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Post Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:21 am 
 

Yes Frank "wins" the thread. There could be nothing cooler than a long signed personalized note from Gary in one's books. So I thought about not posting this. But there have been some new contributors to the Acaeum lately who might not be familiar with the fact that personal copies of TSR staffers is one of the strengths of my collection. So for those of you who are familiar with my collection, please skip the remainder of my post. I have (with signed inscriptions):
The 1st print Brown boxes of Tim Kask, Brian Blume, Rob Kuntz, Terry Kuntz
The 3rd print Brown Boxes of Brian Blume, Jeff Leason, Steve Marsh
4th Print of Dave Trampier
7th print of Harold Johnson
Greyhawk 1st Dave Sutherland
GH 2nd Trampier, Marsh
GH 3rd Kask, Sutherland
GH 4th Gary Gygax, Leason
Blackmoor 1st T. Kuntz, Sutherland, Trampier
Blackmoor 2nd Gygax (with editorial notes)
Eldritch Wizardry 1st Kask, T. Kuntz, Sutherland
Eldritch 3rd Marsh
Eldritch 9th Leason
Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes 1st T. Kuntz
GDH 7th Leason
Swords & Spells 1st Ernie Gygax, signed by Gary


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Post Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:39 am 
 

Monster Manual 1st Kask
Monster Manual 1st Kask signed by Gary Gygax, Trampier Sutherland and Tom Wham
Monster Manual 2nd Al Hammack
Monster Manual 5th Brian Blume's embossed name on cover (from my understanding printer made one set for Brian and one for Gary)
Players Handbook True 1st Harold Johnson
Players Handbook 7th Blume's embossed name on cover
DMG 1st Kask, Johnson
DMG 6th Blume embossed name on cover
Deities & Demigods 2nd Blume embossed name on cover
Holmes Blue Box True 1st Pr Brian Blume (not signed as it's in shrink)
Holmes Blue Box 1st Pr Kask
Holmes 1st Pr rulebook Kask, signed by Holmes
Lost Tamoachan Author copy Johnson, Leason
Ghost Tower of Inverness Author copy Hammack and yes Hammack again (story I got from Harold was Al said there were two author copies of Tamoachan so there should be two of Inverness...)
ST1 Up the Garden Path Mike Brunton (the co-author)
Warriors of Mars Blume, Boot Hill Blume many more Kask & Blume items with a sprinkling of others.


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Post Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:34 am 
 

Hey Bill,  there s a hole in your collection: you have no 2nd print woodies owned by anyone...

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Post Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:02 pm 
 

The 1E Player's Handbook I inherited from my dad after he passed away had his name written on the inside first page. Directly underneath that, in pencil, is the reminder, "I owe Harvey $12," along with a phone number. A few years back, I tried to track down said Harvey and find out if my dad had ever paid Harvey back. I tell you what, trying to match a phone number from 1984 to a guy who may or may no longer be alive in 2008, without a last name, and finally coming up with a match thanks to a call to a reference librarian from northwestern Indiana who was able to do a reverse record search on that phone number from an actual phone book from that year made me feel like the best detective on the face of the planet. :)

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Post Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:54 pm 
 

that's a cool story!

  

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Post Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:08 am 
 

MichaelC wrote in Who's name is in your book?:The 1E Player's Handbook I inherited from my dad after he passed away had his name written on the inside first page. Directly underneath that, in pencil, is the reminder, "I owe Harvey $12," along with a phone number. A few years back, I tried to track down said Harvey and find out if my dad had ever paid Harvey back. I tell you what, trying to match a phone number from 1984 to a guy who may or may no longer be alive in 2008, without a last name, and finally coming up with a match thanks to a call to a reference librarian from northwestern Indiana who was able to do a reverse record search on that phone number from an actual phone book from that year made me feel like the best detective on the face of the planet. :)


But... But... Did he ever pay him back???

  

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Post Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 1:02 pm 
 

With interest from 1984?

  


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Post Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:01 pm 
 

I never actually spoke to Harvey himself. I spoke to his father and his brother, who offered to pass the message along the next time they saw him. I left my name, address, and phone number in case he wanted to call and let me know where to send a check (I have reason to believe Harvey lent the money to my dad shortly before my dad passed away, and thus the debt remains unpaid). I've never heard from him since, so I presume Dad either paid him back and didn't erase the note, or Harvey considered the debt cancelled when my father died. Either way, the stories our books can tell, right?  :study:

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Post Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:21 pm 
 

I have a Gods, Demigods & Heroes with the name Gregg Pettine on the inside of the front and the back cover.  He initialed G.P. on the front and circled "by Robert Kuntz and James Ward".  All done in red pen.  :cry:

I also have two books that I "inherited" from my friend and DM from jr. high/high school that have names in them.  He went off to the army back in '88 after he graduated.  We saw each other a few times over the years but he moved around a lot and we pretty much lost contact after '95.  Tried getting in touch with him several times since, including Facebook, but never was able to.

Anyway....on the inside of the Dungeon Masters Guide he gave me in high school (4th print) it has one of those hand held Dymo labels with the name Andrew Lee Reimund stamped on the title page right below where it states "Special Reference Work".  Pretty sure my DM "borrowed" it from Andrew and forgot to give it back and then bequeathed it to me.

When he went to the army, he asked me to keep his Deities and Demigods (2nd print) and never asked for it back later.  There is a silver sticker with the name Tony embossed on it.  The sticker also has a French horn, a musical note & a rainbow coming out of the horn.  Strange dude.

If Andrew Reimund sees this and wants his DMG back, he can have it.  But since Tony goes by Charles/Charlie now, he can't prove it was ever his in the first place so he is shite out of luck.


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