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AT TERROR STREET AND AGONY WAY, the red-headed stepchild of Black Sparrow books?
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LickTheStar
Sad Flower in the Sand
Just got my eBay copy from The Buk Shop a few minutes ago and... its in great shape. Small cover tears and a small amount of writing on the front page, but otherwise nearly fine.
Paid $400 for it which seemed high until I checked on abe... cheapest one there was $450. Prices seem to have jumped recently. Weird. But I'm happy with it, especially since I made the only bid.
Also, I've noticed on my copy that the first couple of pages have some kind of embossments on them... First across two pages is a letter presumably written by Buk to someone named Mike. If there wasn't so much damn text I could probably make more of it out...
Also, the divider page between the title page and the first poems has some of Buk's drawings embossed on them. Mostly, they look like people. I presume this is standard on Terror Street, but if not I'd be curious. Anyway, little things I've noticed.
Quite a thin volume. But I love it.
Paid $400 for it which seemed high until I checked on abe... cheapest one there was $450. Prices seem to have jumped recently. Weird. But I'm happy with it, especially since I made the only bid.
Also, I've noticed on my copy that the first couple of pages have some kind of embossments on them... First across two pages is a letter presumably written by Buk to someone named Mike. If there wasn't so much damn text I could probably make more of it out...
Also, the divider page between the title page and the first poems has some of Buk's drawings embossed on them. Mostly, they look like people. I presume this is standard on Terror Street, but if not I'd be curious. Anyway, little things I've noticed.
Quite a thin volume. But I love it.
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It is sometimes called "Blind Embossing" or "Blind Debossing" It is in all 800 copies of the book. It is a nice touch I think.
Bill
Bill
LickTheStar
Sad Flower in the Sand
Thanks for the term. I realized that embossing was probably raising the page UP, but couldn't figure out for the life of me what doing it DOWN was.
And I think its great. A nice addition and unexpected.
Thanks for the link. Of course a search probably would have brought that up, but I remembered this thread and here I ended up. Glad to know its been discussed before.
And thank you. I've been looking for a copy for almost 2 years now and its nice to have one for my collection. I can safely stop buying books until I actually have money now.
Maybe.
And I think its great. A nice addition and unexpected.
Thanks for the link. Of course a search probably would have brought that up, but I remembered this thread and here I ended up. Glad to know its been discussed before.
And thank you. I've been looking for a copy for almost 2 years now and its nice to have one for my collection. I can safely stop buying books until I actually have money now.
Maybe.
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... and $400 is not a bad price lately. This book has been under priced for years. You just paid what it should have been all along. Sure, you cold have bought a copy for $250 a few years ago, but in a couple years it will be $550.
This one has always sold for less than it should and at $400, I think that it is still under valued.
I have printed a few projects using blind debossing. If done well, it is very cool. I have some friends that print birthday cards for very young kids. They sat something like "HAPPY BIRTHDAY", but they use no ink. They only deboss the front, so the toddler can just color the cover and the words show up and they made the card, but it is actually readable and artistic. This is similar to doing a grave rubbing. It was a great idea of theirs.
Bill
This one has always sold for less than it should and at $400, I think that it is still under valued.
I have printed a few projects using blind debossing. If done well, it is very cool. I have some friends that print birthday cards for very young kids. They sat something like "HAPPY BIRTHDAY", but they use no ink. They only deboss the front, so the toddler can just color the cover and the words show up and they made the card, but it is actually readable and artistic. This is similar to doing a grave rubbing. It was a great idea of theirs.
Bill
We always did "Brass rubbing" as kids. "Grave rubbing" sounds kind of sinister. Did you mean "grave robbing"?
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Hi,
That too! Nope. What you do is use a thin paper (tracing paper works well) and place it on a grave marker (tombstone). Then you color much of the paper with a crayon, paster, or soft pencil. The areas where the letters are will drop out and will not get colored. That will leave you a reverse negative of the grave. I have one of Bukowski's grave here.
Bill
That too! Nope. What you do is use a thin paper (tracing paper works well) and place it on a grave marker (tombstone). Then you color much of the paper with a crayon, paster, or soft pencil. The areas where the letters are will drop out and will not get colored. That will leave you a reverse negative of the grave. I have one of Bukowski's grave here.
Bill