I have a 1st ed, 2nd print PHB that used to belong to a Jim Perelman

He obtained this book when he was 13

He wrote a 3 page editorial on the flyleaves flaming Gary Gygax for messing up D&D. I would guess from his writing that he was woodgrain player.

Apparently he thinks 'hobbit' should be the correct term used instead of 'halfling'. This is according to his re-write of the entire handbook. There are notes and annotations galore in this book, whole paragraphs x'ed out and new ones written, tables that are described as "This table smokes farty eggs!", reworked spells and the spell progression tables are noteed as being wrong wiht a note refering to the "yellow ref cards" (JG 28 Judges Shield) and Alarums and Excursions. I did not know that 13 year olds had such a colorfull language set back then.  

It's hillarious .

Anyway, I just wanted to know if anyone knows, or knows of him. If you could get this out to your gaming circles/forums it would be cool to find him and return his "Edited" PHB to him

Another name written in it (inside cover) is Carol Perelman with a note above that says "Return to Hawk"

Investigators of the Acaeum unite!

Kosh...where did you find the book?  Was it in Puyallup, or did you get it from some other part of the country?

I have had good success by assuming that an individual might stay in the same region of the country and using an online phone book and some logical guesses.

James Perelman in California.

Sounds like he was older than 13 when he wrote in the book.

I love these kinds of notations and pieces of information.  To a romantic, they are like messages in a bottle.

Mark

Kosh Vorlontay wrote:I just need to figure out where to upload them and link them into a post.

I'll host them for you — just email me a handful of the "best" pages.

[email protected]

Threadjacking!

Okay, I'm hosting three scans from Kosh ... and they are frickin' hysterical.  

I felt they were worthy of their own thread, so point your clicker here.

Kosh Vorlontay wrote:

Good luck finding D&D items in POO-YALL-UP. Nope, I got it in an auction lot off ebay. Seller described it as having "some" writing in it.    That redefined "some" for me. Sheesh

Anyway...seller was reberzack from GLENDALE, CA

There is one used book store by the South Hill Mall that sells used D&D stuff.

Ok...I bit.  This thread and story are incredibly rich to me.  I often wonder where the people are that wrote specific letters in Dragon magazine or that co-authored some of the obscure D&D material.  I always thought it would make for good fun to chase a few of these folks down and.....that is usually where the thought ends.  All I can think of then is to ask them if they still have some of their old D&D stuff they want to sell.  

Ok...Jim's name is very unusual.  I found only one so far in Nantucket, MA.  (508) 325-4782 is the number listed for him.  I nearly jumped to the phone to give it a shot but thought that honor should be reserved for the fellow with the book.  Good luck, from another fellow Washingtonian.  I will keep searching for a bit for more information on other Jim's of that name.

Andy

PS.  The book you now have is priceless in my opinion.  YOu got it for a song and a dance.

This being America, it's entirely possible he is Jane Perelman now.
Has anyone asked the seller where the book was obtained? A little backtracking might narrow down the search.

JohnGaunt wrote:
Or have I thrown in my lot with some crypto-cyber-stalkers?  

Whoa Tonya!