Brian you are most kind.
This is by no means an exercise at which I have any skills at all.
Thank you for your patience.
Kindest regards
Alec.
Brian you are most kind.
This is by no means an exercise at which I have any skills at all.
Thank you for your patience.
Kindest regards
Alec.
Many thanks to all for the kind remarks.
Much appreciated.
I leave the country for a week and this thread goes to pot!
Sorry Alec, I'm back now to help with any new posts...
At Alec's request I have gone back and tidied things up. I have also deleted a couple of posts to keep things clean , so I hope nobody is too upset by this. Alec is extremely grateful to all those that helped out.
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Help from everyone on this site is truly amazing.
Becca and Brian thank you both very much for stepping in, it really is appreciated.
I have said it before, communities would benefit from learning a little more about books, collecting and the people who participate.
Thanks to all.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Had another opportunity to visit Alec and his wonderful collection today, as always a great pleasure.
I took the opportunity to photograph some more of the signed collection that seems to grow each time I see it.Here are some of the newer acquisitions and changes to the bookcases as Alec moves things around in order to get everything in!
1st US editions, all signed.
The twin Lettered Regulators have a new home...
SOD I & II Lettered join the collection
Very happy to have helped Alec out with adding to his UK S/L's...
Alec took delivery of a new lettered Anthology from David (Betts) as I arrived, he asked me to post this and pass on his thanks. It goes well next to the S/L he already owns.
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Another rarely seen signed copy
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
So this is an interesting addition, Alec received some additional ephemera with a purchase of a S/L Skeleton crew. Included was a letter to Dick Brisson. Anybody able to shed some light on who Dick was and his relationship to JK Potter? It appears he is some kind of editor of some sort of horror periodical or magazine.
I love the fact that the letter has been written on matching paper and with a similar pen to the one used to sign the books!
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
WOW!!!! Now that is a keeper!!!! Very, very nice!!!!Originally Posted by stroppygoblin
So this is an interesting addition, Alec received some additional ephemera with a purchase of a S/L Skeleton crew. Included was a letter to Dick Brisson. Anybody able to shed some light on who Dick was and his relationship to JK Potter? It appears he is some kind of editor of some sort of horror periodical or magazine.
I love the fact that the letter has been written on matching paper and with a similar pen to the one used to sign the books!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Omg wow.... wow. Wow!!
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Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
Very nice, Alec!
You don't know my kind.....You don't my mind.....Dark necessities are part of my design.....
Is that (somehow) a special advance copy of CD's The Shining I see tucked in there?
Eastasia has always taught college students to feel pride or shame according to their race.
So this is an interesting addition, Alec received some additional ephemera with a purchase of a S/L Skeleton crew. Included was a letter to Dick Brisson. Anybody able to shed some light on who Dick was and his relationship to JK Potter? It appears he is some kind of editor of some sort of horror periodical or magazine.
I love the fact that the letter has been written on matching paper and with a similar pen to the one used to sign the books!
"You have reached a non-working number at Macy's credit and customer services..."
Thanks for sharing. Amazing pics/collection!
Wanted:
Wizard & Glass S/L #51 (can trade #229 in plastic)
Song of Susannah S/L #51 (can trade PC or #293)Found 3/12
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...ction-LokiJake
Wow...
Alec - You're going to need to list your residence on the "Stephen King Tours" map...
Good afternoon St Troy.
Yes it is a Cemetery Dance "Shining". I purchased it from the Haven Foundation auction a while ago.
Well spotted!!
Thank you all for the comments.
I was going to say "I'm getting there", but it never seems true!!
Great stuff Alec, Congrats!!!!
Another look at an amazing collection. Thanks for sharing Alec!
Wanted:
Carrie PS Publishing Lettered ‘G’
Charlie the Choo Choo U.K. S/L #157
Dark Tower Portfolio #157
Amazing stuff Alec, CONGRATS !!!
My Stephen King collection
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...on-Stockerlone
Non-King collection
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...rlone-Non-King
Thank you Matt, Andy, Frank,
Most kind.
Hopefully some more pieces to come in the very near future.
Alec.
Another rarely seen signed copy
Hey is this Alec's or yours? I love BATMAN and Stephen King obviously made it out to me. It is now a must have for my collection. I can trade for a book that is made out To Karen. Don't let the dog bite. Rough shape but old signature.
It clearly says FOR GLENWhich is me!!! I wish I hadn't drunk so much in 86 and lost my copy!
It's Alec's thread. All items posted are his (unless otherwise stated)
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Pretty amazing stuff...speechless
Dragline : Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me - with nothin'.
Luke : Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
As far as I know, this copy below is the earliest known legit 1st edition signature....to Steve's college roommate, two weeks BEFORE publication....I also own the inscribed copy dated in SEptember 1975 but it is NOT a 1st edition making me think that copy was inscribed later on and someone convinced King to back date it....but as far as I know copy below is earliest Salem's inscription.I know of several signed before 25th November. The best is 17th October 1975, the day of release.
Dragline : Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me - with nothin'.
Luke : Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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