Book Collection: ur2ndbiggestfan

Valid suggestions that merit deep consideration.

Being PSYCHO about the works of Robert Bloch, I could not resist this.
Description from the seller:

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Serpent:

n.d. [c1978]. Manuscript. Unbound. Near fine. The author's working typescript. Top copy. Signed by the author to first leaf. 198pp, typed recto only. Numerous revisions in pen and strike-throughs (strikes-through?). Evidently a fairly early draft, showing many interesting alterations. Much like his most famous work Psycho, But the Serpent was Coming is a horror novel lacking the supernatural elements most commonly associated with Bloch's work. The book was published first as There's a Serpent in Eden, and then The Cunning. [7162, Hyraxia Books].

Ripper:

New York, Doubleday, 1984. Manuscript. Unbound. Working material for Robert Bloch's Night of the Ripper. 1. Night of the Ripper manuscript. Typed. 338 sheets. Corrected throughout, probably typesetting copy and their corrections. Mostly xeroxed. Signed by Bloch. Assume this is a later typescript. 2. Night of the Ripper galleys. Unbound. 121 sheets, two pages per sheet, single sided. Signed by Bloch. No corrections. 3. Night of the Ripper galleys. Unbound. 121 sheets, two pages per sheet, single sided. Likely editor's copy or similar. Various notes, mostly typed. One note points out in whose hand the three different inks are. A number of annotations are in Bloch's hand. It appears that Bloch had opted to add chapter introductions with relevant details from across the globe and history and has indicated where they should be inserted. There are a handful of corrections by Bloch too. 4. Autograph mss of Bloch's chapter introductions (historical events contrasting the Ripper's murders). 47 notes. Maybe 3,000-5,000 words, 16pp. 5. ~35 Typed chapter introductions (some of the notes in #4 were crossed out, so Bloch presumably never typed them up). 6. ~20 typed sheets with Bloch's corrections. Chapter outlines, story notes and (the majority) a timeline with details of the murders. The chronology is confusing. The galleys (#2 & #3) don't include the chapter intros, but the second galley (#2) has them inserted in typescript. The typescript (#1), however, has the chapter intros in. The (printed) galleys include the corrections made to the typescript. So I don't quite know how they were in the typescript, but not the proof, and then inserted into the proof. Each chapter intro is circled on the typescript so my assumption is that they were removed and then Bloch wanted them back in. They are a little incongruous within the story. [8446, Hyraxia Books].

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AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS & THE OTHER LOG OF PHILEAS FOGG by Jules Verne and Philip Jose Farmer, THE FULL ACCOUNT, both novels interwoven so we can finally read the TRUE story of what happened to David Ni--- er, Mr. Fogg as he hurried to cash in on his wager, or did he have another agenda in mind, eh?

The 125 copy signed edition and trade paperback. Unfortunately, Messrs. Verne and Farmer were unable to sign, as both were currently occupied in doings involving the space/time continuum and could not be reached.

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My 49th Hard Case Crime ARC, along with my 2nd ARC of LATER.
Counting duplicates, I now have 56 HCC ARCS, some doubles bought by mistake, some deliberately.

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My lettered SLEEPING BEAUTIES was delivered today.
I now have 6 lettered King books, not counting THE COLORADO KID numbered of 33, and two PC lettered editions.
I don't think this one will fit on this particular shelf though:

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Superamazing new books !!!
BIG CONGRATS !!

Thanks Frank!

I see that No Reply Press was mentioned in the Suntup thread. As a coincidence I just received four books from them today, two copies each of THE MEN RETURN by Jack Vance and THE LAST QUESTION by Isaac Asimov. I didn't WANT two copies of each but I mis-read their site and thought there were two hardcover states of each. Not true. There is a hardcover and a paperbound state of each, of 350 copies each, for a total of 700 copies.

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Up until today I did not have one of these.
Now I do.
The universe has been subtly altered.

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CONGRATS !!!
I'm sure you wanted 2 of these...
You wanted to send me a copy. :tongue1:

Frank, I will certainly give your suggestion the attention it deserves.

THE COLORADO KID "letter" number '30', the RED one! Now all I need is the BLUE one to complete the trilogy; my 1310th Stephen King book:

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Very nice!

BLUE
:panic::panic::panic:
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Nice, Frank, here's another one to play LOUD!!!!

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THE LONG WALK, Centipede Press, 1 of -- Traycased, leatherbound edition limited to 40 signed copies.
Signed by Bev Vincent, Jim & Ruth Keegan, and Patrick Loehr.

He shrink-wrapped it! Oh, the pain, the pain!

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Picked up these Robert Bloch paperbacks today, all written in some arcane language I believe has something to do with calling up Cthulhu.
Every one is signed by Bloch to 'Ingrid', obviously a high-priestess of the blackest arts:

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Here is my LATE RETURNS numbered.
My Joe Hill collection is growing by leaps & bounds. I think I have four or maybe five books by him now.

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Picked up these Robert Bloch paperbacks today, all written in some arcane language I believe has something to do with calling up Cthulhu.
Every one is signed by Bloch to 'Ingrid', obviously a high-priestess of the blackest arts:

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Can't identify the language, but the book covers look nice.:biggrin1:

I agree Frank, couldn't resist them!

I also couldn't resist this; 17 Robert Bloch letters and post cards, from 1990 to 1993, some of them discussing his autobiography and the anthology he edited, ROBERT BLOCH'S PSYCHOPATHS.

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Found this set of HCC Michael Crichton books on Mercari, all in as new, unread condition, for a very reasonable price.
They are not numbered in the usual HCC fashion, which is HCC-XX, but HCC-MC1 to HCC-MC8, and are not, according to Mr. Ardai himself, incorporated into the main numbering scheme, and neither are the books numbered S0-XX, which are 'specials'. He also informed me that there is a gap between HCC-069 and HCC-101 in which only two books were numbered and published by Sub Press, HCC-069 and HCC-070, due to their previous publisher going out of business. I knew none of this, although others here may have.

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'shaq' (real name a state secret) has a Heinamann numbered CARI MORA proof, and of course I can't let that stand!
I immediately searched high and low until I found one too! (it's number is also a state secret)

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'shaq' (real name a state secret) has a Heinamann numbered CARI MORA proof, and of course I can't let that stand!
I immediately searched high and low until I found one too! (it's number is also a state secret)

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lol. I’ve been checking your collection, waiting for this.

Fantastic. It’s pretty cool.

I secretly want to know if it matches my signed limited number lol

CARRIE 50th Anniversary Edition:

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3 more books.
If you don't know what they are, just send $1.00 in 1909 VDB-S pennies to 221C Baker's Dozen St., Hidalgo County, Oz, for info.

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My first Suntup PC, LEGION:

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Picked these up at a friend's house today, a proof of BID TIME RETURN by Richard Matheson, not signed, but with a card signed by Matheson from a previous owner, and an 'unread' copy of SHOOTING STAR/TERROR IN THE NIGHT by Robert Bloch.
Also saw a copy, 1st printing and 1st binding of THE TIME MACHINE by H.G. Wells, which I was even able to touch and found quite astonishing.

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