John,I ordered A Kingdom Beseiged from that place down by REFs that he always does signings at (Mysterious Gallery I think). I met Ray when he was on tour for Shards of Broken Crown, so I also got 11 of his paperbacks signed at the time as well as the first edition of Shards. The rest I either bought at full price or on discount, usually at Barnes & Noble. Chris Subject: Re: [OT-ish] First Editions From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 18:40:39 -0500 To: [email protected]
Lol I need to get to a signing. I'm collecting them as I find then but none are lucky enough to be signed. John Buttimer Briggs Subaru 785-856-7090 On Oct 7, 2012, at 5:45 PM, "Brian Jones (Trancendance)" <[email protected]> wrote: First editions (in the UK at least) seem to have become some kind of cynical money making ploy. "buy this first edition, its got a special cover and collectors card of which no others will ever be issued to make them collectable. Btw, its 4 x as much" I used to love getting first editions but I don't even know if we get them here now. Certainly pre-ordering doesn't get you one. They do have an extra value, but, thankfully Ray hasn't qualified his for that value increase yet! I don't think I've got any signed by Ray, although I have them all, but I do have some signed Terry Pratchett and Trudi Canavan. Brian Sent from my Windows Phone From: Christopher Hayes Sent: 07/10/2012 23:28 To: [email protected] Subject: [OT-ish] First Editions Hi everyone, Sorry I haven't been as active as I was on this list, but I just got back from a deployment and I've bought a house. One of the tasks that I've started on this weekend was getting all mine and my gf's books in one place and sorting them and building bookshelves etc. The question I'm wanting to ask though, is the relative importance of First Editions in formats other then the hard cover book. I have a number of paperbacks as well that are first editions, and I'm wondering if they have any inherent value on the secondary market like the first edition in hard back. And just in case anyone is wondering, I have seven of REFs in First Edition hard covers, two of which I have signed. I also have 11 of his paperback signed, but none of them are first editions. I also happen to have a first edition of The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien. Thanks Chris
