What kind of nimrod would get a rubber stamp with "Blackrazor was here" and stamp his AD&D first edition books with it? My google-fu turned up nothing, but it seems to be some guy named Rodney Davis because he was kind(?) enough to sign random pages in half of the books I picked up at a local gaming shop as well as sign AND initial (?) the inside covers. And why would he...

You know what. I apologize for even asking that. Please forget I asked that.

Let me instead ask a completely unrelated and hypothetical question. Let's say you picked up a bunch of 1st edition AD&D books and they all had some queer rubber stamp and random signatures/initials in various mediums on the inside covers and occasionally within the book. Not that this happened, but IF IT DID, what would be the best way to go about it? Ignore it? White out? Don't buy it in the first place? I think I've even seen sticky white labels afixed over the offending graffit... i mean artwork.

They're not collectable or anything. Basically decent condition books at a reasonable price with the only problem being this craziness. I figure the guy is either some failed reseller or just went hyper-overboard to make it clear that the whole planet knows what shit he once owned.

If anyone does happen to know who he is, please let me know his store addy (if he has one). It' be cool to autograph a bunch of household trash and mail it his way.

RaisedFromTheDead wrote:Zero, you're kinda rambling. My best interpretation of what you are saying is that you bought a bunch of used books and Rodney inked them. If so, why did you not check the books BEFORE you bought them?

Yes that's what rants are. Didn't mean to piss you off with it.

Anyway I did check first but bought them anyway because the price was right. I just figured it was funny that someone went through this much trouble to mark his stuff. I figured you guys would get a kick out of it.

That and I was curious how you collector folks handled this or if you even cared.

Mars wrote:That kind of stuff is very common.  I have come across sets where people have written their names on the covers in magic marker, etc.

As for names inside books, usually you get names in ink or those sticker picture plates.  It was common practice (maybe not so much now) for used book stores stamp something inside every book that went through their store.  Their policy would be that they would buy back their own books for a percentage of the sale price (so they had to identify which books they sold).

Yeah everybody seems to write their name. And even a rubber stamp for a store seems normal. But a rubber stamp for some random dude was the wild part.

Oh well. I don't even care any more I just thought it was funny.

I think I'll go get some of those white adhesive labels to cover up some of the inside cover and just disregard the rest.

null wrote:
Yes that's what rants are.
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That and I was curious how you collector folks handled this or if you even cared.

Not really.  Actually, not at all.

And this isn't craigslist.

In my area a lot of AD&D players covered their book covers with clear Mactac vinyl to protect them.
I am sure that many collectors have encountered books like that over the years.

SimperingToad wrote:

I've never seen such a wonderful job of defacing a book than this guy did (see 3rd pic).


** expired/removed eBay auction **

Okay mine isn't that bad.



Anyway I've settled on gesso to fix the nuisance areas. So far so good.

ouch...

LOL

Brette:)

RaisedFromTheDead wrote:I still have all my original hardcovers and modules from when I was a kid, all with my name inked inside the cover. Obviously it prevented mixups/theft back then. Besides, who'd have known my 1st print DMG would be worth money decades later? In fact, had I known then, I'd have STILL put my name in it.

I knew a kid who had his high school yearbook stolen. The guy who did it didn't realize that some of the prepaid yearbooks had the owner's names enameled on them. When they busted him, he said he found it or something like that.

Yeah good times. Definitely with you on the inking. You gotta admit though. To go out and get a rubber stamp made for domestic use in the late 70's seems a bit much. I'd say I bet they got the job done, but I can't really confirm that since I own em now.