Same here (wine instead of Bacardi though). Unfortunately, I'm expected to show up at work tomorrow and next week.
Same here (wine instead of Bacardi though). Unfortunately, I'm expected to show up at work tomorrow and next week.
I was going to start a list for everything I bought this year, but when I hit more than 50 items, I decided to forget it. I got lots of proofs, more than 12 different versions of Under the Dome (proofs both US and UK, UK pamphlet, US s/l, US Collector's editions--one signed, one not, 2 UK s/l, a signed US trade, etc.) and lots more.
John
UK
Bag Of Bones
Black House (both covers)
Blaze
Cell
Christine
Cujo
Wizard And Glass
Wolves Of The Calla
Song Of Susannah
The Dark Tower
Desperation
Dolores Claiborne
Dreamcatcher
Duma Key
Everything's Eventual
Eyes Of The Dragon
Firestarter
Four Past Midnight
Gerald's Game
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Hearts In Atlantis
Insomnia
Misery
Needful Things
Nightmares And Dreamscapes
Pet Sematary
Regulators
Skeleton Crew
The Shining
The Stand (uncut)
The Tommyknockers
Thinner
Umney's Last Case
US
Under The Dome
turkish
Blaze
russian
Dolores Claiborne (I believe a first)
Italian
The Eyes Of The Dragon
japanese
Riding The Bullet
Bev Vincent
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
The Stephen King Illustrated Companion
comics
The first two Arcs and part of the third in a custom box
Jae Lee signed Treachery
promo and miscellaneous stuff.
Christine car
Graveyard Shift hand promo
Redrum bottle
And magazines, lots of non king stuff, and probably some things I'm just forgetting.
My list for 2009 (the most treasured ones highlighted in red):
Bag of Bones UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Black House UK partial proof
Black House - white variant UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Black House - black variant UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Blaze UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Blaze US ARC/proof (on its way)
Carrie US 1st/1st trade hardcover
Christine UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Christine US S/L dust jacket
Colorado Kid UK proof
Colorado Kid variant Potter UK trade hardcover
Colorado Kid variant Miller UK trade hardcover
Cujo UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Cujo UK proof
Cycle of the Werewolf UK 1st/1st trade paperback
Cycle of the Werewolf US trade hardcover
Danse Macabre UK 1st/1st trade paperback
Danse Macabre UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Dark Tower - Treachery US comic hardcover
Desperation UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Desperation US gift edition
Different Seasons UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Dolores Claiborne UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Dreamcatcher UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Dreamcatcher US promotional ledger (on its way)
Duma Key UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Everything’s Eventual UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Faithful UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Firestarter UK proof (on its way)
Firestarter US S/L dust jacket
Four Past Midnight UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
From A Buick 8 UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
From A Buick 8 US gift edition
Gerald’s Game UK proof
Gerald’s Game US ABA hardcover proof
Hearts in Atlantis UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Hearts in Atlantis UK proof
Insomnia UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Insomnia US gift edition
Just after Sunset UK limited edition
King Etc. UK paperback
Knowing darkness US trade hardcover (on its way)
Lisey’s Story UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Lisey’s Story US proof
Lisey’s Story US slipcased
Little Sisters of Eluria US artist edition
Midlife Confidential US 1st/1st trade paperback
Misery UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
My Pretty Pony US trade hardcover
Needful Things UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Night Shift UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Night Shift US 1st/1st trade hardcover
Nightmares and Dreamscapes UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Nightmares in the sky US 1st/1st trade hardcover
On Writing US 1st/1st trade hardcover
On Writing UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Pet Sematary UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Rage US 1st/1st trade paperback
Rage UK 1st/1st trade paperback
Roadwork UK 1st/1st trade paperback
Roadwork US 1st/1st trade paperback
Rose Madder UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Rose Madder US advance issue hardcover
Rose Madder UK advance issue hardcover
Rose Madder US proof
'Salem’s Lot UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
'Salem’s Lot US gift edition
Secretary of Dreams vol. 1 US gift edition
Silver Bullet US 1st/1st trade paperback
Skeleton Crew UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Startling Mystery Stories US (1969) ‘The Reaper’s Image’ - got it for $22!
Stephen King - The Non-Fiction US limited hardcover
Talisman/Black House US gift set
The Bachman Books UK 1st/1st trade hardcover (got it for £0.99!)
The Dark Half UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Dark Tower US artist edition
The Dead Zone UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Dead Zone US Easton Press 2nd
The Drawing of the Three UK 1st/1st trade paperback
The Drawing of the Three US 1st/2nd trade hardcover
The Drawing of the Three US proof (pictorial wraps)
The Eyes of the dragon UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Green Mile US 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Green Mile UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Green Mile US gift edition
The Gunslinger UK 1st/1st trade paperback
The Gunslinger US 1st/2nd trade hardcover
The Regulators UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Running Man UK 1st/1st trade paperback
The Shining US 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Shining UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Shining UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Stand US 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Stand US 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Stand UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Stand UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Stand - Captain Trips US comic hardcover
The Stand Uncut UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
The Stand Uncut US proof
The Stand Uncut UK partial proof
The Talisman US two-volume deluxe trade
The Talisman US proof
The Waste Lands UK 1st/1st trade paperback
The Waste Lands US portfolio
Thinner UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Thinner US 1st/1st trade hardcover
Umney's Last Case US paperback
Umney's Last Case UK paperback
Under The Dome UK 1st/1st trade hardcover
Under The Dome US 1st/1st trade hardcover (white lettering)
Under The Dome US 1st/1st trade hardcover (grey lettering)
Under The Dome US hardcover ARC
Wizard and Glass US 1st/1st trade hardcover
Wizard and Glass US promo booklet
Summarizing:
1) I sold most of my Dutch collection
2) I almost completed my collection of UK 1st/1sts
3) I almost completed my collection of US 1st/1sts
4) I completed my collection of the gift editions that I wanted to have
5) I branched out into collecting ARCs/proofs. This is what I will work on most in the (near) future, together with expanding my hardcover collections of other authors. I still don't feel the urge to collect S/L editions (King or other authors)
Note that I bought more King than listed, but I also sold some items.
Anyone have an idea where I could get one of these?Firestarter US S/L dust jacket
That all depends on what you want to spend Alan G. I DO know where you can get one of the Firestarter S/L, but it's overpriced in my opinion. Having said that, if I were to win the lottery I'd get a copy and wouldn't worry about what I paid for it.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
I got the Firestarter S/L dust jacket from AbeBooks, after Tomas (The Collector) mentioned it in his news letter. Got it for $40... but I've not seen another one for sale (but that doesn't mean much as I've only been collecting for a short time).Originally Posted by Alan G
Thanks guys
Obtained in 2009:
THE STAND, King, 1st/1st (plus the limited edition traycase produced by The Collector)
LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA, King, Traycased Signed/Limited
LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA, King, Slipcased Artist Edition
SKELETON CREW, King, Signed/Limited
SKELETON CREW, Potter, Artist Signed Limited Edition Art Portfolio
DOLAN'S CADILLAC, King, Signed/Limited
THE GUNSLINGER (AUDIOTAPES), King, Signed/Limited
HE IS LEGEND, King/Hill/others, Beveled Slipcased Signed/Limited (2)
STEPHEN KING GOES TO THE MOVIES, Limited edition, unsigned
BARE BONES CONVERSATIONS ON TERROR WITH STEPHEN KING, Limited/Unsigned
UNDER THE DOME, US Signed/Limited
UNDER THE DOME, UK Signed/Limited (2)
UNDER THE DOME, 1st/1st signed
UNDER THE DOME, 1st/1st - 1 with white lettering dj, 1 with gray lettering dj
GUNPOWDER, Hill, Signed/Limited, also remarqued and inscribed to me by the artist
(booked obtained in late 2008, but the remarque was a 2009 acquisition)
THE SAVED, Hill, Signed/Limited chapbook
SUBTERRANEAN TALES OF DARK FANTASY, including THUMBPRINT, Hill, 1st/1st chapbook
IDW: THE FIRST DECADE, Hill/Rodriquez/others, Signed/Limited
LOCKE & KEY promotional key, Hill, Signed/Limited (2)
The 3rd Alternative magazine, Issue #39, Autumn 2004, featuring the Joe Hill short story, "The Black Phone".
LOCKE & KEY: HEAD GAMES, Hill, 1st/1st hardcover, signed, doodled and inscribed to me
2008 SDCC Slipcase Series set from IDW (includes the first three issues of the first story arc, LOCKE & KEY: WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT), Hill, Signed/Limited
2009 SDCC Slipcase Series set from IDW (includes the Retail Incentive Variant editions of the first four issues of the second story arc, LOCKE & KEY: HEAD GAMES), Hill, Signed/Limited
999 - NEW STORIES OF HORROR AND SUSPENSE, King/Gaiman/others, Signed/Limited (signed by Gaiman and others, not by King)
SHELF LIFE, Gaiman/others, Signed/Limited
SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH, Gaiman/Simmons/Koontz/Vance/others, ARC
SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH, Gaiman/Simmons/Koontz/Vance/others, Signed/Limited
CORALINE, Gaiman, Signed/Limited
NEVERWHERE, Gaiman, 1st/1st signed
BATMAN: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?, Gaiman, 1st edition hardcover, signed, doodled, inscribed to me
ABSOLUTE SANDMAN, VOLUME I, Gaiman, 1st edition hardcover, signed, doodled, inscribed to me
BLUEBERRY GIRL, Gaiman, 1st/1st signed twice, inscribed to my daughter
DROOD, Simmons, 1st/1st signed, inscribed to me
RANT, Palahniuk, Signed/Limited
SNUFF, Palahniuk, 1st/1st, Signed, inscribed to me
PYGMY, Palaniuk, 1st/1st, Signed, inscribed to me
CHOKE, Palahniuk, Signed, inscribed to me
INVISIBLE MONSTERS, Palahniuk, Signed, inscribed to me
SURVIVOR, Palahniuk, Signed, inscribed to me
SLAPSTICK, Vonnegut; Easton Press Signed/Limited
GALAPAGOS, Vonnegut; Easton Press Signed/Limited
BLUEBEARD, Vonnegut; Easton Press Signed/Limited
ODD THOMAS, Koontz, 1st/1st signed
THE LAND AT THE END OF THE WORKING DAY, Crowther, Signed Special Edition, also signed and inscribed to me
FROM THE DUST RETURNED, Bradbury, 1st/1st signed
Bookplates signed by Ann Rice, obtained directly from the author (3)
"Jake and Oy" by Alan M. Clark, signed limited print with remarque
"Randall Flagg" by Bernie Wrightson, signed limited print
A whole lot of comic books, including variant and special edition covers, in the Dark Tower, The Stand and The Talisman series. Also the Locke & Key series, including some signed by Joe Hill.
"Constant Reader" statue, Rachel Readman, Limited Edition
Various other unsigned 1st/1st editions and chapbooks from small print publishers.
ADVENTURES IN FANTASY Collector Cards by Michael Whelan, 1993
...and a few other things I'm sure I've forgotten.
VERY Nice items!
Holy Smokes Patrick...you've been a busy busy boy! Oh, and I failed to see one important new addition that your wife surely had a hand in!
Dragline : Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me - with nothin'.
Luke : Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Thanks, Mike. I thought I had controlled myself pretty well in 2009... until I made that list.
I edited my post to add a Bernie Wrightson print for which, to be honest, I cannot recall the details (limitation, etc.)
Holy Smokes Patrick...you've been a busy busy boy! Oh, and I failed to see one important new addition that your wife surely had a hand in!I had to wrack my brain for a couple minutes to figure that one out. I'm not sure that I have that addition so much as she has me.
Awww. Cute as a button Patrick
Patrick
You need to file that one on your list as original artwork
Mulleins
Cumberland VA
I'm the caretaker of Room 217..............I've always been the caretaker of Room 217
Patrick
You need to file that one on your list as original artwork
Mulleins
Cumberland VA
Yes she is!
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
Thank you, Brice and Sam.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
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