Question about early hardcovers

[PJaensch]

So, I picked up from a used book dealer a hardcover of Book 6, Circles, and there's a little card glued in to the effect that it's number 22 of 750, and there is, on the next page a drawing inscribed to floyd from stan. does this sound right? I haven't seen many of these hardcovers, but when I have seen them on ebay, the signed and numbered page is a page, not a glued-in card, and there's usually a special color picture. Not sure if that's uniform, etc.

I defer to you experts. If helpful I could try snapping a picture with the ol' camera phone.

I got a really good price on it, so I am not super fussed if it's not one of the true ltd editions, but would just like to know for future reference.

[Mayhem]

The Fantagraphics h/c have the card attached in the front. The early Dark Horse h/c have a separate page, but a blank spot where Stan drew the individual sketch. Later Dark Horse h/c are how you describe, with the tip-in image and the limited number on the separate page.

You can see the progression through this via my Usagi Flickr set where I have scans of all the h/c released to date.

[PJaensch]

Thanks! This is very helpful. In that case, I got 22/750 of Number 6. Now I just wonder who Floyd is...

[Mayhem]

Stan will do quick sketches in h/c if presented with them, or if they come from his personal allocation when selling on. Evidently the book used to belong to someone called Floyd before he sold it on...

[Thomas Froehling]

Being the nice person that he is, Sensei will do quick sketches on/in any of his books presented with him.

Stan will do quick sketches in h/c if presented with them, or if they come from his personal allocation when selling on. Evidently the book used to belong to someone called Floyd before he sold it on...

[PJaensch]

Yeah, I figured as much. I collect a lot of old books (thanks to the box store effect, nothing is in print anymore that doesn't move huge numbers of volumes), and have often enjoyed the human artifacts one finds in inscriptions. I think, for instance, I picked up a copy of the adventures of baron munchausen from a street vendor on Broadway for a few bucks once, and was delighted byt eh simple inscription, "For Cousin Marion, Happy Christmas, Love, Faith, Christmas 1902" or somesuch.

[Steve Hubbell]

Depending on where you live / bought the book (California?), I wonder if the previous owner might have been Disney cartoonist and fellow CAPS member Floyd Norman.....

[PJaensch]

I did actually get it from a bookdealer in CA, in fact.