Alas I am stateside, but I need a few more hardbacks to finish off my collections. I have Goodkinds series done and now to finish off this one. Then maybe onto Dune.
John Buttimer Briggs Subaru 785-856-7090 On Oct 7, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Christopher Hayes <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
