Book Collection: ur2ndbiggestfan

[The Library Policeman]

I got the prints from David at Betts a while back. Check the site as he may still have some.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Just got my ARC for THE CITY BEYOND PLAY from PS Publishing for a ridiculously low price so I now have the ARC, lettered, signed and trade editions:

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Granta magazine and a copy of the extremely rare unsigned US 1st/1st of 11-22-63 (...sigh):

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

YOURS TRULY, JACK THE RIPPER by Robert Bloch, just out from Sub Press, along with some items from my bookshelf, THE NIGHT OF THE RIPPER, my favorite Bloch novel which is included in the Sub Press collection:

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

11-22-63 Hodder UK special DVD edition, number 200 of 700. I normally do not remove shrinkwrap but it arrived with the wrap unnatached exactly over the book opening so I slipped it out:

[Jimimck]

Nice picks ups!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

BUGF#CK by Harlan Ellison, shown next to a copy of the paperback of CARRIE for size reference. King is mentioned in this book.

By the way, the above pictured Hodder DVD edition of 11-22-63 came without a dust jacket, but all copies ordered from PS Publishing had the jacket put on by them. That is why the shrinkwrap was open. It's an added bonus but I would have preferred the book in its original jacketless condition with the shrinkwrap undamaged.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

11-22-63:
UK ARK without embargo stamping, slight spine crease, otherwise very nice condition
1st/1st UK hardcover
publisher's letter
another sampler

[jhanic]

Congratulations! It seems those proofs are pretty scarce so far.

John

[olverts]

Congratulations !
Hoping to get my hands on one of those Arc´s some day

Was looking through your entire collection thread the other day,
You have a fantastic collection !!!!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Thanks for the comments. Now if I can only get one of the signed 11-22-63s. Had a deal going but it may have fallen through, but I'm still trying!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

This time I acted fast and managed to find a 1st printing UK trade paperback before they went into the 2nd printing:

[Merlin1958]

Hey, I got one too!!!!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I received my other state UK ARC of 11-22-63. The one on the left has unstamped pages and is numbered thusly - XX.X.70, which may mean there are 70 copies (?). The one on the right is numbered 0XX/400, which means there are 400 copies (I assume anyway). I have a pretty low number, but that probably doesn't mean much. The pages are stamped 'Embargoed Hodder & Stoughton'.

[jhanic]

Congratulations on the two. I'm not sure of the quantities of each either. They seem awful scarce if there were that many, or else Hodder scared a number of recipients into keeping their copies out of circulation.

John

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

BAG OF BONES Pocket paperback, movie tie-in edition:

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

4 new Harlan Ellison books:
BRAIN MOVIES Volume 1
BRAIN MOVIES Volume 2
HARLAN 101 ENCOUNTERING ELLISON
THE SOUND OF A SCYTHE

[Brice]

Awesome! I just love Ellison.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Me too! I mean, I love his books, that is.

My incredibly loathsome H.P. Lovecraft collection: (Cthulhu for president!)

[Ben Staad]

approves.

[Brice]

I don't have those editions...Aat least not yet. I've always liked the old paperback covers.

And I love Harlan himself because of the books. Well, that and because of how nice he was in a rather brief communication with him.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Got some good stuff in the mail today. Many thanks to Cook for helping me obtain the signed 11-22-63!

[Jimimck]

Glad to see you got one in the end

Thats a might fine IT you've got there too...

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

A bunch of BAGS OF BONES. Working on another one now (UK proof):

[Room 217 Caretaker]

Ooooooooh! I need the larger paperback tie in book.........where can I score one? All I can find is the smaller.

Ralph