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allanwood
June 26th, 2012, 02:14 PM
I have picked up a lot of old SK hard covers in thrift shops. I also look through the paperbacks, thinking (against whatever the odds are) I might luck out and find a Bachman book - one of the first four, that is.

Has that ever happened to anyone - at a thrift shop, garage sale, or flea market?
Moderator
June 26th, 2012, 02:26 PM
The original Bachman books were paperbacks. It wasn't until the release of Thinner that a hardcover was released under the Richard Bachman pseudonym so looking through the paperbacks would be the right place in this case to find The Long Walk, The Running Man, Rage, or Roadwork first editions.
king family fan
June 26th, 2012, 02:43 PM
I found the Running man for $3.00 orginal 1st edition.At a second hand bookstore.
Shasta
June 26th, 2012, 04:17 PM
I found Thinner for 25 cents. First edition. Apparently now it's worth $50 to $75. I only know this because I am now having my books appraised through what I call "Directive 19" but really it was Ms. Mod's sage advise!! And I am ALWAYS looking through used paperbacks.

As a collector I have been shocked at what I have found for under $5 by just looking. I have extra first editions coming out my eyeballs that I will sell one day. Some day....

The ultimate find for me would be a first edition Gunslinger. I keep hoping.
GNTLGNT
June 26th, 2012, 04:22 PM
....goood luck in your quest Indiana Wood......
kingricefan
June 28th, 2012, 10:16 PM
I peruse many, many thrift shops and used bookstores whenever I can. I have indeed found some of the original Bachman paperbacks at these types of stores. Mostly The Running Man. I have paid anywhere from .25 cents (found a decent copy of TRM on a clearance rack once at Half Price Books!) $1.25 (again, at HPB as the cover price is $2.50) and $1.78 at a Christian Thrift store. I think I also found a decent copy of Roadwork about ten years ago at a thrift store also and only paid like a dollar for it. So, if you have access to any thrift stores in your area it pays to look around in them!!
kingricefan
June 28th, 2012, 10:19 PM
I found Thinner for 25 cents. First edition. Apparently now it's worth $50 to $75. I only know this because I am now having my books appraised through what I call "Directive 19" but really it was Ms. Mod's sage advise!! And I am ALWAYS looking through used paperbacks.

As a collector I have been shocked at what I have found for under $5 by just looking. I have extra first editions coming out my eyeballs that I will sell one day. Some day....

The ultimate find for me would be a first edition Gunslinger. I keep hoping.

I found a decent second printing Grant hardback ex-library copy at a Value Village and paid 2.99 for it! The dj had issues (someone had actually cut off the inside flaps, front and back, trimmed off the price list at the top ????) but overall it was a great find!
samhain
January 2nd, 2013, 08:35 AM
Bought an excellent copy of 'Rage' for 10 bucks in a used bookstore in Connecticut.
starbug
January 2nd, 2013, 09:53 AM
I have a paperback copy of the original Bachman Books (containing Rage), which I bought online from an eBay seller for £10.
Shasta
January 2nd, 2013, 12:00 PM
Bought an excellent copy of 'Rage' for 10 bucks in a used bookstore in Connecticut.

And how much would you sell it to me for????
samhain
January 2nd, 2013, 03:42 PM
And how much would you sell it to me for????

Haha! Surely you jest! :biggrin2:
GNTLGNT
January 3rd, 2013, 06:06 AM
And how much would you sell it to me for????

...you know, I've never noticed how subtle you are...it must be a gift...:biggrin2:
Shasta
January 3rd, 2013, 10:22 AM
...you know, I've never noticed how subtle you are...it must be a gift...:biggrin2:

HA! No one has ever accused me of subtlty before! (Did I spell that right?)
Moderator
January 3rd, 2013, 10:28 AM
Subtlety. :smile2:
Shasta
January 3rd, 2013, 10:31 AM
Subtlety. :smile2:

Thanks, Marsha.

I guess I could have taken the time to look it up....

:blush:
fushingfeef
January 3rd, 2013, 11:18 AM
My local library where I grew up used to have an original Long Walk PB and an original Gunslinger hardback...somehow I doubt they're still around.
Shasta
January 3rd, 2013, 12:03 PM
My local library where I grew up used to have an original Long Walk PB and an original Gunslinger hardback...somehow I doubt they're still around.

*gasp*
GNTLGNT
January 3rd, 2013, 01:23 PM
Haha! Surely you jest! :biggrin2:

...and stop calling her Shirley!...:laugh:
samhain
January 3rd, 2013, 02:39 PM
...and stop calling her Shirley!...:laugh:

You can't be serious.... :cool2:
GNTLGNT
January 4th, 2013, 07:00 AM
You can't be serious.... :cool2:

...looks like I picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue...
samhain
January 7th, 2013, 08:10 AM
...looks like I picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue...

"A hospital! What is it?"
"It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."
kingricefan
January 7th, 2013, 09:23 PM
...and stop calling her Shirley!...:laugh:

I'll stop calling her Shirley if you tell me if you've ever seen the inside of a Turkish prison........:rofl:
Sundrop
January 8th, 2013, 08:06 AM
My local library where I grew up used to have an original Long Walk PB and an original Gunslinger hardback...somehow I doubt they're still around.

*Pleads the 5th*
blunthead
January 8th, 2013, 10:14 AM
I'll stop calling her Shirley if you tell me if you've ever seen the inside of a Turkish prison........:rofl:GNT likes to watch Greek wrestling.
guido tkp
January 15th, 2013, 03:59 PM
ooohhhh...glue...especially that lemony stuff.................not that i know anything about that...nosireee

and i never read the huffington post, either....

but seriously...(there's that word again...sneaky, that one)...gulp...a bit of sad admission of semi-woe....

i had slightly battered copies of TLW, TRM and Roadwork...i traded them (w/a dealer whom i had a long standing business relationship) right after buying TBB in HB (day & date) for what was supposed to be a copy of Peter Straubs thin, special edition 'the generals wife'...which the dealer assured me he still had, somewhere...

when he could never track it down, and felt bad about that, he offered to make sure i got each of the new grant DT editions at cost when they finally arrived...(i also ended up with a grant edition of 'desperation' and the land of enchantment 'cycle of the werewolf')

never really thought much about all that, as i was more majorly into having HB's as opposed to pprbks, at that time

interestingly...a few years back, i refused to buy TGM in HB as i had done my due diligence and bought each edition of TGM as a pprbk chapbook the way it was meant to be...as they hit the stands...