Your New Pride and Joy!

**Shannon** · 05-14-2011 07:02 PM

Definitely not, for whatever reason, prices are significantly lowered right now. Even at regular bookselling websites, they are selling for $425 not including shipping. But I emailed Jerad from Centipede Press directly (I read somewhere on this huge forum ---DID YOU GUYS KNOW THERE WAS A "MELONS OF TDT.ORG" THREAD!!!??--- that someone else did that also) and he gave me a deal for $375 including shipping. Great guy.

Thanks

jerad@indra.com

**Randall Flagg** · 05-15-2011 06:11 AM

Originally Posted by ShannonsMovies

The new phone book's here! The new phone books's here!

I want bigger! I am going to be starting my Collection thread as soon as I figure out this problem, lol. Thanks

Use the "Direct Link URL that Imageshak provides. Right click in the Direct Link box, copy, then in your post, past the url in the box using the "Insert Image" icon.

**Niels** · 05-15-2011 08:55 AM

For the "Direct link" options you have to be registered (I don't like that).

But there's another option, use the "Forum code" options and change it a little.
Paste it in the message and only leave the part between the two IMG's intact.

Forum code:
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Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Only use:
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**Randall Flagg** · 05-15-2011 09:57 AM

Just received this. The rest of the pictures are in my Collections thread.

**Stockerlone** · 05-15-2011 10:04 AM

I´am so way behind with posting..... One of the last ones, direct from Glimmer Graphics

Insomnia Print - Glimmer Graphics - Signed by Stephen King and Phil Hale new unused painting for the Insomnia portfolio, and unused alternate version of the cover painting

**Shannon** · 05-15-2011 12:07 PM

RF and Niels, thanks for the info, I'm gonna try the image thing now ...

RF, nice addition! Legacies (the numbered, of course, lol) is what started my addiction oh so few months ago! I must ask, with you buying lettered after lettered after super unique book and signed this and that ... you are either a) rolling in dough, lol or b) broke as fuck! Whichever the situation, I envy your collection and I'm happy to see you aquire so many interesting items.

Stock, I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't see the pic.

**BigCoffinHunter** · 05-15-2011 07:26 PM

Just got in a copy of the gift edition of Grant's 1984 edition of The Talisman. I'm not going to post pictures as it's the same edition most of you have seen, but I have to give a nod to Tony and Kim from Camelot Books. I lost my original copy of The Talisman in a fire and had been keeping an eye out for a replacement. I just couldn't bring myself to pay the $200.00 - $300.00 that most sellers demand for a copy of the gift edition as I purchased a PC copy of the S/L a few years back for $300.00 (it had some imperfections: there was an ink smudge on the back of volume one that I was able to completely remove using an art eraser; it was also missing the paste-down on volume one and the one on volume two was scratched, neither of which bothered me as I have a bunch of spare paste-downs from Grant; if you ever have to replace a paste-down on one of those, just know that they come off with relative ease and leave no residue behind so long as you peel them off with slow, steady pressure).

Anyways, I got an e-mail from Camelot Books indicating that they had two copies of The Talisman, one with a bump to the slipcase and volume one, and another in fine condition, both for a very reasonable price. I was replacing the gift edition just to fill the hole in my collection and not because of some huge love I have for that edition (as I said, I have a S/L as well as the Artists' Edition with all of the artists' signatures), so I figured that the bumped copy with its price tag half that of the fine copy would do just fine. Unfortunately, volume one was not only bumped but also had a binding defect where the page block had come separated from the spine. I had seen this once before on one of the signed/limiteds and knew that the cost to fix it would be more than the book was worth considering the bump. I e-mailed Tony from Camelot about the issue and explained that I realized that they probably focused so much on the bump that they never noticed the binding issue (it's only visible once you open the book past the first few pages). I asked him to set up a return and indicated that I would use the credit towards the fine copy.

Tony e-mailed me back apologizing profusely and acknowledged that it was his oversight. He then made me an offer that I couldn't refuse: I send him back the damaged copy and he sends me a fine copy and just calls it even, no additional money required. Needless to say, I accepted and now have a fine, bump-free copy with no binding issues that I received at a price pretty close to Grant's original 1984 issue price.

I've dealt with Tony and Kim several times over the years and have never had a problem until now. Given the nature of the issue and how easy it is to overlook, I wasn't even upset, just disappointed. Still, Tony went above and beyond my expectations in resolving the issue. It is certainly refreshing to see that there are still booksellers out there who take customer service seriously and who are willing to go far beyond what is necessary to fix an issue.

**olverts** · 05-16-2011 02:17 AM

My newest pride and joy

Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (Plume) Third state orange cover with sticker

**biomieg** · 05-16-2011 02:43 AM

Nice, Hannes! Is that the one that was on eBay recently? It looks better than I expected!

**olverts** · 05-16-2011 02:55 AM

Yes it was , was really surprised that it was in this condition.
Guess the seller was a really bad photographer

**Pasiuk57** · 05-16-2011 03:56 AM

I've always had a great experience from them also! Very good people to deal with!

**Bloodletting Press** · 05-16-2011 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by Cook

Larry,

Nice to meet you.
I hope someday to be able to afford some of your Art.

-Richard

Nice to meet you too Richard.

**Dolso** · 05-16-2011 11:14 AM

Hey ~~ guess what I just received???

Page 1 of sigs.....

Page 2 of sigs......

Page 3 of sigs.......

**Ari_Racing** · 05-16-2011 11:19 AM

Nice! Congratulations!!!!

I've just received these:

.

Copies #1!

**ELazansky** · 05-16-2011 11:34 AM

That looks just like mine! I love having King, Gaiman, and Hill on the same page. Totally awesome...

**biomieg** · 05-16-2011 12:03 PM

I received these:

Now I only need the October 1970 and February/April/September 1972 issues to complete my pre-CARRIE Cavalier set.

**WeDealInLead** · 05-16-2011 12:21 PM

You bought them for stories, right?

**WeDealInLead** · 05-16-2011 12:24 PM

Haha. I'm sure my wife would be opposite of impressed if I started collecting skin mags for King stories. "Oh, the pictures of these beautiful naked women? Not interested, there's a King story in it."

100% believable.

**ELazansky** · 05-16-2011 12:25 PM

I'm sure that "Go Metric, Go Mad" article is intriguing

**biomieg** · 05-16-2011 12:27 PM

Wait, are you telling me that my girlfriend won't be convinced when I tell her these were acquired for bibliographical purposes?

**WeDealInLead** · 05-16-2011 12:37 PM

Don't know but I'd really like to read that last magazine.

For real though, are those stories collected anywhere?

**biomieg** · 05-16-2011 01:16 PM

Most of them are collected in NIGHT SHIFT. I just like the idea of having King publications from before anyone knew him.

**Jimimck** · 05-16-2011 01:23 PM

My wife bought me the Marge Simpson Playboy, cos it had Marge in it, and then i noticed it had a King story too!

**Pasiuk57** · 05-16-2011 03:56 PM

Do you have the annuals also?

**Cook** · 05-16-2011 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by Dolso

Hey ~~ guess what I just received???

Page 1 of sigs.....

Page 2 of sigs......

Page 3 of sigs.......

I'm so envious.. I'm on the very long waiting list for this S/L.
I don't think I'm going to make the cut.

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