Stephen King Collecting Questions

[Brice]

With the th sound.

[Randall Flagg]

Tabitha pronunciation

Use example #1

[herbertwest]

ok thanks

I bought the Overlook Connection magazine from Allen Koszowski on Ebay.
He is a "famous" artist, but i wonder if anyone here know if he have done some works for Stephen King.
I tried to ask Allen but he didn´t answer me.

anyone?

[Room 217 Caretaker]

ok thanks

I bought the Overlook Connection magazine from Allen Koszowski on Ebay.
He is a "famous" artist, but i wonder if anyone here know if he have done some works for Stephen King.
I tried to ask Allen but he didn´t answer me.

anyone?

I know Allen's done some freelance/fan art stuff from Kings work. But I can't remember him ever doing a piece for a short story or published book.

Allen did this piece for me from The Mist this past summer (see picture) We had a couple drinks together that evening. He absolutely loves Kings work.

Mulleins
Cumberland VA

[super sam]

Thanks Mulleins for the info and a nice story!

[Patrick]

Nice photo with the artist, and great little piece he did for you, Ralph.

[blg]

This might be kind of a stupid question, but it's something that I've wondered about lately.

I've noticed on some of my books, especially the older ones, that the page block has started to droop somewhat. I can only assume this is due to the book being stored upright in a bookcase for years on end. For those of you that have large collections of valuable books, do you do anything about this, like store the books upside down, or is this just one of those things that happens?

[Randall Flagg]

There has been some discussion about "book shoes, blocks?"
Laying books on their "side" creates other problems.
It's something that is worthy of great discussion.
I know I have "blocks" for The Stand S/L and 'Salem's Lot (particularly when in the traycase).

[Patrick]

Yes, it is a good question. I was looking for that prior discussion as well. I wish I had a copy of Jerome's book blocks.

[Randall Flagg]

I think somewhere I posted the specs for both "page blocks" (or is it "shoes"?)

Found a link for Book Shoe

Many western bookbinders have never mastered the stress factors set up in the vertically stored book (Figure 1): the drag of the text block within the boards (A) causes that characteristic flattening at the head of the spine (B) and increased rounding at its tail (C), and leads to breakup at the head of the joints (D). Such stresses are exacerbated when the closed book is left unsupported and free to expand and partially open (E). To avoid this, concerned library personnel try to pack their book shelves tightly. But this encourages damage to head caps and abrasion to side boards during removal. If a book with tail squares (the part of the board that extends beyond the bottom of the text block) must be stood vertically, the best method is to encase it entirely in a tailor-made, well-constructed book box that includes a text-block support to halt the downward drag of the closed text block. If this is not possible because the book must be regarded as a decorative feature, one should at least keep the fore edge tightly closed and provide a tailored text-block support piece (F). Slipcases, which have a closed top, have sometimes been used for this purpose. But, they are now thought of as harmful to bookbindings, particularly ones with fragile or friable exterior surfaces, because of the abrasion caused by the design.
The book shoe is in essence a slipcase without a top that is fitted with a text-block support. The shoe holds the book closed and the support removes much of the strain on the text block of a vertically shelved book.
Book shoes do the following:

• supply a simple means of text-block support
• protect the sides of decorated or fragile bindings, such as those covered in textiles, from their neighbors
• isolate books with metal furniture such as clasps or bosses, and prevent the metalwork from damaging the books on either side (although it is strongly recommended to house such bindings in custom-made book boxes)
• prevent textile or leather ties from being caught under neighboring books
• reduce wear to the tail edges of binding boards as books are drawn in and out of shelves
• allow books to be moved without the binding being touched.

[blg]

Nice! Thanks for posting.

[jcf817]

The saga has ended.

Guess what showed up in the mail today!
Woohoo!

It's bee-you-tee-ful!

[Brice]

Congratulations!

[Randall Flagg]

Hopefully your original order arrives having been only delayed. If it's in transit Amazon can not find it, nor can they rescind it.
Good luck, and once again, welcome to the Collector's area.

See I am psychic.

[Pasiuk57]

I still have one for sale!
Unopened still in wrap!

[Cutter]

The saga has ended.

Guess what showed up in the mail today!
Woohoo!

It's bee-you-tee-ful!

Congrats!

btw, I noticed the price has dropped to $195 on Amazon. Still double the price, but considering there's about 100 book sellers trying to sell copies, they started dropping prices and it's down a $100 from a few weeks ago.

[jcf817]

Yes...I had been keeping a close eye on the prices and noticed that they were dropping pretty quickly. I mean...there were 100,000 of them printed...the price couldn't stay that high for long.

It really is a cool presentation, even though it's not top quality materials.

[Room 217 Caretaker]

I really like my set.

I think it will settle around $140 when it's all done.

Mulleins
Cumberland VA

[Gris]

I won an auction on eBay that I thought was intriguing for the 6 originals serials of the Green Mile, except in HC form.




They got here today and I don;t know what to make of them. They ARE hard cover, except the ISBN is the same as the paperbacks. The info page is also identical to my PBs.

All are 1st printing and look like the paperback was printed without a cover and bound into blue boards. Then the cover was put into a library protector and wrapped on the book.

I've never seen a library bound book done in this way before.

Any ideas? Anyone ever seen it like this before?

[jhanic]

It's possible they were done by Perma-Bound Books:

Green Mile

They do paperback books for libraries, etc.

John

[Gris]

could be. That is still not the same Green Mile though. There "out of print" filter doesn;t show it either.

Collectability is probably poop, huh?

[jhanic]

Probably. Just because the picture is different (it shows the movie tie-in version on the page) doesn't mean that it's the book(s) being offered. I'd suggest emailing them and see.

John

[Earth's Militant Mind]

Probably some type of custom job, collectability poop, but still kinda cool if you got on the cheap. Are they the same size as the PB?

[herbertwest]

I think like jhanic : maybe some perma-bound?

A friend of mine have some french 1st editions which are HC. They were done by a company (like perma-bound i guess) and it was possible to get them when the book where out. For the issue price +about 6€

[Randall Flagg]

This thread will be merged with the Collecting Questions thread in a day or so.