Collecting Highlight (50) - Dragonflight - A Meeting of Minds

***Becky*** · Apr 20 2007, 09:29 PM

Wow! 50 Highlights! So I figure I'd better make it something special.

How about two special copies of Anne's first Pern novel, DRAGONFLIGHT? And this being the 40th Anniversary of Pern, it seems fitting.

The two special editions are:
The Easton Press (the red leather bound copy) and
The 30th Anniversary Edition (the purple cased copy)

The Easton Press copy was actually put out in two different covers. The one I have is just plain with the 'spider web' as I call it. The other cover has a gilt rendering of Whelan's Dragonflight cover. Whelan's cover art is also printed inside each copy. I think they were $50 new, tho not positive.

Bantam's 30th Anniversary of Pern edition was issued in a slipcase with no dust jacket in 1997.

Each was signed by Anne..........

and also numbered. There were 1000 copies issued at $30.00 each. Kinda neat that the 30th Anniv copy cost $30.

This edition uses the Weston art for it.
I like the fact that a US artist was on one copy and the UK artist on the other.

Cheryl did Highlight 26 on the 30th Anniversary watch. It also has the Weston dragon on it to go with the slip cased edition.

I tried to find some pricing for the 30th Anniversary edition and couldn't find any, sorry. And eBay actually has the Whelan cover Easton Press up for sale at the moment.

(edit by Hans to add pics of first Easton Dragonflight)

ghyle · Apr 21 2007, 02:50 AM

I rarely drool over other-than-poetry-books, but I drooled over these.

Congratulations on a fine purchase.

***Hans*** · Apr 21 2007, 03:06 AM

A wonderful Collecting Highlight with some beautiful books and indeed a worthy title for our 50th Collecting Highlight, Becky!

~(_'> · Apr 21 2007, 10:23 AM

The 30th aniversary edition went for $50. Lovely book.

***Becky*** · Apr 21 2007, 11:32 AM

Hmmm, guess I could be wrong about the price of the 30th Anniv copy, but swear it was $30. I've always thought it great that the price and it being the 30th Anniv were pretty neat. Oh, well, they're pretty close.

***Becky*** · Apr 21 2007, 03:20 PM

Oh, I do need to thank Hans for adding the photos of the Whelan gilt cover on the Easton Press. The one I had was little and just not clear and he added the better ones after I'd posted this. So..... Thanks Hans!

Sandi · Apr 21 2007, 11:41 PM

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever." Those are beautiful, Becky!

Lady Maelin · Apr 26 2007, 06:24 PM

Becky, those are truely lovely copies you have collected...and nicely signed!! I have never seen the purple one before....the cover is stunning!! Thanks for sharing these with us...gives us all something to majorly drool over...and to dream about finding...LOL!!!

***Becky*** · Apr 26 2007, 10:46 PM

:hands Maelin her drool towel, freshly washed and most importantly DRY!:

***Hans*** · Apr 27 2007, 03:06 AM

Maelin, remember you pointed out the purple one for me once (on UK eBay) not long after you bought yout DelRey Draginflight hardcover? I lost the bid then which, I think, went over a 100 pounds but certainly over a 100 dollars.

Lady Maelin · Apr 27 2007, 03:17 PM

WOOOP's...I forgot that Hans....sure looks great up close though, we don't see this edition very often no wonder I didn't recognize it!!! To bad it's so expencive...I'm sure it would look great with all the rest of our books...LOL

P.S. Seiveheaditist strikes again...arrrgggghhh!!!

Apr 20 2007, 09:29 PM	#1
*Becky* Coelura Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Washington Gender: F Fan of: Fav character - Lunzie Now Reading: Love reading Lanen's books too	Collecting Highlight (50) - Dragonflight Wow! 50 Highlights! So I figure I'd better make it something special. How about two special copies of Anne's first Pern novel, DRAGONFLIGHT? And this being the 40th Anniversary of Pern, it seems fitting. The two special editions are: The Easton Press (the red leather bound copy) and The 30th Anniversary Edition (the purple cased copy) The Easton Press copy was actually put out in two different covers. The one I have is just plain with the 'spider web' as I call it. The other cover has a gilt rendering of Whelan's Dragonflight cover. Whelan's cover art is also printed inside each copy. I think they were $50 new, tho not positive. Bantam's 30th Anniversary of Pern edition was issued in a slipcase with no dust jacket in 1997. Each was signed by Anne.......... and also numbered. There were 1000 copies issued at $30.00 each. Kinda neat that the 30th Anniv copy cost $30. This edition uses the Weston art for it. I like the fact that a US artist was on one copy and the UK artist on the other. Cheryl did Highlight 26 on the 30th Anniversary watch. It also has the Weston dragon on it to go with the slip cased edition. I tried to find some pricing for the 30th Anniversary edition and couldn't find any, sorry. And eBay actually has the Whelan cover Easton Press up for sale at the moment. (edit by Hans to add pics of first Easton Dragonflight) __________________ Becky aka Coelura1 Last edited by Hans; Apr 21 2007 at 03:05 AM.

Apr 21 2007, 02:50 AM	#2
ghyle Resident Poet Eighth Hrruban Speaker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: northeast New South Wales Gender: M Fan of: Pern & Freedom Now Reading: The Umbrella Club / David Brooks	Re: Collecting Highlight (50) - Dragonflight I rarely drool over other-than-poetry-books, but I drooled over these. Congratulations on a fine purchase. __________________ "Poetry is, in sober truth, the birth of new worlds." Christopher Brennan "There is a world elsewhere; its speech is called Poetry." Arthur Machen Visit me: http://www.geocities.com/phillipellis01/ Author of 21 Sonnets and Strange Gardens Editor of AustralianReader.com Calenture: a Journal of Studies in Speculative Verse Similax: a Poetry Blog

Apr 21 2007, 03:06 AM	#3
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Dodger by Terry Pratchett	Re: Collecting Highlight (50) - Dragonflight A wonderful Collecting Highlight with some beautiful books and indeed a worthy title for our 50th Collecting Highlight, Becky! __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Apr 21 2007, 10:23 AM	#4
~(_'> Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005	Re: Collecting Highlight (50) - Dragonflight The 30th aniversary edition went for $50. Lovely book.

Apr 21 2007, 11:32 AM	#5
*Becky* Coelura Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Washington Gender: F Fan of: Fav character - Lunzie Now Reading: Love reading Lanen's books too	Re: Collecting Highlight (50) - Dragonflight Hmmm, guess I could be wrong about the price of the 30th Anniv copy, but swear it was $30. I've always thought it great that the price and it being the 30th Anniv were pretty neat. Oh, well, they're pretty close. __________________ Becky aka Coelura1

Apr 21 2007, 03:20 PM	#6
*Becky* Coelura Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Washington Gender: F Fan of: Fav character - Lunzie Now Reading: Love reading Lanen's books too	Re: Collecting Highlight (50) - Dragonflight Oh, I do need to thank Hans for adding the photos of the Whelan gilt cover on the Easton Press. The one I had was little and just not clear and he added the better ones after I'd posted this. So..... Thanks Hans! __________________ Becky aka Coelura1

Apr 21 2007, 11:41 PM	#7
Sandi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Gender: F	Re: Collecting Highlight (50) - Dragonflight "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." Those are beautiful, Becky!

Apr 26 2007, 06:24 PM	#8
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Collecting Highlight (50) - Dragonflight Becky, those are truely lovely copies you have collected...and nicely signed!! I have never seen the purple one before....the cover is stunning!! Thanks for sharing these with us...gives us all something to majorly drool over...and to dream about finding...LOL!!! __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Apr 26 2007, 10:46 PM	#9
*Becky* Coelura Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Washington Gender: F Fan of: Fav character - Lunzie Now Reading: Love reading Lanen's books too	Re: Collecting Highlight (50) - Dragonflight :hands Maelin her drool towel, freshly washed and most importantly DRY!: __________________ Becky aka Coelura1

Apr 27 2007, 03:06 AM	#10
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Dodger by Terry Pratchett	Re: Collecting Highlight (50) - Dragonflight Maelin, remember you pointed out the purple one for me once (on UK eBay) not long after you bought yout DelRey Draginflight hardcover? I lost the bid then which, I think, went over a 100 pounds but certainly over a 100 dollars. __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Apr 27 2007, 03:17 PM	#11
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Collecting Highlight (50) - Dragonflight WOOOP's...I forgot that Hans....sure looks great up close though, we don't see this edition very often no wonder I didn't recognize it!!! To bad it's so expencive...I'm sure it would look great with all the rest of our books...LOL P.S. Seiveheaditist strikes again...arrrgggghhh!!! __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

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