Your New Pride and Joy!

[Pasiuk57]

Congrats!!

[jhanic]

Very nice, Simon!

John

[bdwyer19]

Congrats Simon!

[neo_trinity]

Over the past couple of months I've had the pleasure of working with a great seller to obtain some of the proofs I need for my collection. The first two of a total of five proofs arrived today. At first I had planned to continue Paul's Rare Proof Wednesday in five monthly installments and 'unveil' the proofs, starting with the most common one and ending with the scarcest one. But I don't want to wait another two or three months so here we go, in no particular order.

Neither of these, nor the other proofs I have coming are as exceptionally scarce as the things we're used to seeing from Bob and Gerald but they're far from common.

The first one is the UK IT proof. I had another copy a few years ago with a spine that was so faded it was almost white. Needless to say, this one is MUCH better!

The second one is a proof that I never expected to find - but I did. I'll never own a Doubleday or NEL proof so this was basically my Holy Grail of the older proofs. I am super happy to have found a copy! The UK Dead Zone proof! It looks a bit washed out in this pic but it's not. Overall it's not in great condition but I don't care one bit. This one took me a LONG time to find...

Well done Michaël. I would never say that a "Dead Zone" proof is anything to not be especially proud of. I have only ever found the one and they are very difficult to find in Fine condition because of the quality of the paper that was employed at the time. I haven't seen one for sale in over a decade, so congratulations.

I was actually going to post a few new proofs and items I just acquired in London the other day, but not wanting to rain on your parade, I will hold off until 2016. I think the last time I posted a rare item, it was 5 minutes after Roseannbarr posted his first Pride & Joy and it took away from his enjoyment.

Well done again.
Gerald

[neo_trinity]

2 new S/L's just arrived

Well done too Simon. If you ever decide to unwrap "Desperation" you may be surprised to find a crisp new $20 bill that Grant inserted in a few copies. If you do find yourself fortunate, whatever you do, "don't put it in your pocket, sir. Don't put it in your pocket. It's your lucky bill. You can put it anywhere you like, just anywhere not in your pocket. Where it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a bill. Which it is."

- Anton Chigurh

[Merlin1958]

For the "No Country for Old Men" quote!!!

[neo_trinity]

For the "No Country for Old Men" quote!!!

Ahhhh. A movie aficionado. I love that film. One of the few times I was rooting for the character most often considered the villain, whom I don't believe was.

[Merlin1958]

For the "No Country for Old Men" quote!!!

Ahhhh. A movie aficionado. I love that film. One of the few times I was rooting for the character most often considered the villain, whom I don't believe was.

Subtle film indeed!!! In it's own way that is!!

[neo_trinity]

For the "No Country for Old Men" quote!!!

Ahhhh. A movie aficionado. I love that film. One of the few times I was rooting for the character most often considered the villain, whom I don't believe was.

Subtle film indeed!!! In it's own way that is!!

Every time I watch that film, I have to watch "There Will Be Blood" right after because they are great accompaniments. They were both filming back to back and in one Texas scene, shooting had to halt one day when a cloud of black smoke appeared on the horizon of the Coen film. It was from the set of Blood, where the oil derrick was set on fire. Both movies were both contenders for Academy Awards a couple of years later.

G

[TCCBodhi]

Congrats on the Carver book, TCC. I think I read in the biography of Carver that came out a few years ago that he signed over 10,000 of those tip in sheets. He knew he was dying from lung cancer at the time and struggled to get them all done. He died before the regular hard cover edition came out.

Wow, that's a pretty large signed edition! Poor guy! I wish he had perhaps written another story or two in the time that he used to sign these. Though it isn't rare, it's still one of the very few NON-King that I'll enjoy having in my case!

[biomieg]

Thanks, all (and congratulations Seth and Simon)!

Gerald, please feel free to post your latest acquisitions. The more everyone shares, the better. It won't detract anything from my P&J.

[stroppygoblin]

Well done too Simon. If you ever decide to unwrap "Desperation" you may be surprised to find a crisp new $20 bill that Grant inserted in a few copies. If you do find yourself fortunate, whatever you do, "don't put it in your pocket, sir. Don't put it in your pocket. It's your lucky bill. You can put it anywhere you like, just anywhere not in your pocket. Where it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a bill. Which it is."

- Anton Chigurh

Thanks Gerald (and everyone else!) The shrinkwrap WILL be removed, as soon as my new bookcase has been built (sometime in February) I will take the shrinkwrap of any remaining books.

[neo_trinity]

Well done too Simon. If you ever decide to unwrap "Desperation" you may be surprised to find a crisp new $20 bill that Grant inserted in a few copies. If you do find yourself fortunate, whatever you do, "don't put it in your pocket, sir. Don't put it in your pocket. It's your lucky bill. You can put it anywhere you like, just anywhere not in your pocket. Where it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a bill. Which it is."

- Anton Chigurh

Thanks Gerald (and everyone else!) The shrinkwrap WILL be removed, as soon as my new bookcase has been built (sometime in February) I will take the shrinkwrap of any remaining books.

Good for you Simon. I remove shrink-wrap from all my books because there is absolutely no conservation value to leaving it on. They are only beneficial for dust protection, but careful storage and regular dusting will solve that problem. Some books that are wrapped too tightly can warp slipcases over time, so I remove them with one exception - Salem's Lot Gift Edition from Centipede. That was actually wrapped well and due to the type of material that was used for the cover, it keeps it looking new.

Gerald

[jhanic]

I got my CD slipcase for Finders Keepers today. Now my signed trade of Finders Keepers has a good home.

John

[zelig]

Very nice John. I'm looking forward to receiving mine.

[Br!an]

I received my FK slipcase too. It's very nice. I like the texture.

The book fits it fine without a Brodart. I think a Brodart would make it a little tight.

[carlosdetweiller]

Here is something I have spent a long time looking for. I'd say over 10 years. Maybe longer. It is a magazine called Mainliner and it is the magazine you would have found in the "seat pocket in front of you" on a United Airlines flight in May, 1977. Noteworthy because of an excerpt from The Shining that appears to be the entire chapter titled "Hallorann."

This should be listed in B.49 in Brooks' bibliography under the heading Section II: Short Fiction but the only current listing there is a magazine called Ramada Reflections from June, 1977. I have never owned or even seen a copy of Ramada Reflections (presumably an in-room magazine for Ramada Inn) but this copy of Mainliner is clearly dated one month earlier.

And the back cover is very nostalgic.

[Dan]

Wow, very cool! Congrats!

[biomieg]

That is great, Bob! I think the 2013 eBook update to Brooks' book actually has it listed but it wasn't there in the earlier edition. Congratulations!

[carlosdetweiller]

That is great, Bob! I think the 2013 eBook update to Brooks' book actually has it listed but it wasn't there in the earlier edition. Congratulations!

I knew that I had told Justin about this magazine a few years ago and was nearly certain he had included it in his listings but forgot to check the eBook listing. I just checked the hardback and the two small supplements I have in hard copies. Thanks.

[jhanic]

Very, very nice, Bob! Before the listing in Justin's Bibliography, I'd never heard of it. A rare find!

John

[herbertwest]

Nice item Bob !

[ELazansky]

Here's the entry from the eBook:

B51. “The Shining” -
Notes:
· This is an excerpt from King’s novel The Shining, consisting of Chapters 10 (“Hallorann”) and 11 (“The Shining”) in their entirety.
Appearances:
1. Mainliner [magazine; United Airways] (May 1977): 21-22, 24, 27-29, 75-77,98-99.

[carlosdetweiller]

Here's the entry from the eBook:

B51. “The Shining” -
Notes:
· This is an excerpt from King’s novel The Shining, consisting of Chapters 10 (“Hallorann”) and 11 (“The Shining”) in their entirety.
Appearances:
1. Mainliner [magazine; United Airways] (May 1977): 21-22, 24, 27-29, 75-77,98-99.

Thanks for posting that. I had sent that info to Justin a few years ago after discovering a copy of the magazine in the back of the Doubleday files. That copy had "file copy" written in ink on the cover and, I felt, would always need to remain with the Doubleday files. Since seeing it I have been looking for another copy to put in my core collection. I was pretty excited to finally come across one listed on eBay. Like I said earlier I have been looking for a long, long time.

[Pasiuk57]

Bob
Great find! Always great to find something after a long search.