This ended at $406. Is this a good price point for the item considering the staining on the cover?
Originally Posted by Randall Flagg
This ended at $406. Is this a good price point for the item considering the staining on the cover?
Yes. That price is spot on.
Anthology lot starting at ten bucks. It's worth the price of admission for the first two appearances alone (Granta and Postscripts):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-8-STEPHE...item5404cd9c35
This is one of the more scarce of the King proofs, but condition leaves quite a bit to be desired. Also, the seller says the note is "stapled" to the front cover, but the picture shows, to me, that it is taped.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Different-Se...item461aa9f83d
John
Also of interest -- the first printing info = 200,000 copies
Author of The Road to the Dark Tower, Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences and The Dark Tower Companion. Co-editor with Stephen King of the anthology Flight or Fright.
If that's accurate. I've discovered that occasionally what the proof says is the first printing isn't what was really done. (The US proof of Eyes of the Dragon says a million-copy run. It was actually 750,000).
John
There's the amount the publisher states, which is often inflated but more often made public, and then the real number, which is much harder to come by (though it's almost always less than or equal to the stated number).
Author of The Road to the Dark Tower, Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences and The Dark Tower Companion. Co-editor with Stephen King of the anthology Flight or Fright.
Pricy : giant poster of King's visit in France... 150€
>>> http://www.ebay.fr/itm/AFFICHE-geant...E:B:SS:FR:3160
French creepshow, signed... 250€... pricy too!
>>> http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Dedicace-de-S...E:B:SS:FR:3160
Opinion on the signature?
Looks kind of alright I think, except 2 things which I aint sure:
- a bit too much space just after the "ST" ?
- the line on the right side (?) For putting in name when he crossed his name? Which i think would show that it's likely to be a real signature
NB : another thing that makes me think it's real, is that he also added for sale the 1st french edition for King's first books...
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CLUB STEPHEN KING (french website about STEPHEN KING, since 1992) : on : Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
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Looks right to me!
I also think that it is good.
1 bid, 1 hour left. $175:
STEPHEN KING - SIGNED - UNDER THE DOME
Zero bids, 3 hours left, $299:
Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub - 2002, Signed Limited #1410/1520
$99:
Stephen King Secretery of Dreams Volume 1 Gift Edition
Probably a few more bucks than you would normally pay (for Umney's Last Case) but you do get the other books.
Penguin 60s Mini paperback classics Stephen King Jack Kerouac Peter Straub FDR:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Penguin-60s-...item19e8b98a13
I just paid 0.99p for this setIt wasn't clear whether it was the UK or the US edition (i'm hoping for UK, I already have the US ULC) but a steal either way.
"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
I always thought that the entire set had more than four books. Am I remembering correctly?
John
Mine (yet to arrive) has 10. Different books to those mentioned in the other auction, which is why I am hoping on UK
"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
Since the Umney's is white, I think this is the US version.
John
I agree with John. The UK version has black on the cover instead of white, and the picture is also slightly different. Check Bruce's (Needfulthings) collection thread for a side-by-side comparison pic - I just sold him my UK copy a couple of weeks ago.
Yes, the auction originally mentioned is definitely the US version. My comment was regarding a set (of 10) that I purchased a couple of days ago. It did not show covers only spines, so I don't know if its UK or US.
"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
Ah okay, I thought you bought the set from the link. My bad.
12 hours left. 22 bids, $76:
Stephen King Desperation Gift HC with S/L Clamshell Case!
I was on this one for a bit as a donation item, but got a little rich for my blood.
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?????
YAY! It was the UK version! Not bad for less than a quidYes, the auction originally mentioned is definitely the US version. My comment was regarding a set (of 10) that I purchased a couple of days ago. It did not show covers only spines, so I don't know if its UK or US.
"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
CongratulationsYAY! It was the UK version! Not bad for less than a quidYes, the auction originally mentioned is definitely the US version. My comment was regarding a set (of 10) that I purchased a couple of days ago. It did not show covers only spines, so I don't know if its UK or US.
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