Whoops....sorry....I hadnt read all the posts yetI DID not resist the urge! What fun would that be? If you want I can snap you a picturee of whats inside so you can see( it has the cards with it right)
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I DID not resist the urge! What fun would that be? If you want I can snap you a picturee of whats inside so you can see
Thanks but I finally cracked and wrapped off the shrink wrap. Put the dust jacket in a Brodart mylar instantly. I haven't opened the packs of cards though. That is still in shrink wrap.
Can someone explain to me about trading cards with books? I've never heard of them. Is it common that they come
with SK books or do you buy them separately? Also are the cards like the ones we bought as kids that were baseball
or a Rock group?
I know lots of questions and its early in the morning....
with SK books or do you buy them separately? Also are the cards like the ones we bought as kids that were baseball
or a Rock group?
I know lots of questions and its early in the morning....
The cards depict characters from the book. This was the first (and only so far) time this was done for an SK book. The cards are about three inches long by 1 1/2 inches wide. The illustrations were lovingly done by the artist.Can someone explain to me about trading cards with books? I've never heard of them. Is it common that they come
with SK books or do you buy them separately? Also are the cards like the ones we bought as kids that were baseball
or a Rock group?
I know lots of questions and its early in the morning....
Thanks for the info. What a collector's item they would be.
Didn't the Cemetery Dance edition of Blockade Billy have a baseball-style trading card with Steve on it?
Edit: No characters from the books, though.
A reproduction baseball card of the only known William "Blockade Billy" Blakely baseball card ever produced. New Jersey Titans Catcher.
DESCRIPTION
Stephen King's first-ever baseball card personally hand signed by King as his way of signing this special limited edition. This special collector's edition also includes a copy of the authentic William "Blockade Billy" Blakely baseball card that Cemetery Dance printed for their 1st edition.
Lonely Road Books 2010. Stephen King "Blockade Billy" Signed Limited of only 350 signed numbered copies. This is number 290 of 350. Printed on a high quality paper stock, this edition features a fine leather binding with blue traycase. Throughout the book you will find two color printings, a color frontispiece by Glen Orbik, and eleven interior illustrations by Alex McVey. Also included are a sewn-in ribbon page marker, a custom deluxe traycase with pullout ribbon, and the illustrated signature sheet signed by the artists. 229 pages.
Stephen King's signed baseball card shows him as "STEVE KING" with a New Jersey Titans Catcher uniform.
A Rare Signed Limited Edition For the Stephen King Collector. One of only 350 Printed
Stephen King's first-ever baseball card personally hand signed by King as his way of signing this special limited edition. This special collector's edition also includes a copy of the authentic William "Blockade Billy" Blakely baseball card that Cemetery Dance printed for their 1st edition.
Lonely Road Books 2010. Stephen King "Blockade Billy" Signed Limited of only 350 signed numbered copies. This is number 290 of 350. Printed on a high quality paper stock, this edition features a fine leather binding with blue traycase. Throughout the book you will find two color printings, a color frontispiece by Glen Orbik, and eleven interior illustrations by Alex McVey. Also included are a sewn-in ribbon page marker, a custom deluxe traycase with pullout ribbon, and the illustrated signature sheet signed by the artists. 229 pages.
Stephen King's signed baseball card shows him as "STEVE KING" with a New Jersey Titans Catcher uniform.
I'd forgotten about the Blockade Billy card.DESCRIPTION
A Rare Signed Limited Edition For the Stephen King Collector. One of only 350 PrintedStephen King's first-ever baseball card personally hand signed by King as his way of signing this special limited edition. This special collector's edition also includes a copy of the authentic William "Blockade Billy" Blakely baseball card that Cemetery Dance printed for their 1st edition.
Lonely Road Books 2010. Stephen King "Blockade Billy" Signed Limited of only 350 signed numbered copies. This is number 290 of 350. Printed on a high quality paper stock, this edition features a fine leather binding with blue traycase. Throughout the book you will find two color printings, a color frontispiece by Glen Orbik, and eleven interior illustrations by Alex McVey. Also included are a sewn-in ribbon page marker, a custom deluxe traycase with pullout ribbon, and the illustrated signature sheet signed by the artists. 229 pages.
Stephen King's signed baseball card shows him as "STEVE KING" with a New Jersey Titans Catcher uniform.
Yeah, I think that Ben Vincent character deserved a card...
Yeppers!
I didn't really use Blockade Billy as an example because it's not an 'illustrated' card, it's an actual photo.Gotcha. I was just thinking of the trading card aspect of it.Yeppers!
This is a beautiful thing to behold!DESCRIPTION
A Rare Signed Limited Edition For the Stephen King Collector. One of only 350 PrintedStephen King's first-ever baseball card personally hand signed by King as his way of signing this special limited edition. This special collector's edition also includes a copy of the authentic William "Blockade Billy" Blakely baseball card that Cemetery Dance printed for their 1st edition.
Lonely Road Books 2010. Stephen King "Blockade Billy" Signed Limited of only 350 signed numbered copies. This is number 290 of 350. Printed on a high quality paper stock, this edition features a fine leather binding with blue traycase. Throughout the book you will find two color printings, a color frontispiece by Glen Orbik, and eleven interior illustrations by Alex McVey. Also included are a sewn-in ribbon page marker, a custom deluxe traycase with pullout ribbon, and the illustrated signature sheet signed by the artists. 229 pages.
Stephen King's signed baseball card shows him as "STEVE KING" with a New Jersey Titans Catcher uniform.
It's a very nice and lavishly made book but it is so tiny. Smallest King limited out there.
I think the smallest King limited would be The New Lieutenant's Rap. It's a small chapbook in paper wraps. Blockade Billy is, however, the smallest hardcover limited.
John
I've only seen pics of the Lieutenant and those had nothing in them to gauge the size. Sure wish I had had the opportunity to go thru those trash bins after that party tho as the rumor is that quite a few ended up there......
Here's the front cover:
The limitation page:
And the signature page:
John
The limitation page:
And the signature page:
John
KING, Stephen
The New Lieutenant's Rap
(n.p.), Philtrum Press, 1999. A limited edition created by King for a party to mark the 25th anniversary of his career as a published novelist and freelance writer, and given out to the attendees of the party. One of "no more than 500" numbered copies signed by the author, and probably a lot scarcer than that: there were reportedly 100 couples at the party who received copies of the book, and it turns up so infrequently on the secondary market that we can only conclude that, first, the attendees have generally held onto (or possibly lost) their copies and, second, that other copies of it have not been distributed (if, indeed, they have even been created). A "stopper" for many King collections. The story later appeared in altered form in Hearts from Atlantis. Here the pages reproduce King's handwriting and are bound in saddle-stitched wrappers with a peace sign on the cover. With the stamp of horror writer Stanley Wiater inside the front cover and on the last blank. Fine in original envelope. Together with a peace sign on chain, given out as a party favor. Fine in gift box with bow laid in. Also together with an invitation to the party; two place cards from the event; and two completed and marked copies of the official authorized Stephen King trivia quiz, as written by Wiater for the event. Four pages, 25 questions (these two copies receiving scores of 23 and 24 correct).[/SPOILER]
The New Lieutenant's Rap
(n.p.), Philtrum Press, 1999. A limited edition created by King for a party to mark the 25th anniversary of his career as a published novelist and freelance writer, and given out to the attendees of the party. One of "no more than 500" numbered copies signed by the author, and probably a lot scarcer than that: there were reportedly 100 couples at the party who received copies of the book, and it turns up so infrequently on the secondary market that we can only conclude that, first, the attendees have generally held onto (or possibly lost) their copies and, second, that other copies of it have not been distributed (if, indeed, they have even been created). A "stopper" for many King collections. The story later appeared in altered form in Hearts from Atlantis. Here the pages reproduce King's handwriting and are bound in saddle-stitched wrappers with a peace sign on the cover. With the stamp of horror writer Stanley Wiater inside the front cover and on the last blank. Fine in original envelope. Together with a peace sign on chain, given out as a party favor. Fine in gift box with bow laid in. Also together with an invitation to the party; two place cards from the event; and two completed and marked copies of the official authorized Stephen King trivia quiz, as written by Wiater for the event. Four pages, 25 questions (these two copies receiving scores of 23 and 24 correct).[/SPOILER]
They were also distributed at the party with a signed copy of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. There is some discussion whether the copies of TGWLTG were first or second printings. Mine is a first.
John
John