I promised that I would not disclose the source, but the person involved got the information from CD.
John
I promised that I would not disclose the source, but the person involved got the information from CD.
John
That's a great letter David! I don't have a SODVOL1 ARC (yet), so can't compare them, but I'm glad my SODVOL2 ARC does not have any black magic marker letters on it. I bought it when CD offered it in a package with BLOCKADE BILLY and the SODVOL1 Gift Edition. I thought they were well worth the price charged!
I'm sure if there is intelligent life somewhere out there in the universe, they are wise enough to stay away from us.
And the people bowed and prayed, to the cell phone god they made...
Thanks for the ebay-link jhanic , now i have both arcs
Glad to help!
John
I bought this a few months ago and it was listed as "The Plant part two (unsigned proof)"
Does it count as a proof or ?
Itīs not signed or numbered
The proofs I have are all marked, "Designer's Proof".
So this might be a leftover maybe ?
mine are all mark "Printer's Proof"Originally Posted by Mr. Rabbit Trick
I don't own any of these, so I have no opinion.
John
I find that hard to believe...
that you have no opinion...
..................or that he doesn't own a copy!!!!!! You're slipping "Proof-King"!!!!!I find that hard to believe...
that you have no opinion...
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?????
The prices for even the proofs of The Plant put them outside my range.
John
In 1983 King wrote a four page introduction to an edition of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN. It was published in hardcover by Dodd, Mead and in trade paperback by Marvel. It contained illustrations by Bernie Wrightson and many consider these to be some of Wrightson's best work, maybe his crowning achievement. I've never seen a traditional proof or ARC of this book. But I just got a package that is pretty interesting. It contains three pre-publication states of the book.
The first is a blue line proof consisting of unbound signatures in the traditional blue ink.
The second is a set of uncut, unbound signatures with rough edges. The top edges of the pages are uncut and attached to the next page so you can't open them all the way.
The last is a "pre-bind copy" consisting of padded sheets with the blue free endpapers attached.
I'm not sure what to make of all of this. I think they are pretty neat, especially the blue line proof.
Very, very cool (and interesting)!
Nice
Nicer.
Very, very nice!
John
SWEET! And intriguing as heck!
Out of curiosity, why do you refer to the pages as "signatures"? Is that proof lingo? Or are you referencing something else?
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
Definition: Several folios collected together for sewing as part of the bookbinding process make up a signature. Multiple signatures usually make up a book.
Bob-you never cease to amaze me...I would like half of your sources!!
nicest!!
Are they the same as 'F&Gs'? And I haven't seen any prepublication states of graphic novels but is the 'blue ink' stage common to all of them? Very interesting...Definition: Several folios collected together for sewing as part of the bookbinding process make up a signature. Multiple signatures usually make up a book.
In this case they are similar to F&Gs in that they are unbound folded and gathered signatures. But I don't think that "blues" (blue line proofs) are always in F&G format. I have seen some that were bound with black tape spines or with those clasps that hold pages with 2 punched holes in the pages. Nor are they limited to graphic novels. They are used in the process of printing most books, I think.
Here is a definition I found online: A proof made from the actual printing plates, so-called because of its blue color. A chance to get one more look at a printing job before it goes to the press.
I'm not an expert on this type of terminology by any means. I've just seen the term used over the years but have very little real knowledge on the process of publishing books.
Thanks, Bob!
No secret sources here. L. W. Currey on abebooks.com
Now Lloyd's sources, on the other hand, are some we would all like to have!
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