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A nice little brag by William M. Klimon
John A. Stovall wrote: I must say it was a nice bit of luck. Here's my nice bit of luck for the week: I recently discovered the following--which is a must-have for my convertiana collection:
June 27th 06 04:19 AM
by William M. Klimon Go to last post
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FS eBay RARE Terri Windling "The Wood Wife" Advance Reading Copy by Kris Baker
"John R. Yamamoto-Wilson" wrote in message ... Kris Baker He could file harrassment or "auction interference". I think there is something in eBay about it being uncacceptable to advertise eBay auctions in non-commercial...
June 25th 06 06:27 PM
by Orestes Go to last post
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Tall Tales of The Bible Belt by David Ames
wrote: Tall Tales of The Bible Belt Another edition of "Tall Tales of The Bible Belt" has been released. This one's the 29th edition and contains a good baker's dozen tales devoted to a variety of subjects. Chief among them the child evangelist Billy Bible...
June 25th 06 05:41 PM
by Kris Baker Go to last post
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Mis-bound book values by Keith Williams
Hi! How much value (if any) does having a mis-bound book add to its value? I have a mis-bound Order of the Pheonix from the Harry Potter series and didn't know how rare this was. One entire section 50+ pages repeats itself (replacing what should have been there). Any insight is much appreciated.
June 25th 06 10:08 AM
by michael adams Go to last post
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My Home in the Field of Honour? by krik999
I picked up the book My Home in the Field of Honour by Frances Wilson Huard yesterday.I was delighted to find a black watercolor (or ink) drawing of a World War I French soldier and signature by the author on the page after the copyright page. The wet ink left a mark on the copyright page making...
June 24th 06 11:21 PM
by GrahamJones Go to last post
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Tall Tales of The Bible Belt by Bob
wrote: Tall Tales of The Bible Belt I like to think of the bible as being a collection of tall tales.
June 24th 06 01:48 AM
by Rocky Quinn Go to last post
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A nice little brag by Kris Baker
"John A. Stovall" wrote in message ... I have most likely the only signed copy of _Assignment Selous Scouts_ in the States. As some of the regulars here know, I collect books published in Rhodesian during UDI or about...
June 24th 06 12:27 AM
by Kris Baker Go to last post
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Protective dust jacket covers, any advice on current products by [email protected]
Hello, again, I was wondering if I could solicit some more opinions regarding these products .... After putting it off for a long time this project has finally worked its way to the surface, so I am in need of of some advice on this perennial topic. Any particular brand that should be avoided?...
June 22nd 06 01:33 PM
by LiRM Go to last post
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My take on three types of Spammers by Orestes
1) Acccidental Spammers They see the group name and think - Wow I have a cool book! Why wouldn't they be interested? They have to be told we aren't interested and please don't do it again. This would keep us from being inundated with every cool book the may offer. 2) There are clueless spammers....
June 22nd 06 01:08 PM
by LiRM Go to last post
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Book dealers' selling price v. buying price. by Orestes
What is the usual difference between what a seller will pay for rarer book amd what the dealer will ask for a book. I am not talking about my VF/VF copy of Hannibal, but books with a limited first edition or fine press book (presuming there are is a group thet finds these books of interest). Is it...
June 19th 06 11:01 PM
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Modern Library Collecting Website Has Moved by Scot Kamins
Folks, Having received an offer I couldn't refuse for the purchase of the the Dogeared domain name, "Collecting the Modern Library" has changed URLs. Old address: http://www.dogeared.com New address: http://www.ModernLib.com
June 19th 06 08:29 PM
by Bob Go to last post
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Share Favorite eBay Book Search by Stan
I have about 60 eBay searches saved which I execute twice per week, and another 40 that I execute once per week. 'Search title and description' is ticked on all searches, and most of them are performed at the 'Book' category level. The gist of the more frequent searches is something like the...
June 18th 06 08:39 PM
by Orestes Go to last post
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!!! 30+ Books Starting At A Penny !!! by fvndoc
"Quinn Carradine" wrote in message ... Worthless garbage. As opposed to the much rarer valuable garbage.
June 18th 06 05:21 AM
by Quinn Carradine Go to last post
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old books by tonita
I have a few old books that I'm having trouble finding information on. One is the works of Alexandre Dumas, The Son Of Monte Cristo volume 2, 1902, Also, Rudyard Kipling's Captains Courageous 1927 hardcopy and American Beauty by Edna Ferber, first edition 1931 and Jack London's South Sea Tales...
June 18th 06 12:58 AM
by John R. Yamamoto-Wilson Go to last post
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!!! 30+ Books Starting At A Penny !!! by John R. Yamamoto-Wilson
Bookworm wrote: Someone is selling really cheap books! Someone = you, right? Here they are... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7042144386
June 17th 06 03:54 PM
by John R. Yamamoto-Wilson Go to last post
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Question about Crowley's LOVE & SLEEP by Evelyn C. Leeper
I have two trade paperbacks of this book, but they are in different sizes, and I'm trying to figure out why. Both say "A Bantam Trade paperback", have identical front and back covers, have ISBN 0-553-37468-0 and UPC 9-970553-374681-0, and have the ISBN/UPC/price block on the back.. The smaller...
June 17th 06 07:11 AM
by Gene Mierzejewski Go to last post
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And just a few more questions about cleaning books .... what to use? by [email protected]
I ordered up a wide selection of book care potions from Talas and Brodart. I was wondering if anyone has experience with Absorbene or Clean Cover Gel for tidying dirty cloth book covers? I have set aside a small pile of book discards (sniff) to use as guinea pigs. I also have Groomstick and...
June 17th 06 04:35 AM
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NEW BOOKPLATE BLOG by [email protected]
Quirky new blog about bookplate collecting Http://bookplatejunkie.blogspot.com
June 17th 06 03:14 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Late 1800s by Dan
I'm currently starting on the road of writing a biography of a lady who was a part of the New York art & literary set from after the Civil War to the turn of the century. I recently lucked out and found a stack of books on a Bookdealer's 2 dollar table (parts of a retired Prof library on 19th...
June 17th 06 03:06 AM
by Annibale Go to last post
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OCLC and a new find not on my want list by Annibale
Dear Mr. Klimon, Thanks for the correction. I am not getting OCLC directly lately. I was hoping that the OCLC I can get at ABAA and at Biblio was accurate, because otherwise I would have to reinstall it through my usual source. Now I see I will have to reinstall it on my new computer. Meanwhile I...
June 16th 06 04:23 PM
by William M. Klimon Go to last post
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