Magnificent library! Congratulations!
And congrats also on the deluxe Shadow of the Torturer. An edition I will always long to own, but accept that I never will. Enjoy it!
HBJ
Magnificent library! Congratulations!
And congrats also on the deluxe Shadow of the Torturer. An edition I will always long to own, but accept that I never will. Enjoy it!
HBJ
Wow. Those look great. And a 1 of 1. Again, fantastic. I hope to see more of this collection.
Kris, I believe that an aficionado of Colin Dexter would most certainly have done his homework on Suntup Editions.
Sorry. I loathe lengthy typing on my phone and was waiting to get back to a PC to address the Suntup question. Yes I am well aware of them. No, I do not collect them. The gist of it is that when Misery was announced, I felt that the price point was extreme for a fledgling press whose only real completed project prior was an art portfolio. The shockingly high up front cost of their lifetime buy in set off a bevy of red flags for me. So after much deliberation I chose to pass on adding them to the small number of presses I collect. In hindsight it appears my misgivings were not borne out. Suntup has put out some good products and they seem to be building a good reputation for quality work. But the secondary market prices for people selling their limitation slots are nothing short of predatory so I continue to pass.
In short, they were too fringe for me to justify the prices at the outset and they’re too trendy for me to justify trying to buy in now given the high secondary cost. But I do not disagree about the quality of their work and given my druthers I may have made a different choice on the day the Misery preorder was in my reach.
The Face That Must Die
Ramsey Campbell
9.a Quarterbound leather and cloth, traycased, signed by Ramsey Campbell, Poppy Z. Brite, and J.K. Potter: 20 – $225 (Red roman numerals)
9.b Clothbound with dustjacket, signed signed by Ramsey Campbell, Poppy Z. Brite, and J.K. Potter: 300 – $65
9.c Trade paperback: 3000 – $14
Published as Millipede Press; 2006
Original price: $225/$65/$14
Hey! It’s been awhile!
That should be the official tagline of the bibliographical portion of this thread.
The Face That Must Die was the second title from Millipede Press, and the second book in a series that I’m going to make up a name for, right now: the “circle series” (you’ll see why in a second, and also that I’m not particularly creative). “Series” in this case means a collection of books that are typographically and stylistically similar or identical. The books themselves are not related.
The circle series books are well represented in the previous post (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...=1#post1145116) and so I’ll just document the cases in which a particular circle series book is different from its predecessors – usually just the dustjacket and limitation page.
I’m referring to this as the circle series because these books all share the same relatively-short-lived Millipede Press logo, a yellow circle/spiral on the top of the spine, like here:
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/...m/IMG_0168.jpg
Cover design for these books was generally a black upper band with art underneath.
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/...m/IMG_0167.jpg
I like this particular limitation page (and this particular book) because it has some excellent contributors. Another thing to note about this series and early Centipede Press books in general: the signature page is generally a free-for-all. As in most cases that usually results in the same general order and placement of signatures, but not always. Later books introduce those nice lines that indicate to authors where to sign.
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/.../IMG_01701.jpg
Folks here may recognize the bottom signature as JK Potter’s, artist and contributor to several limited King editions.
The middle signature is New Orleans author Poppy Z. Brite, who provides a fantastic and insightful introduction, as always. Unfortunately, having retired from fiction writing after a nice run of good gothic horror novels and countless chapbooks and shorter works, we hear from Poppy less and less these days. Poppy is now known as Billy Martin, though when he does intros or makes other contributions to books, he still uses his old professional name and signs as “Poppy Z. Brite”.
The top signature is of course the signature of the quite prolific British author Ramsey Campbell. I’m sure that most folks here have heard of him and probably read some of his stuff!
You’ll also notice the same type used and mentioned (Fleischmann).
Up next - the next title from the Millipede Press imprint and the third book in the circle series:
Spoiler: 08-18-2019 05:05 AMLurkerOutta my price range, but in the scratch and dent section -
Artists Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft.This is the special traycased edition which has an extra folder of prints. The two items--book and extra prints--come in a large traycase (unstamped) and I am also including the three 3-D lenticular H.P. Lovecraft prints as well. Very very handsome item. $2,795 or best offer. 08-19-2019 11:20 AMjsmcmullen92 08-19-2019 12:33 PMswintekJeez, that sounds too pricey to me. I had a hard time selling that exact same edition on eBay (yes, several years ago, but still) for $500. Think I ended up taking $400. I'd put that edition at... $750. The book is the exact same as the "trade". Just comes with a folder of selected prints, and the blank traycase. 08-19-2019 09:40 PMBlack MiauMagic is Sold Out! For now, no unsigned editions. 09-22-2019 10:42 PMNiceMIf anyone is looking to sell matching numbers with future rights of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser then I would like to make an offer 09-22-2019 11:26 PMRoosterI have a set I've been looking to move, but I've been too lazy to do anything about it. I PM'd you. 10-06-2019 07:55 AMWeDealInLeadChildhood's End pre-orders are live for the general public. 10-06-2019 09:40 AMBlack Miau 10-06-2019 09:54 AMNiceM 10-06-2019 09:57 AMWeDealInLeadIt wasn't exclusive, you didn't need to own the previous CP book or even the previous Arthur C. Clarke book. If you had emailed Jerad and expressed interest in ordering the book, he emailed you the private link one day before he sent out the newsletter (today) to everyone. 10-06-2019 10:00 AMScoogsWhen I first received the newsletter this morning and looked at the Childhood's End listing it was "on sale" for $300.
Now it only shows up at $325. 10-06-2019 10:01 AMWeDealInLeadThat seems to be a common CP practice. He'll offer a discount price to early direct orders and then they go back to regular price. 10-06-2019 10:05 AMScoogs 10-06-2019 10:07 AMscarfaceWhat do you guys think about the Book of the New Sun re-do? I for one would love to get a modern updated set, even if it will be an unsigned one. The old one cannot be found anywhere for a reasonable price and the mismatched heights of the books would probably drive me nuts even if I did end up buying one. Folio Society recently did a limited edition (of just the 4 books) but something about that art style put me off. 10-06-2019 10:10 AMWeDealInLeadI responded and said I'm interested. I missed out on the first set and now they're impossible to find. 10-06-2019 11:11 AMMunnecomI don't understand what all the fuss is about with regard to Childhood's End (the physical book, not the story itself). The design specifications don't sound all that spectacular.
Am I missing something? 10-06-2019 11:21 AMNiceM 10-06-2019 11:35 AMBlack Miau