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[cunningham]

heh. I painted 110 books for sunnyoutside, on letterpressed covers, after they were finished and bound.

fortunately I can't paint anyway.

not stressful at all. just don't fuck any of em up.:)

 

[cirerita]

Flower... sold for $7,800. Klein must be happy.

http://www.pbagalleries.com/search/item185510.php

 

[mjp]

Wow, and $3600 for the Ham on Rye with a painting, and five grand for the Mockingbird with a painting.

The ten grand for Los Glazer's letters is about what I figured, but the illustrated/painted stuff is kind of surprising.

 

[LickTheStar]

and I seem to remember a letter by Buk to the Webbs about him signing these sheets. Not sure if it's in one of the BSP-books of letters. What I do remember is him saying they should send some more papers to sign because "ink is cheap" and signed copies help sell. (quote in brackets is verbatim.)

and yes, I too think it would be the best way to produce a signed edition, to only send the lose sheets and bind them in later. Anything else doesn't make sense, for terms of money, effort and risk of damage/loss as said here before.

A... certain author's biography references this letter, too, I believe. I just read the part about the Webbs and how they got the signatures in there.

 

[Father Luke]

Flowers in the Shadow of the Storm

I painted 110 books

fortunately I can't paint anyway.

The book is beautiful, and it's available here:

(click the picture)