustrations.

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[Ben Eads]

Wow! Awesome books and fantastic remarques!

I love your bookcases! I need to get some like that to properly display my books.

Thanks Ben.
I picked those bookcases up from IKEA over the Summer. The only question now is; how long until I need a third?

At the rate you're going? Pretty soon! ;)

[Scoogs]

Unfortunately I didn't get the number that I requested, so it doesn't match my IT S/L. Fingers crossed that SubPress can still match The Shining for me.

I was about to ask what number you were looking for, but now that it's remarqued, you probably wouldn't want to trade!

Phew.
Good news from SubPress for matching The Shining to the Dr. Sleep number that I received.

[Bad Penny]

Liking the remarqued Doctor Sleep a heck of a lot mate, the Chong's I've see thus far seriously rock (and the signed DT art you have is stunning !!) :smile:

[Ben Eads]

Liking the remarqued Doctor Sleep a heck of a lot mate, the Chong's I've see thus far seriously rock (and the signed DT art you have is stunning !!) :smile:

Chong rocks!

[Merlin1958]

Liking the remarqued Doctor Sleep a heck of a lot mate, the Chong's I've see thus far seriously rock (and the signed DT art you have is stunning !!) :smile:

Chong rocks!

Yes, he does!!

[Scoogs]

I've received a few more "other author" additions over the last few weeks.

Up first is a signed 1st/1st of S. by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst.
They've only done a couple of appearances together to promote the book. This one was signed in New York.

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I also picked up an unsigned 1st/1st of the Dangerous Women anthology from George R.R. Martin and others. This one has a new ASOIAF story in it.

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And a couple of new Joe Hill purchases for me.
Horns could use a better DJ, but the signature and doodle are great!

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[Scoogs]

I've been looking forward to this one.
It's the new S/L edition of Cat's Cradle from Easton Press.

Slipcase:
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Front Cover & Spine:
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Certificate & Sig Page:
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[Bad Penny]

Man alive, that copy of Cat's Cradle is beautiful !!!!!

Awesome production, love it !!!! :excited:

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Thanks for the CAT'S CRADLE pictures, haven't opened mine as of yet.

[Scoogs]

Man alive, that copy of Cat's Cradle is beautiful !!!!!

Awesome production, love it !!!! :excited:

Easton Press has improved over the last few years with these numbered and slipcased editions.
I like them a lot more than their standard leather signed editions.

I just wish they would issue more new titles instead of what feels like endless reissues of the same titles.

[Scoogs]

I think Merlin1958 might appreciate this.

It's the Sideshow Weta limited edition statue of the Witch King from LOTR. #24 of 9500.
He's been keeping watch over my bookshelves for years.

It's about 17 inches tall, and just barely fits on top of the new bookcases that I got over the summer.

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[at_one]

That is SUPER BAD ASS!!!!

[stroppygoblin]

God that is AWESOME! (my wife would hate it :) )

[becca69]

:thumbsup:

[Merlin1958]

Merlin1958, really appreciates this and wants one!!! Desperately!!! LOL

The Witch King of Ang-Mar!!! Whooo Hooo!!!

[Ben Eads]

I can has? LOL

Very beautiful!

[Scoogs]

Got the last copy from my local Target (thanks to Becca posting when she found her copies).
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One of my goals this year is expanding my Dune collection.
To that end, I've added these three recently.

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Heretics and Chapterhouse both included index cards signed by Frank Herbert.

[biomieg]

Ooohh, very nice proofs! Are these as scarce as the Putnam Skeleton Crew proof?

[Stockerlone]

VERY NICE NEW BOOKS !!!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Those DUNE proofs are impressive indeed! It takes a lot of sand to collect those.

[Scoogs]

Ooohh, very nice proofs! Are these as scarce as the Putnam Skeleton Crew proof?

To be honest, I don't even know how scarce the Skeleton Crew proof is.

Heretics and Chapterhouse are not all that difficult to find, but prices vary widely. I lucked out and got them in amazing condition for very cheap. God Emperor seems to be more difficult to find, so I was glad I snagged it when I did.
All three appear to be unread and the signed cards with two of them are a nice bonus.

[Scoogs]

Thanks guys.
I should have a few more additions in the next couple of weeks.

[Scoogs]

Both of Marisha Pessl's UK ARCs arrived a while ago and I forgot to post them.

Night Film:
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics, with the belly band:
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[Scoogs]

1st edition of the Sand omnibus by Hugh Howey. Signed and dated on the first day he was signing copies.

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For the curious, it's from the second day of the first print run.
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[Scoogs]

This one just arrived today.

It's the UK proof of Chapterhouse: Dune.
The UK trade edition preceded the US edition by about two months, making it the true world first edition. In theory, that makes this proof the earliest version of the book.
However, there are notable differences in the text of the original UK and US versions. No one seems to know why that is, but it appears to have been corrected in the years since the original publication.

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A "proof" DJ was also included, though I can find nothing that distinguishes it from the final production version.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Love those Herbert proofs.

[Scoogs]

Thanks ur2ndbiggestfan. They are definitely some of my favorite additions to my collection.

Here's another Dune addition that arrived today.
This one is particularly challenging to find, so I'm very happy to have final picked one up.

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[Scoogs]

Really happy to add this one today:

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Now I just need to add AFFC and my SubPress set will be covered.

[becca69]

Sweet. Do you have the MM books? I need AGOT!!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I never started collecting the Martin books (if I had I'd be more broke than ever!) so I really enjoy seeing all the pictures of them here!

[Scoogs]

Sweet. Do you have the MM books? I need AGOT!!

I'll be very happy just having all of the SubPress editions, so I don't know if I'm going to try for the MM books or not.
The seller that I bought ASOS from does have a matching ACOK listed, but that is the only other book they have from the series.

I do actually know where #11 of AGOT, ACOK and ASOS are, but haven't heard back from that collector in several months.
AFFC is the missing one that neither of us were able to track down.

[Scoogs]

I've been anxiously waiting for this one to make its way across the Atlantic.

UK 1st/1st of Dune Messiah in almost perfect condition:
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[Merlin1958]

Not a big fan, but I am truly happy for you!! You're a "top flight" guy and member to have the priviledge to be around!!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

That DUNE MESSIAH looks great!

[Ben Eads]

Very nice!

I love Herbert's work. That Dune looks STUNNING!

[Scoogs]

The final Wildwood book came out last week.

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Pet Sematary should be shipping soon, so I may actually have a King book update in the next couple of weeks! It's been a while.

[Scoogs]

Pet Sematary arrived and thankfully SubPress was able to match my copy of Christine.

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[Bad Penny]

Good deal on having the matching PS editions - seems like quite a few didn't cos of the PS screw up that saw both CD and OCP receive non-matching copies (my Pet Sematary is intransit from the latter, and I've not been game enough to ask whether mine will match Christine or not) :scared:

[Scoogs]

Another Dune proof that was pretty difficult to track down. Then when I did finally locate one, I had to wait out an international postal strike.

Uncorrected proof of the UK/world first edition of Heretics of Dune:
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Also included a proof dust jacket, which was trimmed to match the book proof. Unknown if that was done by the publisher or the original owner.
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[Stockerlone]

Congrats, NICE new books !!!

[Scoogs]

I've had these for years, but Bob's Anne Rice collection inspired me to finally pull these two off my shelf and take some photos.

Queen of the Damned:
At 124 copies, this is possibly the smallest limitation of any regular S/L that I own.

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Memnoch, lettered edition:

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[becca69]

Bob's collection inspired me to buy a UK 1st of Interview and it kindled my hunt for the limiteds again - damn you Bob! :wub:

[becca69]

BTW how much was Queen of the Damned when it was released? I've found one for $350 - is that a good deal?

[Scoogs]

BTW how much was Queen of the Damned when it was released? I've found one for $350 - is that a good deal?

I'm not sure what the issue price was, I didn't get my copy until 7 or 8 years ago.
I can check my cost for you when I get home.
The market for her books has been very soft for several years, so you can probably do better than $350.

[Scoogs]

Bob's collection inspired me to buy a UK 1st of Interview and it kindled my hunt for the limiteds again - damn you Bob! :wub:

Hah! I know what you mean.
That last few months I've been tempted to get a few of them that I used to have.

[becca69]

BTW how much was Queen of the Damned when it was released? I've found one for $350 - is that a good deal?

I'm not sure what the issue price was, I didn't get my copy until 7 or 8 years ago.
I can check my cost for you when I get home.
The market for her books has been very soft for several years, so you can probably do better than $350.

The others I found were $650 +

[Scoogs]

BTW how much was Queen of the Damned when it was released? I've found one for $350 - is that a good deal?

I'm not sure what the issue price was, I didn't get my copy until 7 or 8 years ago.
I can check my cost for you when I get home.
The market for her books has been very soft for several years, so you can probably do better than $350.

The others I found were $650 +

This one (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Queen-of-The-Damned-by-Anne-Rice-SIGNED-Limited-edition-39-of-150-Very-Good-/261355674463?pt=US_Fiction_Books&hash=item3cda031b5f) went for $95 back in December.
I admit that one was pretty low. With patience, I think you could get a pretty good deal.

Just checked, I got mine for $150. That was years ago though.

[becca69]

Good to know. I'll keep looking.

[Merlin1958]

Very Nice!! Congrats!!

[Scoogs]

Finally getting around to posting The Shining.

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Thankfully my copy has relatively limited damage...
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Matching number for my copy of Dr. Sleep.
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[Scoogs]

The Sub Press edition of A Clash of Kings arrived today.

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[becca69]

Love it Scroogs! Patiently waiting on my copy. It was in PA yesterday... hoping for arrival today! I know those lettered owners are pissed but I like getting "free" stuff.

[Scoogs]

Love it Scroogs! Patiently waiting on my copy. It was in PA yesterday... hoping for arrival today! I know those lettered owners are pissed but I like getting "free" stuff.

Agreed Becca! I understand their frustration, but don't mind the extra illustration.
It makes up for them not doing the illustrated endpapers.

Now I need to rearrange my shelves so I can fit this one with the others.

[becca69]

Love it Scroogs! Patiently waiting on my copy. It was in PA yesterday... hoping for arrival today! I know those lettered owners are pissed but I like getting "free" stuff.

Agreed Becca! I understand their frustration, but don't mind the extra illustration.
It makes up for them not doing the illustrated endpapers.

Now I need to rearrange my shelves so I can fit this one with the others.

I have the same problem - haha!

[Ben Eads]

Awesome additions, Scoogs! I love the lettered edition of Memnoch!

[Scoogs]

Wow it's been a while since I've updated this thread and I have several new books to post.

First up is my matching number copy of the S/L DOTT.

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[Scoogs]

Another new one that just arrived this week is the S/L of Frank Herbert's collection, Eye. This one is a small edition at just 175 copies and is fairly hard to find as a result. I only see one or two copies a year show up for sale.
As far as I know, I now have all of the Frank Herbert S/L editions. This one features a Dune story, so it was a definite must have.

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[Scoogs]

A few others that I've picked up over the last few months:

Rogues 1st/1st. This one was just published and includes a new Game of Thrones story.

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World War Z ARC of the Cemetery Dance Edition

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[Scoogs]

Owen King's Double Feature S/L
I have the slipcase as well, but it's just plain black. Not really worth showing.

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[Scoogs]

Wool, Sub Press S/L

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Shift, Sub Press S/L

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Dust, Sub Press S/L

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[Scoogs]

A couple more this weekend.

[Stockerlone]

Very nice new books !!!

[jhanic]

Nice additions!

John

[Scoogs]

Carrie arrived today:

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[Scoogs]

As a kid some of my favorite books were The Dark is Rising cycle by Susan Cooper.
The Folio Society recently released a very nice set of illustrated editions, which I picked up earlier this Summer.

Book 1: Over Sea, Under Stone

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Book 2: The Dark is Rising

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Book 3: Greenwitch

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Book 4: The Grey King

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Book 5: Silver on the Tree

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[Ben Eads]

Wow! Now those are some outstanding books! Especially Carrie. CD really knocked that one out of the park!

[Scoogs]

The Easton Press edition of the Dune Chronicles arrived a few days ago.
Photos as soon as I have some free time and can catch up on recent additions.

[Merlin1958]

Sweet!!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Scoogs]

Nothing new on the King front, but it is time to catch up on my other additions over the last few months.

First up is The World of Ice & Fire 1st/1st trade edition. This one is a large, coffee table sized book and is very heavily illustrated throughout.
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I also picked up a signed copy of The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister.
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[Scoogs]

I pre-ordered World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide from CD almost two years ago. Now I have both ARCs and both S/L editions, so I'm just waited on the lettered versions.

These did not photograph very well, so I'll have to shoot them again later.
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They forgot that they were going to number these when they did the layout for the signature page.
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World War Z is a nice oversized edition. Sadly, the publisher wouldn't let CD add any illustrations beyond the cover.
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[Scoogs]

Picked up one or two, or four, signed copies of Prince Lestat from Target and Barnes & Noble.

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Centipede Press just did a really nice edition of Ender's Game.

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The signature page is in the back of the book.
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The second volume is a copy of Card's original manuscript with his notes and corrections.
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[Scoogs]

As previously mentioned, I also received the Easton Press set of Frank Herbert's Dune Chronicles.

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That's all for now, one more coming tomorrow.

[Stockerlone]

Congrats for this very very very nice new Stuff !!!

[jhanic]

Those are some awesome additions! Congratulations!

John

[Merlin1958]

Whoa!!! Nice haul!!! Congrats!!

[zelig]

Congratulations on the new books. They look great!

[Scoogs]

A new one for my Dune collection:
This is the uncorrected proof for the UK edition of Eye, which contains The Road to Dune. This is the only copy that I've ever seen come up for sale and I'm currently only aware of one other copy in collector's hands.

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[jhanic]

A new one for my Dune collection:
This is the uncorrected proof for the UK edition of Eye, which contains The Road to Dune. This is the only copy that I've ever seen come up for sale.

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A nice find! UK proofs are hard to find, no matter who the author.

John

[Scoogs]

A nice find! UK proofs are hard to find, no matter who the author.

John

You're not kidding, those have definitely been the biggest challenge for me to locate!

[Scoogs]

The original Easton Press edition of Dune had different cover art than what they've been using for many years.

Neither version is difficult to find or very expensive and both are red/maroon. However, there have always been rumors of a small amount of them being produced in either blue or black. I've never even seen a photo of one, let alone found a copy for sale. I have talked to another collector who knew someone with a copy, but that was the closest I've come to confirming its existence.

Then I won an ebay auction for this one (described as blue in the listing, but I would say it's black).

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I also got a good deal on the regular red version.

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[Scoogs]

To complete my trifecta of rare Dune additions, I finally located the UK uncorrected proof for God Emperor of Dune.
I've talked to other Dune collectors about this and none were sure if the publisher had even created a proof. We assumed they may have, but nobody could find a copy. So mystery solved, it does exist.

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And just to make it a little better, it's signed:
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[zelig]

Wow, that's a great find! Congratulations!

[Scoogs]

Catching up on a few new books that arrived over the last few weeks.

Up first is a signed trade edition of the Rogues anthology.
Unfortunately it's a 4th printing, but I had the S/L edition on order, so I can live with this one.

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I also picked up a copy of the Dangerous Women anthology that was signed by a handful of the authors. This one is a first printing.

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I also finally managed to locate a copy of the International Collectors Library edition of Dune. Not sure why it is so difficult to find any information on this one, but it's been a hunt to find it in any condition.

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[Scoogs]

I also picked up a custom bound copy of The Illustrated Dune. The slipcase is an intense "retina searing red" that will leave spots in your vision, but otherwise it's a very nice binding job. (I toned down the red in the photo to spare your vision.)

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And finally, an actual Stephen King addition, the CD gift edition of Carrie.

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Oh, and I also pre-ordered Logan's Run from Centipede Press today.

[zelig]

Those are some great additions. Congrats.

[racerx45]

very nice adds

[SystemCrashOverRide]

I'm reading Dune for the first time and your collection is suddenly incredible, I had no appreciation for it before.

[Scoogs]

I'm reading Dune for the first time and your collection is suddenly incredible, I had no appreciation for it before.

Hah! Glad to hear you can enjoy the portion of my collection now.
I reread the original 6 books a couple of years back and that really reignited my interest in collecting the books.

I still have a long way to go, but I'm really happy to have so many of the rare editions already checked off of the list.

Are you planning to read all 6 books?

[zelig]

Sorry to butt in... I've been planning on reading Dune for about 25 years now... I never get around to it... Maybe I'll try make it happen this year...

[Scoogs]

Sorry to butt in... I've been planning on reading Dune for about 25 years now... I never get around to it... Maybe I'll try make it happen this year...

Go for it!
I had an English teacher my Junior year of high school who was a really big fan.
It came up in class one day and he ended up adding a few days on the book to the syllabus that quarter.
We had to get by with the David Lynch film and my teacher doing a detailed breakdown of where the book differed, but it was enough to get me interested.
I finally had a chance to read the series just after I finished college.

[SystemCrashOverRide]

I'm very slowly picking away at Dune, it has become my go to "20 pages before bed" / " 10 pages on break" book. I'm about 360 pages into my BCE copy, and quite enjoying it. I have a few more on the shelf that I intend to read. Sadly I *think* I saw Easton Press leather/pleather bound Dune books at a Value Village (Savers for you Americans) a year or two ago and passed. Really wish I hadn't.

[killjoy72]

I checked out Dune on tape (yes, tape!) a few years back at the local library and was surprised how good it was! How do the others in the series hold up? Also, Scoogs, how good are the illustrations in that edition? Just curious...

[Scoogs]

The first three books are probably my favorites and form up into a trilogy of sorts.
A lot of fans like book 4, God Emperor of Dune. It's still good, but probably my least favorite.

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed 5 and 6 during my reread. They take place several thousand years after the original trilogy and do some interesting things with the other groups that are seen in the original.

Keep in mind that Frank Herbert died before he actually completed the series, so there's a bit of a cliff hanger at the end of books 6.
It still works as an open ending to the series, but there will be questions left unanswered.

Brian Herbert, his son, and Kevin J. Anderson have written a large number of prequels and wrote two books supposedly based on Frank's outline for book 7.
There's quite a bit of hate among fans for the "McDune" books so it's definitely open for debate if they are worth reading or not.

killjoy, I actually haven't finished looking at all of the illustrations yet.
If I have a chance this weekend, I'll try to take photos of some of them.

[killjoy72]

Thanks! Take your time, as I said I was just curious.
I've always heard mixed reviews, although I think that's been for the series as a whole. I'll check out the next couple books and then decide from there.
Nice collection, btw!:thumbsup:

[s_fletcher]

Colin Meloy:
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Barely visible next to Dust is a lettered and a numbered copy of The Grievous Demise of Mr. Whitley Rackham. There are only 200 copies total, included the lettered edition, and it was letterpress printed. Only the lettered edition is signed.
Then we have a Wildwood ARC, Wildwood US 1st/1st, Wildwood S/L, Under Wildwood ARC, Under Wildwood US 1st/1st and a Wildwood Imperium ARC. I just got that last ARC earlier this week, the book won't be published until February.
Wildwood is currently being developed as a stop motion animated film by the same studio that made Coraline and ParaNorman, so I assume that will help increase its popularity.


Zombies, Elves, Lawyers and Pigs:
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The Zombie Survival Guide ARC (Cemetery Dance), World War Z 1st/1st (S/L and lettered editions of both are on order), The Children of Hurin 1st/1st, LOTR 50th Anniversary edition 1st/1st, To Kill a Mockingbird 50th Anniversary edition 1st/1st, Animal Farm Folio Society Edition.


Frank Herbert (Again):
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Dune Leather-bound SFBC 50th Anniversary Edition limited edition, Dune Barnes & Noble Leather Edition.
The SFBC edition is actually pretty rare and can be hard to find, especially at a good price.
The B&N edition is also pretty well made for a mass market edition.

I've been looking for a copy of The Grevious Demise forever! Where did you get that/are you willing to part with it for a large sum of money?

[Scoogs]

Colin Meloy:
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Barely visible next to Dust is a lettered and a numbered copy of The Grievous Demise of Mr. Whitley Rackham. There are only 200 copies total, included the lettered edition, and it was letterpress printed. Only the lettered edition is signed.
Then we have a Wildwood ARC, Wildwood US 1st/1st, Wildwood S/L, Under Wildwood ARC, Under Wildwood US 1st/1st and a Wildwood Imperium ARC. I just got that last ARC earlier this week, the book won't be published until February.
Wildwood is currently being developed as a stop motion animated film by the same studio that made Coraline and ParaNorman, so I assume that will help increase its popularity.


I've been looking for a copy of The Grevious Demise forever! Where did you get that/are you willing to part with it for a large sum of money?

I got the numbered edition from the printer when they were first released for sale and the lettered edition from Carson's store when she put them up for sale.
I actually took the numbered edition to one of Colin's solo shows a year ago and had him sign it for me.
Even he was a little surprised to see it.

Sorry, those two are keepers.

[Scoogs]

Arrived today! :rock:

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"This one goes to eleven!"
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Fold out illustration of Bran:
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[zelig]

Those look so good. Congratulations.

[Meagan J]

Very nice additions! That Game of Thrones is beautiful.

[webstar1000]

Man.. lotta nice books here!

[Scoogs]

Man.. lotta nice books here!

Thanks, I really need to get caught up with my updates. I still have a few that I never photographed.

[Theli]

Amazing addition! A beautiful copy of a great book.

[goheat]

Wow, those are amazing! Love that Naismith artwork, Scoogs!

[becca69]

Two!! Looks great. Where is mine already?

[Priest]

the yellow looks fantastic!
congrats!

[Scoogs]

Here are a few I've picked up over the last six months or so and never got around to posting.

The Mime Order, signed first edition from Goldsboro.
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A Frank Herbert bibliography.
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Thinner Anniversary Edition to keep my matching set going.
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The Zombie Survival Guide, lettered edition (this is for sale with WWZ).
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World War Z, lettered edition (for sale with ZSG).
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[Scoogs]

This is one of my favorite recent additions, Logan's Run from Centipede Press.
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This one was just released by Easton Press. I wasn't expecting it to be numbered.
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The Folio Society just released a really nice 50th Anniversary edition of Dune. That's basically an automatic purchase for me. Fortunately I ordered early enough to get a first printing and the poster.
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Cover art poster:
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This edition has all new artwork. About time someone did some new illustrations.
A couple of samples:

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[Lauterer]

Thumbs Up. The Thinner-art looks great! The Dune also really cool art!!

[becca69]

I love that Dune... so they don't have 1st prints any longer, because I sooooo want that!

[zelig]

Those all look great. Congratulations!

[frik]

I've been drooling (all) over your books the last couple of minutes.
Awesome!

sk

[Scoogs]

I love that Dune... so they don't have 1st prints any longer, because I sooooo want that!

I don't think so. The ordering page says it is for the first reprint in July.
I don't have much experience with Folio, so it could be like Easton Press where there isn't really any way to identify later printings.

I will say that I really prefer Folio over Easton. They aren't leather, but they always have a lot of cool illustrations both in the books and on the slipcases.

[Theli]

Great additions, Folio's dune looks fantastic!

[becca69]

I love that Dune... so they don't have 1st prints any longer, because I sooooo want that!

I don't think so. The ordering page says it is for the first reprint in July.
I don't have much experience with Folio, so it could be like Easton Press where there isn't really any way to identify later printings.

I will say that I really prefer Folio over Easton. They aren't leather, but they always have a lot of cool illustrations both in the books and on the slipcases.

I emailed and they said there were no 1st prints left. I might take a chance... it would be nice to have a 1st for $125.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Really nice new additions. That LOGAN'S RUN is great.

[becca69]

I got a response from Folio... the next run of books will state 'First edition, second printing'.

[killjoy72]

Yeah, I think I may have to get that Dune now too!
Are there plans for Folio to do more from the Dune series?

[Scoogs]

Yeah, I think I may have to get that Dune now too!
Are there plans for Folio to do more from the Dune series?

I seem to remember hearing rumors of all 6 a while back, but nothing was every confirmed. I'm hoping they do, of course.

[Cordial Jim]

The books on Page 6.... Wow! I want all of them. :)

[Scoogs]

Yeah, I think I may have to get that Dune now too!
Are there plans for Folio to do more from the Dune series?

I seem to remember hearing rumors of all 6 a while back, but nothing was every confirmed. I'm hoping they do, of course.

Folio did send out a survey a couple of months back asking about Dune Messiah and Children of Dune.
Hopefully those two will happen.

I'm also excited to see Centipede Press giving all 6 books a serious look. Fingers crossed they publish the set.

[jsmcmullen92]

I was talking to Jerad a few days ago actually. He was wondering what would make it a comprehensive set if he went forth on the 6 dune books.

I just bought a bunch of Foilio books but held off on the Dune because I didn't think they were doing the whole set and I really want a whole set rather than just Dune. Really hoping Jerad decides to do all of them. I told him it would be cool if he did the 6 novels all in one slipcase like what he is doing for the Complete Kane. Just put a very pictorial cover on the case maybe the world map or something; would look really good. Also mentioned he should do it both signed by the artist and not signed for those that love the quality but do not care to pay a $100+ extra for a signature not from the author.

[Scoogs]

Wow, it's been 4 years since I added anything to this thread!
Though I don't collect much anymore, I did add several books from both King and others in that time. I'll post more of the more recent King additions once I decide what I want to purge.

About the only books I really still hunt for are the various editions of Dune on my want list.
I added three this year. Think of them as appetizers until the CP version is released.


This one was just published last week and is the new "Deluxe Edition" from Penguin.

It's actually pretty nice for a trade edition. All three sides of the text block are edge stained, debossed front and back cover, new endpaper artwork, new map, new cover art and the interior of the dust jacket also has a new illustration.
The copyright page lists new interior art, I just didn't find it yet on a quick scan.

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Earlier in the year I also picked up the Books-a-million exclusive edition.
Nothing too fancy, cloth bound, with hot stamped cover art.

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And finally, after looking for 5 years, I found a copy of the ABA limited edition from 1984.

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[peripheral]

Wow, go Penguin! That's gorgeous!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

You Dune good!

[kingfan2323]

Wow, it's been 4 years since I added anything to this thread!
Though I don't collect much anymore, I did add several books from both King and others in that time. I'll post more of the more recent King additions once I decide what I want to purge.

About the only books I really still hunt for are the various editions of Dune on my want list.
I added three this year. Think of them as appetizers until the CP version is released.


This one was just published last week and is the new "Deluxe Edition" from Penguin.

It's actually pretty nice for a trade edition. All three sides of the text block are edge stained, debossed front and back cover, new endpaper artwork, new map, new cover art and the interior of the dust jacket also has a new illustration.
The copyright page lists new interior art, I just didn't find it yet on a quick scan.

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Earlier in the year I also picked up the Books-a-million exclusive edition.
Nothing too fancy, cloth bound, with hot stamped cover art.

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And finally, after looking for 5 years, I found a copy of the ABA limited edition from 1984.

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seeking: ANYTHING DT related #246
Dead Zone 1st Edition F/F or NF/NF

[Scoogs]

Just added a couple of rare Dune proofs to my collection.
I've never seen any others like these even come up for sale.

First up is God Emperor of Dune, signed by Frank Herbert.

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The pages are all printed two up with a removable plastic binding strip holding the stack together.

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[Scoogs]

I also acquired the same style proof for Heretics of Dune.

This one isn't signed, but it contains extensive hand written notes and corrections from the copy editor on nearly every page.


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[herbertwest]

That"s awesome !

[vincent]

supercool!

[Stockerlone]

BIG CONGRATS !!!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Treasures indeed!

[Scoogs]

My Subpress Fire & Blood arrived a couple of days ago.


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[kingfan2323]

Great color scheme and art looks nice. Handsome.

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[Garrell]

Wow. Very nice. They did a great job on it.

[Stockerlone]

Supernice !!!

[Hunchback Jack]

Congratulations! It looks like a very nice volume - and complements A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms in style, it seems!

The two-colour printing looks like a very nice enhancement. Does the SubPress edition have additional interior illustrations to the trade edition? Completely different ones?

HBJ

[Scoogs]

Congratulations! It looks like a very nice volume - and complements A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms in style, it seems!

The two-colour printing looks like a very nice enhancement. Does the SubPress edition have additional interior illustrations to the trade edition? Completely different ones?

HBJ

Per Sub Press:

All of the art from the trade hardcover;
An original full-color frontis by Gary Gianni
Seven original full-page interior illustrations by Gary Gianni
One original full-color gatefold illustration by Gary Gianni


I missed a few of them, so I need to go back and look at the rest.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I am getting frustrated. I ordered both REVIVAL and the Martin book from Sub Press, where I could walk to if I had to in an emergency from where I live, and no notification of shipments yet! My patience is wearing thin.

[Scoogs]

Looks like it's been a while since I posted any new additions, so here are a few.


Later Signed Limited

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Speaker for the Dead – Orson Scott Card: Centipede Press, Signed Limited

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Ender's Way – Orson Scott Card: Centipede Press, Signed Limited

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Leviathan Wakes – James S.A. Corey: 10th Anniversary Trade Edition, Signed

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Leviathan Falls – James S.A. Corey: First/First Trade Edition, Signed

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[Scoogs]

Dune – Frank Herbert: Waterstones Exclusive Edition

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They placed the Litany Against Fear on the spine instead of the usual title/author combo.

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[Scoogs]

Dune – Frank Herbert: Centipede Press, Signed Limited Roman Numeral Edition

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[herbertwest]

That Dune centipede looks stunning !

Same also for the Waterstones exclusive edition !
Those past few years I have seen more and more books with illustrated edges, and I really dig that idea. Must be interesting to produce as well

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Some great additions to your collection for sure!

[Stockerlone]

BIG BIG congrats, superneice new stuff !!!

[Alec]

A delightful cross section of books.
I still think posts like this are the heart and soul of TDT.
Congratulations.

[MikeDuke]

I love the Dune Roman. I got the numbered. Your other stuff is very nice as well.

[Scoogs]

Thanks, everyone.
Alec, I couldn't agree more. I always enjoy the variety of authors collected by everyone here.