Here is a pic of an overview of my main bookshelves in my office. I'll also include some closeups of some of the shelves.
My grandfather's roll top desk with some Jill Baumann and Glen Chadbourne art above and one of my Dean Koontz shelves to the left:
Shelves depicting the Stephen King Offspring collection and more King:
King Offspring shelf:
More Signed limited shelves:
Very, very nice! Love the set up, and the collection even more!
awesome setup. I love those old school roll top desks
Wanted
CD Carrie Portfolio 719
Dark Tower S/N LE's 171 or 203
ANY Stephen King S/N LE #171 or 719
A Storm of Swords #218 or 346
Ancillary Justice #455
American Gods (+ SC Reader copy) #624
Michael Whelan original art
DT VII: Michael Whelan Remarque
That is one of the coolest things I've seen!Originally Posted by jcmanske
HOLY CRAP. One of the best limited/king collections I have seen. I feel so small now. But I really want to say
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Awesome. I love seeing shots of how the SK bookcase / books sit inside the rooms. Nice.
Impressive! Congratulations!
John
Looks like I'm late to the party! I missed your new collection thread but just caught it now. Wonderful collection Jeff! Wow. So cool to see what you have and your bookcases. That table/case you have for The Stand is great. Collecting all 4 Firestarter S/L is also a goal of mine. Congrats on getting half way. Some amazing pieces you have there and I'm looking forward to following the thread. Thanks for posting your collection!
Absolut amazing King S/L collection !!!
My Stephen King collection
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...on-Stockerlone
Non-King collection
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...rlone-Non-King
awesome setup. I love those old school roll top desksI agree that looking at the way everyone displays their pride and joys is so much of the fun in scrolling through collection threads. Some of my favorites are Room 217's , Bob's, Jerome's, and many others--lots of creativity on display. There are many awesome posters on this site who don't have collection threads who I wish did--I'd love to see how they display their collections. Thanks for the comments, guys!
Jerome, thanks for the comment on my coffin stand! Although the book is not out in the open for me to see everyday, it just seemed like the right place for it.
HOLY CRAP. One of the best limited/king collections I have seen. I feel so small nowWhile I'm proud of my collection, I feel the same way when I look through so many others collections that have so many cool, hard to find books, proofs, art and other pieces that I aspire to eventually collect. Some of the members who have been collecting for all of their lives have truly stunning collections. All of us have to remember that Rome wasn't built in today and that there are many items I'll never acquire, but I am having a blast putting my collection together. I love it when carlosdeitweiler and neotrinity post their newest acquistions or share some of their stories about how they acquired items in their collection--by far, one of the best benefits of being an active member of this forum.
Paul, I appreciate your comments. The feeling is mutual when I admire your collection. I'm particularly envious of many of your awesome proofs! Good luck to us both in putting together the Firestarter signed, limiteds. I got motivated to do that when I strolled through Bob's collection and saw his Firestarter grouping--although I doubt I'll ever be able to find, let alone afford, the Absestos Firestarter Lettered, but a man can dream.
Beautiful Collection, nicely done !!
“The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day.” - Stephen King
A few more signed, limiteds
The Best of Cemetery Dance S/L
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon S/L
Although the text of the pop up book wasn't written by King, I still think this signed limited is cool, although I understand all the negative comments about the pricing problem when it first was issued. I've kept it sealed in the box and have never opened it yet. Mine is number 69.
The Regulators S/L This is one of my favorite S/Ls done by King. I love all the back story shared by Peter Schneider with us on how the checks came to be. I like that my check is made payable to Roland LeBay (the man who sold Christine to Arnie) for the purchase of a '58 Fury. One of my holy grails is the Lettered Regulators.
The Colorado Kid S/L I have one of the King/Chadbourne signed of 99 and the limited edition of 450 by Miller/King and Potter/King. So, I still have some work to do on completing the set of limiteds and lettereds. I really like the presentation of the lettered edition a lot with the picture on the cover of the traycase.
Thanks! You contributed to my collection by selling me my Christine last year. It takes a village!
I Don't think it was Christine ???Thanks! You contributed to my collection by selling me my Christine last year. It takes a village!
“The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day.” - Stephen King
Salem's Lot Red Numbered S/L no. 44
Like most of here, I love the job that Centipede Press did on the Salem's Lot signed limited. Thanks to a member who has treated me very well on this site, I was able to pick up this copy of Salem's Lot this past summer. Although I now own the red numbered S/L (which is really tough to find), ironically enough I have not been able to acquire a traycase with prints for my gift edition of the Centipede Salem's Lot--all things in time (hopefully). In any event, I am a darn lucky man to have this one in my collection. This, along with several other items, is one of the centerpieces of my collection.
You're right! I went back and checked the iTrader and it was The Regulators S/L regarding Christine--the one I just posted with the check made payable to Roland LeBay (it is number 158, double your 79!) Also, I picked up the Desperation S/L from you (no. 79)I Don't think it was Christine ???Thanks! You contributed to my collection by selling me my Christine last year. It takes a village!
It keeps getting better. You have so many signed limiteds. You've left me in the dust bud! Really nice, congratulations!
loving the telephone table to hold the Stand S/L. I would have thought a custom foam inlay would be better protection than some bubble wrap though!
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
All very, very nice! Big congratulations.
John
Wow, what a wonderful condition, Jeff. Congratulations! I particularly like the red numbered 'Salem's Lot and EOTD editions. I have a red EOTD but it is undedicated so it is lacking the personalisation of your copies. I also like your comprehensive collection of books about King. Great looking office!
I feel the same way when I check out so many others' collections. I think we both have a lot to be proud of with our collections.
Great idea!loving the telephone table to hold the Stand S/L. I would have thought a custom foam inlay would be better protection than some bubble wrap though!All things in time.
Much appreciated, John!
Jon, thank you for the very nice note. I too love the red lettered Salem's and EOTD--they are some of my favorite books in my collection, by far. I have some other favorites, but just haven't had time to post yet. I'll get there.
Love the Salem's Lot S/L a favourite of mine for sure. I just have the gift edition myself, but it's a dream of mine to one day own a copy of the limited.
It's a gorgeous, massive book and so well put together. Before I received mine, I thought it would be about the same size as the gift edition, but it is a monster! Thanks for the comment!
My Dark Tower Collection
As I mentioned above, I did not read The Dark Tower series until several years ago, but fell in love with the characters and the story. I have volumes 1-7 and WTTTK of the trade editions and matching number set no. 445 of the signed, limited edition. Now, if I can just lay hands on no. 445 of Little Sisters of Eluria and Wind Through The Keyhole. In addition to the needle in the haystack search for my missing no. 445s, I next want to see if I can acquire the various Artist Editions. Currently, I do not own any, although I was fortunate enough to purchase the Michael Whelan signed numbered lithograph set of 4 numbered 445. Also, thanks to the benevolence of killjoy72, I was able to purchase the Gunslinger Audio S/L no. 445. My 445 Dark Tower collection is probably (it's a tough call) the pride and joy of my collection.
Trade edition set Also pictured is my trade edition signed and dated by Stephen King and Michael Whelan
Signed/Limited Set no. 445
S/L Audiotape No. 445
Whelan Prints No. 445 Just a picture of the wrapper and the number of one of the prints. I know everyone knows what they look like. Unfortunately, I haven't gotten mine framed yet.
Finally, a pic of most of the above at home on its shelf:
All very nice, but especially that Gunslinger signed by both King and Whelan in 1982! Wow!
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