Dungeons & Dragons Collecting Forums      FAQ   Register  Log in to check your private messages   Log in               Early TSR Booklets - All Corrected with Pen View next topic View previous topic      The Acaeum Forum Index » Collecting General Author Message wileysteel Active Collector Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Last Visit: 16 Feb 2007 Posts: 12 Location: Midwest Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:50 am I have been collecting early TSR games, and have noticed something odd.  A lot of my older books have a correction in blue pen on the last page; pricing for Multi-Sided Dice Sets.  I'm not a handwriting expert, but all of the corrections may be from the same hand.  They are very similar.   These books certainly come from different owners - some of them have even been so kind as to sign their names.   This is in all my early books from 1974-1975, with the GK logo.  I have maybe 6 different books from this time period.  Does anybody else have corrected books? McDuff Prolific Collector Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Last Visit: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 195 Location: Charleston, SC Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 3:17 pm I will check when I get home, but I do remember a correction on the price list in the back of my 2nd print D foster1969 Prolific Collector Joined: 11 Nov 2002 Last Visit: 07 Nov 2008 Posts: 115 Location: Maine, USA Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 4:51 pm Hey Wileysteel:  I checked my early books and found no markings on any of the price lists.  I have a 3rd print woodgrain, 2 OCE sets, and double copies of the supplements ranging from 1st to 9th prints.  Sorry.  I did find one of my books to have the price list underlined by someone who was making a wish list though!!!  Arrrrgh!  (I'm pretty sure the people at TSR didn't use CRAYON!)       Oh well. McDuff Prolific Collector Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Last Visit: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 195 Location: Charleston, SC Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2003 4:33 pm OK, here is what I found for the dice set prices in the early books.  Chainmail 3rd Ed 2nd Print $1.75 crossed out in blue ink and $2.50 written in.  D&D 2nd print $1.75 crossed out in purple ink and $2.50 written in.  Greyhawk 4th print, Blackmoor 1st print, Eldritch Wizardry 1st print, Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes 1st print all $3.00 no correction. Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First       The Acaeum Forum Index » Collecting General   Jump to: Select a forum The Acaeum Forums----------------Collecting GeneralCollecting General - Non TSRCollecting AppraisalClassifiedsThe Acaeum Distributed Computing Project Subwebs----------------Judges GuildPlanescape  View next topic View previous topic Login or register to post new topics Login or register to reply to topics Login or register to edit your posts Login or register to delete your posts Login or register to vote in polls All times are GMT - 4 Hours