Stephen King Proofs

[herbertwest]

Like Ari said. I'll be happy to put a picture after the publication though

My copy is numbered, although at first i thought it was a date... but na, it can't be a date ;-)

[Lilja]

Head over to my site for pictures of the galley. I got permission to publish them as well as how many copies there are.

Lilja

[Randall Flagg]

Thanks Lilja!!

[jhanic]

Thanks, Lilja. The listing in the first post has been updated.

John

[herbertwest]

Head over to my site for pictures of the galley. I got permission to publish them as well as how many copies there are.

Lilja

So that explains that weird number...

[jhanic]

What weird number?

John

[jhanic]

Here's an article from the UK Guardian about the sale of proofs before the publication of the book:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/book...ing-copy-trade

I got an email from my UK contact that he had to sign an agreement that he would "not sell or even mention" that he received it.

John

[Ari_Racing]

Actually the agreement I had to sign says I can't publish anything about the plot with the exception of the blurb on the back, and that I cannot sell it.

I had permission to publish a pic of it (I asked first, of course).

[jhanic]

My newest, the UK proof of 11.22.63, front:



And the back:



Interestingly, this is numbered with a number that indicates many more than 70 (which Lilja posted) were published. Because H&S has indicated they will take measures against people selling these before the release of the book, I'm not disclosing the number.

Also, each page of this proof is overprinted with a statement "Embargoed Hodder & Stoughton". I've never seen this before.

John

[Ari_Racing]

The letter that came with SOS UK Proof also had the Embargoed phrase if I'm not wrong.

[jhanic]

I didn't get the letter.

I've also added a question mark in the first post as to the number of copies. I'm sure this will come out eventually.

John

[jhanic]

It appears that there may be two states of the UK 11.22.63 proof, one with the "Embargoed" statement on every page and one without. The one without the statement appears to have a different numbering system written on the title page, also.

I'm changing the description in the first post to indicate this.

John

[carlosdetweiller]

Interesting observations. Congratulations, John!

[herbertwest]

It appears that there may be two states of the UK 11.22.63 proof, one with the "Embargoed" statement on every page and one without. The one without the statement appears to have a different numbering system written on the title page, also.

I'm changing the description in the first post to indicate this.

John

I dont remember reading that/ I'll check this week end

[herbertwest]

It appears that there may be two states of the UK 11.22.63 proof, one with the "Embargoed" statement on every page and one without. The one without the statement appears to have a different numbering system written on the title page, also.

I'm changing the description in the first post to indicate this.

John

The only indication of the embargoed thing is, for my copy, on the title page : "This is an exclusive early reading copy embargoed until 8 november 2011, and numbered for each specific recipient"

[jhanic]

Here's part of a page in my UK 11.22.63 proof:



I didn't want to open the proof too widely because I was worried about breaking the spine, so this is the best I could do with my scanner.

John

[herbertwest]

After checking again, no there arent such a thing in my copy.
Arent you "scared" to "ruin" your source? It seems that embargoed copy are rarer..

[jhanic]

I don't think just posting the page should endanger my source. I'm sure there are other copies out there somewhere. I doubt it's one-of-a-kind.

John

[herbertwest]

Probably not one of a kind, but probably "rarer" than the normal one
Anyway, congratulations !

[jhanic]

I don't think we'll really know just how scarce either version is until after the embargo.

John

[wizardsrainbow]

I know this thread is about proofs but what do you think interest/pricing might be for...

IT early manuscript copy, 3 spiral bound volumes with handwritten corrections/notes to self in margin by King (corrections initialed by King).

[jhanic]

Is it a photocopy or the real manuscript?

John

[biomieg]

I know this thread is about proofs but what do you think interest/pricing might be for...

IT early manuscript copy, 3 spiral bound volumes with handwritten corrections/notes to self in margin by King (corrections initialed by King).

Did anyone here get it? I noticed on the Betts site that it's gone already.

[jhanic]

I just assumed Bob got it.

John

[carlosdetweiller]

I just assumed Bob got it.

Nope. Not me.