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Welcome to issue #56 of the Donald M. Grant Newsletter
13 November 2008
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1. THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA
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1. THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA
Please read this all the way through. After we sent last weeks
Newsletter we received a number of emails asking questions, the
answers to which were in the Newsletter itself.
Yesterday we mailed our new flyer accepting advance orders on
THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA.
As the book is still not bound and the tray cases and slipcases
are not yet made we hope to be able to begin shipping orders
on December 15 but can’t make any promises.
The books have 13 full color plates and many black and white
illustrations by Michael Whelan and is released in 2 editions.
ARTIST EDITION:
There are 4,000 numbered copies signed by Michael Whelan
which are issued in a foil stamped slipcase. Retail price is $95.00
plus shipping and we are initially reserving the first 1,500 num-
bers for people who hold a matching number of THE DARK 
TOWER VII.
We expect that this will be a sufficent number to allow people to
order more than one copy but we reserve the right to limit the
number in any order to ensure that as many of our customers
who want to buy a copy can if we receive more orders than we
have copies.
Michael told us that he did drawings on 30 - 50 of the signature
pages when he was signing them and we have no idea which
numbered copies they ended up in. He sent us photos of two of
them and they are posted on our web site. If you receive one of
these be aware that the value of these books are probably in
excess of $1,000 as copies of the Artist Edition of THE DARK 
TOWER VII in which Michael made similar drawings sold on
ebay or to collectors for over $1,200 each. I expect that most of
these copies will remain undiscovered for years as many collec-
tors never take the shrink wrap off their books.
DELUXE EDITION
There are 1,250 numbered copies signed by both Stephen King
and Michael Whelan which are issued in a fully enclosing foil
stamped clamshell tray case. It has a different binding material
than the Artist Edition and also has a ribbon bound in. The
retail price is $300.
As usual there is a much greater demand for our Limited
Editions than copies available, so in keeping with our policy of
supporting our long time customers the S&N Deluxe Edition can
be ordered only by those who have a S&N The Dark Tower
VII (you must still own it when we ship The Little Sisters
of Eluria or your order will be cancelled). We will then do a
lottery drawing for remaining available copies but as we expect
there to be very few copies available the lottery will be restricted
to owners of Numbered DT VII above 1250.
LOTTERY: Send us a POSTCARD (NOT an email or letter)
which reads:
“Please put me in the lottery to purchase a copy of the signed &
numbered Deluxe The Little Sisters of Eluria. I have #
____ of The Dark Tower VII.” Include your name, address,
phone number, and if you wish, email address.
REMEMBER, only send in ONE post card. If we receive more
than one request from anyone we will throw them ALL away. We
want everyone to have an equal chance.
TO ORDER ON-LINE GO TO
:
https://secure.grantbooks.com/z-sk-dt-1-lsoe.html
ORDER CONFIRMATION
If you send a check and the check is cashed we have received
your ordr. If you sent an order via our website you will receive
as confirmationan an email titled “RE WWW Form Submission”. As we
expect to receive 1,500 or more email orders within 24 hours of sending this
Newsletter you may not receive your confirmation for several weeks. If you call
or email us this will only delay getting orders ready.
We have a small staff and will be hiring extra help but it will take time to
process orders, especially for people expecting a specific numbered copy. We
appreciate your patience.
Please do not call or email us for further details as we will just
refer you to our web site and suggest you remain subscribed to
our email newsletter.
We will send out another Newsletter when we know when ship-
ping will begin.
Thank you.
Robert K. Wiener, President
Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.