Thanks Bev.
Bumped for Gretchen.
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Bumped for the 1/2 year.
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I had a feeling this was getting a "bump"!! LOL LOL LOL
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Came across this today while I was looking for something else and thought I'd give this thread a bump.
http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Gutter_code
Mark Twain
Bump received and appreciated. That is very interesting.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Interesting indeed. no matter how much I think I've read all the interesting stuff, there's always something more to be found on this site!
"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
I will second that... I'm constantly learning new things from this site.
"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones."
I have a first edition PS with the gutter code Y43. Can someone explain to me why this would make a difference? I've only seen the code Y38 in relation to this book...until now
Based on the prevailing theory, it was printed five weeks later than the original batch.
Author of The Road to the Dark Tower, Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences and The Dark Tower Companion. Co-editor with Stephen King of the anthology Flight or Fright.
Does your copy have the 'First Edition' statement on the bottom of the copyright page?
Another question for new friends better learned than I...Understanding for example, the theory of the gutter code Y38, (1983, thirty eighth week) Could anyone tell me what the meaning of "MP" found at the beginning of a code may signify? (written as MP6Z, MP6AA) As no one seems to know so far, my curiosity has been aroused.
-Ask the right questions, of the right people, you'll find the right answer-High School Teacher
Looking For
Dark Tower III through VII LSOE S/L or AE #1208
Trade 1st/1st
The Dead Zone
Danse Macabre
Cujo
Carrie
Firestarter
Skeleton Crew
Night Shift
The codes you listed, Do you know what they mean?
Very interesting thread when read through from beginning
"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
Right on...lol...I'll keep looking
If these are book club editions, as seems to be the case, then I doubt you'll find much information. There isn't much collector interest in BCEs.
Author of The Road to the Dark Tower, Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences and The Dark Tower Companion. Co-editor with Stephen King of the anthology Flight or Fright.
These are BCE...just interested in the meaning of the code letters "MP" It's only recently that I've noticed that on some occasions I find gutter codes on books other than Doubleday first editions. I'm having a great time "getting to know" more about the books I love. This morning I acquired a F/F "The Stand" (T39) and I'm pretty happy...Sales Lot and Night Shift are my next endeavors, as these two are also childhood reading that has meaning for me.