Sleeping Sorceress HB on eBay

[GuyLawley]

Anyone bidding on this eBay item?

I'm moderately keen but won't bid against a fellow Miscellanist, especially if you are in the USA/Canada and will thus pay less postage.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Moorcock-THE-S...QQcmdZViewItem

[Marca]

I might have if it had been in the UK... to be honest though you could probably get a decently priced copy from Jayde.

[GuyLawley]

The thought did cross my mind!

The thing is, I come across books while browsing eBay which I didn't know I wanted until that moment. Perhaps you know the feeling.

Especially when they in fine condition and you are looking a tempting picture!

I'd better ask John for an up-to-date list!

[Michael Moorcock]

That IS a good price. As everyone knows, I hate to see people paying through the nose for stuff, but SS is a fairly rare book.

[GuyLawley]

Thanks for that Mike!

This is my last call on this eBay item; anyone from this site who is bidding (are you there, cb2 ?) intends to bid let me know now please!

Otherwise I'm intending to bid before closing (1 day and 3 hours from...

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...now.)

[Michael Moorcock]

It was actually the first 'new' Elric book I wrote after publishing the first two and before I wrote Elric of Melnibone.

[Marca]

Guy, I just noticed you won this auction. Well done! :)

[GuyLawley]

Thanks AV. Bit of a bargain I think. Arrived in the post yesterday.

Very nice condition in a Brodart mylar sleeve. Pages browning but I gather "they all are" (paper quality not so great).

The Cawthorn drawings are used very nicely on the DJ.

I also got a US Cure for Cancer first. What a contrast. Hideous DJ art!

Will scan when time permits. Distracted this evening by the new David Renwick / Tamsin Greig TV comedy (and I heard there was a documentary about some pop singer on as well)

[Doc]

I agree that the US Cure for Cancer DJ is awful. The art is more creepy than anything else, and the colors are a bit much for my tastes. I always think of the Mad Hatter when I see it, for some reason.

[David Mosley]

On the subject of hardback JC novels, have you seen this copy of Lives and Times on eBay?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MICHAEL-MOORCO...QQcmdZViewItem



Don't think we've got this one in the Image Gallery, and it has 2آ½ days to run, but at آ£4.99 it's a little outside my price range.

EDIT: There's a cheaper (آ£1.99) ex-library copy here as well:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Michael-Moorco...QQcmdZViewItem

[Azariel]

Bless Ebay! Its been my source for Mike's material for months now. Its where I got my Michael Whelan cover variants of Elric, which has an interesting story:

One day I headed to my local used book store, but seconds before I got there, some lady had just grabbed EVERY ONE of Mike's Elric material. We had a nice 1hr and 1/2 discussion over the Eternal Champions, while I cursed myself for having not been there sooner. O well, I bought the "Eternal Champion," though Erekose was a poor substitute. Good thing I bought the "Swords Trilogy" and "Chronicles of Corum" which pleased me better. Maybe it was Elric's Duke of Hell, Arioch's in Book 1 that did it for me

[GuyLawley]

That's a lovely HB JC volume you've found there, Demos, and maybe worth going the extra few pounds for! I've got one in reaosnable nick already; thanks for the tip-off though. Maybe will be of use to someone here.

I agree, e-bay has changed the face of book-buying. Still can't beat browsing in a musty dusty old shop, but so often the browsing doesn't pay off - or someone beats you to it! What a frustration, though a conversation ensued which may have been priceless.

[Marca]

I might bid on the JC, although postage is rather high. I took delivery of a first hardback of Byzantium Endures today. Faded spine, but overall in very good nick. I could have bought it when it first came out, but ended up buying the paperback. The hardback wasn't in the Image Gallery, so I've scanned to Limbo:

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[Michael Moorcock]

That's a first of Lives and Times and from what I've seen of dealer's catalogues, it's cheap in good nick at 4.99! In fact I wouldn't mind buying it myself, since I only have one copy. :)

[Governor of Rowe Island]

[quote=Aral Vilsn]I took delivery of a first hardback of Byzantium Endures today. Faded spine, but overall in very good nick. I could have bought it when it first came out, but ended up buying the paperback. The hardback wasn't in the Image Gallery, so I've scanned to Limbo:

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I don't think I've read that version of Angus Wilson's quote before. I've only ever read the abridged version on paperback books. It's an even more flattering (and accurate) tribute.