From the lowest of lows:
To the highest of highs (telegram dated on or about March 29, 1973):
From the lowest of lows:
To the highest of highs (telegram dated on or about March 29, 1973):
Just utterly awesome!
John
Love both "highs and lows" letters Bob.
I'll pick myself up of the floor sometime later on this evening - magnificent Bob, just magnificent !!!
We all float down here!
AMAZING !!!
My Stephen King collection
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...on-Stockerlone
Non-King collection
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...rlone-Non-King
I've seen the first letter before and it's still awesome. The second one I hadn't seen before now. Is the second one some type of telegram/western union/faxed message? Do you know? Thank you for sharing.
It is a carbon copy of the telegram message Thompson sent to King with the good news about Carrie. As the story goes the King's had discontinued their telephone service to save money. A telegram was the fastest way to get the good news to King. I suspect that Thompson typed out the message, put the carbon copy in King's file at Doubleday, and sent the original to Western Union to generate the actual telegram. The actual telegram would have, of course, been delivered to King.Originally Posted by Ben Staad
That is sooooooooooooo cool. I am going to ask a question (though it might be silly)... has the book they passed on been named something else? Is it still hidden away?
HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
It was later published as RAGE by Richard Bachman.
Thanks... very cool.It was later published as RAGE by Richard Bachman.
HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
Where on earth do you even get this stuff?! Very, very cool!!!
Didn't you know? Bob started life as the Janitor for Double Day.....Where on earth do you even get this stuff?! Very, very cool!!!
"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
No words, Bob. No words!!!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Thanks for the answer and the back story. It's an amazing item to have in your collection. Congrats.
It is a carbon copy of the telegram message Thompson sent to King with the good news about Carrie. As the story goes the King's had discontinued their telephone service to save money. A telegram was the fastest way to get the good news to King. I suspect that Thompson typed out the message, put the carbon copy in King's file at Doubleday, and sent the original to Western Union to generate the actual telegram. The actual telegram would have, of course, been delivered to King.
One of the little things I LOVE about this site and the good folks that have been collectors all their lives. I love how they know these cool stories that most would not. I relish them. Thanks a lot Bob for sharing... made me day kind sirThanks for the answer and the back story. It's an amazing item to have in your collection. Congrats.
It is a carbon copy of the telegram message Thompson sent to King with the good news about Carrie. As the story goes the King's had discontinued their telephone service to save money. A telegram was the fastest way to get the good news to King. I suspect that Thompson typed out the message, put the carbon copy in King's file at Doubleday, and sent the original to Western Union to generate the actual telegram. The actual telegram would have, of course, been delivered to King.
HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
That is an incredible find, Bob! Very, very cool!!
It never ceases to amaze how many one-of-a-kind obscure things you have.
Do you have Scream Quietly? King wrote an introduction for it. I'm guessing you do but I couldn't spot it anywhere on your shelves.
Pics of the King Lettered's in your collection? Maybe some juicy close-ups?
HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
I don't recognize that title so I guess I don't have it. What are the details?
http://www.pspublishing.co.uk/scream...nes-1112-p.asp
King wrote the foreward for it. I'm not sure if it's been published elsewhere before. There are two states: trade and signed, although not by King. PS sometimes keep proofs and ARCs and then sell them off for cheap. Maybe drop them a line?
edit: PS descriptions always throw me for a loop. Description says "signed sc". My automatic response is that it's a signed softcover. sc is actually is slipcase(d).
Thanks for the info. I was not aware of this one. I will look into it and probably get a copy.
Bob, this would be a stupid question to ask anyone other than you, but do you only have one copy of The Stand S/L?
I've got a lettered copy and a numbered copy. Didn't have room to display both so one is in a box in a closet.
Ahh right. Was just curious. Thanks Bob.I've got a lettered copy and a numbered copy. Didn't have room to display both so one is in a box in a closet.
But, do you have one of these????
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...e-original-art!
Just checking!! LOL And Kidding, Bob!!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
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