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New book entry tools by
Chris Wertman
Hello all,
I have just finished writing some new tools for rapid and accurate
book entry. The tools are written to work specifically with HomeBase
from Abebooks.
I wrote these tools for a recent book buy that consisted of some 10k
books in as new condition, unfortunately only about 1/2 had...
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Thrift shop finds by
my-wings
Haven't been in my favorite thrift shop for a few weeks, and dropped in
yesterday. Came out with a six books....
*Honor Among Thieves* by Jeffrey Archer, 1st, As New/Near Fine
*Rabin: Our Life, His Legacy* by Leah Rabin, 1st, As New/Fine
*Roots: The Saga of an American Family* by Alex Haley, 1st...
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Article on first footnoted online catalog by
WB
There's an article on AE Monthly about the first footnoted electronic
catalog. Interesting concept where a book's history in the form of
bibliographical references, auction sales and catalog listings is
attached to the listing. Check it out at
http://www.americanaexchange.com/aemonthly/aemonthly.asp
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Hey. by
Grant
I'm (somewhat) new to book collecting.
First editions seem to be the creme of the crop - but how about first
printings? In general, do most collectors care more about getting a f/e f/p
than just a first edition? I found a f/e Hemmingway at a yard sale for 50
cents, but when I took it home I...
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minor brag by
Tim Crawford
I picked up a numbered (1031 out of 1050) signed first printing of Sinclair
Lewis' Kingsblood Royal in the original slipcase for $5.00 US off of eBay
last week. It arrived today, in better condition than I expected. I am going
to consider it a find and disregard the hours spent looking at...
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Chincoteague finds by
P Sears
Visted Chincoteague this weekend - for an island of 3,000 on the east
coast of Virginia, it does pretty well to have 2 used bookstores. Neither
are in the phone directory, I just spotted them while driving around. One
is on Main St. in the downtown area, with ivy growing over the sign
outside,...
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automobilia auction by
l'art et l'automobile
l'art et l'automobile automobilia auction #12 is online now The June
2004 auction will have over 370 lots. Probably one of the best yet,
with great examples of early sales literatu a 1937 Atalanta, 1907
Clement Bayard, 1904 Crestmobile, Porsche 550 Spyder, and many more.
Of course, as always, a...
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New abebooks Layout by
MindElec
there's a new layout for the searchs and the results pages.
personally i always hate it when things get moved around, eyes get
used to moving to the same spot.
all i see added on the search page is a spliting of publisher and date
with a range allowed for date. that will be usefull sometimes,...
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Did I miss something? by
William M. Klimon
Did eBay do away with all of the subcategories under Books Nonfiction?!?!
I guess I haven't sold anything there in a while and most of my searching is
done by keywords and not categories. On second thought, though, I did used
to search the Books on Books subcategory--and, I just checked, it...
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Signed books and other oddities ? by
Chris Wertman
Hello all,
I had a question of how to price something, dont know if this should
be done together or separate but here goes a long winded poorly typed
question of sorts
I was going through a box from a recent very large buy (well over 10k
books) in as new unread condition from the 60's to 70's...
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So Close and Yet So Far by
Francis A. Miniter
Before going to work today, I stopped in to a library book sale and
found a beautiful copy of Faulkner's "The Reivers" Random House, 1962,
which on the copyright page stated "First Printing". I tried to act
calm and quietly grabbed the book. Later, checking on-line, I found,
yes, red boards with...
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Stephen Baxter's _Raft_ by
MTSaler
Anyone know why the first edition of Stephen Baxter's first book, _Raft,_ seems
to command such high prices? He's a notable author, and his first book was a UK
edition, but $650-$750 seems a lot for a book published in the early 1990s.
Perhaps it was a small print run, or copies were accidentally...
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Sundial Press? by
P Sears
In the 1930's, was Sundial Press a Doubleday reprint-house? (Still trying
to ID my copy of Brave New World).
Thanks for any info, I didn't find anything useful on Google...
PS
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Report on US Used Book Market by
Bookhuntpr
A 2004 study of the U.S. used book market has just been released by Book Hunter
Press.
The 60 page report, "A Portrait of the US Used Book Market," includes detailed
profiles of open shop and online dealers in terms of size, experience,
inventory, sales, etc, a ranking of online sites by dealer...
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Categorization of Authors by
Francis A. Miniter
For some time now, I have been organizing (or trying to organize) my
library. General categories now existing a
History
Literature
English (language)
American
British
Canadian
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Hugo website updated! by
Peter
The Victor Hugo Website is updated with the May feature article In Other Words.
Check it out at
http://www.hugo-online.org
/Peter
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by Peter
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florescent lighting by
Ron Wiebe
I currently have my book collection in a room with florescent lighting. It
consists mostly of hardcover books printed around 1850-1950, only a few
dustjackets, but the ones I have are in (or will be in) brodart archival dj
covers. I am somewhat concerned that this will lead to the spines of...
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The Outsider by
Dave Moore
Does anyone here own or have access to a copy of The Outsider #2, a literary
magazine published out of New Orleans in 1962?
If so, I'd like to ask a question about the Jack Kerouac poem in that issue.
Thanks in advance.
Dave Moore
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obscurities and oddities by
hollowayd
I just bought a letter by author Janice Holt Giles-- (noted for her
historical novels of Kentucky) written to a descendent of an early KY
governor. Just the sort of thing I love finding with...sure I'd
rather have a Faulkner letter talking about MS history, but that's not
happening anytime...
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