Book Collection: jcmanske

[herbertwest]

The signed GERALD'S GAME is really awesome. May I ask for a closeup picture?
I am struggling to read the inscription...

[jcmanske]

They may be the usual suspects, but you gotta have them for a proof collection. Congrats on these! The UK UTD is fairly scarce.

Edit: Forgot to say, those bookcases look great.

Paul, you are right. I was lucky to find the UK UTD and it still has its plastic cover in great shape. I love the bookcases too and can't wait to start filling them up. Right now they are in the hallway outside my office and I'd like to fit them in my office proper, but don't have the room. I like to keep my eyes on my books!

Great new proofs! Great deal on the bookcases, as well.

Thanks, Dan!

WOW!!!!

Thanks, Merlin!

Those bookcases were a steal!

Yes, they were!!! Great bargain hunting!!!

When I saw them, I knew I had to had them and was prepared to pay more, but the seller took my first offer. I was thrilled. I'd love to find more if I could, but they are usually so expensive.

Those are amazing proof Jeff. Congrats !!

Thanks, Shac! They are so tough to come by.

[jonp]

All the proofs in part 3 look in perfect condition, Congratulations! The UK UTD is rare with the plastic slipcase. They are pretty delicate and many have not survived or are cracked. I was lucky to find one in London in April while visiting. I still haven't found a BOBD proof though! UK or US!

[jcmanske]

The signed GERALD'S GAME is really awesome. May I ask for a closeup picture?
I am struggling to read the inscription...

Absolutely! I love this one, too! Here you go:

[jcmanske]

All the proofs in part 3 look in perfect condition, Congratulations! The UK UTD is rare with the plastic slipcase. They are pretty delicate and many have not survived or are cracked. I was lucky to find one in London in April while visiting. I still haven't found a BOBD proof though! UK or US!

Thanks, Jon! I didn't know the UK UTD slipcase was so fragile. I will be very careful with it--thanks for the heads up! I was exchanging posts with jhanic a few days ago and we were discussing the apparent scarcity of BOBD proofs. I don't think I'm speaking out of school because our exchange was on a public thread and not private, but he mentioned he would probably be offering one for sale at the beginning of next year.

[herbertwest]

The signed GERALD'S GAME is really awesome. May I ask for a closeup picture?
I am struggling to read the inscription...

Absolutely! I love this one, too! Here you go:

A truly amazing lengthy inscription! Thanks !

[jcmanske]

The signed GERALD'S GAME is really awesome. May I ask for a closeup picture?
I am struggling to read the inscription...

Absolutely! I love this one, too! Here you go:

A truly amazing lengthy inscription! Thanks !

Just so there is no confusion, the note to the Constant Reader and the inscription itself are pre-printed on the page of all the Gerald's Game hard copy proofs. King scratched out "Constant Reader" and inscribed it to "Phil" and then scratched out the pre-printed signature and flat signed beneath the pre-printed signature. In any event, I still think it's pretty cool and had not seen one signed like this previously.

[jhanic]

All very, very nice!

John

[jonp]

All the proofs in part 3 look in perfect condition, Congratulations! The UK UTD is rare with the plastic slipcase. They are pretty delicate and many have not survived or are cracked. I was lucky to find one in London in April while visiting. I still haven't found a BOBD proof though! UK or US!

Thanks, Jon! I didn't know the UK UTD slipcase was so fragile. I will be very careful with it--thanks for the heads up! I was exchanging posts with jhanic a few days ago and we were discussing the apparent scarcity of BOBD proofs. I don't think I'm speaking out of school because our exchange was on a public thread and not private, but he mentioned he would probably be offering one for sale at the beginning of next year.

Thanks for heads up on BOBD proof, Jeff.

[Stockerlone]

A M A Z I N G STUFF !!!

[Priest]

thats a fantastic collection, very curious to see more!

[sharki69]

Sweet!

[jcmanske]

While I understand many don't like collecting proofs of reprints or anniversary editions, I really enjoy collecting the Cemetery Dance proofs. Rather than thinking of them as reprints, I think of them as being proofs of signed limited and/or artist editions. I guess it's all in one's perspective. Can you imagine what a proof of a Phantasia Press Firestarter or The Mysterious Press Cujo might go for today--I wonder if any exist??? Also, while I may never own a Doubleday proof of Salem's Lot or The Stand, I at least have a chance to own one from CD. I think one of the best deals ever offered by CD was the SK Grab Bag that brought a lot of the very difficult to find proofs to the marketplace. I was very active on eBay and trading/purchasing with a few dt.org members to try and grab as many as I could before the supply dried up. As far as King CD proofs go, I'm off to a pretty good start. My understanding is that there is not an in-house or advance review copy of the CD From a Buick 8 limited edition. While I have the in-house Doctor Sleep, I haven't seen a review copy of the limited edition. Does one exist?

Here's what I have collected so far from CD:

Blockade Billy Advance Review Copy I picked up a copy of the traycase on one of CD's big sales and like to keep copies of the proofs in these when they are available. I also picked up one for the Riding the bullet ARC.



Full Dark No Star proofs Fortunately, I have been able to pick up all three versions of this one.



The Dark Man proofs



IT proofs



Secretary of Dreams proof I still need Vol. 1 and am unsure if an in-house proof of this one exists.



Riding the Bullet proof



Faithful This one was a tough one for me to find. I'm not sure how many of these are out there.



Doctor Sleep proof Does anyone have a copy of the Doctor Sleep ARC or know if one exists? The in-house proof is below.



Carrie proof Advance Review Copy and In-House Version



Stephen King related proofs

[jonp]

Wow, that's a comprehensive collection of CD proofs. Do you bother with the unbound proofs? I think that's the only CD bound proof of Doctor Sleep (that's the one I have).

[carlosdetweiller]

While I understand many don't like collecting proofs of reprints or anniversary editions, I really enjoy collecting the Cemetery Dance proofs. Rather than thinking of them as reprints, I think of them as being proofs of signed limited and/or artist editions. I guess it's all in one's perspective. Can you imagine what a proof of a Phantasia Press Firestarter or The Mysterious Press Cujo might go for today--I wonder if any exist??? Also, while I may never own a Doubleday proof of Salem's Lot or The Stand, I at least have a chance to own one from CD. I think one of the best deals ever offered by CD was the SK Grab Bag that brought a lot of the very difficult to find proofs to the marketplace. I was very active on eBay and trading/purchasing with a few dt.org members to try and grab as many as I could before the supply dried up. As far as King CD proofs go, I'm off to a pretty good start. My understanding is that there is not an in-house or advance review copy of the CD From a Buick 8 limited edition. While I have the in-house Doctor Sleep, I haven't seen a review copy of the limited edition. Does one exist?

I've never seen nor heard of a Phantasia Press proof for Firestarter. I do have a proof for Stalking The Nightmare by Harlan Ellison with a King introduction published by Phantasia Press in 1982 which was just 2 years after they did Firestarter. So it seems possible that a proof exists. If one exists it will probably be discovered soon by neo_trinity.

The Mysterious Press limited of Cujo used the same text block as the Viking trade edition so I doubt they had any reason to do a proof.

I only have the Doctor Sleep proof from CD that you do. I haven't seen any other variant.

Nice photos!

[jcmanske]

Wow, that's a comprehensive collection of CD proofs. Do you bother with the unbound proofs? I think that's the only CD bound proof of Doctor Sleep (that's the one I have).

I have a few of the unbound proofs (pics posted earlier in the thread), but I'm not actively searching for any with the exception of IT. I really like to have that one. Thanks for the nice comments.

[jcmanske]

While I understand many don't like collecting proofs of reprints or anniversary editions, I really enjoy collecting the Cemetery Dance proofs. Rather than thinking of them as reprints, I think of them as being proofs of signed limited and/or artist editions. I guess it's all in one's perspective. Can you imagine what a proof of a Phantasia Press Firestarter or The Mysterious Press Cujo might go for today--I wonder if any exist??? Also, while I may never own a Doubleday proof of Salem's Lot or The Stand, I at least have a chance to own one from CD. I think one of the best deals ever offered by CD was the SK Grab Bag that brought a lot of the very difficult to find proofs to the marketplace. I was very active on eBay and trading/purchasing with a few dt.org members to try and grab as many as I could before the supply dried up. As far as King CD proofs go, I'm off to a pretty good start. My understanding is that there is not an in-house or advance review copy of the CD From a Buick 8 limited edition. While I have the in-house Doctor Sleep, I haven't seen a review copy of the limited edition. Does one exist?

I've never seen nor heard of a Phantasia Press proof for Firestarter. I do have a proof for Stalking The Nightmare by Harlan Ellison with a King introduction published by Phantasia Press in 1982 which was just 2 years after they did Firestarter. So it seems possible that a proof exists. If one exists it will probably be discovered soon by neo_trinity.

The Mysterious Press limited of Cujo used the same text block as the Viking trade edition so I doubt they had any reason to do a proof.

I only have the Doctor Sleep proof from CD that you do. I haven't seen any other variant.

Nice photos!

Thanks for the information and the kind words! The Phantasia Press Stalking the Nightmare proof sounds pretty cool. I agree, the existence of the Stalking the Nightmare makes you think maybe a Firestarter is out there and if it does exist, neo_trinity will find it or knows the answer as to its existence. Good point on the Cujo and I doubt another variant of Doctor Sleep exists. Hope you had a Merry Christmas and that Santa was good to you!

[jonp]

Wow, that's a comprehensive collection of CD proofs. Do you bother with the unbound proofs? I think that's the only CD bound proof of Doctor Sleep (that's the one I have).

I have a few of the unbound proofs (pics posted earlier in the thread), but I'm not actively searching for any with the exception of IT. I really like to have that one. Thanks for the nice comments.

Ahh! Yes, I have just gone back and spotted them. I, too, would like the IT unbound but I've never seen one up for sale. Very nice proof collection btw. Congratulations.

[zelig]

Very nice Jeff. I also collect the CD proofs, although not so much of the unbound ones. I have a few but like you, I haven't really gone after them. Of the ones you posted I'm missing the IT shown on the left and those Dark Man proofs. Congratulations!

[jhanic]

Here's a picture of the CD Secretary of Dreams Volume One proof:



As you've noted, it's more scarce than the Volume Two one.

John

[biomieg]

I am not a collector of CD proofs but I appreciate that other collectors like them, and I'm impressed by your collection. Very nice! And I learned something about myself from your post - I realize that I'm collecting US proofs from specific publishers and have no interest in others (I always thought of my 'selection' as being defined by certain years of publication). In my case they are Doubleday, Viking and Putnam.

[jcmanske]

I am not a collector of CD proofs but I appreciate that other collectors like them, and I'm impressed by your collection. Very nice! And I learned something about myself from your post - I realize that I'm collecting US proofs from specific publishers and have no interest in others (I always thought of my 'selection' as being defined by certain years of publication). In my case they are Doubleday, Viking and Putnam.

Michael, thanks for the kind words! I also find it funny when a chance encounter with something leads me to an insight I had not otherwise thought of.

[jcmanske]

Here's a picture of the CD Secretary of Dreams Volume One proof:

As you've noted, it's more scarce than the Volume Two one.

Thanks, John!

[jcmanske]

Very nice Jeff. I also collect the CD proofs, although not so much of the unbound ones. I have a few but like you, I haven't really gone after them. Of the ones you posted I'm missing the IT shown on the left and those Dark Man proofs. Congratulations!

Good luck to us both in filling in holes in 2016 AND at a good price! After David's Christmas sales, Christmas itself and my never ending problem with impulsive purchasing, I'm tapped out.

[Brian James Freeman]

If one exists it will probably be discovered soon by neo_trinity.

Ain't that the truth!

Brian