I believe Bob's use of the panic smilie above might have been his first intentional use of one so that should work nicely for him.
I believe Bob's use of the panic smilie above might have been his first intentional use of one so that should work nicely for him.
Bob, beware, emoticons are a gateway drug. Next thing you know, you'll have an avatar, and then a signature.
OMG, now I know why the earth moved a while ago!
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.
lol!!!!!
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.
wow RF! I didn't even notice bob didn't have an av!, I'm in shock!.
How can collector legends not have an av.....oh I don't understand.
Cause, we all know who Bob is, he doesn't need a pic to tell us!
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.
We all know its Bob BECAUSE he has no av
His avatar is the absence of an avatar. That's very profound!
Thanks for that user background, Bob. Very interesting.
A seller to which i bought some french fanzine from Burt Hatlen's collection have a LOT more items to sell from his collection. I thought some could interest you. It seems they ALL (?) are Presentation Copy, personalised to Hatlen. The seller apparently have have WAY more King's books than the following list.
email of the seller : lippincottbooks[AT]midmaine.com
*Burt Hatlen and Stephen King
Burt Hatlen was a major influence on King's writing, beginning when King took a writing workshop with Hatlen in the late 1960s.
King's first book appearance, in Moth, came out of that workshop (where he also met his future wife, Tabitha Spruce). King devotes several pages in On Writing to describe that experience. King sent manuscripts to Hatlen for his input throughout his career. He named several of his characters after Hatlen, including Brooks Hatlen, the prison librarian in the novella "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.” In a postscript to his novel Lisey's Story, King said of Hatlen "Burt was the greatest English teacher I ever had. It was he who first showed me the way to the pool, which he called ‘the language-pool, the myth-pool, where we all go down to drink.”
Virginia Hatlen, Burt's wife, was also friends with King and a reader and critic of his manuscripts.
Stephen King. Six Stories. Bangor, Me: Philtrum Press, 1997. First and only edition. One of 200 copies signed by King numbered in Roman numerals; these were reserved for the author and given to friends (there were also 900 numbered in Arabic). This copy is also /inscribed/ on the free front endpaper: “For Burt and Virginia- With love and good wishes, Steve - 3/30/97.” $1,500
King, Stephen. Lisey's Story. New York: Scribner, 2006. First edition. /Presentation Copy:/* *“For Burt and Virginia- With love and good wishes, Stephen King 10/5/06.” In an author's statement that follows the novel/, /King writes of Burt Hatlen /"Burt was the greatest English teacher I ever had. It was he who first showed me the way to the pool, which he called ‘the language-pool, the myth-pool, where we all go down to drink.”/ $1,000
King, Stephen. Lisey's Story. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2006. Uncorrected advance proof. Hand numbered 56 of 100
copies. Stiff black paper wrappers, title in silver on spine and front cover. VGF. In original folded black box, “Stephen King” in
silver on front and back cover; 1” tear at base else VG. $250
King, Stephen. On Writing. New York: Scribner, 2000. Advance Reader's copy. /Presentation Copy/: “For Burt and Virginia Hatlen- All the best, Stephen King 4/16/00.
In a postscript listing books that have influenced King, Hatlen has put a pen mark next to many of the titles. $500
King, Stephen. Misery. New York: Viking, 1987. First edition. Presentation Copy: “For Burt and Virginia with hopes that your states will encompass _anything_ but this - misery. Much love, Stephen King 5/8/87. Graduation day.” $500
King, Stephen. Christine. New York: Viking, 1983. First edition. Presentation Copy: “For Burt - With best wishes, Stephen King 7/6/83.” $350
King, Stephen. Needful Things. New York: Viking, 1991. First edition. Presentation Copy: “For Burt and Virginia - Best wishes from an old friend- Stephen King 11/4/91.” $450
King, Stephen & Straub, Peter. The Talisman. New York: Viking, 1984. First edition. Presentation Copy: “For Burt and Virginia Hatlen - Best wishes... and welcome to the Territories! Stephen King 10/22/84.” $450
King, Stephen. It. New York: Viking, 1986. First edition. Presentation Copy: “For Virginia - and Burt - but mostly for Virginia, who read this fucker three times- Steve King 10/1/86.” $650
King, Stephen. Firestarter. New York: Viking, 1980. First edition. Presentation Copy: “For the Hatlens - With all good wishes; hope you like this. Steve King 9/13/80.”
King, Stephen. On Writing. New York: Scribner, 2000. Advance Reading copy. Presentation Copy: “For Burt and Virginia Hatlen- All the best, Stephen King 4/16/00.” $500
King, Stephen. Six Stories. Bangor, Maine: Philtrum Press, 1997. First edition. Presentation Copy: “For Burt and Virginia- With love and good wishes, Steve 3/30/97.”
King, Stephen. Lisey's Story. New York: Scribner, 2006. First edition. Presentation Copy: “For Burt and Virginia- With love and good wishes, Stephen King 10/5/06.” $1,000
King, Stephen. Lisey's Story. New York: Scribner, 2006. First edition. Presentation Copy: “For Hedda- With best wishes- now this is _your_ story. Stephen King 1/30/07.” $350
King, Stephen. Bag of Bones. New York: Scribner, 1998. First edition. Presentation Copy: “For Burt and Virginia- With all the best, Stephen King 9/21/98.” $450
Bachman, Richard. Blaze. New York: Scribner, 2007. First edition. Presentation Copy: “For Burt and Virginia- This is _very_ old school. Stephen King 7/25/07.” $450
King, Stephen. Lisey's Story. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2006. Uncorrected advance proof. 056/100.
King, Stephen. The Stand. New York: Doubleday, 1990. Presentation Copy: “For Burt and Virginia- With best wishes and lots of love, Steve King 5/24/90(?)” $350
King, Stephen. The Tommyknockers. New York: Putnam, 1987. First edition. Presentation Copy: “For Burt and Virginia - Best wishes... and watch out for the Tommyknocker man! Stephen King 12/2/87.” $500
King, Stephen. The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands. Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant, 1991. First edition. Presentation Copy: “For Burt and Virginia- Come in under the shadows of these red rocks...Steve King 11/4/91.”
Terrell, Carroll F. Stephen King: Man and Artist. Orono, Maine: Northern Lights, 1990. First edition. One of 75 copies in silver cloth. Presentation Copy: “For Burt with many regards Carroll F. Terrell.”
Furth, Robin. Stephen King's The Dark Tower:A Concordance. Volume I. New York: Scribner, 2003. First edition. Presentation Copy: “To Burt and Virginia- Love, Robin”
Furth, Robin. Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance. Volume II. New York: Scribner, 2005. First edition. Presentation Copy: “To Burt and Virginia- Love, Robin January 10, 2006.”
*** STEPHEN KING MOTH, 1970, $500
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King, Stephen Moth
Description: 1970. Unpaginated. Author's first book appearance. The first appearance in book form of three poems by Stephen King, predating any commercial printing of his work. Moth was an anthology which evolved out of a poetry seminar at the University of Maine, where King was a student at the time. Other contributers include Tabitha Spruce, who not long after married Stephen to become Tabitha King. (In his autobiographical book, On Writing, King writes of falling in love with Tabitha during this poetry workshop-he also describes the workshop at some length in the book.) Another contributor was Michael Alpert, who later worked with King as co-founder of Philtrum Press, where he designed and composed the type for the ultra rare publication The Plant, and the limited editions of The Eyes of the Dragon, and Six Stories. The most important poem by King in Moth is the first: "The Dark Man," the genesis of his sprawling epic, The Dark Tower. The second poem, "Donovan's Brain," was inspired by the book and movie of the same name. King did other poems and stories for literary magazines before he was published commercially but this anthology represents King's most important work in this form, and was the confluence for people of significance to King's life and work.
Publisher: The Blanket Conspiracy, Orono, Maine, 1970
Edition: First Edition
Book Condition: Near Fine
Identification Number: 3200
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Price: $500.00
*** Lunt, Dean Lawrence. King, Stephen Here for Generations: The Story of a Maine Bank and Its City
Description: xviii, 334 pp. With Introduction by Stephen King. Illustrated with b & w photographs of bank personel as well as the city of Bangor. Appendix, bibliography, and index. Red cloth, gilt titles.
Publisher: Islandport Press, Frenchboro, Maine, 2002
Edition: First Edition
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Identification Number: 3168
Price: $18.00
Never heard about this introduction before, even though it's in Justin's book
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A nice collection, for sure. I won't be buying, but how do interested collectors get in touch?
i added it ;-)
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Hmmmm.... if only my first name were Burt or Virginia....
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November, The Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot.
This is a neat little signed item. I bet it sells well.
http://cgi.ebay.com/stephen-king-aut...d=p3286.c0.m14
Interesting it is unnumbered.
Is the card actually signed, or a reproduction of King's signature?
Backtracking to Bob's lack of an avatar. He is unique in that amongst the collectors like so many of his collectibles...one of a kind.
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.
Perhaps this would be Bob's signature:
And this his Av: