faro wrote in Shady Dealers:Personally, I'd've been a bit happier if that didn't have an Evansville address on the title page (c/w Tome of Treasures :: View topic - Chainmail (1971) ) and the cover didn't appear to have a horizontal texture in the paper. A bit late to dig out copies for comparison but I suspect the winner will be in a position to make an informed assessment from their own material.
FoulFoot wrote in Shady Dealers:This auction from "montcalm1758" was turned up by Auction Hunter:** eBay auction listing blocked. Please enable cookies in your browser for this site and for eBay! **As the question posed (not by me) at the bottom notes, the scan provided is of a First print (not a Second), and was lifted from the Acaeum. The seller's response is a bit shifty -- he doesn't actually say that the scan is his, just that "this is the cover of the copy I own".Since all versions of the Second print we've seen so far have "2nd Edition" on the front cover, and since he's definitely using our scan and being evasive about it, I would definitely avoid this auction. The seller says he's going to post more scans soon; should he fail to do that, I will block his future auctions.Foul
FoulFoot wrote in Shady Dealers:Ooh, good catch.1) First scan is from this site, as we already established.2) Staples do not seem to include the cover. Is the cover loose?3) Is the cover genuine?4) Staples on the inside seem to indicate that the center sheet is at least loose.I'll wait to reserve further judgment, but at the very least, there's some condition questions here. And a Frankenstein cover that may or may not be genuine.Foul
FoulFoot wrote in Shady Dealers:Before you do that: obtain the use of a microscope or a high-power magnifying lens. Look at the printing on the cover. Offset printing (genuine, or at least professionally faked (unlikely) ), will have a smooth, uniform application of ink. Toner (copy machine / laser printer) will look like dust. Inkjet will be small round dots, bigger than dust but not much.If in doubt about what you're looking at, compare with known samples of laser jet / inkjet / offset. For offset, look at a newspaper.Foul
dbartman wrote in Shady Dealers:A 2nd edition run is started up and one is produced stapled, but without a cover, due to some fault or error in the assembly process. Person assembling the books grabs a cover from the pile and slaps it onto the 2nd edition, re-stapling it in the process.
dbartman wrote in Shady Dealers:It might be worth keeping, if a mutually agreeable reduction in the price could be reached.
faro wrote in Shady Dealers:If you read back, it's not the first printing of the 2nd edition per ToT.
faro wrote in Shady Dealers:Why? We already knew the internals appeared to be a genuine 2nd edition before the end of auction.
Gnat the Beggar wrote in Shady Dealers:Plus the fact remains (as Faro pointed out) that the booklet inside is a 2nd printing of the 2nd edition booklet, not a 2nd edition 1st print booklet.I would assume a 1st print 2nd edition booklet using an anomaly cover from the 1st edition run would be unlikely enough... (as you stated, possibly unique) but....Would it not be even more Unlikely that a single anomaly cover from a 1st edition booklet would have survived through three complete printings.The entire 1st edition print run; the entire 2nd edition 1st print run; all the way to the end of the 2nd print of the 2nd edition?If they (as an example) ran out of 2nd edition ; 2nd print covers, would they not tack on a 2nd edition ; 1st print cover instead of that single anomaly cover from the 1st edition run.Some almost forgotten relic that had been sitting around gathering dust on some half forgotten shelf since the 1st edition run?There are just too many catastrophic issues against this item being a hybrid 1st - anomaly cover / 2nd-2nd booklet.I am leaning heavily to the side that this book is a genuine coverless 2nd edition ; 2nd print.With a cover that was copied from a 1st edition booklets cover; using modern technology and single color heavy stock textured paper....
Gnat the Beggar wrote in Shady Dealers:single color heavy stock textured paper....