I am confused. What makes the two (I believe to be Tor editions) books so rare?
I am confused. What makes the two (I believe to be Tor editions) books so rare?
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Just like the rare 1st edition of Lisey's Story...the one WITHOUT the signature.
I would bet that this is the case.
I have no idea if these belong in the Catalog. Perhaps we should wait until a few people receive them for personal inspection before deciding. Just a thought.
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I just got my copy of the TOR hardcover of HE IS LEGEND from Barry at Gauntlet. The signature sheets are not "tipped in." They are just loosely "laid in." I don't think that this should qualify as a separate edition in the catalog.
Wait...so it's the book with a seperate loose-leaf signature sheet?
That's not a signed/limited at all (hell, even Flatsigned rebound their books...haha).
Or am I misunderstanding?
No, you understood correctly. Just a trade edition with the three signature pages laid in separately. Could be taken out and put into another book if one so wished.
If that's what it takes to make a signed limited, then my copy of the Tor He Is Legend proof is a signed limited also--it has the signed sheets laid in also! Ridiculous!
John
I would call this a bit of the grab of the money.
Yes, I was disappointed when I opened the package.
To top it off I got two copies of one of the sig sheets and was missing one of the other ones. Luckily Barry has a spare of the one I am missing so he will make the set whole.
Still.......
wow - am I glad my order was rejected...
Me too. Gauntlet must have had enough of selling PC copies on ebay of "He is Legend" and used the sheets on this.
But what can a person do? It was one of those "you snooze, you lose" situations. You want the book then you take a chance at it, if you don't act fast enough someone else will get it instead.
The buyers have to rely on the seller to provide accurate information. In this situation the seller said the sheets were "tipped in". Nowhere did he mention the sheets were laid loose inside the book.
I was under the impression that tipped in meant that the book was made first and the sheets attached with an adhesive later. I'm guessing that I was wrong?
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That's always been my understanding of the term "tipped in".
John
Oh well, you live and learn.
The book itself is worth around $25 so basically we paid $75 for some signature sheets.
Life is a garden...dig it!
But what can a person do? It was one of those "you snooze, you lose" situations. You want the book then you take a chance at it, if you don't act fast enough someone else will get it instead.
The buyers have to rely on the seller to provide accurate information. In this situation the seller said the sheets were "tipped in". Nowhere did he mention the sheets were laid loose inside the book.
I was under the impression that tipped in meant that the book was made first and the sheets attached with an adhesive later. I'm guessing that I was wrong?
That's the only definition I'm aware of too and the only one I can find related to books.
http://www.google.com/search?client=...%20tipped%20in
These were not "tipped in", but just layed inside.
Sorry to hear that, Bob
Barry 'placed' the signature sheets in the book.
They can be kept as is, removed, or carefully glued in.
The 12 books are unique and will always be so.
Not far different from the Knowing Darkness editions that had a Michael Whelan original sketch art included-placed in but not bound.
I would guess that any of the 12 recipients could sell their book and recoup their expenditure.
Actually...sorry to say this, but it sounds more like a Tim Miller's work...
Wanted list:
Ubris
How many sets of signature sheets has he sold in the past year? My guess is close to 100. So these 12 really aren't anything special. If they were tipped in as advertised then its a slightly different story, but at the end of the day its just one more small press publisher acting unscrupulously.
I agree with that. Also the huge number of PC copies and selling proofs/arcs. Even some proofs had these sheets!
I did have him include a note on signed Gauntlet Letterhead that stated that the TOR copy that I recieved from him was one of only two sold by Gauntlet with the King/Hill signature sheet included.
Not that it makes much of a difference but at least it provides a little provenance.
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I must have the other then.
John
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