Very Strange Book

Hi again
I have just bought a copy of The Dark Half by Stephen King in my local Oxfam
shop, nothing strange in that you might be thinking. When I got it home I
took the dust jacket off, and found to my surprise a half leather binding
with marbled outer boards, five raised bands to the spine with some very
fancy gilt decoration. All the page edges are gilt. It gets stranger, the
title on the spine reads "The Couch of Eros". The title page of the book has
been removed. Internaly the book is the same as any other copy of The Dark
Half.
Any ideas.
Best regards
Diane

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(diane.walker) wrote:

Hi again
I have just bought a copy of The Dark Half by Stephen King in my local
Oxfam
shop, nothing strange in that you might be thinking. When I got it home
I
took the dust jacket off, and found to my surprise a half leather
binding
with marbled outer boards, five raised bands to the spine with some very
fancy gilt decoration. All the page edges are gilt. It gets stranger,
the
title on the spine reads "The Couch of Eros". The title page of the
book has
been removed. Internaly the book is the same as any other copy of The
Dark
Half.

It sounds like someone reused the binding on a copy of Chater's Couch of
Eros for the King. Maybe because the spine was so fancy they didn't want
the lettering changed (though it rather begs the question of why they kept
the dustjacket!).

Of course, IIRC The Dark Half is about a writer with a split personality,
so maybe you're onto something bigger than expected here.

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In article ,
(diane.walker) wrote:

Hi again
I have just bought a copy of The Dark Half by Stephen King in my local
Oxfam
shop, nothing strange in that you might be thinking. When I got it home
I
took the dust jacket off, and found to my surprise a half leather
binding
with marbled outer boards, five raised bands to the spine with some very
fancy gilt decoration. All the page edges are gilt. It gets stranger,
the
title on the spine reads "The Couch of Eros". The title page of the
book has
been removed. Internaly the book is the same as any other copy of The
Dark
Half.

It sounds like someone reused the binding on a copy of Chater's Couch of
Eros for the King. Maybe because the spine was so fancy they didn't want
the lettering changed (though it rather begs the question of why they kept
the dustjacket!).

Of course, IIRC The Dark Half is about a writer with a split personality,
so maybe you're onto something bigger than expected here.

Thanks Barney. You might be right, no his not his wrong, no I think his
right, his wrong, don't argue with me, I will if I want. Were both going for
a lay down now.