Nov. 2004: DT II, III, IV - Barry R. Levin Science Fiction & Fantasy. I heard about the whole S/L concept at the old TDT.net forums and decided to look into purchasing some. I saw these on ABE listed separately, called up Barry, and worked out a "volume discount" deal.
June 2011: LSOE, LSOE AE - John Hanic. He bought them on eBay in order to secure the right to purchase TWITKH. I bought another set specifically to trade with John, so he could still get TWITKH.
Oct 2011: I can't attend the King reception and signing at Fall of the Books back East, so Ralph Mulleins takes my 1st/1st of The Gunslinger to the signing.
Nov 2011: DTIV UK (not really necessary for a complete set) - In
January 2011 I just missed this at Betts - saw one of those SOLD signs that David puts out before removing items from the site. I contacted David, but it was too late. He had just shipped it out to a buyer in Australia.
Flash forward ten months: Recently while perusing the forum over at Cemetery Dance, I ran across a photo of the book in someone's collection thread. I contacted the owner and we worked a straight across trade. He was not a member here at TDT at the time, but he is now. Thanks, Grant (Bad Penny)!
Dec 2011: DT V, VI, VII: Simon had recently purchased these at a Heritage auction I missed. He posted here at TDT looking for the others. We worked out a sale/purchase.
Here is the set, including my signed
(but not S/L) 1st/1st edition of DTI:
(Note: I also have #196 of TWTTKH, but it was not yet released at the time of this photo.)
This set is especially meaningful to me because of all the collector friends that have assisted with trades or sales to help me put this together.