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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick View Post
    Just catching up on pages of posts in this thread. It always makes me happy to see how my friends are expanding their collections!

    Over the past weekend while out of town, I picked up a little book signed by King some time ago. From what I could tell, the store had only had it in their inventory for nine days, so maybe I got lucky. Then again, maybe not. Honestly I hadn't heard of the book before buying it.

    I really need to get a camera so I can post photos. (No camera, not even on my cellphone, until I make it to the store.)
    I finally got a new camera. These are just about the first photos I've taken with it. Anything that looks like a scratch is just a trick of the camera flash on the protective cover.

    I'm interested in what others think: unique, humdrum, real or fake sig, estimated worth, whatever.

    SHADOWS, edited by Charles L. Grant

    Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978
    First edition. Unclipped dust jacket.
    Publisher's "Review Copy" sheet (dated 9/15/1978 ) laid in.

    Inscribed, signed and dated (9/8/1979 ) by Stephen King on the Contents page next to the listing for his story, "Nona"












    I have no idea who Randy is or was, but he seemed to have had an interesting collection based on the inscribed, signed books he sold to Powell's Rare Book Room.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick View Post
    Just catching up on pages of posts in this thread. It always makes me happy to see how my friends are expanding their collections!

    Over the past weekend while out of town, I picked up a little book signed by King some time ago. From what I could tell, the store had only had it in their inventory for nine days, so maybe I got lucky. Then again, maybe not. Honestly I hadn't heard of the book before buying it.

    I really need to get a camera so I can post photos. (No camera, not even on my cellphone, until I make it to the store.)
    I finally got a new camera. These are just about the first photos I've taken with it. Anything that looks like a scratch is just a trick of the camera flash on the protective cover.

    I'm interested in what others think: unique, humdrum, real or fake sig, estimated worth, whatever.

    SHADOWS, edited by Charles L. Grant

    Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978
    First edition. Unclipped dust jacket.
    Publisher's "Review Copy" sheet (dated 9/15/1978 ) laid in.

    Inscribed, signed and dated (9/8/1979 ) by Stephen King on the Contents page next to the listing for his story, "Nona"












    I have no idea who Randy is or was, but he seemed to have had an interesting collection based on the inscribed, signed books he sold to Powell's Rare Book Room.
    That actually makes me feel very sad. When I went to see SK on the Bag of Bones tour, this book was one of three I asked him to sign. BofB was one, my Wiz & Glass promo booklet was the second (now proudly residing on Brice's bookshelves) and the above was the third...and King refused to sign it. No reason given (no time for conversation), just a "Sorry, I won't sign that one".
    Calla Wolf

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick View Post

    I'm interested in what others think: unique, humdrum, real or fake sig, estimated worth, whatever.
    That sig looks legit to me.

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    Patrick

    The sig is real. A very nice book to have by the way. Sorry Randy (whoever he is) had to let it go but glad to see where it ended up. Hang onto it.

    Brice

    That record is awesome. Congrats.

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    I love it Patrick! Congratulations!

    And thanks everyone. I'm very very happy with my new items.
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    I don't understand why he'd refuse to sign it
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    Of course, congratulations Brice and Patrick!
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    Congrats to all. Some great new stuff there people!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ari_Racing View Post
    I don't understand why he'd refuse to sign it
    Because he had already signed 2 things for him.

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    A guy just contacted me looking to authenticate a signature. He purchased a 1978 hardcover version of The Stand signed by King at a yard sale in Biddeford Maine for $1!

    Signature is completely authentic...short inscription and dated 2/1/80. Not a first edition (T45 in gutter). Book is VG and DJ is Fair only, but for a $1 and a real King sig...that's an AWESOME deal.

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    Agreed! WOW!

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    Thanks, guys.

    I bought the book at Powell's while in Portland on a beer drinking trip.
    While Powell's always has something I want, their prices are generally always way too high for me. This book though seemed reasonably priced and had only been in their inventory for nine days. The sig looked good, but knowing nothing about the book itself, I had a text message exchange with our own Jerome (while in the library-quiet Rare Book Room a phone call wouldn't do). Based on my written description (no cellphone camera), he confirmed my opinion that it was likely a worthwhile purchase. Thanks again for the assistance by sharing your expert opinion, Jerome.

    A question for the group:

    I would think the publisher's Review Copy card, and the dates on that card and on the sig by King, implies that this would qualify as some version of an ARC signed prior to the book's general release. Does that sound correct or am I way off?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick View Post
    A question for the group:

    I would think the publisher's Review Copy card, and the dates on that card and on the sig by King, implies that this would qualify as some version of an ARC signed prior to the book's general release. Does that sound correct or am I way off?
    Spot on.

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    Lucky Bar Steward!

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    I just received these in the mail today.



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    Thank you, Mr. R.T.

    Congrats, Skippy. Gotta love Hill-signed comics!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick View Post

    A question for the group:

    I would think the publisher's Review Copy card, and the dates on that card and on the sig by King, implies that this would qualify as some version of an ARC signed prior to the book's general release. Does that sound correct or am I way off?
    It wasn't signed prior to the book's general release. The review slip laid in states the publication date to be 9/15/78. The signature is dated nearly one year later at 9/8/79.

    Those review slips can be problematic to anal collectors (and aren't we all?). One can never be sure if they are laid in to the original book. I know that they sometimes get moved from worn copies of books into nicer ones.

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    Thanks, Bob. I need to get more sleep.

    Good point about the cards. When I bought the book I was thinking that they seemed easily portable between copies of the book. However I would have made the purchase regardless, so ultimately the card was a desirable attribute but not a deciding factor.

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    This isn't new but it is definitely a pride and joy. One of those "long" proofs that Doubleday (and other publishers) did back in the 1970's. Since we are talking about advance states of the anthology SHADOWS:



    It's the only one I have ever seen for sale (and believe me, I have looked!).

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    I remember seeing that photo before... good stuff!!!

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    Nice, Bob!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Rabbit Trick View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Ari_Racing View Post
    I don't understand why he'd refuse to sign it
    Because he had already signed 2 things for him.
    Actually, it was the first thing I handed to him <shrug>
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    Quote Originally Posted by Calla_Wolf View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick View Post
    Just catching up on pages of posts in this thread. It always makes me happy to see how my friends are expanding their collections!

    Over the past weekend while out of town, I picked up a little book signed by King some time ago. From what I could tell, the store had only had it in their inventory for nine days, so maybe I got lucky. Then again, maybe not. Honestly I hadn't heard of the book before buying it.

    I really need to get a camera so I can post photos. (No camera, not even on my cellphone, until I make it to the store.)
    I finally got a new camera. These are just about the first photos I've taken with it. Anything that looks like a scratch is just a trick of the camera flash on the protective cover.

    I'm interested in what others think: unique, humdrum, real or fake sig, estimated worth, whatever.

    SHADOWS, edited by Charles L. Grant

    Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978
    First edition. Unclipped dust jacket.
    Publisher's "Review Copy" sheet (dated 9/15/1978 ) laid in.

    Inscribed, signed and dated (9/8/1979 ) by Stephen King on the Contents page next to the listing for his story, "Nona"












    I have no idea who Randy is or was, but he seemed to have had an interesting collection based on the inscribed, signed books he sold to Powell's Rare Book Room.
    That actually makes me feel very sad. When I went to see SK on the Bag of Bones tour, this book was one of three I asked him to sign. BofB was one, my Wiz & Glass promo booklet was the second (now proudly residing on Brice's bookshelves) and the above was the third...and King refused to sign it. No reason given (no time for conversation), just a "Sorry, I won't sign that one".
    How funny...I have a signed 1st/1st of The Dead Zone signed the exact same day...9/8/79...must have been from the "mail in" pile.

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    That's interesting, Rahfa. Merlin1958 also has a King book inscribed to "Randy" dated 1983 (photos in his collection thread). When I was at Powell's in Portland, they had a few other books inscribed to Randy, but none really grabbed my attention. I'd like to know who this Randy is (or was) because he seems to have built a decent collection.

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