Yep. No envelope or necklace. I was able to pick up the pendant without the chain, and I also was able to get one of the signed Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon editions from the same seller. I didn't realize that was one of Alpert's copies.
John
Yep. No envelope or necklace. I was able to pick up the pendant without the chain, and I also was able to get one of the signed Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon editions from the same seller. I didn't realize that was one of Alpert's copies.
John
Amazing, John. Lovely signature too.Originally Posted by jhanic
It's not new, but this is one of my Pride and Joys that is NOT a proof:
The New Lieutenant's Rap front cover:
The page with the number (#468 ):
And the signature:
John
Really nice book - enjoyed the story behind the books too
That's extremely hard to find now, John. I think I have heard of only a few handful of people that has a semi-complete package (necklace & signed GWLTG) and only 1 other collector that I know that own all that and the quiz too.
WANTED:
Lettered Danse Macabre
Marshroots
Lettered Eyes Of The Dragon
Lettered The Stand
BOMC signed Full Dark No Stars
MM AGOT #249
Lettered Frankenstein
You are so right. I've never owned one of the necklaces.
My new pride and Joy,
I got this from someone in California who doesn't sell books regularly and she sold it for....
She even threw in an extra paperback to sweeten the deal
sorry, I have posted this other places already but I am soo excited!
Sweet!
What are those? Proofs?
Those are the first prints of Wool and Shift. The ultrarare selfpublished Omnibus of Wool is first print, worth several hundred $´s or probably now already more....!
Congrats! What a price!!! And THAT is why I can't stop looking at ebay!!!!!
Congrats on the new P&J's!
Thanks to everyone for their kind words, it's nice to be able to share my scores with folks who can appreciate them, my friends and family just kind of look and say"that's nice" but don't really get it, but I know that you guys do!
Part 1 ....
After what seemed an eternity (it wasn't, it just felt that way) Rachel Readman's Jake & Oy "Silflay" sculpture (which I was fortunate to have been the successful bidder for in the 2013 Haven Foundation round of auctions) has finally arrived in Australia
Rachel has gone above and beyond with this piece (additional add-on items that are not part of the standard sculpture) - and, as a surprise bonus, generously included my very first piece of Rachel Readman original art - which will be heading to the framers and onto the art wall (ceiling?) before this week is out
I'll shut up now and let the pictures do the talking (except to say that if anyone here on the forum is sitting on the fence about acquiring one of these pieces - fall of it and get one!!!)
We all float down here!
Part 2 ....
Additional details not included on the other sculptures ...
In-situ in the reading room with the 2012 Haven Foundation auction piece by Rachel (Constant Reader) ....
The bonus surprise artwork that accompanied the sculpture (I love it) !!!!
We all float down here!
That is really amazing...
I agree with Michaël. It's amazing!
That's beautiful. Congrats.
Thanks for sharing.... and so well. Wonderful work.
A beautiful piece indeed
Amazing! Congratulations!
Wanted list:
Ubris
a little while back there were some pics posted of various custom cases for THE PLANT which inspired me to see what i could get done.
i did a little digging and turns out that there was a book binder right around the corner from where i work so i paid him a visit and we discussed a few ideas. long story short, here is what i picked up today:
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"When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes."
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
Now that's a seriously sweet slip cased production - very nice indeed mate !!!!
We all float down here!
Very, very cool.
So, I've been 'collecting' (i.e. looking for collectible books, not simply 'hoarding', which is what I used to do before) for about seven years. During this time I was able to find some good stuff: several pretty scarce US and UK proofs come to mind, and very nice copies of the hardest-to-find UK trade editions (Carrie, Night Shift, Danse Macabre, The Breathing Method to name a few).
Most of you know that I was stupid enough to sell a lot of my best items - first a number of scarce proofs, and a couple of years later most of my UK editions. Obviously, I'm still kicking myself and I really regret letting go of some gems.
Anyway, I'm working on slowly getting some of those goodies back into my collection. Today I received this very nice copy of the Doubleday Carrie ARC.
When I opened my mailbox I almost fainted - the seller shipped it in a flimsy, large envelope. When I opened it, I was both amazed and horrified to see that the book was placed in a plastic ziplock bag for 'protection' - no bubblewrap in sight. The seller did, however, roll the book itself in several layers of sticky clingwrap!
But as you can see it survived unscathed and the clingwrap, although madly sticking to itself and very hard to remove, did not adhere to the book so no damage was done in the end... gave me a good scare though!
For it's age that looks to be in perfect condition, congrats Michaël
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