Mr. Wolfe's Signature

The Urth list — 9 messages, 4 voices, 29 Jun 2011
https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/6040

Antonin Scriabin29 Jun 2011, 15:16
This is kind of an odd question! I recently bought a first edition copy of "Free Live Free" and it looks like it is signed on the title page. I was wondering if anyone had any signed copies of Mr. Wolfe's books, or a way to tell if it is actually signed by him or not.
Rebecca Bushong-Taylor29 Jun 2011, 15:43

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Hello Antonin - I've got some signed books from Gene. If you can scan the signature for me I can tell you if it looks authentic. Rebecca Bushong-Taylor On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com
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This is kind of an odd question! I recently bought a first edition copy of "Free Live Free" and it looks like it is signed on the title page. I was wondering if anyone had any signed copies of Mr. Wolfe's books, or a way to tell if it is actually signed by him or not. _______________________________________________
Antonin Scriabin29 Jun 2011, 16:19

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Thank you! I will do that this evening when I am done with work.
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On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Rebecca Bushong-Taylor < rebeccabt01 at gmail.com> wrote: Hello Antonin - I've got some signed books from Gene. If you can scan the signature for me I can tell you if it looks authentic. Rebecca Bushong-Taylor On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Antonin Scriabin < kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:
This is kind of an odd question! I recently bought a first edition copy of "Free Live Free" and it looks like it is signed on the title page. I was wondering if anyone had any signed copies of Mr. Wolfe's books, or a way to tell if it is actually signed by him or not. _______________________________________________
Mark Millman29 Jun 2011, 22:46

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Dear Mr. Scriabin,
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On Wednesday 29 June 2011, you wrote: This is kind of an odd question!? I recent- ly bought a first edition copy of "Free Live Free" and it looks like it is signed on the title page. I was wondering if any- one had any signed copies of Mr. Wolfe's books, or a way to tell if it is ac- tually signed by him or not.
If it's the 1984 Mark V. Ziesing edition--a folio, the dustjacket of which is illustrated with a painting of Candy running through a field of flowers and which is, I believe, bound in purple cloth--then yes, it's signed by Wolfe. All of that edition's copies are; that's one of its features. If I recall correctly, the books also are signed by the contributing artists. The Ziesing edition is the true first edition. The Tor edition both is later and has some changes from the Ziesing. WolfeWiki (http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.FreeLiveFree) for some reason says, "First published in a limited edition by Legend in England in 1984", but that's incorrect. I imagine that the page's writer confused it with another book. I hope that this proves helpful. Best, Mark Millman
Mo Holkar30 Jun 2011, 08:30

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At 23:46 29/06/2011, Mark wrote: WolfeWiki (http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.FreeLiveFree) for some reason says, "First published in a limited edition by Legend in England in 1984", but that's incorrect. I imagine that the page's writer confused it with another book.
This has been fixed now (by DarthEd) -- thanks for spotting! Mo # ~ # ~ # WolfeWiki -- a wiki about Gene Wolfe http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/
Mark Millman30 Jun 2011, 22:43

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Dear Mr. Holkar,
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On Thursday 30 June 2011, Mo Holkar wrote: At 23:46 29/06/2011, Mark wrote:
WolfeWiki (http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.FreeLiveFree) for some reason says, "First published in a limited edition by Leg- end in England in 1984", but that's incorrect. ?I imagine that the page's writer confused it with another book.
This has been fixed now (by DarthEd) -- thanks for spotting!
You're very welcome.
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Mo # ~ # ~ # WolfeWiki -- a wiki about Gene Wolfe http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/
Best, Mark Millman
Antonin Scriabin01 Jul 2011, 12:05

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Actually I just realized what a bad idea it was to attach those files to everyone. Sorry about that! Here they are: http://imgur.com/a/GOCqU
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On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>wrote: Here are two photos I took. The signature looks like a number of others I have found online, so it might be real! On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Mark Millman <markjmillman at gmail.com>wrote:
Dear Mr. Holkar, On Thursday 30 June 2011, Mo Holkar wrote:
At 23:46 29/06/2011, Mark wrote:
WolfeWiki (http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.FreeLiveFree) for some reason says, "First published in a limited edition by Leg- end in England in 1984", but that's incorrect. I imagine that the page's writer confused it with another book.
This has been fixed now (by DarthEd) -- thanks for spotting!
You're very welcome.
Mo # ~ # ~ # WolfeWiki -- a wiki about Gene Wolfe http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/
Best, Mark Millman _______________________________________________
Mark Millman01 Jul 2011, 17:14

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Dear Mr. Scriabin,
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On Friday 1 June 2011, you wrote: Actually I just realized what a bad idea it was to attach those files to everyone. Sorry about that!
Please think nothing of it.
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Here they are: http://imgur.com/a/GOCqU
Thanks you for the photos. No doubt others have already replied, but I will anyway. This looks like Mr. Wolfe's signature--I have several examples, and I'm also pretty sure that it's not worth forging--so I think that you can be confident about your signed copy. Best, Mark Millman
Rebecca Bushong-Taylor01 Jul 2011, 17:44

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Hi Antonin - Gene says it looks like his, bearing in mind that it was more than 25 years ago. He no longer signs the title page, though. It's the dedication page. Congrats! Rebecca
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On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>wrote: Actually I just realized what a bad idea it was to attach those files to everyone. Sorry about that! Here they are: http://imgur.com/a/GOCqU On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com wrote:
Here are two photos I took. The signature looks like a number of others I have found online, so it might be real! On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Mark Millman <markjmillman at gmail.com>wrote:
Dear Mr. Holkar, On Thursday 30 June 2011, Mo Holkar wrote:
At 23:46 29/06/2011, Mark wrote:
WolfeWiki (http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.FreeLiveFree) for some reason says, "First published in a limited edition by Leg- end in England in 1984", but that's incorrect. I imagine that the page's writer confused it with another book.
This has been fixed now (by DarthEd) -- thanks for spotting!
You're very welcome.
Mo # ~ # ~ # WolfeWiki -- a wiki about Gene Wolfe http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/
Best, Mark Millman _______________________________________________

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