I can’t make out what it says… “You have cherral? in——- Thanks? “
CheetahChrome on
I had a high school friend who would “sign” books in the library for kicks. So don’t get too excited.
ForAThought on
But was it signed by the Author?
HugoZHackenbush2 on
However the storyline isn’t garbage..
LILdiprdGLO on
Have it authenticated.
onboarderror on
What terrible hand writing.. who can even read that.
The_Didlyest on
I ordered a book off eBay and got this antique copy in good condition. It wasn’t even expensive
photoguy423 on
I’ve gotten multiple books this way. Mostly Neil Gaiman books. Because I make leather covers for books and some are out of print in hardcover. So the only way to get them is used. And apparently some folks don’t look inside of books before selling them online.
Also, I haven’t ordered any Gaiman books since the news about him came out.
CaptRackham on
I had that happen to me once, I was going to an event where I would get to meet the author so I ordered a copy of their book, it arrived signed already. I still enjoyed getting to meet them though
Vergenbuurg on
Happened to me with a copy of *Moon Lander*, which appears to have been signed by the author Tom Kelly, who had written the book to chronicle his time with Grumman, overseeing the engineering of the Lunar Module for the Apollo program.
The book served as the basis for the episode “Spider” in HBO’s *From the Earth to the Moon*, which was centered around Kelly.
If it’s actually his signature, then I think that’s really neat.
Travelgrrl on
It’s hers. Just look at Google images for Dorothy Allison signature and you’ll find several that look like this about the time of “Trash”. She makes an enormous D that overlaps with the Allison, and an enormous A that overlaps with Dorothy.
Khal_Doggo on
I once ordered a book off eBay for preparing for a clinical psychiatry exam. The seller didn’t respond after I sent the payment and hadn’t dispatched it for about a week so I figured it was some kind of scan and initiated the refund process & sent them an angry message.
About a week later I get the book with a signed message at the front from the author of the book. I checked their eBay name and it was indeed the author of the book…
clog_bomb on
That is Trash.
PanamaMoe on
Potentially you got a copy signed by the author or this is a printed signature meant to give the book some personal feel to it. Could be the author signed the first X amount of books produced for distro as a thank you.
username_redacted on
Authors sign a lot of books. It’s pretty standard these days for physical bookstores to get their entire initial stock signed in advance to drive first-week sales, and authors who stop by for readings usually sign every copy that sells while they’re there, plus any left behind.
SwampCrittr on
Same!!!! I bought a Tony Rice biography… opened it up and it was signed by Tony Rice! Now it sits in my office as a display.
coppertoothache on
oh my god dorothy allison is one of my favorite authors of all time youre SO lucky
zorggalacticus on
I had a leather bound copy of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein that I bought at a storage unit auction. Wasn’t signed, but it still sold for 4k to a collector. It was a second generation print. Not the original release, but still really, really old. Get your stuff checked out, never know what you might have. Lots of times it’s the children cleaning out their parents house and they just don’t care about old books or “junk.” I’ve found some real treasures at estate sales over the years. The older and more decrepit the house, the better.
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I can’t make out what it says… “You have cherral? in——- Thanks? “
I had a high school friend who would “sign” books in the library for kicks. So don’t get too excited.
But was it signed by the Author?
However the storyline isn’t garbage..
Have it authenticated.
What terrible hand writing.. who can even read that.
I ordered a book off eBay and got this antique copy in good condition. It wasn’t even expensive
I’ve gotten multiple books this way. Mostly Neil Gaiman books. Because I make leather covers for books and some are out of print in hardcover. So the only way to get them is used. And apparently some folks don’t look inside of books before selling them online.
Also, I haven’t ordered any Gaiman books since the news about him came out.
I had that happen to me once, I was going to an event where I would get to meet the author so I ordered a copy of their book, it arrived signed already. I still enjoyed getting to meet them though
Happened to me with a copy of *Moon Lander*, which appears to have been signed by the author Tom Kelly, who had written the book to chronicle his time with Grumman, overseeing the engineering of the Lunar Module for the Apollo program.
The book served as the basis for the episode “Spider” in HBO’s *From the Earth to the Moon*, which was centered around Kelly.
If it’s actually his signature, then I think that’s really neat.
It’s hers. Just look at Google images for Dorothy Allison signature and you’ll find several that look like this about the time of “Trash”. She makes an enormous D that overlaps with the Allison, and an enormous A that overlaps with Dorothy.
I once ordered a book off eBay for preparing for a clinical psychiatry exam. The seller didn’t respond after I sent the payment and hadn’t dispatched it for about a week so I figured it was some kind of scan and initiated the refund process & sent them an angry message.
About a week later I get the book with a signed message at the front from the author of the book. I checked their eBay name and it was indeed the author of the book…
That is Trash.
Potentially you got a copy signed by the author or this is a printed signature meant to give the book some personal feel to it. Could be the author signed the first X amount of books produced for distro as a thank you.
Authors sign a lot of books. It’s pretty standard these days for physical bookstores to get their entire initial stock signed in advance to drive first-week sales, and authors who stop by for readings usually sign every copy that sells while they’re there, plus any left behind.
Same!!!! I bought a Tony Rice biography… opened it up and it was signed by Tony Rice! Now it sits in my office as a display.
oh my god dorothy allison is one of my favorite authors of all time youre SO lucky
I had a leather bound copy of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein that I bought at a storage unit auction. Wasn’t signed, but it still sold for 4k to a collector. It was a second generation print. Not the original release, but still really, really old. Get your stuff checked out, never know what you might have. Lots of times it’s the children cleaning out their parents house and they just don’t care about old books or “junk.” I’ve found some real treasures at estate sales over the years. The older and more decrepit the house, the better.