The McCammon looks great!
The McCammon looks great!
OK, thanks!
Originally Posted by Dan
Name's Nick. Sorry I don't get the Gene reference.
Love your new signature, even though it's making me a little seasick.
Your new book is inscribed to Gene.
The absence of a thing, this can be as deadly as the presence. The absence of air, eh?
The absence of water? The absence of anything else we're addicted to.
- Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
More detailed pictures in my collection thread.
Yeah, it really is a nice production. Heavier than I expected, I like the materials, marbled paper inside the traycase cover is a nice touch, but what I really like is the signature page artwork ... it is beautiful in hand, really captures the feeling of the book. This is my first McCammon S/L, and I'm pretty happy with it.The McCammon looks great!
WANT LIST: Any SK #186; Dark Man Unbound 1st Proof; FDNS Unbound 1st Proof; FDNS Black Tape Spine Proof; FDNS Unbound Color Proof
If your SK books are in order of publishing, where would Battleground fall?
"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
Anthologies might be treated differently by collectors, but it was issued in Spring 2012 according to Justin Brooks Bibliography.
I think it was the second release that year, after "The Wind Through the Keyhole".
Publishing date? Battleground S/L was finally released in December 2012.
It was scheduled for Spring. I think the unsigned was released in Summer and the limiteds didn't get distributed until December.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
OK, so that puts it after 11.22.63 and before TWTTKH - thanksPublishing date? Battleground was finally released in December 2012.
"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
I edited my earlier response. I think either edition would still have been after TWTTKH though.OK, so that puts it after 11.22.63 and before TWTTKH - thanksPublishing date? Battleground was finally released in December 2012.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Doh! sorry yes, TWTTKH was April '12. It doesnt actually make adifference as I have DT books on a separate shelf. So for me immediately after 11.22.63 and before Joyland is correctI edited my earlier response. I think either edition would still have been after TWTTKH though.OK, so that puts it after 11.22.63 and before TWTTKH - thanksPublishing date? Battleground was finally released in December 2012.
"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
I shudder to think of the nightmare this would cause if I tried to rearrange my collection of King books into strict chronological order. I've got novels (but include Danse Macabre, On Writing,etc.) in chronological order. And I've got short fiction (anthologies, etc.) in chronological order but separate. And short non-fiction in chronological order but, again, separate. Just thinking of combining them into one continuous string of books makes my obsessive-compulsive disorder cringe.
To be fair Bob, you have not only a feckin enormous collection but considerable shelf space to arrange it in!
The problem is less significant with just 1st US editions, gift editions and non signed limiteds on just the one bookcase.
"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
Since it's a Richard Christian Matheson book I don't shelve it with the SK books.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Oh, I agree. And there are probably as many different ways to arrange a collection as there are collectors. What suits one collector doesn't appeal to others necessarily. I was just trying to visualize the time required and the end result if I was to do that with my collection.
For the 2 main authors that I collect, I try to put the books in chronological order but what is part of my collection. But now I definitely run out of space, so things starts piling on top of each other...
It's a good thing that I dont have much that would really be considered as "valuable" by most.
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It might not be possible since we don't always have accurate information on the actual release of the book.Oh, I agree. And there are probably as many different ways to arrange a collection as there are collectors. What suits one collector doesn't appeal to others necessarily. I was just trying to visualize the time required and the end result if I was to do that with my collection.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Just came in the mail today.
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
My Collection
NICEJust came in the mail today.
HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
Big, isn't it??? When mine arrived, my wife didn't believe a book was in the package!
Definitely is although I'm a bit relieved that it isn't as big as I thought it would be. It's of a manageable size. I was worried that it would be so colossal that I wouldn't be able to pick it up without straining my back.
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
My Collection
Congratulations!
Wanted list:
Ubris
Thank you, I never thought I would have my Gunslinger this fast into my collecting A BIG OL' THANKEE to StroppyGoblin with out him this would not have been possible. and they smelled so good. Kinda weird maybe but I smell my books
Thanks Amber! In return may I present my own new pride and joy, with thanks to Tippy4!
Gunslinger 1st/1st !!
"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
beautiful, The mail was good to us today
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