View Full Version : Andrew BLoody Loomis!
k4pka
May 22nd, 2006, 02:57 PM
1st Ed, Mint condition bar a library stamp on the inside and knocked corners. Found in a bargain book shop here in good old blighty, for the princely sum of £6.00
My. God.
Cant even describe my joy...
http://www.kapka.co.uk/loomis.JPG
DSillustration
May 22nd, 2006, 03:14 PM
that piece of crap?
are you serious?
ill take it off your hands for £7.00
;)
seriously, if that IS first edition, in that condition, the book is worth about $300 USD.
that is the find of the century!
any idea what printing it is?
P E N Ricklund
May 22nd, 2006, 03:16 PM
Can't say more than congrats then :)
Hugs!
ah.heng
May 22nd, 2006, 03:54 PM
pencilator, even your avatar is excited. :D
Denart
May 22nd, 2006, 04:39 PM
pencilator, even your avatar is excited. :D
ha :wink:
dbclemons
May 22nd, 2006, 04:41 PM
two words: "e bay." ;)
fooxoo
May 22nd, 2006, 04:44 PM
OMG where do you live???? *plans a plan of attack*
P E N Ricklund
May 22nd, 2006, 04:48 PM
pencilator, even your avatar is excited. :D
yeah that's my way of showing my feeling outwards. Inside I jealously mumble something about pure luck.
fukifino
May 22nd, 2006, 04:49 PM
Haha, awesome man. Great find, grats!
darth massacre
May 22nd, 2006, 04:49 PM
Holy shit. Good find dude.
MoP
May 22nd, 2006, 05:04 PM
Nice find. It's worth looking through old and tiny weird bookshops for gems like that. I picked up a bunch of handy Osprey Military reference books for half price at my local bookshop - they just seem to accumulate books and never sell them, so the price keeps going down till I buy them :)
I also got my girlfriend an original copy of Creative Illustration for christmas, but it didn't come with a dust jacket. Great find!
asoir
May 22nd, 2006, 05:21 PM
Man, i'm going to raid charity bookshops now.
Inkthinker
May 22nd, 2006, 09:17 PM
Lucky!!
I'd 'bout give up a nut for a copy of Successful Drawing, it's possibly one of the best books on perspective I've ever seen.
jcaffoe
May 22nd, 2006, 09:29 PM
I luckily have all of his books on PDF.
That being said, I would have freaked out had I seen that in a bargain bin. That is absolutely amazing.
Tetsuo
May 22nd, 2006, 10:36 PM
That book has a rare form of herpes that can only be cured by me....please send it asap to me NOW! Then and only then may we be able to save its life and get it back into your han....errr yes your hands saffelelely....*jekrwjerl*
Silvertone
May 22nd, 2006, 11:02 PM
Wow! Congrats on that find!
Yes these things can happen. About 10 years ago I found a first edition of Figure Drawing for all it's Worth in the Strand bookstore in New York City ( South Street Seaport ) for 25.00. Inside there's a stamp that stays, From the Library of Don Heck, who I found out was an old school comic artist guy. Guess he used to own it.
I've been hitting bookstores ever since trying to score Creative Illustration, so nice work you lucky bastard!
Barts
May 23rd, 2006, 12:18 PM
i hate u
Layil
May 24th, 2006, 04:37 PM
wow, score!!
hrm... sf has a billion used book stores, i should go hit some up. maybe i get lucky.
:)
Quicksilver
May 24th, 2006, 04:58 PM
Blighty, eh? Whereabouts? I'm heading there this weekend....¬_¬
Snarfevs
May 24th, 2006, 09:50 PM
Heh my mum picked up Creative Drawing for AU$2 at a garage sale a few weeks back :^^:
Beware, actual loomis books have a terrible curse and should be sent to me for de-spiriting.
Adam Nowak
May 24th, 2006, 09:59 PM
I was actually going to go to a bookstore tomorrow and see if they have any copies of any Loomis book.
That's a great find though.