HW Tour Books: how available are they?

[M Holmes]

cjohnson writes:

>        Being a True Kollector of all things Hawkwind, I've picked up about
>        half of the Tour Books shown in the "Collectors Guide".  The
>        obvious implication is that I cannot rest until I have all of them.
>        My question is probably directed more towards the UK contingent,
>        but is open to any with info.
>
>        How common are the old HW Tour Books?  Do they show up pretty
>        regularly at record shows or in Record Collector?  If so, which
>        ones are more common, and what prices should one expect to pay?


The common ones usually go for between 8 and 15 Pounds. In this category
would come the 1988, Levitation, Masters of the Universe, and Quark
programmes. Astounding, Masques, Space Ritual, and the Warrior programmes are
rarer.

The one I've been unable to get is the Spring Tour 1976 one in the plain
cover (various colours). If anyone wants to sell this, I would of course
be very interested.

>
>        Only twice have I ever seen HW tour books come up for sale in
>        Goldmine, and one of those is a company in England that regularly
>        advertises in RC.  The US prices I have seen are typically $20-25
>        each for the early eighties books, with $30-40 for "Choose Your
>        Masques".
>
>        Do HW tour books from the early seventies ever surface?

Very rarely.

>        Captain Cloud
>        cjohnson at ccmail.sur1a.hpsc.hisd.harris.com

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