Post by steppedonwolf on Mar 20, 2011 17:20:25 GMT
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An auction to help aid the people of Japan.
Please give generously - and for those of you who're missing a copy of Guy's THE RESURRECTED, I've donated a signed copy - bidding starts at a fiver. Please, go to the site and bid generously.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE PART IN THE AUCTION - PLEASE GO TO HIS JUST GIVING PAGE AND DONATE WHAT YOU CAN www.justgiving.com/JohnnysJapanAuction
ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE BRITISH RED CROSS
"Ever since the earthquake hit Japan, the seventh largest in recorded history, the images that have come from all aspects of social media have been overwhelming and heartbreaking and you would indeed, have to be made of stone not to feel for the bereaved and the displaced during this time.
I feel like I need to do something to help, and while my means may be limited - I do have several pieces that I will put up for auction in the hope that it raises some money for charity.
THE 'CURRENT BID' STATUS HAS BEEN ADDED TO ENSURE PEOPLE DON'T SEND EMAILS AND ARE INSTANTLY DISAPPOINTED IF THEY ARE OUTBID. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF BIDS ON A LOT AND THE NAMES OF THOSE BIDDING WILL NOT BE SHOWN.
LOT 1: One of the last remaining copies I have of BACK FROM THE DEAD and signed by 8 of the contributors. Bidding will start at £50 for this book and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom.
LOT 2: A letter from editor Herbert van Thal to one of his Pan Horror authors. These letters are very rare and nearly non-existent, so you will have a unique piece of genre heritage. Bidding will start at £30 for this letter and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom CURRENT BID: £75
LOT 3: Is THE VAMPIRE STORIES OF R CHETWYND HAYES as published by Fedogan and Bremer. It is a slip-cased edition, only 100 of these were done, this is #85 and it is signed by R Chetwynd Hayes, Brian Lumley,Stephen Jones, Les Edwards and Jim Pitts - but what makes this book truly remarkable is that the artists Les Edwards and Jim Pitts have each drawn a one off, unique picture of a vampire inside this book and this is the only time that both artists have done so to my knowledge. Bidding will start at £70 for this book and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom. CURRENT BID: £150
LOT 4: A very rare Italian PEEPING TOM film poster, flat signed by one of the stars Columba Powell who played the young Mark Lewis. A few nicks and tears to this poster, but in overall v. good shape. Bidding will start at £40 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom. CURRENT BID: £50
LOT 5: A SIGNED copy of James Herbert's THE SPEAR. This is the rare NEL hardback version that James Herbert was taken to court over (and lost). Bidding will start at £50 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom.
LOT 6: A SIGNED copy of R Chetwynd Haye's THE MONSTER CLUB. This is the Severn House 1992 edition and has been flat signed. Bidding will start at £40 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom.
LOT 7: A first Pan Books paperback edition of THE EXECUTIONERS by John D. MacDonald that has been flat signed by director MARTIN SCORCESE (who directed CAPE FEAR, based on the book). Provenance will be included and bidding will start at the super low price of £60 for this truly rare item, we believe it's the only time Scorcese has signed this particular edition of the book. All blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom. CURRENT BID: £60
LOT 8: Complete run of 6 Mills and Boon horror titles that were published in the late 70s. These books are extremely hard to get a hold of and took me 5 years to source. Two of the books have been dedicated to me and bidding will start at £50 for these books and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom.
LOT 9: Hardback edition of Gary McMahon's exquisite RAIN DOGS, signed by the great man himself! Bidding will start at £6 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom
LOT 10: Signed copies of SPARROWHAWK and ONE MONSTER IS NOT ENOUGH from the one and only Paul Finch. Bidding will start at £20 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom
LOT 11: Two unique proof copies of Joel Lane's BLACK COUNTRY and Alison Moore's WHEN THE DOOR CLOSED, IT WAS DARK published by Nightjar Press. These state on the imprint page that they were printed in Manchester, when in fact the finished books were printed in Penrith. These chapbooks are high quality test prints and can be signed by both author and artist. Bidding will start at £10 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom
LOT 12: Two dot matrix printed drafts of BAD MOON RISING by JP Dixon with a few handwritten notes. This story was originally written by request from Clarence Paget and was intended to appear in THE PAN BOOK OF HORROR STORIES: VOLUME 31, which of course was never published. BAD MOON RISING eventually became DREAMING THE DARK and ended up in the BACK FROM THE DEAD anthology. Manuscripts come with two letters, one from Clarence Paget (on his own notepaper) and the other from Kathy Gale (Chief editor at Pan and on Pan headed notepaper) saying that she is sending the story on to David Sutton and that the story should be turned into a novel. Bidding starts at £40 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom
LOT 13: A copy of BRITISH INVASION, published by Cemetery Dance and edited by Golden, Lebbon and Moore who have also signed this copy. Artwork by Les Edwards and features stories by Mark Morris, Sarah Pinborough, Ramsey Campbell and others. Bidding starts at £10 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom
LOT 14: A limited edition Les Edward's print entitled DRAGONSBLOOD. This print is numbered to 25 only, signed and is 13 x 19 inches. Bidding will start at £10 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom. You can see what the print looks like HERE
LOT 15: A limited edition Les Edward's print entitled STAR MAKER. This print is numbered to 25 only, signed and is 13 x 19 inches. Bidding will start at £10 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom. You can see what the print looks like HERE
LOT 16: An Obverse Books trio, THE PANDA BOOK OF HORROR, OBVERSE BOOK OF GHOSTS and WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHY. Bidding will start at £10 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom
LOT 17: A very handsome copy of Ramsey Campbell's THE DECORATIONS, published by Alpenhouse Apparitions. This book has been signed by both Ramsey and the artist Ladislav Hanka. This is a stunningly beautiful book, and photos of it and more information can be found HERE. Bidding will start at £40 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom.
LOT 18: A signed hardback of Robert Shearman's CAUSTIC COMEDIES, published by Big Finish. Bidding will start at £10 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom.
LOT 19: POWERS OF DARKNESS by Robert Aickman. This is the forthcoming Tartarus Press edition, signed by Mark Valentine, who has written the introduction to it. This book will come with six pages of notes made in writing the introduction, one on the back of a brief note signed by the publisher, Ray Russell. This will be a unique association copy. Bidding will start at £25 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom. NOTE: THIS BOOK WILL BE POSTED AS SOON AS IT IS PUBLISHED - DUE APRIL.
CURRENT BID: £32
LOT 20: 1st ed. hardback of THE WHITE HANDS by Mark Samuels (special copy, with gilt edges) and THE HOUSE OF THE HIDDEN LIGHT by Arthur Machen and A.E. Waite. Published by Tartarus Press. Bidding will start at £20 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom
LOT 21: MORBID TALES by Quentin Crisp, THE COLLECTED STRANGE PAPERS (special copy with marbled endpapers) and THE PRINCESS DAPHNE both by Edward Heron-Allen. Published by Tartarus Press. Bidding will start at £25 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom CURRENT BID: £35
LOT 22: THE RESURRECTED by Guy N Smith. This book is one of the rarer in the Smith mass market canon to get a hold of and is signed by the author. Published by Grafton in 1991, this is the only edition of this particular title. Bidding will start at £5 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom.
Please header your email with 'Japan Auction' and in the body of the email, your name, what auction you will be bidding on and how much your highest bid will be and you will be notified if somebody has bid above you so you can rebid if you wish. The auction will end on the 29th of March and the highest bidder will then be contacted and after funds have been sent, I will then post off the prizes free of charge (worldwide).
I will then post the winners of the items on my blog and post proof that all donated money has been given to my charity of choice, in this case it will be The British Red Cross.
There is another auction happening, concentrating on lots which side more on the SFF side of things and is run by the lovely Amanda Rutter and Lou Morgan. The more people raising money the better, I say, and their site can be found at genreforjapan.wordpress.com"
So please, folks - go and get bidding. Thanks.
I hope you will bid on both my stuff and GFJ's!!!
warmest wishes
Johnny Mains
An auction to help aid the people of Japan.
Please give generously - and for those of you who're missing a copy of Guy's THE RESURRECTED, I've donated a signed copy - bidding starts at a fiver. Please, go to the site and bid generously.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE PART IN THE AUCTION - PLEASE GO TO HIS JUST GIVING PAGE AND DONATE WHAT YOU CAN www.justgiving.com/JohnnysJapanAuction
ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE BRITISH RED CROSS
"Ever since the earthquake hit Japan, the seventh largest in recorded history, the images that have come from all aspects of social media have been overwhelming and heartbreaking and you would indeed, have to be made of stone not to feel for the bereaved and the displaced during this time.
I feel like I need to do something to help, and while my means may be limited - I do have several pieces that I will put up for auction in the hope that it raises some money for charity.
THE 'CURRENT BID' STATUS HAS BEEN ADDED TO ENSURE PEOPLE DON'T SEND EMAILS AND ARE INSTANTLY DISAPPOINTED IF THEY ARE OUTBID. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF BIDS ON A LOT AND THE NAMES OF THOSE BIDDING WILL NOT BE SHOWN.
LOT 1: One of the last remaining copies I have of BACK FROM THE DEAD and signed by 8 of the contributors. Bidding will start at £50 for this book and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom.
LOT 2: A letter from editor Herbert van Thal to one of his Pan Horror authors. These letters are very rare and nearly non-existent, so you will have a unique piece of genre heritage. Bidding will start at £30 for this letter and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom CURRENT BID: £75
LOT 3: Is THE VAMPIRE STORIES OF R CHETWYND HAYES as published by Fedogan and Bremer. It is a slip-cased edition, only 100 of these were done, this is #85 and it is signed by R Chetwynd Hayes, Brian Lumley,Stephen Jones, Les Edwards and Jim Pitts - but what makes this book truly remarkable is that the artists Les Edwards and Jim Pitts have each drawn a one off, unique picture of a vampire inside this book and this is the only time that both artists have done so to my knowledge. Bidding will start at £70 for this book and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom. CURRENT BID: £150
LOT 4: A very rare Italian PEEPING TOM film poster, flat signed by one of the stars Columba Powell who played the young Mark Lewis. A few nicks and tears to this poster, but in overall v. good shape. Bidding will start at £40 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom. CURRENT BID: £50
LOT 5: A SIGNED copy of James Herbert's THE SPEAR. This is the rare NEL hardback version that James Herbert was taken to court over (and lost). Bidding will start at £50 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom.
LOT 6: A SIGNED copy of R Chetwynd Haye's THE MONSTER CLUB. This is the Severn House 1992 edition and has been flat signed. Bidding will start at £40 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom.
LOT 7: A first Pan Books paperback edition of THE EXECUTIONERS by John D. MacDonald that has been flat signed by director MARTIN SCORCESE (who directed CAPE FEAR, based on the book). Provenance will be included and bidding will start at the super low price of £60 for this truly rare item, we believe it's the only time Scorcese has signed this particular edition of the book. All blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom. CURRENT BID: £60
LOT 8: Complete run of 6 Mills and Boon horror titles that were published in the late 70s. These books are extremely hard to get a hold of and took me 5 years to source. Two of the books have been dedicated to me and bidding will start at £50 for these books and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom.
LOT 9: Hardback edition of Gary McMahon's exquisite RAIN DOGS, signed by the great man himself! Bidding will start at £6 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom
LOT 10: Signed copies of SPARROWHAWK and ONE MONSTER IS NOT ENOUGH from the one and only Paul Finch. Bidding will start at £20 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom
LOT 11: Two unique proof copies of Joel Lane's BLACK COUNTRY and Alison Moore's WHEN THE DOOR CLOSED, IT WAS DARK published by Nightjar Press. These state on the imprint page that they were printed in Manchester, when in fact the finished books were printed in Penrith. These chapbooks are high quality test prints and can be signed by both author and artist. Bidding will start at £10 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom
LOT 12: Two dot matrix printed drafts of BAD MOON RISING by JP Dixon with a few handwritten notes. This story was originally written by request from Clarence Paget and was intended to appear in THE PAN BOOK OF HORROR STORIES: VOLUME 31, which of course was never published. BAD MOON RISING eventually became DREAMING THE DARK and ended up in the BACK FROM THE DEAD anthology. Manuscripts come with two letters, one from Clarence Paget (on his own notepaper) and the other from Kathy Gale (Chief editor at Pan and on Pan headed notepaper) saying that she is sending the story on to David Sutton and that the story should be turned into a novel. Bidding starts at £40 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom
LOT 13: A copy of BRITISH INVASION, published by Cemetery Dance and edited by Golden, Lebbon and Moore who have also signed this copy. Artwork by Les Edwards and features stories by Mark Morris, Sarah Pinborough, Ramsey Campbell and others. Bidding starts at £10 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom
LOT 14: A limited edition Les Edward's print entitled DRAGONSBLOOD. This print is numbered to 25 only, signed and is 13 x 19 inches. Bidding will start at £10 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom. You can see what the print looks like HERE
LOT 15: A limited edition Les Edward's print entitled STAR MAKER. This print is numbered to 25 only, signed and is 13 x 19 inches. Bidding will start at £10 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom. You can see what the print looks like HERE
LOT 16: An Obverse Books trio, THE PANDA BOOK OF HORROR, OBVERSE BOOK OF GHOSTS and WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHY. Bidding will start at £10 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom
LOT 17: A very handsome copy of Ramsey Campbell's THE DECORATIONS, published by Alpenhouse Apparitions. This book has been signed by both Ramsey and the artist Ladislav Hanka. This is a stunningly beautiful book, and photos of it and more information can be found HERE. Bidding will start at £40 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom.
LOT 18: A signed hardback of Robert Shearman's CAUSTIC COMEDIES, published by Big Finish. Bidding will start at £10 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom.
LOT 19: POWERS OF DARKNESS by Robert Aickman. This is the forthcoming Tartarus Press edition, signed by Mark Valentine, who has written the introduction to it. This book will come with six pages of notes made in writing the introduction, one on the back of a brief note signed by the publisher, Ray Russell. This will be a unique association copy. Bidding will start at £25 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom. NOTE: THIS BOOK WILL BE POSTED AS SOON AS IT IS PUBLISHED - DUE APRIL.
CURRENT BID: £32
LOT 20: 1st ed. hardback of THE WHITE HANDS by Mark Samuels (special copy, with gilt edges) and THE HOUSE OF THE HIDDEN LIGHT by Arthur Machen and A.E. Waite. Published by Tartarus Press. Bidding will start at £20 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom
LOT 21: MORBID TALES by Quentin Crisp, THE COLLECTED STRANGE PAPERS (special copy with marbled endpapers) and THE PRINCESS DAPHNE both by Edward Heron-Allen. Published by Tartarus Press. Bidding will start at £25 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom CURRENT BID: £35
LOT 22: THE RESURRECTED by Guy N Smith. This book is one of the rarer in the Smith mass market canon to get a hold of and is signed by the author. Published by Grafton in 1991, this is the only edition of this particular title. Bidding will start at £5 and all blind bids will be emailed to panbookofhorrorstoriesATgmailDOTcom.
Please header your email with 'Japan Auction' and in the body of the email, your name, what auction you will be bidding on and how much your highest bid will be and you will be notified if somebody has bid above you so you can rebid if you wish. The auction will end on the 29th of March and the highest bidder will then be contacted and after funds have been sent, I will then post off the prizes free of charge (worldwide).
I will then post the winners of the items on my blog and post proof that all donated money has been given to my charity of choice, in this case it will be The British Red Cross.
There is another auction happening, concentrating on lots which side more on the SFF side of things and is run by the lovely Amanda Rutter and Lou Morgan. The more people raising money the better, I say, and their site can be found at genreforjapan.wordpress.com"
So please, folks - go and get bidding. Thanks.
I hope you will bid on both my stuff and GFJ's!!!
warmest wishes
Johnny Mains