Thanks John. Mystery solved!Originally Posted by jhanic
Thanks John. Mystery solved!
The trade and BC editions have different colors too (the book, not the DJ). The trade is red and black, the BCE is... cream? I don't know the exact color, nor what it's called in English.
From The Catalog:
Quarter bound in black cloth with red boards having white pastedowns. 20,000 First Printing
Mmm...mine is red & black.
I've seen BCE's of NIGHT SHIFT in both the red/black and the light brown (cream?) color. I'm pretty sure yours is a BCE based on the description. There was one for sale on eBay about a month ago....BCE, red and black, S52 on last page.Mmm...mine is red & black.
Thanks Bob. A fun exercise.I've seen BCE's of NIGHT SHIFT in both the red/black and the light brown (cream?) color. I'm pretty sure yours is a BCE based on the description. There was one for sale on eBay about a month ago....BCE, red and black, S52 on last page.Mmm...mine is red & black.
Not that I'll probably ever have to worry about it, but now I'm confused (a pretty normal occurence). Going through the last several post I come up with:
A 1st Night Shift has S52 on pg 336 -- a BCE might also have S52 on pg 336
A 1st is red & black -- a BCE is either red & black or light brown (cream).
Aside from the price on the dust jacket (which only tells you the dust jacket is a 1st) what are the differences between 1st & BCE?
What am I missing?
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The statement of "FIRST EDITION" on the copyright page.Not that I'll probably ever have to worry about it, but now I'm confused (a pretty normal occurence). Going through the last several post I come up with:
A 1st Night Shift has S52 on pg 336 -- a BCE might also have S52 on pg 336
A 1st is red & black -- a BCE is either red & black or light brown (cream).
Aside from the price on the dust jacket (which only tells you the dust jacket is a 1st) what are the differences between 1st & BCE?
What am I missing?
Oh......Yea.......OK, that too....... told you confusion was pretty normal!The statement of "FIRST EDITION" on the copyright page.Not that I'll probably ever have to worry about it, but now I'm confused (a pretty normal occurence). Going through the last several post I come up with:
A 1st Night Shift has S52 on pg 336 -- a BCE might also have S52 on pg 336
A 1st is red & black -- a BCE is either red & black or light brown (cream).
Aside from the price on the dust jacket (which only tells you the dust jacket is a 1st) what are the differences between 1st & BCE?
What am I missing?
www.bookslipcase.com
Selling my collection of books and some cases
Do you guys put Brodart protectors on books inside traycases? I put one on the copy of FDNS I just got, but now the traycase doesn't close completely if lying flat. Just curious as to what everyone else does. I don't have many traycase books...
I used to put a dj protector on every book in my collection that had a dj. Now I don't put one on books with a slipcase or traycase. Just got lazy I guess. Sometimes a book won't slide back into a slipcase easily if it has one on. I usually take those off. If you don't like the way the book now fits in the traycase I would definitely take the protector off.
I don't use a protector on any book I own. Seeing all that plastic would really spoil the fun of displaying them.
And reading them...
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I went ahead and took them off my copies of FDNS and Legacies - the traycases fit much better now
I actually think my books look great with the protective covers on them. It doesn't look 'plastic'-like at all, the material is very thin and transparent. But: to each his own! I haven't applied covers to my slipcased books but almost all my other hardcovers have them now. As for reading the books - I read my hardcovers without their DJ's on.
I'm with Michaël on this one, DJ's stay on during reading to protect boards, Brodarts stay on to protect jackets.
If Brodarts are practically invisible, that's another story.
But I've seen some photos of collections here where this was definitely not the case.
Must have been some other material.
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Well, I guess it's all how you define practically invisible and transparent. They mostly look like library books without the stickers or numerous scuffs and dirt to the plastic covers. Which in turn does allow them to be less noticeable. But they are clearly still there.
I've had people ask me if I steal all my books from libraries, because they don't know any better.
No, they're definitely not invisible. I meant that it doesn't look as if there's a plastic bag around the book. Applied correctly they're almost seamless and they give your books a shiny, vibrant quality that I like.
Yup. Though they do make the photography of such books a b*tch. For my new books being added to threads for one reason or another, I take the picture before application of the Brodart now.
I agree, Brodarts are always nice to have (slip/traycase considerations aside) and do not lower the viewing quality of dustjackets. However they DO make it harder to take good photographs. The flash reflects and also highlights any scratches in the Brodart that you cannot normally otherwise see. I always think its better to have those scratches in the Brodart cover than on the dustjacket itself.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
Is the book Stephen King Collectibles: An Illustrated Price Guide an interesting book? I don't care about the book values since they are 11 years old, and a lot of book pictures can be found right here online, but I was wondering if it had a lot of other useful information in it.
I consider it a fantastic read. It's a snapshot of the best information (not always correct) to be had in a pre-internet time of King collecting.
I used to put a dj protector on every book in my collection that had a dj. Now I don't put one on books with
a slipcase or traycase. Just got lazy I guess. Sometimes a book won't slide back into a slipcase easily if it has one on. I usually take those off. If you don't like the way the book now fits in the traycase I would definitely take the protector off.
I use Brodart dj protectors that do not have a paper backing, especially for the books that have a slipcase. The dj protectors with the paper backing are just way to bulky. The dj protectors without the paper are easier to get an exact fit on the dust jacket.
I put dj protectors on books with slipcases because I want to protect the corners and edges from being rubbed. Plus I like all the protection I can get when it comes to expensive books.
Having been around back then and helping George compile information for that book, it is, for me, a trip down memory lane to leaf through the book and read the descriptions. But I just love the good old days. I have saved so many catalogs, price lists, etc. from the twenty plus years I have been collecting King and I just love to go through them periodically and look at prices.
George spent a couple of days with Charlie Fried photographing books for the guide. It is obvious, to me anyway, that they got lazy towards the end. Many of the photos still show the books in storage bags. A few years ago George was talking about updating the info in a new edition. I made several offers for him to come to Amarillo and have the two of us really do the photos right. He made tentative plans to do that but it is obvious that he has now moved on to other ventures and has no current interest in updating the guide.
The Beahm book? It's great...like RF said, an interesting read, and even the prices aren't totally out-of-whack.
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