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[Brian861]

Picked up a reading copy of The Fireman today for myself and a little Lovecraft for the kid:

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[TacomaDiver]

This weekend I got to introduce a dear friend and her husband to the wonder that is Tacoma Book Center. TBC is this amazing used bookstore in Tacoma that I feel is a secret, even from the locals. I also feel that it surpasses Powell's down in Portland. Fighting words I know, but I have found more treasures here that filled in holes in my collection.

This weekend was no different. I acquired a 10th printing of Carrie (yeah yeah, I now - but it's better than whatever printing I currently had,) what is probably the 3rd printing to The Shining (S14 in the gutter, so definitely an early printing at least,) and a pretty decent shape 1st printing of IT. Plus I found these - and I wasn't even looking for them - they were literally on the top of a bookshelf that just so happened to be in my line of sight. I have no idea why I even looked at this shelf, but there they were.

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For those of you aren't familiar with these books, but these were written VERY early in Joe Lansdale's career, and recently published in a gorgeous collection from Subterranean. One of them doesn't even appear to have been read before. And only $3 each. I think they were a steal.

And then we went to The Red Hot for craft beer, gourmet hot dogs, and no jerks. Pretty sweet Sunday.

[Theli]

Sounds like a great day and a nice haul. Coincidentally just started my first Lansdale novel myself; a paperback copy of Cold in July I picked a couple of weeks ago at a used book store.

[Joe315]

Got a few slip cases in today for Ready Player One and The Martian. Don't yet have a 1st/1st of RPO.

It's hard to tell but the lettering on the far left Martian is a holographic foil.

[Brian861]

Nice, Joe! Looks like some of Jeff's handy work .

[Joe315]

Nice, Joe! Looks like some of Jeff's handy work .

Yep. He does great work.

[Brian861]

Yep. He does great work.

Agreed.

[bugen]

My Best Of short story collection made a jump forward as these trickled in over the last week. Only 3 are limiteds, but for mostly excellent condition and a total of $200 I’m happy with how everything turned out.

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[Brian861]

Nice, Andrew! Sub does put out a beautiful product. I always love most of their DJ art even if the book isn't for me. Did you get 'em on sale via dinged copies and such? They look really nice.

[bugen]

I noticed an ebay seller had 4 books I’d been looking at so contacted him with an offer on all 4 and we bargained and reached a deal, the Niven was an ebay listing that no one else bid on, Beagle was a Buy It Now, and the GRRM was me being lucky on Amazon and having no problem whatsoever removing a bookplate with no residue left behind.

The GRRM has a tiny bit of dirt on the bottom front of the text block which is tough to avoid on a 1200-page book without a slipcase, the Larry Niven has a fairly serious bump on the lower corner of the front board that was sold as NF++ that I’m not too happy with and haven’t yet decided if I should mark the seller, but probably would have bought it for $20 in a dinged sale anyway, and the Beagle book had a scuffed jacket but the DJ has no dents or notches. Otherwise everything else is pristine.

Only one of them is actually leather, but for 4,500 pages of SubPress-level career collections as a package it feels like a steal and will keep me busy for a long time. Sooner or later I'd like to review all of these.

[Brian861]

I noticed an ebay seller had 4 books I’d been looking at so contacted him with an offer on all 4 and we bargained and reached a deal, the Niven was an ebay listing that no one else bid on, Beagle was a Buy It Now, and the GRRM was me being lucky on Amazon and having no problem whatsoever removing a bookplate with no residue left behind.

The GRRM has a tiny bit of dirt on the bottom front of the text block which is tough to avoid on a 1200-page book without a slipcase, the Larry Niven has a fairly serious bump on the lower corner of the front board that was sold as NF++ that I’m not too happy with and haven’t yet decided if I should mark the seller, but probably would have bought it for $20 in a dinged sale anyway, and the Beagle book had a scuffed jacket but the DJ has no dents or notches. Otherwise everything else is pristine.

Only one of them is actually leather, but for 4,500 pages of SubPress-level career collections as a package it feels like a steal and will keep me busy for a long time. Sooner or later I'd like to review all of these.

First off, glad to see I'm not the only one that keeps odd hours . Second, looks like ya made out pretty well then. I'd probably contact the seller if the bump wasn't disclosed and at least see if maybe he/she would refund ya bit if you want to keep the book. I really dislike finding undisclosed issues as I'm sure most do. At if everything is disclosed, you can make a judgment as to what you're willing to live with and pay for.

[Brian861]

I'll be posting lots of 'Salem's Lot AE edition pics in my collection thread. Want to give everyone a heads-up as to not spoil it for anyone who's still waiting on their copies.

[mhatchett]

Nice finds!

[Theli]

Very nice additions for a good price!

[frik51]

I'll be posting lots of 'Salem's Lot AE edition pics in my collection thread. Want to give everyone a heads-up as to not spoil it for anyone who's still waiting on their copies.

Too late, Brian...
I first had a look at your collection thread and saw a couple of great, great pics come by...
I tried to look away...tried really hard, and finally managed.
Congratulations on another wonderful addition to a wonderful collection!!

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Still waiting for my shipping notice....