I am currently auctioning a 1st edition (1754) in good condition of Jonathan Edwards' "Freedom of Will" on eBay. For details and pictures, go to http://cm.ebay.com/cm/ck/1065-29296-2357-0?uid=299399419&site=0&ver=LCA080805&item=300122072759&lk=URL (Since this is a long URL, you may have to copy...

I just picked up a hardback copy of Terry Pratchett's _Equal Rites_ from a charity shop for the princely sum of £1.29. It looks, to my untrained eye, very much like a first edition, and I'm wondering if anyone here could tell me if there's an infallible way of telling whether it's a true first...

Cadmus, Paul The Drawings of Paul Cadmus 1st ed., 1989, Rizzoli 144 pages illustrated black and white and color; intro by Guy Davenport; excellent condition. "For Warren Allen Smith, another Humanist, with good wishes" A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Cadmus thereby went on...

I have the first edition, not of the original publication of Victor Hugo's The Man Who Laughs but the one that was released in 1928 in conjunction with the Veidt film. It's in good shape, except the very front page has been torn out, leaving a 'stub' about a quarter inch wide. (I presume this was...

I am new to collecting so pardon my ignorance. I recently read that it may be more valuable in the long run to collect leather-bound collector book copies rather than 1st editions. I question this and ask for some statement by an authority about this. Thank you.

Please help me resolve an inquiry over whether a book is a first or second edition: The book is "Point of Impact" by Stephen Hunter, published by Bantam books in 1993. I have seen two "editions" of this book: One has a printing line 987654321 with no reference on copywrite page as to "First...

hi! have this 2 book super great condition 1918 is the quebec bridge story construction.inside the the book. taking best cash offer!!!! lmk bernie

In the auction lots I mentioned earlier, I found 2 books which are neither important nor valuable but seem interesting enough to write up about. On reexamination of a 19th century novel I was unfamiliar with I noted that the cover describes the author of Shirley as also having written Jane Eyre. ...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6531359452 THESE LIGHTS WERE MADE IN 1915 FOR THE WBH RAILROAD IN PENNSYLVANIA- IT WAS AN ELECTRIC THIRD RAIL INTERURBAN LINE THAT SPANNED APPROX. 30 MILES- RAN FROM 1903 TO 1933- ALL CARS SCRAPPED IN 1933, POSSIBLY THE LAST REMAINING PIECES FROM...

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I just read in Locus magazine that a book that had a first print run of 100K copies has gone back to press for another 15K copies. As an old collector, this does not make the 2nd much more desirable to me; the 1st is better. Does anyone think otherwise? ---Mike

RARE BOOK SCHOOL (RBS) is pleased to announce its Winter and Early Spring Sessions 2004, a collection of five-day, non-credit courses on topics concerning rare books, manuscripts, the history of books and printing, and special collections to be held at the University of Virginia. FOR AN...

More than 500 humour books for sale, secondhand.... (they stand 16 feet high and are getting in the way!) ...For 80 pounds cash you can have the lot. Cartoon books, joke books, old, new, mostly fair condition. Dilbert, Wizard of Id, BC, Crock, Nigel Rees Graffiti, pocket cartoons, kids' jokes,...

More than 500 humour books for sale, secondhand.... (they stand 16 feet high and are getting in the way!) ...For 80 pounds cash you can have the lot. Cartoon books, joke books, old, new, mostly fair condition. Dilbert, Wizard of Id, BC, Crock, Nigel Rees Graffiti, pocket cartoons, kids' jokes,...

Some of those Amazon customer ratings tell an interesting story. What amazes me is the way certain 500 pound gorillas using that distinguished bookselling service treat many customers like dirt and still apparently still get new sales all the time. (I am not faulting Amazon at all. I am...

I know someone who has some books he thinks might be worth something. I'm very skeptical but I agreed to post the information he has so that people who actually know something about books can give their opinion. The books are as follows: (1) Author: Catherine D. Bell Title: Horace and May; or...

From the Excess is Success Department comes Super Bowl XL Opus, a 20" x 20', 80+ pound football book being published for the holidays that retails for $4,000. The kicker? That's the regular edition. The leather-bound edition signed by numerous Super Bowl MVPs goes for $40,000... Lawrence...

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So I stopped collecting books, because today's authors just steal old stories and I'm tired of reading the same over and over again. I collect spiders now!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4515495365&ssPageN ame=STRK:MESE:IT HORST BINEK BORN IN 1930 WAS SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN A SIBERIAN FORCED LABOUR CAMP,RELEASED AFTER 4 YEARS BY AN AMNESTY HE WENT TO WEST GERMANY. THIS NOVEL CONVEYS THE EFFECT ON THE MIND OF PROLONGED...