Your New Pride and Joy!

[Lot guy]

My Joyland Collection is now complete! I just received my ARC/Proof today. The Publisher said this & the 2 Gift Editions were all that they had left of King Inventory. My Contact has been very helpful & a pleasure working with! Reading in the proof catalogue that Jhanic knows of 4 including the one King is holding on the front of Parade. This makes number 5! THRILLED!
Joyland shelf left to right, 2 1st Edition Flatsigned, 2 Gift, 1 S/L, 1 Lettered, 1 S/L, 2 Gift, 2 1st Edition Flatsigned

Now I can add this & there all there WHOOAA!

[The Library Policeman]

Awesome! Congratulations Lot guy.

[Roog]

Postman!



have to go out - more in collection thread later

Are you collecting packages

[sharki69]

My first S/L !!!

Now I really feel part of TDT.ORG family....

Thank you Ray (SirFolio16) - Fast shipping, well packed and in mint condition.

[Lot guy]

Thanks I appreciate that Alan.

[The Library Policeman]

Excellent, sharki!! Congrats to you too.

[Lot guy]

Congrats on the S/L Sharki69, Ray never disappoints & is always a pleasure to deal with!

[Patrick]

Congrats, Lot Guy and sharki!

Stroppy, that is quite a haul! Were you out of town for a couple months, or is that the usual daily delivery at your house?

[Patrick]

I have been looking for a matching set like this for awhile.. how often you do guys see one?

I'd say pretty much never. The only way to get a set like this is to match the S/L's and seek out the GE. If it helps anyone, I have #958 of the GE and would consider trading for a different number (shipping cost is yours however!)
Also if you have high #'s of the S/L's it's worth contacting Grant as I believe they still have copies of the GE for sale.

Thanks... I would pay above market value to grab a set like this... AKC knows my number if he wants to buy his lovey a nice Bday/Xmas?Valentines/ETC gift. lol

Also bear in mind that there are higher numbers as you go through the editions.
The Talisman S/L 1200 numbered copies
Black House S/L 1500 numbered copies
BH/Talisman GE 3500 numbered copies.

So your number needs to be 1200 or less to get the full set.

A matching set of these three is impressive. Congratulations, AKC!

So who is going to start a thread to track everyone's numbers for these three editions? Could lead to more matched sets. Theoretically.

[Patrick]

What a story!

[Ari_Racing]

LOL! Priceless!

[Br!an]

Stroppy, that is quite a haul! Were you out of tons for a couple months, or is that the usual daily delivery at your house?

I'm not sure about this bunch, but he usually has them held stateside and then shipped en masse.

[Patrick]

Ah, that makes sense.

[God]

I spent the last week hoping that no one would post it to the "Intriguing Auctions" thread. The title of the auction was The Gunslinger (Dark Tower #1 - Unabridged) Audio Cassettes Signed By SK, and I think not having "Stephen King" in the title of the auction helped. There were three other bidders in the last couple of days, but apparently none of them wanted to spend more than $30. Now I just need to find an equally sweet deal on The Drawing of the Three.

You are fortunate RF took a week off.

[God]

You know the total number of signed/limited King's off the top of your head? I think skcollector has 44 listed on his limited page but wasn't sure if that was complete.

This site lists them all. Check out the Catalogues.

Too much counting, I was hoping someone would just tell me.

Do you wish to know the number of titles, the number of items, the total limitations of all titles?
Get off of your ass and go here. Add them up, then report back here to help other lazy people. Link:
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...igned+Limiteds

[Lot guy]

Or did he?
(God?)

[The Library Policeman]

Or did he?
(God?)

God only takes Christmas off. And Easter

[stroppygoblin]

Stroppy, that is quite a haul! Were you out of tons for a couple months, or is that the usual daily delivery at your house?

I'm not sure about this bunch, but he usually has them held stateside and then shipped en masse.

Ah, that makes sense.

This is correct. I have a US address with a Shipping Forwarder (IPSParcels) They hold deliveries for up to 30 days. They then ship using DHL or Fedex (your choice). They don't open the parcels and deal with all the paperwork including customs. This delivery took 2 days from Florida to my door and cost me less than half of what individual shipping would have been.

[tippy4]

My first S/L !!!

Now I really feel part of TDT.ORG family....

Thank you Ray (SirFolio16) - Fast shipping, well packed and in mint condition.

Fairly certain that book has now been owned by at least four members here.

I think I bought it from a member here, sold it to sirfolio16, and now sharkie69 now owns it.

[biomieg]

Lot Guy - nice! I contacted Charles Ardai before they announced the Joyland hardcover editions to check if a HC edition was in the works (I was assuming maybe a large print edition like for The Colorado Kid). He was very friendly and told me to wait for an announcement because they had something in the works. We all know what happened next.

When Charles turned out to be such a gentleman I also asked him if there were any ARCs available. He then forwarded my question to a lady-in-the-know but she told me they'd done only a limited number and she expected to send them all out to her media contacts. So unfortunately I was unable to get one. I did find a review copy (regular trade PB with publisher's letter) a couple of weeks before publication.

[dnemec]

Postman!



have to go out - more in collection thread later

Is it sad that I recognize one was a Betts box?

[sharki69]

Thanks - The Library Policeman, Lot guy, Patrick & Tippy

[Frankie]

My first S/L !!!

Now I really feel part of TDT.ORG family....

Thank you Ray (SirFolio16) - Fast shipping, well packed and in mint condition.

Nice book, I feel bad I didn't snag it now.

[Frankie]

Or did he?
(God?)

God only takes Christmas off. And Easter

And mardi gras. The guy likes the boobies.

[Kingfan24]

My Joyland Collection is now complete! I just received my ARC/Proof today. The Publisher said this & the 2 Gift Editions were all that they had left of King Inventory. My Contact has been very helpful & a pleasure working with! Reading in the proof catalogue that Jhanic knows of 4 including the one King is holding on the front of Parade. This makes number 5! THRILLED!
Joyland shelf left to right, 2 1st Edition Flatsigned, 2 Gift, 1 S/L, 1 Lettered, 1 S/L, 2 Gift, 2 1st Edition Flatsigned

Now I can add this & there all there WHOOAA!

So you are saying all you did was contact the publisher and they just granted you access to the stuff?