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Post by helrunar on Sept 8, 2018 22:39:29 GMT
Hi Andreas, I don't know about the Vault, but Drummond's Necklace of Skulls the book that was blurbed on the back cover (of a cloth edition) of the Farrar novel. The blurb included some individual claiming Drummond was "the new James Bond." I think the person meant to write that he was the "new Ian Fleming," but honestly, who knows.
The blurb for the Skulls thing was really outrageous, depicting darkest India as a land of secret horrors and ancient superstitions--it really underlined for me how long a time 40 years ago was. (That, and the fact that the female protagonist of the Farrar book keeps describing herself to the reader as a "sexual bitch.")
Best, Steve
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Post by jamesdoig on Sept 9, 2018 4:04:17 GMT
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Post by andydecker on Sept 9, 2018 12:26:45 GMT
I found this on Ebay for a good price, it was still shrink-wrapped. I understand why this apparently was a failure. The small format, the price, the advertising on the back cover. (A Lexus) But it is a beautiful package, the Moorcock novella is a separate magazine - this comes in a slipcase - with illustrations. ArgosyJan/Feb 2004Edited by James A. Owen ' The Content A Night in the Tropics • short story by Jeffrey Ford Pyromaniac • short story by Ann Cummins Riding the White Bull • novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan An Interview with Samuel R. Delany • interview of Samuel R. Delany • interview by Adam Roberts VE Knights • short story by Barry Baldwin The Valley of Giants • short story by Benjamin Rosenbaum Rum and the Flesh • short story by Emily Raboteau The Launch Pad • short story by Chris Nakashima-Brown The Mystery of the Texas Twister • novella by Michael Moorcock
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Post by helrunar on Sept 9, 2018 13:39:03 GMT
Gorgeous cover on that Wilkie Collins volume.
I wonder how well that Wheatley collection sold. The stories selected seem extremely familiar. But presumably his fans did buy it so that their collections could be complete.
cheers, H.
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Post by dem bones on Sept 9, 2018 14:37:05 GMT
I wonder how well that Wheatley collection sold. The stories selected seem extremely familiar. But presumably his fans did buy it so that there collections could be complete. You are so right! See Uncanny Tales 1, and the two comments directly beneath. No idea how it sold. Probably not that great. "The initial two dozen books were issued in monthly batches of six, which was asking for a large financial commitment from any purchaser, and included DRACULA which was already available from three rival publishers. Sales were lukewarm and by the time the final volume was being published, the first half dozen were already remaindered." - Justin Marriott, The Devil & All His Works: A look Back At The Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult. Paperback Fanatic #3, Aug 2007.
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Post by jamesdoig on Sept 17, 2018 7:17:10 GMT
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Post by jamesdoig on Oct 6, 2018 0:08:20 GMT
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Post by cromagnonman on Oct 18, 2018 18:40:06 GMT
I think I've mentioned before that although I'm not much of a King reader I do still have an interest in picking up the earliest paperback printings of his earliest novels that I can find. Its not as easy to do as it once was either; CHRISTINE for instance seems to have completely vanished from the second-hand market. The interest doesn't really extend past his early 1990s work and I've always had NEEDFUL THINGS as an arbitrary cut off point in my mind. So was delighted to find this today in the local charity shop for the princely sum of 50p. The first Signet edition from July 1992. Good condition too; a few chips and creases to the cover but nothing unpalatable. Very striking cover design, far superior to the UK issue which isn't always the case with SK. Pity no one appears to want to put this sort of effort into book packaging these days.
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Post by jamesdoig on Oct 19, 2018 9:13:13 GMT
I hear you Cro. A local bookshop has a free book exchange out the front, and this was there, a pretty battered copy:
And on the inside cover:
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Post by jamesdoig on Oct 19, 2018 9:16:15 GMT
2 bucks at the junk shop, published in 1975 as one might expect, by Scripts, the Horwitz imprint:
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Post by Knygathin on Oct 19, 2018 17:58:46 GMT
... The interest doesn't really extend past his early 1990s work and I've always had NEEDFUL THINGS as an arbitrary cut off point in my mind. So was delighted to find this today in the local charity shop for the princely sum of 50p. The first Signet edition from July 1992. ... Very striking cover design,... Pity no one appears to want to put this sort of effort into book packaging these days. Are the 736 pages succinct and worthwhile? I enjoyed The Stand, and Pet Sematary, and Salem's Lot (although I like Tobe Hooper's TV-version better). I agree about modern book packaging. But there are a few rare exceptions, now and then. The best editions ever of Tolkien were printed by HarperCollins in the 2000s.
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Post by cromagnonman on Oct 23, 2018 21:44:03 GMT
I hear you Cro. A local bookshop has a free book exchange out the front, and this was there, a pretty battered copy:
And on the inside cover:
Never seen this one James, so thanks for sharing. SK as Fabio? Someone at Signet obviously had a sense of humour.
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Post by helrunar on Oct 24, 2018 15:06:06 GMT
Thanks, James. I thought this woman's performance was quite funny. Yes, she is a performance artist. I'm not sure the bloke at the counter was in on the joke. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7LwFPp3SYI don't read or patronize the works of Mr. King, but I was once trapped on an airplane on which the film version of Misery was being screened as the "entertainment." cheers, H.
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Post by Dr Strange on Oct 25, 2018 11:50:38 GMT
I haven't read the book, but I thought the film of Misery was pretty good. Though maybe an odd choice for in-flight entertainment.
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 2, 2018 21:40:04 GMT
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