Your New Pride and Joy!

[Tito_Villa]

Great stuff Frank!

[Roog]

Two weeks I showed you the beautiful Italian Euroclub DT2. Today I also received the Euroclub DT1 which is also very nice!



The full dustjacket:



Oh and also got the NAL audio cassettes of DT2 (unsigned...)

[Ari_Racing]

Very nice! Congratulations all!

[Lauterer]

Thanks Frank for the job you did yesterday for the few people took u as a medium to get a real signature in a german book.... Nice hill of books you took to the Cronin reading

[Roog]

Thanks to a ebay-link posted by RF, I was able to buy the Ukrainian hardcover of TWTTK
It appaers to be a smaller hardcover without dustjacket, same size as a UK bookclub.
I think the artwork is very nice ^^ A little bit inspired by the Scribner artwork.

[Coulrophobia]

Beautiful Book!!! Congrats!!! The cover-less full color hardcovers are amazing.

[Randall Flagg]

Thanks to a ebay-link posted by RF, I was able to buy the Ukrainian hardcover of TWTTK
It appaers to be a smaller hardcover without dustjacket, same size as a UK bookclub.
I think the artwork is very nice ^^ A little bit inspired by the Scribner artwork.

We aim to please.

[Ari_Racing]

Received the copy of Blood and Smoke that I won on the Occupy day. Thanks, Jerome!

[Stockerlone]

Rona Walter - Kaltgeschminkt/Cold painted
Scenic bookreading event, Imperial Theater Hamburg 14.04.13

Spoiler:

An absolut amazing bookreading event, arround 1,5 hrs.
Rona and two actors on stage of the Imperial Theater.

Rona on stage.



When the event was finished, i talked with some friends from the
German Horror Forum and Rona Walter arround 1,5 hrs about her amazing
bookreading event, bookcollecting, upcoming projects etc.

Rona signed me this German Horror Antho.
DIABOLOS

In this Anto. is Rona Walter´s story Classico.

My Diabolos is abolut amazing remarqued and signed
from the book cover illustrator Jessica May.


Amazing details... this it the complete remarque, maybe nothing
for small children or US people under 21

Spoiler:

[Coulrophobia]

Truly a beautiful work of art!!! Wow!! Congrats!!!

[Tito_Villa]

Amazing drawing Frank!

[ChristineB]

Very Nice Frank.

[Pasiuk57]

Super nice!

[TwistedNadine]

This is fantastic. Love it

Amazing details... this it the complete remarque, maybe nothing
for small children or US people under 21

Spoiler:

[wizardsrainbow]

Give me about a half hour here to do multiple uploads and an unveiling of some Pride and Joys in my personal collection...one set I've had for several years now, the other I just obtained through a connection with a member of these boards (who will remain nameless but he knows who he is). And yes, of course, they are Dark Tower oriented and adds considerably to my Dark Tower collection.....

Stay tuned...unless I get interrupted here........

[wizardsrainbow]

As most of you know, I was (still am) a pretty serious King collector before I bought Betts Books in 2009. The Dark Tower has been the centerpiece of my personal collection and I like to think that I have acquired some quite rare and perhaps one of a kind pieces over the years....I believe I have the only signed Orange Gunslinger proof copy in the world and the same for the numbered UK Dark Tower VII Proof....I am also a big fan of the Dark Tower artwork and over the years have befriended several of the DT artists...Mind you, I've only picked up scraps of artwork as one member here has pretty much cornered the market on artwork (LOL...you know I love you!!!).

But here are some one-of-a-kind Dark Tower preliminary sketches that I am fortunate enough to own...This first image you have seen before....the original charcoal sketch of Roland by the reflecting pool (done prior to Gunslinger's publication in 1982)...I have to confess here...Michael Whelan gifted this sketch to me one night as a Xmas present several years ago, but I might be compelled to return it (trade it actually) as he and Audrey think it should be married to another piece they own, so might in the end give it up...but for now, it is still mine and here it is....



Now, these next set of images I just obtained in the last month. THEY ARE PHIL HALE'S COMPLETE SET OF ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCHES HE DID FOR THE DRAWING OF THE THREE GRANT EDITION prior to its publication in 1987. This is a one-of-a-kind set and I am thrilled to own them.






























In addition to adding all the original prelims Phil did, I also acquired ALL of the prelim sketches he did for the 15 or so remarques he did last year that were sold through Betts Books. Here is 1 example of a prelim Remarque sketch...



Next up are some sketches I've had for several years. These are original sketches that Ned Dameron did prior to submitting his artwork for DT III: The Waste Lands. These are studies he did of Roland and Susannah. At the time I acquired these in 2009, Ned wrote me a note (pictured first) explaining the work.



These two images are under transparent paper which I have not removed, so the images are not as vibrant as they would be without the transparencies:






Hope you enjoyed my little gallery show!

[Coulrophobia]

Beautiful!!! Congrats!!! I love the preliminary work it is fun seeing an artists vision come to life.

[jhanic]

David, those are truly awesome. Congratulations!

John

[divemaster]

Yes, I enjoyed your 'little gallery show"!

Your enthusiasm is evident and I'm happy on your behalf.

[Roog]

That is sooooo wow.
Really.

[carlosdetweiller]

Very nice, David! I really enjoyed being able to see all of those. Thanks.

[Randall Flagg]

Magnificent. I am glad they are all "together" and not scattered about the planet.

[Fsmdr]

Wow!. Thanks for sharing, David. They are magnificent!.

[surly]

I know Whelan gets a lot of well deserved love here, but I prefer Hale's more 'Impressionistic' style. Very cool to see.
Thanks so much for sharing those.

[sgc1999]

Very cool David. Thanks for sharing.