Your New Pride and Joy!

[wizardsrainbow]

[quote=Hutch;335962]

I got this in yesterday from a seller in Ireland (What the heck was it doing over there?).

A review copy of SKELETON CREW with promotional materials laid in. I don't recall ever seeing one of these offered for sale. I suspect it is not incredibly rare but perhaps uncommon. I didn't have one in my collection and am pretty happy to add this.


Nice one Bob!

Begs the question to John and Mike....do you have this one or no?

What the heck... John and Mike, what about about Dave?
Yes...many of my firsts come with review materials. It was a focus of mine years ago.

No snub intended my friend. It's just that John and Mike are kinda the ARC kings, so I thought of them.

[jhanic]

Oh, yeah! Nice pictures, Dave. I'd never seen the box (or even heard of it) before today.

John

[Patrick]

I love looking at all this cool stuff that I don't own. Yet. One day...

[Ari_Racing]

Thanks for the info, Jerome!

[Chooch]

From Stephenkkingcollector:

The Rap was given out at the 25th Anniversary of Carrie on April 6, 1999. The guest list had 120 invitees and Stephen had asked Michael Alpert (designer) to prepare 150 signed copies (non-sequential order) in case there were more needed on the night. 108 people turned up as a few could not make it.

Approximately 28-42 copies were left on the table and thrown out by staff that night. None were recovered from trash. Stephen was so disgusted that drunk guests did this, that he took the remaining 380+ copies and placed them in his office safe in Bangor, to where they remain to this day. The unsuccessful break-in attempt in June 2000 did not get any copies of these chapbooks. There have been approximately 5 donated to Bangor public library since then. Therefore, only 80 copies were taken home from the event and 5 more have been purchased since then from the fundraisers. Of the 500, that is a very small number of copies in private hands.

The envelopes were all given out on the night and what made them unique is that the were covered with silver peace symbols that Michael hand stamped on the chapbooks. Some have 3, 4 or 5 as they were placed arbitrarily. Michael said that the reason this was done was because in the 60s, there was no rules to follow, you just did what ever you felt like. !

Also handed out at the party were:
-- A signed copy of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon ( in honor of the 25th anniversary of Carrie )
-- The Peace Sign necklace in it's original box with bow on top
-- A Stapled (4 page) 25 question Trivia Quiz

Pictures of several quizzes are at the site.

Were TGWLTG books 2nd printings, or was that from The Haven Foundation sale?

Can we back this bus up...where did 500 come from ?

[tippy4]

WooHoo!

Thanks to a member here, I am now the proud owner of a set of Hearts in Atlantis/Waldenbooks promotional Dog Tags.



My HIA collection now consists of a signed 1st edition, Dog Tags, ARC, Deck of Cards.

[Fsmdr]

Thanks for the picture, Dave. Never seeen it before.

[Randall Flagg]

WooHoo!

Thanks to a member here, I am now the proud owner of a set of Hearts in Atlantis/Waldenbooks promotional Dog Tags.



My HIA collection now consists of a signed 1st edition, Dog Tags, ARC, Deck of Cards.

Congrats. I am very jealous. I had mentioned wanting that very item.

[Fsmdr]

WooHoo!

Thanks to a member here, I am now the proud owner of a set of Hearts in Atlantis/Waldenbooks promotional Dog Tags.



My HIA collection now consists of a signed 1st edition, Dog Tags, ARC, Deck of Cards.

Congrats. I am very jealous. I had mentioned wanting that very item.

Ditto

[gsvec]

WooHoo!

Thanks to a member here, I am now the proud owner of a set of Hearts in Atlantis/Waldenbooks promotional Dog Tags.



My HIA collection now consists of a signed 1st edition, Dog Tags, ARC, Deck of Cards.

Congrats. I am very jealous. I had mentioned wanting that very item.

Ditto

Tritto.

[tippy4]

[herbertwest]

I am both : really happy-excited and disappointed...

I succeed to find a copy of the very very 1st french publication of King : an excerpt of Carrie, published few months before the novel. Dated 1976.
However, there are NO WAYS that i can buy it or owning it, for the simple reason that it's at the national library.
So i requested copies of it. I recieved it today, really excited, happy after weeks of waiting : i am going through the pages, and the last one says "continuing on page 102". They didnt copy it, while in my request i am pretty sure that i said i wanted the whole excerpt, i gave page informations that are maybe not accurate or complete... apparently they didnt take that into account great. I'll probably have to pay again the same price (minimum fare + recorded shipping), for probably only 4-5 pages missing......
Not really cheap for copies : hoped i could have got the magazine instead or that they could have scanned it...

will call em this afternoon as soon as they open!

[Brice]

I am both : really happy-excited and disappointed...

I succeed to find a copy of the very very 1st french publication of King : an excerpt of Carrie, published few months before the novel. Dated 1976.
However, there are NO WAYS that i can buy it or owning it, for the simple reason that it's at the national library.
So i requested copies of it. I recieved it today, really excited, happy after weeks of waiting : i am going through the pages, and the last one says "continuing on page 102". They didnt copy it, while in my request i am pretty sure that i said i wanted the whole excerpt, i gave page informations that are maybe not accurate or complete... apparently they didnt take that into account great. I'll probably have to pay again the same price (minimum fare + recorded shipping), for probably only 4-5 pages missing......
Not really cheap for copies : hoped i could have got the magazine instead or that they could have scanned it...

will call em this afternoon as soon as they open!

Damn, that sucks!

Is it the only copy???

What magazine was it in and what issue?

[wizardsrainbow]

Well, my long awaited package arrived, in just 1 day!

Here is what I opened:









No remarques of any kind! But...I am missing two artists editions, so just maybe.

[Ari_Racing]

How is the shinkwrap? Can be removed and placed again once I check if I have remarques? Or does it have to be broken?

I want to shinkwrap them again.

[wizardsrainbow]

How is the shinkwrap? Can be removed and placed again once I check if I have remarques? Or does it have to be broken?

I want to shinkwrap them again.

Ari-

I suppose if you were very careful, you could open it, slide the book out and then use heat to melt the platic back together. Why bother though?

[Nerak]

Yeah, did he not send you your PC artist?? What is wrong with him?? LOL I know you are missing the separate artist, as it was still burried. I will mention it to him when I get to work.

[herbertwest]

Damn, that sucks!

Is it the only copy???

What magazine was it in and what issue?

That's the only known issue. I've been looking everywhere, and once i even thought i'd get one, but the seller (which is a company gathering archives of newspaper) got back to me saying that they didnt have it anymore...

The information have been published so there are no reasons to hide it, especially since that it would maybe help to find another copy.
It was in the french Cosmopolitan, issue #32, july 1976.
My mistake : i've just checked and this is not the first ever french King appearance, as the book was published in april. But still.

[wizardsrainbow]

Yeah, did he not send you your PC artist?? What is wrong with him?? LOL I know you are missing the separate artist, as it was still burried. I will mention it to him when I get to work.

Karen-

Correct, missing the PC artist and the higher number artist.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

I succeed to find a copy of the very very 1st french publication of King : an excerpt of Carrie, published few months before the novel. Dated 1976.
However, there are NO WAYS that i can buy it or owning it, for the simple reason that it's at the national library.

You've lived in Scotland for a while! Were you not tought to "do a runner"? i.e steal it, and run out the door.

[Chooch]

From Stephenkkingcollector:

The Rap was given out at the 25th Anniversary of Carrie on April 6, 1999. The guest list had 120 invitees and Stephen had asked Michael Alpert (designer) to prepare 150 signed copies (non-sequential order) in case there were more needed on the night. 108 people turned up as a few could not make it.

Approximately 28-42 copies were left on the table and thrown out by staff that night. None were recovered from trash. Stephen was so disgusted that drunk guests did this, that he took the remaining 380+ copies and placed them in his office safe in Bangor, to where they remain to this day. The unsuccessful break-in attempt in June 2000 did not get any copies of these chapbooks. There have been approximately 5 donated to Bangor public library since then. Therefore, only 80 copies were taken home from the event and 5 more have been purchased since then from the fundraisers. Of the 500, that is a very small number of copies in private hands.

The envelopes were all given out on the night and what made them unique is that the were covered with silver peace symbols that Michael hand stamped on the chapbooks. Some have 3, 4 or 5 as they were placed arbitrarily. Michael said that the reason this was done was because in the 60s, there was no rules to follow, you just did what ever you felt like. !

Also handed out at the party were:
-- A signed copy of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon ( in honor of the 25th anniversary of Carrie )
-- The Peace Sign necklace in it's original box with bow on top
-- A Stapled (4 page) 25 question Trivia Quiz

Pictures of several quizzes are at the site.

Were TGWLTG books 2nd printings, or was that from The Haven Foundation sale?

Can we back this bus up...where did 500 come from ?

Tomas from SKCOLLECTOR sent this as a response to my question above:

It's been years since I made the Rap Page, I'll have to dig thru my saved e-mails and see if I can find the context in which this was sent to me. However I can tell you that the number of copies (500) is listed in "Stephen King Collectibles: an Illustrated Price Guide" by George Beahm. Beahm also lists 24 proof copies in addition to the 500.

The way I read it is 500 copies were made with 150 prepped for the party, however only 108 people showed up so only 108 books were handed out; leaving 392 copies.
As far as the 80 copies taken home, 80 would have been the maximum taken home. (108-28 = 80)

Although I'd always prefer to confirm numbers/events with multiple people it's not always possible. If I wind up getting conflicting news I normally pull the info untill I can get a better determination of who is right. At this point though the info doesn't conflict with anything I've seen and the numbers make sense.


Thank you Tomas !!!

[Brice]

Damn, that sucks!

Is it the only copy???

What magazine was it in and what issue?

That's the only known issue. I've been looking everywhere, and once i even thought i'd get one, but the seller (which is a company gathering archives of newspaper) got back to me saying that they didnt have it anymore...

The information have been published so there are no reasons to hide it, especially since that it would maybe help to find another copy.
It was in the french Cosmopolitan, issue #32, july 1976.
My mistake : i've just checked and this is not the first ever french King appearance, as the book was published in april. But still.

There's no reason to think anyone would hide it, but someone could have it and not know that it was anything special. Maybe one day one will turn up and you'll be lucky. Thanks for posting it.

[Fsmdr]

Nice haul, Wiz!. Thats impressive. Keeping my fingers crossed for you on the remaques.

[herbertwest]

I succeed to find a copy of the very very 1st french publication of King : an excerpt of Carrie, published few months before the novel. Dated 1976.
However, there are NO WAYS that i can buy it or owning it, for the simple reason that it's at the national library.

You've lived in Scotland for a while! Were you not tought to "do a runner"? i.e steal it, and run out the door.

LOL! In Scotland, I've worked in a wine shop... never had to deal with a runner lol (I admit : i was living in glasgow lol).
and I am an honnest guy ;-)

Tempted, but unfortunately i live too far away from the National Library.. and they have my details so would be stupid... But I plann to go to live in Paris from september
But if i was able to find a copy in a smaller library, there are chances that i would accidentally lose it...

That reminds me (on TDT i guess) a member that had a dilemma about a deluxe Joe Hill book found at the local library... Dunno what he finally did lol

[Chooch]

Yes very nice indeed Wiz...heres hoping that the next two both have a sweet remarque