Stephen King Proofs

[biomieg]

The nice thing about priorities is that they can be unprioritized in the blink of an eye

[zelig]

Sounds like there may be a bidding war on this one.

[The Library Policeman]

The nice thing about priorities is that they can be unprioritized in the blink of an eye

My thoughts exactly when I bought my "Letters From Hell".

[Randall Flagg]

$275:
The talisman uncorrected unpunished proof by Stephen King. Sealed

1 bid, $4.99. Free shipping:
Rose Madder by Stephen King **Advance Reader Copy (ARC)** 1st Edition Proof

[Br!an]

$275:
[B] The talisman uncorrected unpunished proof by Stephen King. Sealed

I prefer my books unpunished.

The price and shipping cost are punishment enough.

[Brian James Freeman]

I prefer my books unpunished.

[zelig]

I prefer my books unpunished.

Ha! good one...

[Randall Flagg]

I just copy and paste

[goheat]

C'mon, no one here admits to spanking the proof?

[WeDealInLead]

Spanking the prof? Well sure, but she just happened to be a prof. ;-)

[Randall Flagg]

$9.50:
On Writing - Stephen King Advanced Reading Copy Uncorrected Proof

[jcmanske]

Happy to have added these to the collection:

[Lot guy]

Very nice!

[racerx45]

Happy to have added these to the collection:

Very nice.

[zelig]

Great!! Congratulations on this... Some good ones there...

[jhanic]

Happy to have added these to the collection:

Congratulations! That orange/black proof of The Dark Man is a very scarce one!

John

[jcmanske]

Happy to have added these to the collection:

Congratulations! That orange/black proof of The Dark Man is a very scarce one!

John

Thanks to all for the supportive comments. So nice to share and get positive feedback.

[goheat]

Happy to have added these to the collection:

Awesome proofs! Love that IT copy!!!!

[Randall Flagg]

$223 OBO:
Stephen King Full Dark No Stars Proof Scarce/Rare

[neo_trinity]

Received this wonderful post on SK Collector from Michael at Fine Edition Books in the UK (they also have two pristine copies of Twice the Power for sale, if you're looking to add a copy to your collection):

[I]The collectors of Stephen King proofs in general and TWICE THE POWER in particular may be interested to know that Hodder printed the sheets and (blue wrappers) for a solo proof of the UK hardcover edition of FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT, but abandoned the project in favour of the TWICE THE POWER omnibus. To the best of my knowledge, only one flat, mint set of the unbound sheets of the solo FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT proof survives, complete with an immaculate, flat blue wrapper.

TWICE THE POWER was not inexpensive to manufacture and is, therefore, in correspondingly short supply. A dozen battered copies were given to booksellers at the 1991 UK Fantasy Con in London - which is almost certainly the portal through which they escaped into the wicked world of the collector - but pristine copies are and always were in very short supply.
The FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT solo proof sheets are almost certainly unique.

Thanks for the great information Michael. Anyone know anything about the flat, unbound sheets set he talks about? And it would be great to be able to tie anyone's copies directly to the 1991 UK Fantasy Con; perhaps an insert from the event, or something along those lines. If anyone has more info on the items mentioned, please let us know.


George

Hi. I just came across this post and I wanted to let you know that Michael's copy is not unique. My set was printed by Hodder in 3 batches. The first batch, "One Past Midnight" contained "The Langoliers" and was printed on May 10, 1990. The second batch, "Two Past Midnight", contained "Secret Window, Secret Garden" and "The Library Policeman" and was printed on May 15, 1990. Batch three, "Four Past Midnight", contained "The Sun Dog" and was printed on May 16, 1990. The three batches were then combined by Gaby Naher (Press Officer for Hodder & Stoughton) and distributed to a few reviewers. My copy was sent to George Beahm on June 25, 1990 and after he received it on July 2, he in turn sold it to Barry Levin on July 5. The original fax from Gaby indicated the number of proofs that were being printed, but I have no further details as to whether or not they were. I have never been able to confirm the batch dates other collector's copies were printed on, to give a better picture of the printing schedule of this proof. Perhaps they could shed some light.
I just thought you would like to know. Take care. Gerald

[Randall Flagg]

Brilliant!

[jon10g]

Remarkable! You have some amazing stuff!

[jhanic]

Awesome! Thanks for posting!

John

[Ari_Racing]

It's a pleasure to read your posts, Gerald. You have to post more often.

Thanks for the info!

[herbertwest]

Stunning !