King Books/Items Wanted

[demorgan]

looking for a signed stand(uncut) edition & of course a signed IT...thanks in advance.

[namelessnpoor]

Thought I would give this one more try.
Looking for one of THE STAND limitation pages that were Sold at Betts just a month or so a go. I know most likely someone on here purchased them. All i want is one of them, willing to pay a decent price for it. I think they were $25 each and a total of 3, if whoever has them bought all 3 I am willing to pay $75 for one ! Then you got yours for free !!
Please consider it. thanks
rrdunaway@msn.com or pm me

[biomieg]

I'm looking for a (near) fine DJ for the Grant WASTE LANDS (trade edition). Did I come to the right place? :)

Oh yeah, and a first edition 'SALEM'S LOT (book only)!

[Randall Flagg]

I'm looking for a (near) fine DJ for the Grant WASTE LANDS (trade edition). Did I come to the right place? :)

The dustjacket for DTIII is the same for the trade and the S/L. I have a few extra dj's, but that is one I can't spare.

[biomieg]

That's too bad. I put a pristine DJ on my Grant WIZARD & GLASS today and as a result my copy of THE WASTE LANDS looks even poorer in comparison than it already did.

[wizardsrainbow]

Anybody have a Grant Dark Tower Gift set they would want to sell? They retailed at $110. Let me know. Thank you.

[sleeplessdwarf]

The DJ on my first edition Pet Sematary has been price clipped. Anyone have one in decent shape? Pm me with a price if you do.

[Ari_Racing]

LOL.....this is telepathy! I was going to ask if anyone has a good Pet Sematary and Skeleton crew 1sts DJs... :)

Well, if anyone has one besides the one for Sleeplessdwarft (he asked first), please PM me :)

[Randall Flagg]

The Pet Sematary DJ is very difficult to find (BTW there were 2 states) in VG or better condition, particularly when not mated to a book. If found, either dj in Fine condition will cost a bit. Expect to pay >$25.

[mae]

I've posted about this before, but no luck. I'd like to get the original Gunslinger novellas from MSF&F but eBay is drawing a blank. Anyone perhaps with a set to sell, or just point me in the right direction? What would a set cost, anyway, or would it be cheaper to collect each issue?

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

If someone could please post pictures of the two PET SEMATARY dust jackets, I would greatly appreciate it. Also, were they produced in equal quantities?

[Randall Flagg]

One is posted right here in the catalog. Perhaps you should start there.

Pet Semetary - Trade HC (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showwiki.php?title=Collectibles:Pet+Semetary+-+Trade+HC)

[jhanic]

The back of the dust jacket of the first state says that Tabitha's first novel came out in 1982, which was incorrect. The second state jacket (shown in the catalog) corrects the date to 1983. I have no idea on how many of each were done, but the dust jacket itself is VERY prone to showing wear. One in very good/excellent condition (as is the one in the catalog) goes for a premium. The first state seems a bit harder to find than the second.

John

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Ok, I remember this now, sorry. I think this was discussed on The Collector's site. My DJ is the first state, as mint as when I bought it at the bookstore, nice and sharp and white, etc. Never showed any wear, which is good! That still means I need a 2nd state DJ. There are so many variations of King dust jackets to keep in mind. I must make a list!

[frik]

Mine says 1982 - so, a 1st state DJ - in near-mint condition! :)

sk

[Fsmdr]

Looking for a copy of Grant's Wizard & Glass HC in F/F condition for $100 shipped. If anyone have a copy to sell, please PM me. Thanks.

[Ari_Racing]

I'm looking for a couple of DJ's:

- Skeleton crew (US 1st)
- Danse Macabre (US 1st)
- The eyes of the dragon (US 1st with "scales")
- Pet Sematary (US 1st)
- The talisman (US 1st)

Please PM me. Thanks!

[Randall Flagg]

Ari, the odds of a spare dj (in VG or better condition) for any of those is slim. It's almost as easy to buy the books themselves.

[Ari_Racing]

Good point. :)

I'll look after the copies.

[agrabin]

Looking for a Stand traycase that the Collector produced.

This requires shipping to the UK

Thanks

[ELazansky]

I am looking for a 1/1 of The Green Mile hardcover. Every copy I can find is a BCE, and the best copy I can find on Abebooks is $33.00 and the cover doesn't look the best. If anyone has an extra available, please let me know.

[Randall Flagg]

Looking for a Stand traycase that the Collector produced.

This requires shipping to the UK

Thanks
I have an extra that still has the wrapping on it from SKCollector. UK shipping is expensive, but the traycase is much lighter than the book so savings can be had.


I am looking for a 1/1 of The Green Mile hardcover. Every copy I can find is a BCE, and the best copy I can find on Abebooks is $33.00 and the cover doesn't look the best. If anyone has an extra available, please let me know.
$33 isn't bad. Cover price is $25 (that is what I paid). I have an extra but don't see myself selling it for a loss.

[Randall Flagg]

Teaser photo:
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5424/img1784u.jpg

[ELazansky]

I went ahead and just bought the GM book for $33 - it included shipping so it is probably the best deal I can find.

[Ari_Racing]

I'm looking for three items:

- Drood S/L (Dan Simmons)
- The gunslinger 2nd edition DJ
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (paperback Exclusive School Market Edition)

[Randall Flagg]

I'm looking for three items:

- Drood S/L (Dan Simmons)
- The gunslinger 2nd edition DJ
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (paperback Exclusive School Market Edition)
Almost certain I have item #2.

[Ari_Racing]

I sent you an email :)

[Randall Flagg]

If you get a list, I would love to add it to the entries in the Catalog.

[biomieg]

Wasn't there a post earlier about King 1st trade ISBNs? I assume that's what you were replying to, Jerome.

Anyway, I think I have such a list in my King Collection spreadsheet (got them from Brooks' Bibliography). Let me look it up.

[ELazansky]

Sorry, I was trying to edit my post, but I deleted it. Yes, I was looking for the ISBN list for the 1st Trades. It would be easier than pulling all the books off the shelf.

[biomieg]

I have them listed in a spreadsheet - I can copy and paste it here. Can't make two nice columns though!

*edit* there you go! I can't guarantee there are no mistakes (I may have substituted a US 1st trade ISBN for a UK 1st trade or for a S/L ISBN) but it should be pretty accurate.


Carrie 0-385-08695-4
'Salem's Lot 0-385-00751-5
The Shining 0-385-12167-9
Rage 0-451-07645-1
The Stand 0-385-12168-7
Night Shift 0-385-12991-2
The Dead Zone 0-670-26077-0
The Long Walk 0-451-08754-2
Firestarter 0-670-31541-9
Roadwork 0-451-09668-1
Danse Macabre 0-89696-076-5
Cujo 0-670-45193-2
The Shining, ´Salem´s Lot, Night Shift, Carrie 0-905712-60-9
The Running Man 0-451-11508-2
Creepshow 0-452-25380-2
Different Seasons 0-670-27266-3
The Gunslinger 0-937986-51-8
Christine 0-670-36045-5
Cycle of the Werewolf 0-9603828-1-X
Pet Sematary 0-385-18244-9
The Eyes of the Dragon 0-670-81458-X
The Talisman 0-670-69199-2
Thinner 0-453-00468-7
Skeleton Crew 0-399-13039-X
Silver Bullet 0-451-82128-9
The Bachman Books 0-453-00507-1
IT 0-670-81302-8
The Drawing of the Three 0-937986-90-9
Misery 0-670-81364-8
The Tommyknockers 0-399-13314-3
Nightmares in the Sky 0-670-82307-4
My Pretty Pony 0-394-58037-0
The Dark Half 0-340-50911-2
The Stand: Complete & Uncut Edition 0-385-19957-0
Four Past Midnight 0-670-83538-2
The Waste Lands 0-937986-17-8
Needful Things 0-670-83953-1
Gerald's Game 0-670-84650-3
The Shining, Carrie, Misery 1-85152-247-6
Dolores Claiborne 0-670-84452-7
Nightmares & Dreamscapes 0-670-85108-6
Insomnia 0-670-85503-0
Rose Madder 0-670-85869-2
The Green Mile Part 1: The Two Dead Girls 0-451-19049-1
The Green Mile Part 2: The Mouse on the Mile 0-451-19052-2
The Green Mile Part 3: Coffey's Hands 0-451-19054-8
The Green Mile Part 4: The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix 0-451-19055-6
The Green Mile Part 5: Night Journey 0-451-19056-4
The Green Mile Part 6: Coffey on the Mile 0-451-19057-2
Desperation 0-670-86836-1
The Regulators 0-525-94190-8
Wizard and Glass 1-880418-38-X
The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel 0-613-17261-2
Bag of Bones 0-684-85350-7
Storm of the Century 0-671-03264-X
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon 0-684-86762-1
Hearts in Atlantis 0-684-85351-5
On Writing 0-684-85352-3
Secret Windows 0-965-00643-9
Dreamcatcher 0-7432-1138-3
Black House 0-375-50439-7
Everything's Eventual 0-7432-3515-0
From A Buick 8 0-7432-1137-5
Wolves of the Calla 1-880418-56-8
Song of Susannah 1-880418-59-2
The Dark Tower 1-880418-62-2
Faithful 0-7432-6752-4
The Colorado Kid 0-8439-5584-8
Cell 0-7432-9233-2
The Secretary of Dreams, volume 1 1-58767-140-9
Lisey's Story 0-7432-8941-2
Blaze 1-4165-5484-X
Duma Key 1-4165-5251-0

[ELazansky]

That's great! I can copy and paste into my own Excel file. Thanks!

[Randall Flagg]

I have them listed in a spreadsheet - I can copy and paste it here. Can't make two nice columns though!

*edit* there you go! I can't guarantee there are no mistakes (I may have substituted a US 1st trade ISBN for a UK 1st trade or for a S/L ISBN) but it should be pretty accurate.



Rage -

Roadwork -

Thanks. (Of course now I have to check each one, but that is fun:thumbsup: )

Rage 0-451-07645-1
Roadwork 0-451-09668-1

[Randall Flagg]

I am looking for a NF (or better, good luck) copy of the US 1st printing of Rage.
I understand it will command a premium.

[biomieg]

Brooks' Bibliography doesn't list the ISBNs for RAGE and ROADWORK, that's why I didn't include them. Upon closer inspection I found the following:

RAGE has SIGNET•451-W7645•$1.50 on the front cover
ROADWORK has SIGNET•451-E9668•$2.25 on the front cover

While I see the resemblance to the ISBNs you posted Jerome, I'm not sure how to 'convert' them into each other.

[e_taylor]

Brooks' Bibliography doesn't list the ISBNs for RAGE and ROADWORK, that's why I didn't include them. Upon closer inspection I found the following:

RAGE has SIGNET•451-W7645•$1.50 on the front cover
ROADWORK has SIGNET•451-E9668•$2.25 on the front cover

While I see the resemblance to the ISBNs you posted Jerome, I'm not sure how to 'convert' them into each other.

The ones on the front cover are some sort of publisher code, which they likely based on the ISBN for the books. The ISBN would either be on the back cover or the copyright page.

[biomieg]

Yes, but it's not there.

[Randall Flagg]

Brooks' Bibliography doesn't list the ISBNs for RAGE and ROADWORK, that's why I didn't include them. Upon closer inspection I found the following:

RAGE has SIGNET•451-W7645•$1.50 on the front cover
ROADWORK has SIGNET•451-E9668•$2.25 on the front cover

While I see the resemblance to the ISBNs you posted Jerome, I'm not sure how to 'convert' them into each other.

The ones on the front cover are some sort of publisher code, which they likely based on the ISBN for the books. The ISBN would either be on the back cover or the copyright page.
Correct about publisher code. The Running man has an actual bar code and ISBN on the rear cover, quite different than the Publisher code from the front.
The ISBN's I provided are from the spine. You might want to check the listing for The Long Walk, as I believe it is wrong.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9786/scan0002d.jpg

[biomieg]

Hey that's cool - I never thought to look at the spines for the ISBNs (apparently Justin Brooks didn't either).

[Randall Flagg]

Perhaps you can edit your post to reflect the new found:cool: information.

[biomieg]

Done :)

[Randall Flagg]

Would you mind if I created a separate thread in The Catalog listing 1st edition King ISBN's?

[biomieg]

Not at all. I just hope that there aren't more mistakes in there!

*edit* and I'm glad my OCD tendencies can be of help, however small my contribution is.

[super sam]

Finally got a complete collection of US 1st ed. a couple of months ago.
Now i want to upgrade some books or DJ that i found some small defects on.
Trying here before i go hunting on Ebay.
These are the items i looking for in F or NF cond.:

Firestarter (book)
Christine (DJ)
IT (book)
Eyes of the dragon (book)
Needful things (book)
Cycle of the werewolf (DJ)
Insomnia (book with red boards)
Desperation (book)
Everything eventual (book)
Cell (book)

Please PM me if you have any of these for sale,

[Fsmdr]

Looking to purchased S/L numbered HC Road to Dark Tower and a F/F Gunlinger 2nd. If anyone has a copy to sell, please PM me. Thanks.

[Randall Flagg]

Will trade a S/L Secretary of Dreams Volume One, for a S/L SOD Volume Two.

[ELazansky]

I'm looking for one of the white bands that goes around the US Thinner. I'm pretty sure whoever has one has it around the book, but it never hurts to see if anyone has an extra.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

I've never seen the UK yellow band for sale on it's own before, but I've seen a few US white ones on ebay.

Probably better looking for the book with the band.

[ELazansky]

That's right, the US band is white. That's what I'm looking for. I really hate to buy another book. My copy is really nice.

[biomieg]

eBay seller Breenstuff listed one or more US THINNER belly bands some time ago. I vaguely remember emailing him and I think he said he had more of them, which he would list another time. Don't quote me on this though, I could very well 'misremember' this. But you may want to send him an email.

[carlosdetweiller]

eBay seller Breenstuff listed one or more US THINNER belly bands some time ago. I vaguely remember emailing him and I think he said he had more of them, which he would list another time. Don't quote me on this though, I could very well 'misremember' this. But you may want to send him an email.

I've bought two recently from that seller. He seems to have a pretty good supply. Don't know how many though.

[ELazansky]

eBay seller Breenstuff listed one or more US THINNER belly bands some time ago. I vaguely remember emailing him and I think he said he had more of them, which he would list another time. Don't quote me on this though, I could very well 'misremember' this. But you may want to send him an email.

I've bought two recently from that seller. He seems to have a pretty good supply. Don't know how many though.

I'll have to send him a message - thanks!

[WeDealInLead]

I'm looking for a DJ for The Stand 1st. Mine is price clipped and I'm OK with it but I'm also thinking of resale value. There's a crap condition The Stand on eBay with the owners name on the book but the DJ is in nice condition. Is $50 a fair price? That's how much I'd offer.

[jhanic]

Are you talking about the original Stand or the Uncut edition? If the original, $50 is a good price.

John

[WeDealInLead]

Original. I'll probably give the book (with the name on it) away and my price-clipped DJ away. Too much of a bother to list that on eBay.

NM: The seller failed to mention one tiny detail... the price on the DJ isn't first printing. His is $19.95

[biomieg]

Yes I saw that one too and I was thinking along the same lines (I have two copies of THE STAND, one of which also has a priceclipped DJ) and this one looked quite nice. Upon closer inspection I saw the $19.95 price. Bummer.

[Patrick]

I'm interested in obtaining an aftermarket slipcase or traycase for the S/L of SIX STORIES.

Thanks.

[CRinVA]

I'm interested in obtaining an aftermarket slipcase or traycase for the S/L of SIX STORIES.

Thanks.

Patrick,

You definitley want something to protect that paperback - its just worht too much to let it get damaged.

Back at the original SKEMERs conference in Bangor in 1997 we all met up at Betts (the original location in downtown Bangor) and I purchased an aftermarket case from Stu for $50. I believe he had them made - he wasn't just reselling. Funny, I paid $85 for the book from the Overlook COnnectino Press and $50 for the case!

[Patrick]

I'm interested in obtaining an aftermarket slipcase or traycase for the S/L of SIX STORIES.

Thanks.

Patrick,

You definitley want something to protect that paperback - its just worht too much to let it get damaged.

Back at the original SKEMERs conference in Bangor in 1997 we all met up at Betts (the original location in downtown Bangor) and I purchased an aftermarket case from Stu for $50. I believe he had them made - he wasn't just reselling. Funny, I paid $85 for the book from the Overlook COnnectino Press and $50 for the case!
I'll give your $50 back if you give me the aftermarket case.

[Dolso]

I'm interested in obtaining an aftermarket slipcase or traycase for the S/L of SIX STORIES.

Thanks.

If you can't find others, I'd be glad to make you a wooden one ..... I'm still working pretty slow but would get it done eventually...........

Dick

[ChristineB]

I would like to purchase a copy of the trade 1/1 of Blockade Billy. If anyone has one for sale on the forums I would much rather get it from one of you then anywhere else.

Thanks, PM me please.

[Sam]

I'm interested in obtaining an aftermarket slipcase or traycase for the S/L of SIX STORIES.

Thanks.

Did you get #71 that I saw recently? I was watching it, but couldn't bid.:cry:

[CRinVA]

I'm interested in obtaining an aftermarket slipcase or traycase for the S/L of SIX STORIES.

Thanks.

Patrick,

You definitley want something to protect that paperback - its just worht too much to let it get damaged.

Back at the original SKEMERs conference in Bangor in 1997 we all met up at Betts (the original location in downtown Bangor) and I purchased an aftermarket case from Stu for $50. I believe he had them made - he wasn't just reselling. Funny, I paid $85 for the book from the Overlook COnnectino Press and $50 for the case!
I'll give your $50 back if you give me the aftermarket case.

:excited::excited::excited::excited:

[Patrick]

I'm interested in obtaining an aftermarket slipcase or traycase for the S/L of SIX STORIES.

Thanks.

If you can't find others, I'd be glad to make you a wooden one ..... I'm still working pretty slow but would get it done eventually...........

Dick
Thank you, Dick. I may take you up on that offer if I cannot locate one of the other pre-existing aftermarket slip- or traycases. (I'm assuming that Bob is teasing me one post up.)



...Did you get #71 that I saw recently? I was watching it, but couldn't bid.:cry:
Yep, that was me. I wasn't really planning on making a purchase and so hadn't done my homework on current market values of this book, but I did not own a copy of this S/L and the opening bid seemed reasonable. My max bid wasn't much higher so I expected to get outbid, but am pleased that I did not.

[tippy4]

I was watching that as well...you got a good price.

I recently paid $450 for mine, but I got mine with the traycase with mine.

[Patrick]

Thanks, Rick. If it came with one of those aftermarket traycases, I would have been happy to pay $450.

If anyone had bid $450 on this auction though, they would have beaten my high bid.

By the way, I took the advice of this forum in general: Before paying I contacted the seller to confirm the avoidance of the usual shipping pitfalls (Priority Mail, box vs. envelope, plentiful padding, insurance, delivery confirmation) and received a positive response. $404 all-in, I'm happy.

Now, really, no one has a traycase they want to unload? :D

[Fsmdr]

By the way, I took the advice of this forum in general: Before paying I contacted the seller to confirm the avoidance of the usual shipping pitfalls (Priority Mail, box vs. envelope, plentiful padding, insurance, delivery confirmation) and received a positive response. :D

Not to derail this thread, I have been doing this also to EVERY SINGLE transaction I won on Ebay. Most sellers have very kindly complied. Then there is this one seller this week who, despite my detailed requests on packaging, decided to throw my S/L Bradbury book in a padded envelope.

I was so mad, I filed a dispute on the guy. Now why would someone do that?. I can't figure it out.

[Patrick]

By the way, I took the advice of this forum in general: Before paying I contacted the seller to confirm the avoidance of the usual shipping pitfalls (Priority Mail, box vs. envelope, plentiful padding, insurance, delivery confirmation) and received a positive response. :D

Not to derail this thread, I have been doing this also to EVERY SINGLE transaction I won on Ebay. Most sellers have very kindly complied. Then there is this one seller this week who, despite my detailed requests on packaging, decided to throw my S/L Bradbury book in a padded envelope.

I was so mad, I filed a dispute on the guy. Now why would he do that?. I can't figure it out.
Because he's lazy and stupid? That's all I can figure.

Personally I think it best that if you are going to make the request at all, you might as well ask for confirmation prior to paying. They are motivated to respond in some fashion and then you have some agreement - as opposed to just having put a request out there.

That's what I did as soon as I won, the seller promptly agreed, and I promptly paid. Then I put a statement to that effect ("Seller has agreed to...") in the Paypal "note" box when I did make payment.

This particular seller probably would have done the right thing on their own, but based on the stories I've heard in this forum, it's better to have a clear mutual understanding up front.

[Fsmdr]

By the way, I took the advice of this forum in general: Before paying I contacted the seller to confirm the avoidance of the usual shipping pitfalls (Priority Mail, box vs. envelope, plentiful padding, insurance, delivery confirmation) and received a positive response. :D

Not to derail this thread, I have been doing this also to EVERY SINGLE transaction I won on Ebay. Most sellers have very kindly complied. Then there is this one seller this week who, despite my detailed requests on packaging, decided to throw my S/L Bradbury book in a padded envelope.

I was so mad, I filed a dispute on the guy. Now why would he do that?. I can't figure it out.
Because he's lazy and stupid? That's all I can figure.

Personally I think it best that if you are going to make the request at all, you might as well ask for confirmation prior to paying. They are motivated to respond in some fashion and then you have some agreement - as opposed to just having put a request out there.

That's what I did as soon as I won, the seller promptly agreed, and I promptly paid. Then I put a statement to that effect ("Seller has agreed to...") in the Paypal "note" box when I did make payment.

This particular seller probably would have done the right thing on their own, but based on the stories I've heard in this forum, it's better to have a clear mutual understanding up front.

You are right. I will get a confirmation next time BEFORE I pay. I usually request right after I sent in the payment. Great advice.

[tippy4]

Thanks, Rick. If it came with one of those aftermarket traycases, I would have been happy to pay $450.

If anyone had bid $450 on this auction though, they would have beaten my high bid.

By the way, I took the advice of this forum in general: Before paying I contacted the seller to confirm the avoidance of the usual shipping pitfalls (Priority Mail, box vs. envelope, plentiful padding, insurance, delivery confirmation) and received a positive response. $404 all-in, I'm happy.

Now, really, no one has a traycase they want to unload? :DWell,

Now I am annoyed. I was going back through my feedback looking for something, and I found my transaction for the Six Stories in Traycase I bought. Turns out I paid $630.....not $450 as I thought.

While I am glad you got a good price Patrick, I am annoyed the pice seems to have dropped so much in 6 months!

I know the traycase made mine cost more, but not $230 more!

[Rahfa]

Ooof...that does stink. I know I've overpaid for a few here and there, just as I've underpaid.

I let that Six Stories go, which is kind of sad becuase it matches all my #71s, but I guess I don't really care so much...plus, I'm not getting the SOD II, or FDNS s/ls either...AND Betts had a #71 Firestarter that I'm not paying $1200 for...

Long and short of it, I guess my SK collecting days are about over...so sad...oh well...

But, glad to see somebody here got that Six Stories, though...when I saw it had sold, I had briefly thought about posting here to see if that happened - and I didn't even need to bother!

[Room 217 Caretaker]

Thanks, Rick. If it came with one of those aftermarket traycases, I would have been happy to pay $450.

If anyone had bid $450 on this auction though, they would have beaten my high bid.

By the way, I took the advice of this forum in general: Before paying I contacted the seller to confirm the avoidance of the usual shipping pitfalls (Priority Mail, box vs. envelope, plentiful padding, insurance, delivery confirmation) and received a positive response. $404 all-in, I'm happy.

Now, really, no one has a traycase they want to unload? :DWell,

Now I am annoyed. I was going back through my feedback looking for something, and I found my transaction for the Six Stories in Traycase I bought. Turns out I paid $630.....not $450 as I thought.

While I am glad you got a good price Patrick, I am annoyed the pice seems to have dropped so much in 6 months!

I know the traycase made mine cost more, but not $230 more!


Ooof...that does stink. I know I've overpaid for a few here and there, just as I've underpaid.

I let that Six Stories go, which is kind of sad becuase it matches all my #71s, but I guess I don't really care so much...plus, I'm not getting the SOD II, or FDNS s/ls either...AND Betts had a #71 Firestarter that I'm not paying $1200 for...

Long and short of it, I guess my SK collecting days are about over...so sad...oh well...

But, glad to see somebody here got that Six Stories, though...when I saw it had sold, I had briefly thought about posting here to see if that happened - and I didn't even need to bother!

I'm not sure this is going to come out right but I will try.

I don't think Rick paid too much and Patrick just simply got a good deal.

The King market isn't set by a few sales alone. So many things go into an Ebay sell like:

Known King seller vs newbie
Feedback rating
Time of year (Christmas can be a good time to sale but it can also be a bad time)

David at Betts could probably tell you that his buying customers, well, most don't even look at Ebay. They know what they want and pay the higher price for it.

So for what it's worth Rick, I think you got one hell of deal. I paid $600 for my copy in traycase. Will I lower my market watch price in my collectors database because Patrick got a great deal lower than ours......NO.

Mulleins
Cumberland VA

[Rahfa]

Yeah, you're right of course...from 10 years of buying and selling, I know a good Ebay day on one day can be a bad day the next, and vice versa...though I'm not sure it's a "hell of a deal." But dramatically overpaid? Probably not.

We all know it's a weird market...if two committed buyers see the same listing at the same time, you get a bidding war...list it again the next week and nobody sees it and it's unsold, so who knows.

[Sam]

The going price of Six Stories seems to be around $600. I've seen a few put on Betts that have since moved when they hit around that price.

[Patrick]

I agree with you guys. I lucked out and got a good price on a book I wanted but wasn't really in the market for.

Still I wish it came with a traycase.

Rahfa, if you ever decide you want this #71 down the road, buy another copy and I'll be happy to trade.

What I would really like to buy are three others missing from my collection:

FIRESTARTER S/L
CHRISTINE S/L - as long as the book is fine, I don't care about the dustjacket
CUJO S/L

Somewhere below those on my wish list would be:
DANSE MACABRE S/L

However all the copies I find online of these books appear overpriced for current conditions. I say that because they sit and relist, sit and relist. None of them seem to be priced to actually sell in the current market. Or maybe sometimes they are and I miss 'em, I have not been diligent in my eBay searches.

[ELazansky]

I've bought two recently from that seller. He seems to have a pretty good supply. Don't know how many though.

He put one up on eBay and I got sniped by someone else for it - oh well, ce la vie

[Ricky]

Looking for a DTIII proof in the original shrinkwrap.

[jhanic]

Do you want the Grant proof or the Plume proof? I don't think I've ever seen a Plume proof in shrinkwrap.

John

[Ricky]

Sorry, I should've specified. It's the Grant proof I'm looking for.

[thegreattim]

Does anyone know where to find a replacement first ed DTIII dustjacket? I know Grant was offering them some time ago, but they are now sold out. Any retailers out there who might have some? Any personal collectors with an extra willing to sell?

[east-tennessee]

It would probly be easier to just buy a fine copy of the book.
You see them on EBAY for $40-$50 quite often.

Brian

[east-tennessee]

I recenty purchased a signed Trade of the Talisman, it has a poor DJ, Im looking for a fine DJ, Anyone?

Brian...

[carlosdetweiller]

I recenty purchased a signed Trade of the Talisman, it has a poor DJ, Im looking for a fine DJ, Anyone?


It would probably be easier to just buy a fine copy of the book.
You see them on eBay for $25-$30 quite often.

[debungsmere]

Is there any difference between the A/E versions on these two links?

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Sisters-Eluria-Stephen-King/dp/1880418738

https://secure.grantbooks.com/z-sk-dt-1-lsoe.html

Just wondering if they are the same and Amazon is cheaper?

Thanks

[WeDealInLead]

Same book. You can get them for even cheaper. I might be selling mine if I find a S/L for the right price.

[ELazansky]

I'd be careful of the Library Binding. It may not have a slipcase, and it may have been reinforced to make it last longer at a library.

[debungsmere]

Yea the library binding is odd. But the descriptions are the same "This 4,000 copy Limited Artist Edition is numbered and is signed by Michael Whelan. It is issued in a foil stamped slipcase. "

[Ricky]

I recenty purchased a signed Trade of the Talisman, it has a poor DJ, Im looking for a fine DJ, Anyone?

Brian...

I have a near fine copy of The Talisman with a fine DJ. If you're interested, PM me. Reasonably priced, as I want to move it quickly.

[demorgan]

looking for a signed IT.............thanks in advance.

[wizardsrainbow]

Ricky, I sent you a PM

[SkippyD023]

Yea the library binding is odd. But the descriptions are the same "This 4,000 copy Limited Artist Edition is numbered and is signed by Michael Whelan. It is issued in a foil stamped slipcase. "

I purchased my copy from Amazon and it is the same as the one from Grant. I am not sure why the description indicates library binding.

[e_taylor]

I'm looking for a few books that members of this forum are likely to have and have some books available for trade. Heres hoping theres some deals to be made!

What I'm looking for:

Stephen King - Just After Sunset - US 1st HC
Joe Hill - 20th Century Ghosts - UK 1st HC
Neil Gaiman - Smoke and Mirrors - US 1st HC
Robert McCammon - Blue World - UK 1st HC
Brian Keene - Fear of Gravity - Delirium S/L
Simon Clark - Blood Crazy - Cemetery Dance S/L


What I've got to trade:

Sam Anderson - Postcards from Purgatory - Sideshow Press S/L TPB - Fine
Robert Dunbar - Martyrs and Monsters - TPB - new
John Everson - Needles and Sins - Necro signed TPB - near fine
JF Gonzalez - Do Unto Others - Thunderstorm mini TPB - fine
Brian Keene - Unhappy Endings - Delirium TPB - fine
Thomas Monteleone - Fearful Symmetries - Cemetery Dance S/L - fine/fine
Gene O'Neill - Taste of Tenderloin - APEX TPB, signed - Near Fine
John Shirley - Really Really Really Really Weird Stories - Night Shade Books - signed 1st TPB - near fine
David Nail Wilson - Ennui and Others - DRP TPB signed - new
Richard Gavin - Charnel Wine - Dark Regions Press - signed TPB (1/100) - new
Brian Hodge - Lies and Ugliness - Night Shade Books TPB - near fine
Tim Lebbon - The Everlasting - Necessary Evil Press S/L - fine/fine
Neil Gaiman - Smoke and Mirrors - TPB - new

Please let me know if there is a deal to be made. What I have available are mostly TPBs, but they are also mostly good reads, so if you were looking to try something new.....
Also, keep in mind that I'm in Canada so the shipping may be a factor too.

Thanks!

[Randall Flagg]

Gene O'Neill - Taste of Tenderloin - APEX TPB, signed - Near Fine

I have a signed one. I think it is a hardback. I am not at home to check.

[SkippyD023]

Does anyone have a spare DJ for the Cycle of the Werewolf trade edition they want to sell? I thought I remeber back someone saying they had an extra for sale but could not find the post.
PM me if you have one for sale. Thanks.

[Randall Flagg]

I have an extra, but it is difficult (expensive), to find one in NF shape.

[WeDealInLead]

Wanted:

DJs for The Waste Lands and Wizard and Glass
From a Buick 8 gift or S/L
The Green Mile gift

[Randall Flagg]

Wanted:

DJs for The Waste Lands and Wizard and Glass
From a Buick 8 gift or S/L
The Green Mile gift
The Green Mile gift does not have DJ's. Do you mean the slipcase?
I have DJ's for The Waste lands and Wizard and Glass.

[WeDealInLead]

I need the DJs for TWL and WAG (already taken care of) and books The Green Mile and From a Buick 8.

[thegreattim]

I need the DJs for TWL and WAG (already taken care of) and books The Green Mile and From a Buick 8.

Do you mind if I ask where you got your DJs from? For what it's worth, I picked up a Green Mile gift in mint on eBay last week for just a tad over 1/2 the retail, I'd keep an eye out there.

[SkippyD023]

Can anyone send me the pdf of Parts 1-3 of The Plant. I know I had downloaded it for completing the first part of "The Office" but looking thru my files I can only find Parts 4-6? If anyone can help me out you can send it to kcde@wi.rr.com. Thanks.

[WeDealInLead]

@ thegreattim, Wizard and Glass DJ was a birthday gift from Ralph and I messaged Jerome about The Waste Lands. WAG is available from Grant, as well as other TDT DJs.

I think I've seen 3 The Green Mile gift editions in the last couple weeks but I've been saving my money for my personal holy grail and some S/Ls so I passed on those. One ended just today for $100 but seller didn't have a quote for international shipping. I stay away from listings that say 'shipping to be determined after auction' because that can be anything really.

[thegreattim]

@ thegreattim, Wizard and Glass DJ was a birthday gift from Ralph and I messaged Jerome about The Waste Lands. WAG is available from Grant, as well as other TDT DJs.

Yeah, I've seen the other DT jackets at Grant, I've just been keeping an eye out for The Waste Lands. I could always buy a mint book for $50-$60, but I'm not quite that desperate yet. :)

[biomieg]

Can anyone send me the pdf of Parts 1-3 of The Plant. I know I had downloaded it for completing the first part of "The Office" but looking thru my files I can only find Parts 4-6? If anyone can help me out you can send it to kcde@wi.rr.com. Thanks.

I happened to be looking for the PDF's as well and I found links to all of them on the review page for the book on the Charnel House website (http://charnelhouse.tripod.com/theplant.html) (top right of the page): http://charnelhouse.tripod.com/theplant.html

[SkippyD023]

Thanks Biomieg. That is what I was looking for.

[e_taylor]

I'm looking for a few books that members of this forum are likely to have and have some books available for trade. Heres hoping theres some deals to be made!

What I'm looking for:

Joe Hill - 20th Century Ghosts - UK 1st HC
Robert McCammon - Blue World - UK 1st HC
Simon Clark - Blood Crazy - Cemetery Dance S/L


What I've got to trade:

Sam Anderson - Postcards from Purgatory - Sideshow Press S/L TPB - Fine
Robert Dunbar - Martyrs and Monsters - TPB - new
Thomas Monteleone - Fearful Symmetries - Cemetery Dance S/L - fine/fine
Richard Gavin - Charnel Wine - Dark Regions Press - signed TPB (1/100) - new
Tim Lebbon - The Everlasting - Necessary Evil Press S/L - fine/fine

Please let me know if there is a deal to be made. What I have available are mostly TPBs, but they are also mostly good reads, so if you were looking to try something new.....
Also, keep in mind that I'm in Canada so the shipping may be a factor too.

Thanks!

Bumping this with updates!

Lets make a deal!!

[ELazansky]

I am looking for these issues of Fantasy & Science Fiction:

Gunslinger, The 1978 OCT
Slow Mutants, The 1981 JUL

[different_seasons]

Will trade one of my signed copies of FDNS for an unsigned 1978 The Stand in (T39). Please message me with condition, I'm looking for a good one!!

[Ari_Racing]

Looking for a S/L edition of DROOD

[Patrick]

Looking for a S/L edition of DROOD

I'm guessing that copy in the background of Bob's artwork photo inspired you.

[Ari_Racing]

I've been looking for it for some months already, but seeing it in Bob's bookcase triggered the need fo having it :)

[e_taylor]

Looking for a S/L edition of DROOD

http://www.camelotbooks.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=97&products_id=3113

From Camelot at list price!

[WeDealInLead]

Looking for the The Green Mile Gift Edition and Skeleton Crew S/L. Also, Song Of Kali slipcased anniversary edition from Earthling.

[thegreattim]

Looking for the The Green Mile Gift Edition and Skeleton Crew S/L. Also, Song Of Kali slipcased anniversary edition from Earthling.

I picked up a GM gift on eBay the other day for almost 1/2 of retail (near-mint), so they can be found fairly cheap! This one is not quite that cheap, but has no bids yet with one day to go: http://cgi.ebay.com/Stephen-Kings-Green-Mile-Subterranean-Press-mint-rare-/200555051926?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb2033b96. As a last resort, I think they are still "in-print" with the publisher if you want to guarantee a new copy.

[WeDealInLead]

I think I'll pass on that price. I might as well buy it brand new. With gift editions it's a waiting game. There's a good chance the seller will relist the book at a lower price if it doesn't sell this time. If it does... oh well, there's always the next one coming.

Thanks for the link.

[demorgan]

still looking for a signed IT.

[Fsmdr]

still looking for a signed IT.

What about this one?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110621090750&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[Randall Flagg]

Stay away from it. Not that the sig is bad, but the "gifter" inscribed the book-not King. In my mind it devalues the book by 50% or more. Estimated value $99.

[Fsmdr]

I just realize too that it's a 6th printing. Never mind.....

[demorgan]

Thanks everyone. well, it looks like im still searching for a signed IT. :)

[namelessnpoor]

So i have becom somewhat interested in King signed limitation pages. I know there are always extras produced and signed and where these go who knows. Seems people end up with them and eventually (or not) sell them. I have managed to get one from Six Stories, and The Stand. I picked up the signed Insomnia print. I really like these and would love more. Does anyone have any others they are willing to sell or know of. If so please let me know !
Thanks
Rusty

[Randall Flagg]

Gauntlet Press may have extras-particularly the He Is Legend pages signed by King and Joe Hill.

[namelessnpoor]

Gauntlet Press may have extras-particularly the He Is Legend pages signed by King and Joe Hill.

Thanks I will check into that !

[Church]

Hi all,

Wanting to complete a numbered set. Already have #148 or 150 copy illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne - ISBN 978-1-905834-09-9

Want the following
Slipcased Hardcover, signed by the author and the artist

#148 illustrated by Edward Miller - ISBN 978-1-905834-07-5
#148 illustrated by J.K. Potter - ISBN 978-1-905834-08-2

Church....meow

[Ricky]

Anybody have a 1st/1st Fine copy of Duma Key they're willing to part with? All the copies I've come across online and on remainder tables have flattened spine tops and bottoms.

[thegreattim]

Betts has one new for $28...

[Merlin1958]

Just realized, Hell are we the "Calvins" in Kings' books or what? LOL LOL LOL


Bastard pegged us!!!!

[Patrick]

You just now realize that? :doh:

[Weird Terror 72]

Looking for a flat signed first edition/first printing copy of Christine, Viking Press 1983 in fine or better. Would love to get a copy of the Grant edition but not too affordable in price from the ones I have seen offered.

[Randall Flagg]

Welcome to the site. That is a pretty optimistic request. Definitions of book conditions are very subjective, but it is very hard to find any King book-signed or not in better than "Fine" condition. When/if you do, it will not be inexpensive.

[namelessnpoor]

Anyone have a UK 1st edition Running Man for sale? Its the only one I am missing of the 4 Bachman Paperbacks.
rrdunaway@msn.com or just PM me


Thanks

[Randall Flagg]

I have a spare US 1st.

[namelessnpoor]

I have a spare US 1st.

Wish i needed a US ! and You seem to have a spare everything !!!
Thanks though !

[willie3]

I have a spare US 1st.

We need to make a deal on one of the 'spare' Long Walks I saw in your collection thread. :evil:

Karl

[Randall Flagg]

How was your "deal" on the last item you obtained from me?

[willie3]

How was your "deal" on the last item you obtained from me?

Jerome, I know it has arrived, but, as usual, I won't return home until late Friday.

I am excited, I know it is COOL !! :rock:

I"ll touch base with you late Friday...

Karl

[Merlin1958]

You just now realize that? :doh:


LOL (sic) Well I just kinda automatically thought that he exagerrated quite a bit, but in reading through collector posts over the years on this site, it just hit me that he didn't really exagerrate much!!!!!

Patrick, You wise-ass!!!! LOL :P:wtf::P

[willie3]

How was your "deal" on the last item you obtained from me?


:rock::dance::rock::dance::rock:

Thank You Jerome, you "ROCK" !!

Karl

[biomieg]

This goes out to anyone who has a (spare) copy of the UK 1st/1st edition of CARRIE. I know it's unlikely but.... if you're willing to trade for a couple of scarce proofs, please PM me!

[batsker]

I was going through my collection and updating my Spreadsheet after making a few sales, and I realized I must have sold my last copy of Song of Susannah Artist Edition by accident. Does anyone have an extra copy they are willing part with? The empty spot on my shelf looks weird. Lol. PM me with your price. Thanks.

Steve

[marc]

Currently I have the Dutch translations of the first three DT books. However, I would like to have the hardcover editions from Grant. I saw an interesting offer on Ebay, however the price starts at 110 dollars and the shipping costs are a whopping 90 dollars (this is all 7 books together) which will result in a final price of way over 200 dollars. Will I be able to get these books (in perfect condition) at a better price than that somewhere else?

Edit, I saw that only 3 of the 4 books are from Grant. The others are from Viking. That's a pity, I was about to buy them.

[frik]

Those Viking books are worth buying, though.
They're very nice editions - and seem to hold their value.

sk

[marc]

I agree but I would rather have all seven books from the same publisher. Looks much nicer on the bookshelf. Viking didn't publish all 7 DT books, did they?

[biomieg]

It depends. Some people choose for seven books from the same publisher (Grant), some people choose for similarity in design (sort of) by getting the four Viking reissues and the last three Grant trade editions - these books all have the 'keyhole' symbol on top of the spine, which looks nice on the bookshelf.

I have the four Viking books lined up with the trade editions of DT V-VII by Grant and I have the Grant DT I-IV trade editions lined up with the Grant artist editions of DT V-VII (does it sill make sense? ;))

Here's a picture (not very clear but you get the idea):

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_fcdqdPh-_A8/TQZwk8CyzvI/AAAAAAAAAo4/bTznsaHdwBU/s512/billy05.JPG

[Room 217 Caretaker]

Those Viking books are worth buying, though.
They're very nice editions - and seem to hold their value.

sk

Just be careful of later Viking printings though. Ask the seller to verify 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 is on the copyright page for a Viking 1st. Also, verify the price on the jacket.

[marc]

Those Viking books are worth buying, though.
They're very nice editions - and seem to hold their value.

sk

Just be careful of later Viking printings though. Ask the seller to verify 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 is on the copyright page for a Viking 1st. Also, verify the price on the jacket.


What do you mean with "verify the price on the jacket"? (I'm a newbie so bear with me... might ask some seemingly silly questions :doh: )

[Room 217 Caretaker]

Those Viking books are worth buying, though.
They're very nice editions - and seem to hold their value.

sk

Just be careful of later Viking printings though. Ask the seller to verify 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 is on the copyright page for a Viking 1st. Also, verify the price on the jacket.


What do you mean with "verify the price on the jacket"? (I'm a newbie so bear with me... might ask some seemingly silly questions :doh: )

Not a silly question at all. Glad to help. Some bookclub viking jackets are identical to the first but no price.

Gunslinger 1st US$25.00
Drawing of the Three 1st US$35.00
The Wastelands 1st US$35.00
Wizard & Glass 1st US$40.00

[marc]

I assume the price you're referring to is actually part of the DJ and not just a sticker or something like that? Also, since the total price of these 7 books is US$110 it isn't likely that these are first editions, right? Seems to cheap (wouldn't mind though :-))

[biomieg]

Yes, most collectors are not simply interested in hardcover editions but they like to get 'true' first editions. These can be identified by stuff on the copyright page (like the number line mentioned above, or a 'first edition' statement) and they typically also have a price on the dust jacket. There are lists with identifiers for 1st editions. Books without price on the dust jacket are usually issued by a book club and to most people, these books are less desirable because you don't know how many there are, you don't know when they were printed and, well... they're not 1st editions (with a few exceptions).

Of course, this is all irrelevant if all you want is a bunch of nice hardcovers, never mind if they're 1sts. It's certainly the cheaper option!

[jhanic]

Although the price seems in the ball park, the only way to verify that they are first printings is to check that they all have the full number line (with a "1".) If they don't have a price printed on the dust jacket, they are book club editions that are virtually worthless as collectibles.

John

[biomieg]

If you think you will want to start collecting 1st editions eventually your best bet is to educate yourself before buying: check the King collectibles catalog on this site, always ask the seller for the identifiers, and when in doubt, consult us about condition, prices etcetera :)

[marc]

I just bought them! Me very happy :rock: ! I might be interested in buying 1st editions in the future but for now I just wanted all seven of them. Thanks for your input.

[thegreattim]

I assume the price you're referring to is actually part of the DJ and not just a sticker or something like that? Also, since the total price of these 7 books is US$110 it isn't likely that these are first editions, right? Seems to cheap (wouldn't mind though :-))

There's a crap-ton of the Viking DTs issued from the book club floating around, so just be careful about that. The true trade editions would have the full number line (as mentioned above) and the price printed on the inside left jacket flap (for these particular books anyhow). If they are true first editions all, I'd say it's a decent deal actually. I've seen firsts of the Revised (Viking) Gunslinger sell for upwards of $70 in fine condition.

[frik]

I just bought them! Me very happy :rock: !

That's great, Marc.
Congratulations!

sk

[thegreattim]

Oh, somehow I missed the post re: you buying them. Congrats!

[marc]

Thanks. Two of them are first editions according to the seller (Susanna and Wolves). If that's true they'll be my first "first editions". Let's hope more will follow in time.

[thegreattim]

Cool! It gets addicting, be careful!! :D

[marc]

Too late I'm afraid...... ah well, who needs money anyway :-)

[Brice]

Life is really just a race to see who can get rid of it the quickest. It would seem I am winning.

[Weird Terror 72]

Interested in a slipcased gift edition of Cemetery Dances Full Dark No Stars if someone has a duplicate to sell.

[tippy4]

PM sent!

[Weird Terror 72]

Many thanks to tippy4 for selling me a copy!

[biomieg]

Does anybody have a copy to spare of this one?

http://i.biblio.com/b/752m/315691752-0-m.jpg

The one on ABE (Leonard Shoup) is $200 and that's way too much IMO. A member here once offered a signed copy for sale but I cannot recall who it was...

[carlosdetweiller]

Does anybody have a copy to spare of this one?

http://i.biblio.com/b/752m/315691752-0-m.jpg

The one on ABE (Leonard Shoup) is $200 and that's way too much IMO. A member here once offered a signed copy for sale but I cannot recall who it was...

I'd buy Shoup's copy. I wouldn't sell one for less than $300.

[Ari_Racing]

What so odd about that book?

[biomieg]

Hmm. I didn't think it would be that expensive. There was a copy on ebay.co.uk for a long time (one or two years ago) that was listed with a BIN of £47. Another copy sold for around $100 IIRC. I wish I had simply gone ahead and bought the first one but at the time I was not interested in it.

[carlosdetweiller]

Hmm. I didn't think it would be that expensive. There was a copy on ebay.co.uk for a long time (one or two years ago) that was listed with a BIN of £47. Another copy sold for around $100 IIRC. I wish I had simply gone ahead and bought the first one but at the time I was not interested in it.

As with any item you might happen across a great deal from time to time. You know, find one in a garage sale or some naive eBayer putting one up with a "Buy It Now" of $5 or something. But most serious collectors and dealers know how scarce they are and price them accordingly. It makes a nice set with the Thorndike Press edition of RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION if you can get them.

I didn't see the copy with the BIN of 47 pounds or I would have bought it in an instant.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

I didn't see the copy with the BIN of 47 pounds or I would have bought it in an instant.

According to my records, I bought a copy for £14.49 in March 2009.
I sold a copy for £44.99 around the same time.

[biomieg]

One reason I'm not too keen on paying $200 to Leonard Shoup is this description:


a Good only exlibrary copy, no dustjacket as issued, title page (and therefore the copyright page) and front blank endpaper have been removed, ..., usual library stamps and marks

The SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION hardcover is probably more common, I don't know, but I own two ex-library copies of that one (both purchased very recently) and I paid $40 and $50 for those. I think that's a fair price for a scarce book that's not in very great gondition. So I guess what I'm saying is that I would not mind paying > $100 for a nice copy of THE BREATHING METHOD. But this one? I don't know.

Unless you guys tell me that 'good only' condition is the norm for this book?

[carlosdetweiller]

One reason I'm not too keen on paying $200 to Leonard Shoup is this description:


a Good only exlibrary copy, no dustjacket as issued, title page (and therefore the copyright page) and front blank endpaper have been removed, ..., usual library stamps and marks

The SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION hardcover is probably more common, I don't know, but I own two ex-library copies of that one (both purchased very recently) and I paid $40 and $50 for those. I think that's a fair price for a scarce book that's not in very great gondition. So I guess what I'm saying is that I would not mind paying > $100 for a nice copy of THE BREATHING METHOD. But this one? I don't know.

Unless you guys tell me that 'good only' condition is the norm for this book?

No. I didn't read Shoup's listing. I definitely wouldn't pay $200 for an ex-lib copy. Actually I wouldn't pay $5 for one. I just assumed that the book was in collectible condition. It sounds like I am way off base on my price estimates for these two books. Still, the fact that we are even having this discussion points to the rarity of the two books, especially ones that have never been in a public library.

[carlosdetweiller]

Regarding the Thorndike Press Large Print edition of RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION: Here is some information from a catalog published by Quill & Brush - "The publisher would not disclose quantity printed, but our impression is that there were probably only about 1,000 copies many of which did not sell, and those that did were sold to libraries, which would account for its scarcity." Not much substance there, just a lot of speculation.....but still. Several years ago I called Thorndike Press on the slim chance that they still had copies waiting to be sold.....but, no luck. I don't have any info on the Chivers Press Large Print edition of THE BREATHING METHOD. I still think that these are rarer than most people think and should command high prices especially if they are not ex-lib.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb54/carlosdetweiller/differentseasonlargeprints.jpg

[Niels]

Bob,

Are the copies you have ex-library, or not? Is there a SK-book which does have any value (for you) if it was an ex-library copy?

[carlosdetweiller]

Bob,

Are the copies you have ex-library, or not? Is there a SK-book which does have any value (for you) if it was an ex-library copy?

Mine are not ex-library. I can't think of any book that is ex-library that has much value. I once had an ex-lib copy of YOUNG MONSTERS, edited by Isaac Asimov, that has King's story "One For The Road" but I sold it as soon as I found a clean copy. It seems to be pretty universal among collectors and dealers to consider ex-library copies uncollectible. Otherwise it would encourage people to steal them from libraries.

[Niels]

Good to know that all collectible books can be found as non-ex-library copies!

In Holland there are 4 large-print editions which can only be found as ex-library copies. At least, it hasn't been proven otherwise. And even then they are hard/impossible to find.

[Stockerlone]

I remember an german tv an nice article about ´ultra-hardcore´ bookcollectors.
They also talked about profesional book search agents, and one guy who was specialised in... CRIMINAL books search....

He visits old european library´s, with special high value books, then in the library he reads the books, an in an unnoticed moment he exchanged the high value book with an .... same looking book. (something like the Gutenberg Bible:onfire:)
Most of the famous libarys don´t wanna talk about this... because they have BAD / No safety, but an
other ´insider´ says, when this crimial guy was caught, he talks about.... He has ´ exchanged´ hundreds of HIGH Value books in an value more than an MILLION EURO.....

Ex-library books can be expensive.....

[carlosdetweiller]

Good to know that all collectible books can be found as non-ex-library copies!

In Holland there are 4 large-print editions which can only be found as ex-library copies. At least, it hasn't been proven otherwise. And even then they are hard/impossible to find.

I am interested in knowing more about these books. Can you provide details?

[carlosdetweiller]

I remember an german tv an nice article about ´ultra-hardcore´ bookcollectors.
They also talked about profesional book search agents, and one guy who was specialised in... CRIMINAL books search....

He visits old european library´s, with special high value books, then in the library he reads the books, an in an unnoticed moment he exchanged the high value book with an .... same looking book. (something like the Gutenberg Bible:onfire:)
Most of the famous libarys don´t wanna talk about this... because they have BAD / No safety, but an
other ´insider´ says, when this crimial guy was caught, he talks about.... He has ´ exchanged´ hundreds of HIGH Value books in an value more than an MILLION EURO.....

Ex-library books can be expensive.....

Interesting. And it seems I have heard or seen something on television about these thieves. I guess I should have emphasized that it was the field of modern literature or modern first editions where most dealers and collectors shun ex-library copies.

[Randall Flagg]

Not so much a thief from Libraries, but:

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much (http://www.amazon.com/Man-Loved-Books-Much-ebook/dp/B002N83H52/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2)


Bartlett delves into the world of rare books and those who collect—and steal—them with mixed results. On one end of the spectrum is Salt Lake City book dealer Ken Sanders, whose friends refer to him as a book detective, or Bibliodick. On the other end is John Gilkey, who has stolen over $100,000 worth of rare volumes, mostly in California. A lifelong book lover, Gilkey's passion for rare texts always exceeded his income, and he began using stolen credit card numbers to purchase, among others, first editions of Beatrix Potter and Mark Twain from reputable dealers. Sanders, the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association's security chair, began compiling complaints from ripped-off dealers and became obsessed with bringing Gilkey to justice. Bartlett's journalistic position is enviable: both men provided her almost unfettered access to their respective worlds. Gilkey recounted his past triumphs in great detail, while Bartlett's interactions with the unrepentant, selfish but oddly charming Gilkey are revealing (her original article about himself appeared in The Best Crime Reporting 2007).

[Stockerlone]

When this ´ book-exchange´ thiev... talked.....
Going into an important ´Switzerland´ library... Antiquariat-Old stuff Department.
Safety - ZERO. Open my big bag with the ´exchange´ books...
Make the exchange of the books... He talked about several books... first ed. Hemingway books, A.E Poe first, some books like the Gutenberg bible, some old old greek books..... crazy stuff.....

And the thiev says... 90% of the librarys have almost NO securety ... The best securety was an ´closed cabinet´.

[Niels]

Good to know that all collectible books can be found as non-ex-library copies!

In Holland there are 4 large-print editions which can only be found as ex-library copies. At least, it hasn't been proven otherwise. And even then they are hard/impossible to find.

I am interested in knowing more about these books. Can you provide details?

The be complete; there are 5 books printed in large text. Four of them can only be found as ex-library copies, the other one is (still) available outside a library.

Vel over been (Bag of bones), 130 printed, (2 books), ISBN 90-5542-494-3
Dolores Claiborne, 185 printed, ISBN 90-5542-503-6
Het meisje dat hield van Tom Gordon (The girl who loved Tom Gordon), 160 printed, ISBN 90-5542-656-3
Storm van de eeuw (Storm of the century), 35 printed, ISBN 90-5542-677-6

I've been in contact with the publisher and they told me that the print-run was determined by the amount of pre-orders. I'm still waiting for an answer if all copies were send to libraries.

http://home.concepts.nl/~pc126257/SKing/Images/XL_glb.jpg

My copy in the middle
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9372/img1767k.jpg

http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/4374/img1853.jpg

Fellow dutch collector copy:
http://www.uploadplaatjes.nl/plaatjes/1/104550.jpg



Achtbaan (Riding the Bullet), 400 printed, ISBN 90-364-2042-3

My copy on the right
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6946/img1791y.jpg

[herbertwest]

I remember an german tv an nice article about ´ultra-hardcore´ bookcollectors.
They also talked about profesional book search agents, and one guy who was specialised in... CRIMINAL books search....

He visits old european library´s, with special high value books, then in the library he reads the books, an in an unnoticed moment he exchanged the high value book with an .... same looking book. (something like the Gutenberg Bible:onfire:)
Most of the famous libarys don´t wanna talk about this... because they have BAD / No safety, but an
other ´insider´ says, when this crimial guy was caught, he talks about.... He has ´ exchanged´ hundreds of HIGH Value books in an value more than an MILLION EURO.....

Ex-library books can be expensive.....

Seems interesting! Does this documentary exists in english?

[Patrick]

Not so much a thief from Libraries, but:

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much (http://www.amazon.com/Man-Loved-Books-Much-ebook/dp/B002N83H52/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2)


Bartlett delves into the world of rare books and those who collect—and steal—them with mixed results. On one end of the spectrum is Salt Lake City book dealer Ken Sanders, whose friends refer to him as a book detective, or Bibliodick. On the other end is John Gilkey, who has stolen over $100,000 worth of rare volumes, mostly in California. A lifelong book lover, Gilkey's passion for rare texts always exceeded his income, and he began using stolen credit card numbers to purchase, among others, first editions of Beatrix Potter and Mark Twain from reputable dealers. Sanders, the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association's security chair, began compiling complaints from ripped-off dealers and became obsessed with bringing Gilkey to justice. Bartlett's journalistic position is enviable: both men provided her almost unfettered access to their respective worlds. Gilkey recounted his past triumphs in great detail, while Bartlett's interactions with the unrepentant, selfish but oddly charming Gilkey are revealing (her original article about himself appeared in The Best Crime Reporting 2007).

I've seen that book. Sounds interesting. It's in the back of mind to read it one day.

[Stockerlone]

I remember an german tv an nice article about ´ultra-hardcore´ bookcollectors.
They also talked about profesional book search agents, and one guy who was specialised in... CRIMINAL books search....

He visits old european library´s, with special high value books, then in the library he reads the books, an in an unnoticed moment he exchanged the high value book with an .... same looking book. (something like the Gutenberg Bible:onfire:)
Most of the famous libarys don´t wanna talk about this... because they have BAD / No safety, but an
other ´insider´ says, when this crimial guy was caught, he talks about.... He has ´ exchanged´ hundreds of HIGH Value books in an value more than an MILLION EURO.....

Ex-library books can be expensive.....

Seems interesting! Does this documentary exists in english?

Good question. Don´t remember the tv station .... maybe ARTE ??? Then it´s possible that this doc. exists in english and French :dance:

[herbertwest]

if it's ARTE that could exist in french too.. but it would be difficult to grab... :-/
maybe youtube?

[Weird Terror 72]

Since his mailbox is full I would just like to thank tippy4 for a great transaction. My copy arrived perfect thanks to his super packing of the book. I highly recommend him here on the forum as a seller!

[tippy4]

Hey thanks!

I got an email that my inbox is full and that you tried to PM me.

Just cleared out a few of the old messages, so I should be able to receive PMs again.

Enjoy your book!

[thegreattim]

Not so much a thief from Libraries, but:

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much (http://www.amazon.com/Man-Loved-Books-Much-ebook/dp/B002N83H52/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2)


Bartlett delves into the world of rare books and those who collect—and steal—them with mixed results. On one end of the spectrum is Salt Lake City book dealer Ken Sanders, whose friends refer to him as a book detective, or Bibliodick. On the other end is John Gilkey, who has stolen over $100,000 worth of rare volumes, mostly in California. A lifelong book lover, Gilkey's passion for rare texts always exceeded his income, and he began using stolen credit card numbers to purchase, among others, first editions of Beatrix Potter and Mark Twain from reputable dealers. Sanders, the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association's security chair, began compiling complaints from ripped-off dealers and became obsessed with bringing Gilkey to justice. Bartlett's journalistic position is enviable: both men provided her almost unfettered access to their respective worlds. Gilkey recounted his past triumphs in great detail, while Bartlett's interactions with the unrepentant, selfish but oddly charming Gilkey are revealing (her original article about himself appeared in The Best Crime Reporting 2007).

I've seen that book. Sounds interesting. It's in the back of mind to read it one day.

Having read both, I can recommend The Man Who Loved Books Too Much. However, personally I liked The Book Thief: The True Crimes of Daniel Spiegelman even better. Gilkey was mostly a white collar criminal, stealing checks and credit cards to defraud sellers of their books. Spiegelman however, actually broke into libraries and physically removed the books form the property. He went so far as to use ducts and air shafts to get into Columbia's University Library rare book room where he "visited" again and again before anyone got wise to him. Much more entertaining a story as he also traveled to Europe to sell his books to really high end collectors. Gilkey kinda comes off as a dolt since he tries to sell stuff from one store to another. In the relatively small community that is high-end collecting in the states, this didn't work so well.

Anyway, they are both interesting reads though. Worth checking out.

[Stockerlone]

if it's ARTE that could exist in french too.. but it would be difficult to grab... :-/
maybe youtube?


Maybe, i hope it was ARTE

this TV article was .... think LONG... also regarding older time hard-core-Book collectors...
One example was an 1700 1800 ? mayor-doge from Venice. He spent the complete money from the town
for his bookcollecton and when he died, the people found in his 4 BIG palazzos TEN-THOUSANDS of BOOKS.

Now... i will ask in some German Book coll. Forums about this TV production.....

[e_taylor]

We are getting woefully off topic - but here is an interesting resource for incidences of book/manuscript theft from libraries/archives: http://www.rbms.info/committees/security/theft_reports/index.shtml

It goes back to 1987. If you have the time to read through some of the cases, theres some real gems in there!

[biomieg]

He went so far as to use ducts and air shafts to get into Columbia's University Library rare book room where he "visited" again and again before anyone got wise to him.

Does the house of the gentleman from Amarillo have ducts and air shafts? Hmmm... I've always wanted to visit The States. Why not start with Texas?

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

He went so far as to use ducts and air shafts to get into Columbia's University Library rare book room where he "visited" again and again before anyone got wise to him.

Does the house of the gentleman from Amarillo have ducts and air shafts? Hmmm... I've always wanted to visit The States. Why not start with Texas?

The house has ducts and air shafts, but you have to be Eugene Victor Tooms to get in them. :)

[Ari_Racing]

LOL!

How to forget that excellent tv show. :)

[carlosdetweiller]

He went so far as to use ducts and air shafts to get into Columbia's University Library rare book room where he "visited" again and again before anyone got wise to him.

Does the house of the gentleman from Amarillo have ducts and air shafts? Hmmm... I've always wanted to visit The States. Why not start with Texas?

The house has ducts and air shafts, but you have to be Eugene Victor Tooms to get in them. :)

Yeah, they are pretty narrow ducts. Then there are those pesky motion detectors to deal with even after you squeeze through the ducts. Double (redundant) security system on all doors, windows, etc. I suppose it could be done but I know I couldn't do it and I know how it is wired and where all the redundancy is.

[biomieg]

Another dream shattered!

[jhanic]

I'm just happy with my watch dragon!

John

[namelessnpoor]

Hello All.
Looking for the Following UK Editions, if you have any that your willing to part with shoot me an email or PM.
Thanks
Rusty
rrdunaway@msn.com

Carrie
Night Shift
The Running Man
The Talisman
Salem's Lot (2005 uncut edition)
The Bachman Books
The Cycle of the Werewolf
The Green Mile (the 6 paperbacks)
The Green Mile (complete hardback 1998 Orion, 10.99 price)
Faithful
Blaze
Just After Sunset
Duma Key

[biomieg]

Rusty, do you also check out ebay.co.uk? Some people only use ebay.com with the 'worldwide' setting but you don't get every international listing using that approach. Most of the books on your list can be found quite easily. For FAITHFUL I'd check out ABE.

I assume you're looking for 1st printings. If not: I have a spare 2nd printing BACHMAN BOOKS in great condition.

[Randall Flagg]

Being very obtuse when it comes to UK King books-Was "Faithful" even done by a UK publisher?

[carlosdetweiller]

Being very obtuse when it comes to UK King books-Was "Faithful" even done by a UK publisher?

Yes. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

[Randall Flagg]

Please don't tell me that they did a 100,000 first print run.

[carlosdetweiller]

Please don't tell me that they did a 100,000 first print run.

Ha. I doubt it. I've got an ARC with publisher's promo material laid in and I have seen some other HC editions on ABE and eBay over the years. But I doubt the print run was very many copies. I'm sure it sold about as well as a book on cricket would sell over here.

[Randall Flagg]

I have one.
http://books.google.com/books?id=jThnwGUWGwcC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&l=220

[biomieg]

A UK ARC of FAITHFUL? Sounds like John needs to add something to the proof/ARC master list (or is it there and have I simply always overlooked it?)

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

http://books.google.com/books?id=jThnwGUWGwcC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&l=220

I agree. It is for dummies.

[shnnrc01]

UK Faithful
http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/2706/picturefrommobile041.jpg (http://img831.imageshack.us/i/picturefrommobile041.jpg/)

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[shnnrc01]

www.orionbooks.co.uk
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/5416/picturefrommobile042.jpg (http://img715.imageshack.us/i/picturefrommobile042.jpg/)

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[jhanic]

A UK ARC of FAITHFUL? Sounds like John needs to add something to the proof/ARC master list (or is it there and have I simply always overlooked it?)

I'd like to see a picture if possible.

John

[carlosdetweiller]

A UK ARC of FAITHFUL? Sounds like John needs to add something to the proof/ARC master list (or is it there and have I simply always overlooked it?)

I'd like to see a picture if possible.

John

It's nothing special and I probably wasn't clear enough in my earlier post. It is just a regular HC first edition of the book with publisher's promo letter laid in. It's not a separate edition of the book.

[biomieg]

Thanks for the clarification!

[biomieg]

I am looking for a nice 1st/1st copy of NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES to marry to my Overlook Connection DJ (the original DJ is therefore not required):

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_fcdqdPh-_A8/THUI73gSGxI/AAAAAAAAAhA/YbQsfmEWCRY/nightmaresoverlookDJ.JPG

There are of course several cheap BIN listings on eBay but the ones with stated 1st editions that I tried don't ship to Europe... and I'm not looking forward to sending emails to each and every other seller (yet). So I figured I'd try here first!

[namelessnpoor]

"Rusty, do you also check out ebay.co.uk? Some people only use ebay.com with the 'worldwide' setting but you don't get every international listing using that approach. Most of the books on your list can be found quite easily. For FAITHFUL I'd check out ABE.

I assume you're looking for 1st printings. If not: I have a spare 2nd printing BACHMAN BOOKS in great condition. "

Can't seem to get the reply with quote button to ever work, is there a problem with it? Does anyone else have issues with it? An
Anways, i am looking for 1st printings but thanks for the offer, i do check ebay UK, i just try to avoid the international shipping costs, and if someone on here has one for sale, i'd much rather deal with them and give them my money !!

[Randall Flagg]

I am looking for a nice 1st/1st copy of NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES to marry to my Overlook Connection DJ (the original DJ is therefore not required):

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_fcdqdPh-_A8/THUI73gSGxI/AAAAAAAAAhA/YbQsfmEWCRY/nightmaresoverlookDJ.JPG

There are of course several cheap BIN listings on eBay but the ones with stated 1st editions that I tried don't ship to Europe... and I'm not looking forward to sending emails to each and every other seller (yet). So I figured I'd try here first!
I have a couple of extras, but the challenge you face is shipping. Could be >$25 from the US.

[Merlin1958]

UK Faithful
http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/2706/picturefrommobile041.jpg (http://img831.imageshack.us/i/picturefrommobile041.jpg/)

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This is the one and only book that should be burned to keep the pretzels hot outside Yankee Stadium!!!!!!


LOL LOL

[carlosdetweiller]

I still haven't read FAITHFUL. I guess it is the only King book I haven't read. I'm sure I will get to it someday but, currently, it is not in my "to read" pile.

[Rahfa]

I haven't read 'Faithful' either, which is funny considering it focuses on the greatest sports moment of my life....but, meh, it's a series of journal entires more than a narrative...I have flipped through it and it didn't hook me.

[thegreattim]

Same here - without the "greatest of my life" part.

[oy-the-brave]

I have listened to Faithful on tape and enjoyed it, and my Mother (who is not a King fan) enjoyed it as well.

[biomieg]

I am looking for a nice 1st/1st copy of NIGHTMARES AND DREAMSCAPES to marry to my Overlook Connection DJ (the original DJ is therefore not required):

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_fcdqdPh-_A8/THUI73gSGxI/AAAAAAAAAhA/YbQsfmEWCRY/nightmaresoverlookDJ.JPG

There are of course several cheap BIN listings on eBay but the ones with stated 1st editions that I tried don't ship to Europe... and I'm not looking forward to sending emails to each and every other seller (yet). So I figured I'd try here first!
I have a couple of extras, but the challenge you face is shipping. Could be >$25 from the US.

Yes, shipping costs are the bane of every non-US King collector. I appreciate the offer, though, and I have sent you a PM :)

[George at C-Springs]

Bio, you can always use my APO here if you'd like and then I can forward up to you via Deutsche Post. Don't know how much you'd save, but it should be some I would think. Slow though; if sent insured figure 30 days, unless you're David who somehow always manages to get things to me in a week. Family and I are also thinking about heading up to see the Keukenhof at the end of March/beginning of April, I could deliver if you'd like to meet somewhere along the way.

George

[biomieg]

George, I will keep it in mind!!! Thanks a lot!

[CRinVA]

Considering Faithful!

I only have a copy on my bookshelf as I am a completist - at least on collecting First Editions! I have never read it, BUT I did listen to the audio tape once. Then I sold it on ebay! I have kept all my other audio books! Why you might ask! Well gee I am not exactly a member of Red Sox Nation - I am a proud member of the Evil Empire! :-)

I actually was OK with King's contributions. I went into it knowing he was a Yankee hater and he did not disappoint me. His text was more love for Boston that hate for Yankees. It was respectful at time! O'Nan on the other hand - his words bordered on disgusting. Early on in the book he made a statement to the effect of “…and fuck those Yankee fans as well.” Well I take offense to statements such as that. I am a direct recipient of that statement. You’d expect words like those to come from the mouth of an immature teenager! Near the end of the book he was proud to state how he stood in the middle of a Boston street at 2:00am in the morning and had the wonderful opportunity to “flip the bird” to the Yankee team bus! Gee, now there’s a fine gesture for any grown man – I am sure he was proud of his moment of glory! Gee Mr. O'Nan when did you graduate the 7th grade!

Make no bones about it - I do not like the Red Sox. Big Deal! I don't go around trashing them or their fans, using expletives as if its the only way I know how to speak! When I run into someone wearing a Red Sox baseball Cap or Jersey I don't go out of my way to tell them they are disgusting! Everyone has the right to root for whatever team they want to - right. Gee some of my friends are Red Sox fans! Their still my friends. I simply choose to root for the Yankees. I have been since about 1958! Why would I ever stop!

Oh well, I am just glad that Baseball season has officially started TODAY with pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training! Let the bashing being! :-) It's a new year with new players and new contracts and old players and has beens and want to be's and you never know who will rise to the top. Who ever would have predicted at Spring training last year who the World Series victor would be! Well maybe some SF Fans! :-)

Let's PLAY BALL

[jhanic]

I am neither a Yankee fan nor a Red Sox fan. I enjoyed King's sections of Faithful much more than O'Nan's. It wasn't the content of the writing, it was the quality of the writing. I actually found myself skimming O'Nan's sections. King was SO much better than O'Nan. I've never read anything else by him and have no desire to.

John

[Bev Vincent]

O'Nan's The Night Country is an incredible book, and I really liked The Speed Queen, too. The thing I liked about his part of Faithful is that he is an over-the-top fan. King is a fan, O'Nan is a FAN. The kind who would bring a neat on a long pole to snag fly balls while sitting on the Green Monster until the stadium officials made him stop.

[jhanic]

Maybe I'll have to give them a try. I just wasn't impressed by his writings in Faithful.

John

[CRinVA]

O'Nan's The Night Country is an incredible book, and I really liked The Speed Queen, too. The thing I liked about his part of Faithful is that he is an over-the-top fan. King is a fan, O'Nan is a FAN. The kind who would bring a neat on a long pole to snag fly balls while sitting on the Green Monster until the stadium officials made him stop.

To me O'Nan is much more than a FAN! He's a rabid FAN! A few years back I was at an O's - Yankees game sitting out in the left field stands. There were plenty of Yankee FANs there and at least one Yankee (rabid) FAN. The guy actually embarrased me with his trash talk aimedat the O's Fans in the neighboring seats. The guy was trying to pick a fight - Yeah I was rooting for the Yankees, just wasn't disrespecting the O's Fans especially in their back yard! And if a few of them took up this rabid Yankee FAN I sure would not have come to his rescue! I would have thought he got what he desserved.

As to O'Nan's fiction - maybe I'll give it a try, maybe not. His prose in Faithful sure does not sound representative of what he can do with fiction! In Faithful even if you did not know which author penned which sectino it would be reather easy to pick out their representative parts!

[carlosdetweiller]

I've only read THE SPEED QUEEN. But, like Bev, I enjoyed it quite a bit. It was much better than I expected it to be.

[WeDealInLead]

Don't really care for Faithful but that's because baseball registers on my radar of interest somewhere below curling, which is hardly a bleep on the radar to begin with.

[Merlin1958]

O'Nan's The Night Country is an incredible book, and I really liked The Speed Queen, too. The thing I liked about his part of Faithful is that he is an over-the-top fan. King is a fan, O'Nan is a FAN. The kind who would bring a neat on a long pole to snag fly balls while sitting on the Green Monster until the stadium officials made him stop.

To me O'Nan is much more than a FAN! He's a rabid FAN! A few years back I was at an O's - Yankees game sitting out in the left field stands. There were plenty of Yankee FANs there and at least one Yankee (rabid) FAN. The guy actually embarrased me with his trash talk aimedat the O's Fans in the neighboring seats. The guy was trying to pick a fight - Yeah I was rooting for the Yankees, just wasn't disrespecting the O's Fans especially in their back yard! And if a few of them took up this rabid Yankee FAN I sure would not have come to his rescue! I would have thought he got what he desserved.

As to O'Nan's fiction - maybe I'll give it a try, maybe not. His prose in Faithful sure does not sound representative of what he can do with fiction! In Faithful even if you did not know which author penned which sectino it would be reather easy to pick out their representative parts!

While I agree whole-heartedly regarding the vulgarisms, I have to say your Yankee Fandom is currently under review!!! LOL I refuse to have that book in my collection!!!! I have sat with the "Bleacher Creatures" wearing my red "Boston Sucks" T-shirt and have been known to join in on chants of "Asshole" aimed at some nut-job who shows up at Yankee stadium's bleacher section in a "Martinez" jersey.

Funny story during that game. Kevin Millar was new to the Sox at the time and having heard "Roll Call" for the Yanks in the top half of the inning, the Bleacher Creatures started chanting "Ke-vin Mill-ar" cause he was in right field. Well the poor bastard turned to the crowd and tipped his cap and 1,000+ Bleacher Creatures shouted "ASSHOLE" at him. LOL LOL LOL New York, gotta love it and New Yorkers, too. No other place like it!!!

Ever since Pedro threw the 80 year old Don Zimmer to the ground something changed in the rivalry for me. What a no-class move!!!! Anycase, I have more than a couple of friends who are Sox fans. We just try to talk about other things!!! LOL

Now somebody inquire regarding another book and get us back on topic!!!!!!!

Edit: Bob? we can continue this discussion in the "Yankees 2011 edition" thread!!! There I will let you know how your Fandom Review went!!! LOL LOL

[e_taylor]

Don't really care for Faithful but that's because baseball registers on my radar of interest somewhere below curling, which is hardly a bleep on the radar to begin with.

The only time I actively followed baseball was the year of the NHL lock out when I was so deprived from lack of sports by the end of the winter that I would have watched anything!

[ELazansky]

I am looking for a S/L edition of 999 if the price is right. I know it is not signed by SK. Please PM if you have one to sell. Thanks.

[Room 217 Caretaker]

I am looking for a S/L edition of 999 if the price is right. I know it is not signed by SK. Please PM if you have one to sell. Thanks.

Hello Eric

PM Sent

[Ricky]

Looking for 1sts of the following:

Duma Key
The Stand: Complete and Uncut
The Bachman Books
Four Past Midnight
Danse Macabre

[frik]

Don't really care for Faithful

It's one of the few King-books I haven't read yet. Someday I will!

sk

[WeDealInLead]

Looking for The Art of Skeleton Crew. Also, TDT 2,3 and 4 S/Ls.

[Ari_Racing]

If I'm not wrong, David at Betts has one of the Art of Skeleton Crew.

[Fsmdr]

Looking for 1st US edition in Fine/Fine condition.

- Pet Sematary
- The Talisman
- Thinner
- Different Season

If you the above for sale, please PM me. Thanks

[KindredAutmn]

Looking for the all DT books, Pet Sematary and The Stand The Complete & Uncut Edition.

[Ricky]

I have a Near Fine copy of The Stand Uncut fo sale. PM me if you're interested.

[namelessnpoor]

Anyone have an extra trade edition dust jacket for DT7? i didn't see any listed on Grants website and so i emailed them but i haven't heard back. If youhave one let me know if your willing to sell it. Picked a real nice signed copy of the book, but it has a not so nice jacket on it, that made the price much better !!

[Ari_Racing]

I think that you should buy a flawless regular copy and change the DJ...it'll probably cost you the same as only a DJ.

[namelessnpoor]

I think that you should buy a flawless regular copy and change the DJ...it'll probably cost you the same as only a DJ.

Yeah that was my next option, just didn't want to have an extra book laying around if not necessary

[Ricky]

Anyone have a first/first copy of The Talisman in fine condition?

[surly]

Anyone have an extra copy of the Nov 2009 PLAYBOY issue whch ran THE BONE CHURCH that they may be willing to part with?

[Randall Flagg]

I just might. I will be home in a few days to look. If non one has helped you out by then, remind me.

[surly]

Outstanding.
I'l do that. Thanks.

jim

[Ric]

Hi All!

If anyone is aware of the whereabouts of DT III - The Waste Lands S/L #365, I would be ever so grateful. :)

Thanks!

[Cook]

Hi Fsmdr,
I have a pet sematary, not quite fine/fine, but not bad.
I can send you Photos if you wish.

[Cook]

I'am looking for any SK signed limiteds #79
Please feel free to email me.
-Thanks

[Randall Flagg]

Hi All!

If anyone is aware of the whereabouts of DT III - The Waste Lands S/L #365, I would be ever so grateful. :)

Thanks!


I'am looking for any SK signed limiteds #79
Please feel free to email me.
-Thanks
I copied your posts into the What's your Number?-Want list for specific S/L #'s (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?5652-What-s-your-Number-Want-list-for-specific-S-L-s)thread. Good luck in your hunt.

[Cook]

Thank you
Sorry, I'm new & lost but I'll eventually get it.

[Merlin1958]

I find myself thrust into the market for a Remarqued Potter "The Colorado Kid" if, anyone out there is prepared to part with theirs!!!!!