Stephen King Collecting Questions

[herbertwest]

Of course there are not much informations so far, but it is possible to preorder the SK 2011 calendar :

http://www.bomcclub.com/pages/nm/pro...uId=1063787167

[ELazansky]

I found two different Fantasy & Science Fiction issues with Gunslinger stories in them this weekend (50 cents each at a library book sale). I wished I could have found all five. Is there any tried and true method to removing the mailing labels or am I better off just leaving them on?

[jhanic]

Leave them on. I've never found a reliable method of removing them without damaging the cover.

John

[Sam]

The best thing I have found is to either black out the address with a sharpee (this can damage your cover though) and leave the label alone or simply to leave the label alone completely. The only time I've seen those labels come off without damaging the book is when the label was so old the glue finally just gave up from sheer age.

[Randall Flagg]

I don't see why one would black out the address. That's the way they came. Certainly copies W/O a sticker are considered more valuable, but if the sticker is there, I wouldn't mar it. Consider it the 'patina' of ephemera.

[herbertwest]

( i dont really know whete to post this, so...
The augus -current- issue of THE WRITER have king on the cover

I reckon that it is a reprint of a past interview but i aint sure at all. Could be an excerpt of ON WRITING as well)

http://www.writermag.com/en/The%20Ma...t%20Issue.aspx

[carlosdetweiller]

( i dont really know whete to post this, so...
The augus -current- issue of THE WRITER have king on the cover

I reckon that it is a reprint of a past interview but i aint sure at all. Could be an excerpt of ON WRITING as well)

http://www.writermag.com/en/The%20Ma...t%20Issue.aspx

I picked one of those up yesterday at B&N. It is a reprint of King's article "Imagery and the Third Eye" which first ran in THE WRITER in October, 1980. It has been reprinted several times before, I think.

[herbertwest]

Thanks for the input :-)

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I already posted this somewhere, but I had an older magazine (glossy cover) I wanted to remove the address sticker from. I just touched the label with the applicator tip (open of course) of a can of lighter fluid. The fluid immediately suffused the label, and a moment later it came right off, no mark left at all. I'm not saying this always works, but it worked for me.

[Randall Flagg]

I already posted this somewhere, but I had an older magazine (glossy cover) I wanted to remove the address sticker from. I just touched the label with the applicator tip (open of course) of a can of lighter fluid. The fluid immediately suffused the label, and a moment later it came right off, no mark left at all. I'm not saying this always works, but it worked for me.

Perhaps you posted in the HOW TO: Remove Stickers from Books
thread.

[Sam]

I don't see why one would black out the address.

I would black out my own address before I sold it cause I'm paranoid that way. Someone else's wouldn't bother me at all.

[Randall Flagg]

I don't see why one would black out the address.

I would black out my own address before I sold it cause I'm paranoid that way. Someone else's wouldn't bother me at all.

I am not sure if I have bought from or sold to you, but if you 'black out the address', but mail it someone, they would likely have your address. Are you trying to avert tertiary knowledge of your address?
<-------Just rumination.

[surly]

i saw a boook today that was described as having the dust jacket "professionaly restored to as new condition".
What exactly does this mean and how is this done? Does it add to the value, detract or is it neutral.

[Rahfa]

i saw a boook today that was described as having the dust jacket "professionaly restored to as new condition".
What exactly does this mean and how is this done? Does it add to the value, detract or is it neutral.

Any restoration will always detract, or rather not be worth as much as a "pristine" d/j....but it will still be worth more than a mangled dust jacket would be.

I can only speak to restored comics, but I know they'll meticoulsy rethread the cover, and find the right shade of ink to match the original...it can be pretty in-depth and expensive, which is why it's only done for the most valuable copies...don't know how it would work for a d/j, though I guess it's basically the same.

[Sam]

I don't see why one would black out the address.

I would black out my own address before I sold it cause I'm paranoid that way. Someone else's wouldn't bother me at all.

I am not sure if I have bought from or sold to you, but if you 'black out the address', but mail it someone, they would likely have your address. Are you trying to avert tertiary knowledge of your address?
<-------Just rumination.

I don't have any problem with someone having my address if I gave it to them, either by sending or receiving an item. It's the whole tertiary knowledge thing that concerns me. I think I worked in law enforcement too long.

[SkippyD023]

I know I remember this being discussed before but I have not been able to track it down so I will ask it again, sorry.

What titles were printed for the Plume Softcover Collector's Editions. I know of the following, am I missing any from the list? Thanks.

Carrie
Salem's Lot
The Shining
The Dead Zone
Cujo

[e_taylor]

I know I remember this being discussed before but I have not been able to track it down so I will ask it again, sorry.

What title were all printed for the Plume Softcover Collector's Editions. I know of the following, am I missing any from the list? Thanks.

Carrie
Salem's Lot
The Shining
The Dead Zone
Cujo

Firestarter as well. And thats it, just the six titles.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Collector's Editions.

[SkippyD023]

Thanks e taylor and ur2ndbiggestfan, that is what I needed.

[herbertwest]

Where is that quote from?
"French is the language that turns dirt into romance"

[Bev Vincent]

Time (October 6, 1986)

Then there are plans to study French in order to finish Livre Noir, a detective story in French, "the language that turns dirt into romance."

[herbertwest]

Thanks bev!
Therefore it is not really a quote, but a working title for a story that havent been published yet.

[biomieg]

Jeremy, I think it's not a working title, it's just a description of 'French' (sort of like saying: 'he speaks English, the language that turns romance into dirt').

[Bev Vincent]

"Livre Noir" is the working title of the book that he never tackled. The words in quotes above are a direct quote -- the rest of it is paraphrase. In other words, he never said the exact sentence "French is the language that turns dirt into romance," but he did describe French as "the language that turns dirt into romance."

[herbertwest]

ok. And that description is in the link you gave me?