Really nice condition this one, suffering only from the removal of the original price sticker from the front board. This is a frequent fault with these books, as the gold Collins stickers were quite sticky and sometimes the boards could be worn when they were peeled off, using thumbnails etc. This has a great spine with vibrant colours on it, and looks great on the shelf. I love the cover art to this one, the scene of the boys discovering the skull in the old chest is used on all of the UK edition covers, none as well realised as this original (or at least based on the original).
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
That Talking Skull Had A Tongue In It
And could sing once, but all it really did was mutter to Jupiter in his bedroom at night. Yes, folks, this is of course my fab large Talking Skull, freshly through my letterbox from an ebay dealer.
Really nice condition this one, suffering only from the removal of the original price sticker from the front board. This is a frequent fault with these books, as the gold Collins stickers were quite sticky and sometimes the boards could be worn when they were peeled off, using thumbnails etc. This has a great spine with vibrant colours on it, and looks great on the shelf. I love the cover art to this one, the scene of the boys discovering the skull in the old chest is used on all of the UK edition covers, none as well realised as this original (or at least based on the original).
Really nice condition this one, suffering only from the removal of the original price sticker from the front board. This is a frequent fault with these books, as the gold Collins stickers were quite sticky and sometimes the boards could be worn when they were peeled off, using thumbnails etc. This has a great spine with vibrant colours on it, and looks great on the shelf. I love the cover art to this one, the scene of the boys discovering the skull in the old chest is used on all of the UK edition covers, none as well realised as this original (or at least based on the original).
To Flaming Footprints Let Virtue Be As Wax
Shakespeare may have been good, however I'll wager he never wrote anything as good as this little nugget:
Of course, bloggers, it's my new large Flaming Footprints, just in from an ebay dealer who had a slew of nectar books listed. The quality of this, and indeed the other titles I was lucky enough to win, is absolutely top drawer. Very clean, shiny boards, clean pages without foxing or stains, it even has the gold Collins price sticker for crying out loud! I had to pay for them, mind, quality like this does not come cheap. How's £26 plus postage sound? I know, I know, fuck sake dotch are you made of money, etc etc, but have a look, bloggers - how often do you see quality like this? After beezer, topper, corker, dillion, nectar, etc etc, I run out of superlatives to describe it.
Of course, bloggers, it's my new large Flaming Footprints, just in from an ebay dealer who had a slew of nectar books listed. The quality of this, and indeed the other titles I was lucky enough to win, is absolutely top drawer. Very clean, shiny boards, clean pages without foxing or stains, it even has the gold Collins price sticker for crying out loud! I had to pay for them, mind, quality like this does not come cheap. How's £26 plus postage sound? I know, I know, fuck sake dotch are you made of money, etc etc, but have a look, bloggers - how often do you see quality like this? After beezer, topper, corker, dillion, nectar, etc etc, I run out of superlatives to describe it.
Fatal Error Attraction
I had a fatal attraction to this book, bloggers, and rightly so, as you can see it is as new and unread.
What really hacked me off* though was that it was delivered, as many Abebooks and Amazon bought books frequently are, in a polythene bag with absolutely no attempt to protect the book whatsoever. This fact, coupled with the fact that the seller had stuffed his invoice inside the book, and in the process had bent back the rear cover causing an unnecessary crease, meant that the book is no longer in the pristine condition that it clearly was in before the seller mailed it to me.
Fuck sake, this seller is my flaming arse of the week.
*excellent topical reference
What really hacked me off* though was that it was delivered, as many Abebooks and Amazon bought books frequently are, in a polythene bag with absolutely no attempt to protect the book whatsoever. This fact, coupled with the fact that the seller had stuffed his invoice inside the book, and in the process had bent back the rear cover causing an unnecessary crease, meant that the book is no longer in the pristine condition that it clearly was in before the seller mailed it to me.Fuck sake, this seller is my flaming arse of the week.
*excellent topical reference
Flaming Arse
Let's do a quick experiment, bloggers. Have a look at this book and think what word springs to mind to best describe it. Pay particular attention to the white paint all over the top of the spine.
I wonder what word you chose? Shite? Pish? Fucking rubbish? All of the above? Whatever you decided on, I would bet that it wasn't "Good". But amazingly that's the word the seller of the book used to describe it to me. To be fair to him, he refunded my money, but what a waste of time and effort on everyone's part.
The guy is my flaming arse of the week.
I wonder what word you chose? Shite? Pish? Fucking rubbish? All of the above? Whatever you decided on, I would bet that it wasn't "Good". But amazingly that's the word the seller of the book used to describe it to me. To be fair to him, he refunded my money, but what a waste of time and effort on everyone's part. The guy is my flaming arse of the week.
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
It Could Have Been Mine
It's amazing how luck can be a large part of collecting Three Investigators books. On Sunday, I never got a chance to check eBay for any new listings, and waited until I got to my flat in Hampshire before going online and going through my daily ritual of searching for new listings. Imagine my frustration when I saw this:
A lovely dustjacketted death Trap Mine. It had been listed at 1:30am on Sunday and had been "bought now" for £25 at 3:15pm. I was about 2 hours late, bloggers, and spent the rest of the evening cursing my luck. Why he listed it as buy it now, god only knows, I would have gone a good bit higher if given a chance to bid.
Bollocks, eh?
A lovely dustjacketted death Trap Mine. It had been listed at 1:30am on Sunday and had been "bought now" for £25 at 3:15pm. I was about 2 hours late, bloggers, and spent the rest of the evening cursing my luck. Why he listed it as buy it now, god only knows, I would have gone a good bit higher if given a chance to bid.Bollocks, eh?
How Much is that Invisible Dog in the Window?
Er, a bit of a rip-off at £20. Compared to my recent Phantom Lake and Magic Circle purchases, all of which cost the same amount, this is a real disappointment. 
Anyway, it is a large hardback with dustjacket and for that I suppose I should be thankful. It makes me think of the one that got away, ie the Invisible Dog I blogged about a few months ago that was on sale on Abebooks for £35. That actually looks like a bargain compared to this rather poor condition effort. It's amazing what Amazon dealers consider to be in "good" condition. All three of the large dustjackets I bought recently were described this way, with radically different results when the books arrived in the post. Here are the boards:
Not absolutely terrible, I suppose. And better than a kick in the nuts.
Anyway, it is a large hardback with dustjacket and for that I suppose I should be thankful. It makes me think of the one that got away, ie the Invisible Dog I blogged about a few months ago that was on sale on Abebooks for £35. That actually looks like a bargain compared to this rather poor condition effort. It's amazing what Amazon dealers consider to be in "good" condition. All three of the large dustjackets I bought recently were described this way, with radically different results when the books arrived in the post. Here are the boards:
Not absolutely terrible, I suppose. And better than a kick in the nuts.
Treasure of the Argyll Queen
Here, folks, is my treasure, behold its beauty:
A truly nectar large dustjacketed Phantom Lake, just in from an Amazon dealer, who charged me only £20 for the privilege of owning such an item of utter delight. Not an exlib copy and looking as though it has rarely been read, this is another cracker for the collection. Check out the boards:
Who'd have guessed a gold Collins price sticker would be lurking underneath such an excellent DJ? Phantom Lake and Monster Mountain were the first books to be released with DJ, and I'm wondering if the presence of the price sticker on the boards, rather than the DJ is an indication that the introduction of a DJ was a late thought? I can't recall seeing such stickers on boards of DJ'd books before, perhaps someone can put me right here? I've certainly seen white Colins price stickers on inner DJ flaps in the past, such as on my recent Magic Circle. This Phantom Lake isn't quite up to the standard of the Magic Circle, but fucking close.
A truly nectar large dustjacketed Phantom Lake, just in from an Amazon dealer, who charged me only £20 for the privilege of owning such an item of utter delight. Not an exlib copy and looking as though it has rarely been read, this is another cracker for the collection. Check out the boards:
Who'd have guessed a gold Collins price sticker would be lurking underneath such an excellent DJ? Phantom Lake and Monster Mountain were the first books to be released with DJ, and I'm wondering if the presence of the price sticker on the boards, rather than the DJ is an indication that the introduction of a DJ was a late thought? I can't recall seeing such stickers on boards of DJ'd books before, perhaps someone can put me right here? I've certainly seen white Colins price stickers on inner DJ flaps in the past, such as on my recent Magic Circle. This Phantom Lake isn't quite up to the standard of the Magic Circle, but fucking close.
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