# Mr. Wolfe's Signature *The Urth list — 9 messages, 4 voices, 29 Jun 2011* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Antonin Scriabin *29 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-Taylor *29 Jun 2011, 15:43 · in reply to Antonin Scriabin* 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 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. > > _______________________________________________ --- ### Antonin Scriabin *29 Jun 2011, 16:19 · in reply to Rebecca Bushong-Taylor* Thank you! I will do that this evening when I am done with work. > 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 Millman *29 Jun 2011, 22:46 · in reply to Antonin Scriabin* Dear Mr. Scriabin, > 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 Holkar *30 Jun 2011, 08:30 · in reply to Mark Millman* > 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 Millman *30 Jun 2011, 22:43 · in reply to Mo Holkar* 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 --- ### Antonin Scriabin *01 Jul 2011, 12:05 · in reply to Mark Millman* 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 > 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 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 Millman *01 Jul 2011, 17:14 · in reply to Antonin Scriabin* Dear Mr. Scriabin, > 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. > 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-Taylor *01 Jul 2011, 17:44 · in reply to Antonin Scriabin* 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 > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Antonin Scriabin > 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 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 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 >>> _______________________________________________ ---