Would anyone have a scan of Michael Shaara's signature or know of a URL on the web where one might reside? Lovely bio at son Jeff's site: http://jeffshaara.com/michaelbio.html Thank you.

On magic: http://www.conjuringarts.org/library/index.shtml On parapsychology: http://www.parapsychology.org/dynamic/030000.html William M. Klimon

Two questions... The First trade edition of Cornwell's "Postmortem" - is it the same size as the book club edition or the larger trade format? The same question for John Grisham's "Time for Killing", the Wydham edition. Hugs, Willow

This is an exchange about flatsign from 2001 - please note the heavy irony in Geoff Baere's post .... From: (paghat) Newsgroups: rec.collecting.books Subject: when the inmates run the asylum... Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 14:48:56 -0700 Organization: Happy Smiley...

I just picked up a Dan Brown Digital Fortress (hard cover) with BOTH a 10 9 8 7 6 4 3 2 1 number line AND "Revised Edition: May 2004" written on the copyright page. I didn't know revised edtions HAD print number lines! This was printed by Thomas Dunne Books (an imprint of St. Martin's...

A few years ago I acquired a four-volume American History set written by Reverend William Winterbotham. I am trying to find out something about him, other than he wrote the books while he was in a British prison (and this I learned from a listing of a similar set on ABE - and I take most things...

....your spouse starts up an auction site for the sole purpose of selling them off. *** Academic's book collection will be history thanks to wife JILL BLAKE Scotsman.com News AS a historian he is expected to be well read, but years spent trawling

Hi All, Has anyone hear anything (goo or bad) about this member, "flatsign"? He has had SIX previous eBay names since March of 2002, but he seems to have some really nice stuff. Should I be concerened, or is this dealer on the up and up? Cheers,

I just noticed what I take to be an "innovation" on Google Groups. I seems that we can no longer reply to the group to messages that are a month old or older. What gives? William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com

Just saw this today: http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/rare/dictsweb William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com

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Hello, thanks in advance for any replies! I have a copy of J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey. It's a greyish-blue (I'm colorblind, so work with me here) hardcover, with the dust jacket. Publisher is Little Brown. Copyright appears to be 1955, then it shows the dates 1957 and 1961. It clearly states...

Hi, I have a 1st edition Barbara Taylor Bradford hardback and the page ends look as though they have been separated with a hacksaw - they are very rough indeed. A friend said it looked as though they had been stuck into the boards backwards? Does anyone know why they have not been done...

Another book-collecting, public-spirited John Wilson: http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=33770 William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com

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Sorry. This is the UK version of the book. Michael

Hi All. Does anyone know the first edition number line for Voyager, the sci-fi/fantasy imprint of HarperCollins? I have 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. Just wanted to comfirm...

An excellent seemingly homo-erotic book written by Lawrence of Arabia. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7005294146 Thanks for looking!