This weekend, for a nominal price, I acquired a copy of Lewis Carroll, A Tangled Tale, London, Macmillan, 1885, Second Thousand, in beautiful condition, except for one tragic aspect. A mouse (or puppy) chewed on the fore-edge in an arc that covered half the length of the fore-edge to a depth of...

I have always kept poetry in a separate bookcase from literature in the past. But during my recent reorganization, wherein I mixed drama with fiction and ordered them all chronologically rather than alphabetically, it occurred to me that I could not come up with a good reason for keeping poetry...

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Probably a silly question, but ... I checked a book out of the library (Blood Dance by Joe R. Lansdale, if you absolutely must know) that shows an original price tag of $400.00 on the rear dust cover. In the front , it is signed by the author and has a number indicating it is one of some 1000...

Today, and none of the books I got were ex-lib; 1. 3rd printing, J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey, very good with good dust jacket. I have a 10th printing. 2. 4th printing, Vachel Lindsay, The Congo and Other Poems. Fine condition. -- Francis A. Miniter

My wife, associating with an ex-library director who volunteers time, told me of a library book sale that is intended to be of interest to booksellers and is not being publicized as the usual library book sales are. Apparently books of better than usual quality have been retained for this sale. ...

In article , John A. Stovall wrote: I just got an email from a friend in Arkansas, who Sunday went to the big city of Fayetteville and stopped by a garage sale while there. He as I am a military history collector and...

The writer is an avid reader and book collector in Prince George, B.C. As with all collectors, the time has come for me to thin down my collection. I collect modern first editions by favourite writers. It is my habit to collect all of a writer’s books. When I have done so, I contact the writer...

From The Age http://www.theage.com.au/ Library gains book bound in tragedy By Maev Kennedy London July 8, 2005 Email to a friend Printer format The British Library has just been presented with a legendary book, regarded by many bookbinders as one of the greatest modern bindings in the world -

I have tried the Library Of Congress for accurate publishing dates of books by Laurell K Hamilton but it doesn't list all the books nor does it give first publishing dates. If I am trying to find First Editions of books, for any author, where do I look?

Hello I have a book and the first blank page is stamped "Surplus.2 Library of Congress Duplicate" The dj is price clipped and the book really has no value but I was wondering how does one get a hold of Library of Congress duplicates? I never heard of them having a gaint booksale..I suspect it just...

The writer is a book collector in Prince George, B.C. Over the years, I have made it a point of collecting writers I enjoy and having the books signed. Due to the cost of freight, this has been done mostly by bookplates. Following John Dunning's advice, the bookplates are generally laid in and...

Yesterday I went to the Library sale in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. I'd gone to this event a few years ago, and not done especially well, but I thought I'd give it another try. This time I came away with a 25- cent paperback that I was anxious to read, and four excellent condition hardcovers (all...

My local library has a shelf of donated books in the foyer which sell for 50 cents (hardcovers). Yesterday I picked up a first edition of Donnie Brasco with DJ in good+ condition.

Went to a Library sale yesterday in Westport, CT. 60,000 books and dozens of dealers. After spending an hour there and finding nothing even remotely interesting, I have decided to give up on libarary sales. It seems like I see the same books at every library sale. Maybe I am just jaded, but I just...

After reading "Firsts" Magazine, I decided to check out David Meyer's book, "Memoirs of a Book Snake" from my local library. Whlile perusing the holdings, I also picked up copies of Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone's books on collecting. Then I noticed that all the books about book collecting were...

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Hi, hope someone can help. My mother has a book by Hately Waddell titeled The Life and Works of Robert Burns it has a date on the inside of I believe 1867, but it might be 1865. It is leatherbound and quite a remarkable looking book with lots of illustrations. Any idea what this book might...