Happy birthday to your little one! My boy is almost 19 months old and I'm already thinking about his upcoming birthday too. I'm sure my Julian is going to be happy with his presents but that signed Firestarter is fantastic! First printings are really hard to find (I've been looking for years) and to have one in this condition and signed on Halloween is great on so many levels. Congratulations!
Nice book, Gerald, and even better pictures of you and your son.
Great photos! Nice date on the Firestarter for sure.
Wonderful Gerald. That is a very tough paperback to find. I do collect paperbacks and managed to find a 1st printing of the white cover some time back, but I've never found the black cover. And your copy is signed too. How exciting. Happy Birthday to your son and congratulations! Great pictures too of you guys.
My last 2 Prelims and 1 Original Maitz pieces from the 2016 CD Shining Release arrived yesterday.
Proud to have 6 of the 8 Prelims and 3 of the 8 Original pieces in my collection.
"Danny Shines" and "Danny in 217" Prelims
"Danny in 217" Original
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That looks really cool, congrats!
Thank you all for the kind words. It was a good day, and tomorrow shall be even better with our visit to the Thai equivalent of Disneyland (albeit a wee bit smaller). There is a white version too Paul? Oh no. I will have to get the DeLorean out on Monday and get it up to 88 mph. With Bangkok traffic, you will know that it is not possible. I wonder if Waterstone's did a purple cover as well in the UK. Okay Paul, I will accept your offer of helping me find a white cover now. Thank you in advance.Originally Posted by zelig
Gerald
Mazal tov to your son Gerald and great book to start his collection for sure
Tim - awesome art bud - congrats
Ha ha, good one Gerald.. I think we can safely rule out a Waterstones variant on this one...Here's my white copy, and if I ever come across another one, it's yours. BTW, Bruce has the boxed set which I think is cool. Both the black and white were issued as a set in a cardboard slipcase.Thank you all for the kind words. It was a good day, and tomorrow shall be even better with our visit to the Thai equivalent of Disneyland (albeit a wee bit smaller). There is a white version too Paul? Oh no. I will have to get the DeLorean out on Monday and get it up to 88 mph. With Bangkok traffic, you will know that it is not possible. I wonder if Waterstone's did a purple cover as well in the UK. Okay Paul, I will accept your offer of helping me find a white cover now. Thank you in advance.
Gerald
Forgot to mention, Mark that was a great gift you have Gerald. It's such a tough one to find.
Thank you Paul. That looks to be a great copy too. I appreciate the information on the different covers. Did the #1 on the cover indicate which box set it came from? I have seen other numbers on different box sets, but never paid much attention to them?
Gerald
It's my understanding that these were originally released as a boxed set, but I'm not aware of other numbers at the top and what they might represent. I've never seen one with a number other than "#1", so that's interesting. I always thought it meant "#1 bestseller" or something like that.Thank you Paul. That looks to be a great copy too. I appreciate the information on the different covers. Did the #1 on the cover indicate which box set it came from? I have seen other numbers on different box sets, but never paid much attention to them?
Gerald
I think I remember hearing of a copy out there with "From the author of The Dead Zone and Cujo" at the top, which also has the full numberline. I thought that was interesting because 1st printings of both the black and white covers have only "From the author of The Dead Zone".
Maybe someone else can chime in if they have more insight.
Gerald, I also have a first/first of the Firestarter paperback (according to the number line) that has "From the Author of The Dead Zone and Cujo" on the front cover, instead of just the "From the Author of The Dead Zone" as I've seen all the other first/firsts. It's a white cover. (I also have both colors of the "regular" first/firsts.) None of mine, however, are in as good condition as yours, nor are any signed.
Here's a picture (not the best, but...):
There seems to be a very slight difference in the color of the eyes, also.
John
My Newest items :
Pet Semetary 1/1 (1st State Jacket)
Endymion 1/1 signed by Simmons
Rise of Endymion 1/1
Nice! That Pet Sematary looks in GREAT condition.
John
Congrats josh
Thank you John. It is good to know that I am now missing 2 versions of the white cover. If people have been looking years for them, I don't think I will find them all too soon.Gerald, I also have a first/first of the Firestarter paperback (according to the number line) that has "From the Author of The Dead Zone and Cujo" on the front cover, instead of just the "From the Author of The Dead Zone" as I've seen all the other first/firsts. It's a white cover. (I also have both colors of the "regular" first/firsts.) None of mine, however, are in as good condition as yours, nor are any signed.
Here's a picture (not the best, but...):
There seems to be a very slight difference in the color of the eyes, also.
John
Gerald
Nice pictures Gerald, and jsmcmullen92 !
As for me, here is my latest acquisition : a second french edition of FRANKENSTEIN. Aaint in the best condition, but i've never seen one for sale before. And, as vthe only known copy of the true first french edition is at the national library, well, I wont be able to get an earlier copy !
Now, another classic that I want to get, one day, is a first french edition of DRACULA. Never seen one for sale either !
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That looks like a nice book, Jeremy. What is the publication date?
Wow, that is cool! Congrats!Nice pictures Gerald, and jsmcmullen92 !
As for me, here is my latest acquisition : a second french edition of FRANKENSTEIN. Aaint in the best condition, but i've never seen one for sale before. And, as vthe only known copy of the true first french edition is at the national library, well, I wont be able to get an earlier copy !
Now, another classic that I want to get, one day, is a first french edition of DRACULA. Never seen one for sale either !
Here you go, Gerald:Thank you John. It is good to know that I am now missing 2 versions of the white cover. If people have been looking years for them, I don't think I will find them all too soon.Gerald, I also have a first/first of the Firestarter paperback (according to the number line) that has "From the Author of The Dead Zone and Cujo" on the front cover, instead of just the "From the Author of The Dead Zone" as I've seen all the other first/firsts. It's a white cover. (I also have both colors of the "regular" first/firsts.) None of mine, however, are in as good condition as yours, nor are any signed.
Here's a picture (not the best, but...):
There seems to be a very slight difference in the color of the eyes, also.
John
Gerald
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FIRESTARTER-...-/111809646383
thats not a first printing it's a second.
"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
Not a 1st printing (otherwise I would jump on it). I periodically check eBay, ABE et cetera but never found anything but 2nd and later printings.
Ah yes, I forgot it was all about a first printing.
Thanks all
1922
I have also bought some new bookshelves yesterday, and this book is now right in the middle of a shelf.
On other shelves there are some gothy decorations (eg : skulls, boxes, glasses), and an idea crossed my mind. Probably won't be able to do i, but... who knows?
I would LOVE to have a shelf where I have first french editions of major books / stories in horror / fantastic :
- 1st french edition of DRACULA
- 2nd ed of FRANKENSTEIN (which I now have)
- 1st french edition of a book by Poe & Lovecraft.
Need to do some research and those, but I like that idea. Maybe a new goal for me?
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