Peter Straub, author

[MLG]

I have Lost boy lost girl ARC for sale. PM me if interested

Is it the ARC for the trade edition or the limited edition? I may be interested.

[sharki69]

I have Lost boy lost girl ARC for sale. PM me if interested

Is it the ARC for the trade edition or the limited edition? I may be interested.

PMd you

[herbertwest]

From Peter Straub on Facebook

Here is Michael Fusco-Straub's stunning new jacket for my earlier fragment-of-a-novel, PERDIDO, to be published later this year by Subterranean. It's a real fragment, the beginning of an unfinished novel

[sharki69]

Perdido: A Fragment (preorder) - SP

Trade Edition $20.00
Limited Edition $45.00

[Room 217 Caretaker]

Anyone in the market for a matching number Straub set? $125 for both and includes Shipping (will ship out of US but need some $ help with it)



Any smudges or marks you see from my poor photo taking skills are on the Brodart covers. The camera makes them seem worse than they are. Both books kept in Brodart and plastic since day one.

Mulleins

[Room 217 Caretaker]

I answered this in a PM but thought I should say it here as well. The above Peter Straub set is the Borderlands Press limited set and not the trade release.

$125 OBO

Hope this helps

Mulleins

[Rahfa]

Straub has a collection coming out - 500 pages!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385541058

I could get an ARC thru my Amazon advance reviewer program...I haven't read Straub in years so I'm on the fence....anybody hear any buzz?

[Bev Vincent]

I have an electronic galley -- it's a "best of" collection, with selections from his previous collections along with some newer stories that have never been collected.

[Rahfa]

I have an electronic galley -- it's a "best of" collection, with selections from his previous collections along with some newer stories that have never been collected.

What did you think? As a fan of "Floating Dragon"-era Straub, do you think I'd like it? I'm not sure I've read many (any?) of his short stories.

I'd have to review it, so I'd like to go in with a positive impression...haha...

[Bev Vincent]

I have an electronic galley -- it's a "best of" collection, with selections from his previous collections along with some newer stories that have never been collected.

What did you think? As a fan of "Floating Dragon"-era Straub, do you think I'd like it? I'm not sure I've read many (any?) of his short stories.

I'd have to review it, so I'd like to go in with a positive impression...haha...

Straub's stories have always been something of a different beast from his novels. Especially the more recent ones. I'm not always sure I "get" them.

[Rahfa]

Hmmm...might pass on it. Not a ringing endorsement - haha.

[FennyBate]

Hello there. A few from my Straub collection.
Lincoln.

'The Throat', signed/ltd from Borderlands Press



'Ghost Story', signed/ltd from Hill House




'Ghost Story', 1st UK hardcover. Love this wrap around d/jacket - the artist has clearly read the book.

[frik]

Nice, Lincoln! Thanks for sharing.
Wouldn't mind seeing more...

sk

[FennyBate]

'If You Could See Me Now' - 1st UK hardcover, next to the Centipede Press signed/ltd




'Koko' - 1st US hardcover, next to CP signed/ltd

[frik]

Hey, that was fast!!!! Keep 'em coming!!

sk

[FennyBate]

Sorry about the average photo's Those weird shadows in the first few groups of pics are a fault with my (phone) camera.
Lincoln.

[carlosdetweiller]

It is nice to see another Straub collector on board. Since you are in Australia perhaps you can answer a question that has been bugging me for a while regarding the UK (Collins) Shadow Land. Have you ever seen a copy with a price on the dust jacket? I have only seen unpriced ones or copies with a price sticker added to the inner flap.

Also, all of my copies state "Collins, St. James's Place, London, 1981" on the title page. And then state "First published in the UK 1980" on the copyright page. I've always worried that I have later printings or book club editions but I have never seen a copy that differs from mine.

[FennyBate]

Weird thing with Straub down here - I've never seen a Collins 'Shadowland' or Jonathan Cape 'Ghost Story' hard cover, but the US Coward McCann hardcovers turn up quite regulary, in second hand bookstores. As far as I know, both US and UK were released in 1980. The Cape 'Ghost Story' above doesn't have a price on the jacket, either.
From what I'm lead to believe, no price on the jacket indicates an 'export' edition, where a price sticker is put on in the receiving country. It seems to vary as to whether a 'non export' dust jacket is also produced. I have a number of books by James Herbert and Ramsey Campbell that have no-price dust jackets. These books also happen to be some of the hardest to find in hardcover, so I think that only the no-price jackets were printed. These books, including the Cape 'Ghost Story' aren't book club editions.
I also have a Collins 'Floating Dragon' - will check the jacket for pricing, asap.

[carlosdetweiller]

'Ghost Story', signed/ltd from Hill House

I liked that dust jacket on the Hill House edition of Ghost Story that I bought the original painting from Steve Gervais.

I have long admired Steve's work and talent. Some of his work is better than others, but I think his work on Ghost Story is truly inspired. The interior illustrations are just as good as the dust jacket art, IMO.

[surly]

love that painting Bob; thanks for sharing. I don't know where you found your framer, but never let them go - you always seem to have the perfect frame to complement your art.

I just dabble in Straub and I don't have the UK Collins SHADOW LAND , but I do have the Collins FLOATING DRAGON which I am pretty confident is not a book club as it has a publisher's advance review copy sticker, and there is no price on the DJ. hope that makes you feel a little better about it.

[carlosdetweiller]

I just dabble in Straub and I don't have the UK Collins SHADOW LAND , but I do have the Collins FLOATING DRAGON which I am pretty confident is not a book club as it has a publisher's advance review copy sticker, and there is no price on the DJ. hope that makes you feel a little better about it.

Thank you. My Collins editions of Floating Dragon are also unpriced but one has a small Collins price sticker added to the inner flap so I guess it was their practice at the time to have unpriced dj's. I suppose what puzzles me the most is the 1981 date on the title page of Shadow Land and reference to "first published in the UK in 1980" on the copyright page. Who, then, published the book in 1980, if anyone?

[carlosdetweiller]

love that painting Bob; thanks for sharing. I don't know where you found your framer, but never let them go - you always seem to have the perfect frame to complement your art.

Thank you. They are really good (but expensive). In 1997 I bought a collection of items that once belonged to William Thompson. Included in this collection, almost as an afterthought, was the suit coat that Stephen King wore for his author photo for the Carrie dust jacket. I had no idea what to do with it but I happened to go to this frame shop first and they had several examples of framed displays of antique clothing on the wall. I knew immediately that I was in the right place. The owner (a fairly well-known local artist himself) started showing me all sorts of possibilities and we ended up with something I really liked. Since then I have only used them for all my framing and matting. I have probably had them frame 50 or more original pieces of work, mostly related to King. Some of the workers are turned off by some of the art and one said she could not work on something I brought in because it made her uncomfortable. I think it was one of the Gervais drawings from Christine but it may have been the alien dissection painting by Wrightson for From A Buick 8. Anyway, I have known them all for years and we have a great working relationship. In 2009 the owner completely closed the shop for two days and assigned one of his workers to work with Jerad Walters and me unframing and reframing many, many pieces of mine so that Jerad could scan them for the Knowing Darkness art book.

[Dan]

Wow, Bob! Very interesting!

[surly]

you have, and framed his jacket?!?
hahaha. i dont collect memorabilia, but thats the coolest thing ever. you've gotta post a picture.
you truly never cease to amaze. i hope im lucky enough to meet you in person some day; i could listen to your stories all day long.

[carlosdetweiller]

you have, and framed his jacket?!?

Wrong thread for this but what the heck. When I got the jacket (wrapped in a paper sack) it was pretty dirty. Coffee stains and smelling of smoke. The label said "machine washable" so that is what I did.....hoping for the best. It came out pretty good. Peter Schneider had gotten Bill Thompson to write a letter of provenance and I had it framed too.....sort of a frame within a frame. The book is not a first edition but included in the frame to show the author photo. I think it came out real well. I used to have it hanging with my collection but now it is in a closet having been replaced by artwork I like better.



The hankie in the jacket is not original. The author photo showed one so I found one that was dark and looked like the picture and stuck it in the pocket before we framed it.