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HONEST MONEY MAKING by Bill Davis
Follow the directions below and in two weeks you'll have up to $20000.00 in your PayPal account. There is a very high rate of participation in the program because of its low investment and high rate of return. Just $5.00 to one person! THAT'S ALL !!! If you are a skeptic and don't think the...
March 28th 04 10:18 PM
by Bill Davis Go to last post
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A different kind of price gouger by palmer.william
Usually when we refer to a book dealer as a price gouger, we mean that he tries to squeeze out every penny he can on every book he sells. Let me tell you about someone far worse than your garden variety price gouger-- a genial Jack the Ripper of paperbacks who has literally gouged out the prices...
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March 29th 04 05:45 AM
by Courtney Love Go to last post
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Isaac Ambrose and John Bunyan by John Yamamoto-Wilson
I already posted the following to the Exlibris mailing list, and didn't get anything very solid in reply, so I thought I'd give it a whirl here, in case anyone's got any useful suggestions: Repost from Exlibris archives: ____________________________________________ I would very much appreciate...
March 30th 04 11:56 AM
by John Yamamoto-Wilson Go to last post
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Brag, to me by Dan
I have never posted here but have been reading posts for awhile. I am new to book collecting, mainly collect only authors that I like, and as a side collection I collect books about armageddon/end of the world. Today I went to a combined antiques/book fair in Richmond, Virginia. Not many...
March 30th 04 08:51 PM
by Dan Go to last post
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For Auction: Rare Jean Plaidy Hardback 1st THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS by Jim
Hi Up for auction on ebay.co.uk is a lovely copy of Plaidy's Prince of Darkness. It's a rare first edition, first printing in great condition and starting at a low price. A nice copy to add to your collection. Please take a look and good luck with your...
March 30th 04 09:21 PM
by Jim Go to last post
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Looking for Godowsky Collection music book by MyPC
*** post for FREE via your newsreader at post.newsfeed.com *** I'm looking for Godowsky Collection music book Vol 1 to 4. Used books with good condition are welcome. If you have one of these book, please write me an email with your best offer.
March 31st 04 12:00 AM
by MyPC Go to last post
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Big apology from Jim by Jim
To all members of this board. I'm quite new to using groups, but I should have known better and checked your rules. I'm really sorry for posting links to my auctions in this group. After the first one, members asked me to stop but because of the time lag I didn't know how to stop the...
March 31st 04 08:15 AM
by Jim Go to last post
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E-book of Croatia by Encyclopedia Touristica
Encyclopedia Touristica is an interactive multimrdia guide of tourist, gastronomy, culture and history offer of the Croatia on CD-Rom. Get it today at http://www.en-tur.com/order.asp.
March 31st 04 02:06 PM
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Adventures with old books #3 by John Yamamoto-Wilson
Of all the areas of book-collecting one can engage in here in Japan (and, by the way, here is a useful website someone put together that gives some idea of the variety possible: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4824/jp-hama.htm), buying manga has to be the most hit-and-miss. This is because most...
March 31st 04 06:02 PM
by John Yamamoto-Wilson Go to last post
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Follow-up on Book Deodorizer by Art Layton
I have tried this product on two volumes of a four-volume set that reeked (at least to my nose) of cigarette smoke. I put one book in a box with book deodorizer sprinkled around and in the pages. Sealed the box. Another book went into a trash bag and was not tightly sealed. After two days, the...
April 1st 04 03:37 PM
by Art Layton Go to last post
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Major Brag by Diane
This morning I was searching down the back of my settee for some loose change for the bus to work, when my hand touched against some paper. For one moment I thought I had got lucky and found a £10 note. Imagine my surprise when a finally pulled the paper object out from it's hiding place, to...
April 2nd 04 11:35 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Combining collections; a process query by bookkeeper
Greetings, Has anybody had the experience of combining one or more large collections of books together? I've been tiptoeing around this project all winter, but I'm going to have to tackle it in the next few weeks. I have my own books, and two largish, inherited, collections to join together; in...
April 3rd 04 03:15 AM
by KevinKJT Go to last post
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Book Collection Offshoots by Jerry Morris
I finally got around to following Bill Klimon's lead, and got my own Blogger account to write my thoughts in. Here's my first effort: http://moibibliomaniac.blogspot.com/ Cheers, Jerry Morris
April 4th 04 04:29 AM
by Jerry Morris Go to last post
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Ancient & Modern Scottish Songs 1776 David Herd by -=Psxforever=-
Anyone know what this book is worth? I can email pictures if necessary. This book was first published in 1769 as one volume and it was expanded to two volumes in 1776. This is volume 2 only of the 1776 edition. The book is 283 pages in total and measures 7¼ x 4¼ inches. It was printed...
April 4th 04 06:08 PM
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1853 Fora's Dictionary and color plates ?? by richard
I have a copy of an 1853 Flora's Dictionary by E.W. Wirt. It contains nine color plates (two additional plates have been removed at some time in the past). This edition was published by Lucas Brothers of Baltimore and was a presentation edition with a presentation color plate page and Mrs Wirt's...
April 5th 04 12:09 AM
by John Yamamoto-Wilson Go to last post
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I think I have a brag by braves-lady
Went to the friends of the library sale today but I was tired, the auditorium looked way too big. Browsed around the mystery and scifi sections, got firsts of Asimov's Robots of Dawn and Bradbury's Graveyard for Lunatics; picked up and put down a lot I would have gotten if I hadn't just bought too...
April 6th 04 12:53 AM
by braves-lady Go to last post
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A farewell to arms 1929 by Gil
Hello Everybody, I am not an experienced collector (at least not yet), so, please, bear with me. I have a 1929 Scribner edition of "A farewell to arms" and trying to figure out if it is the first state or not. Black cloth with gold pastedown on front cover containing title and author's name...
April 6th 04 08:14 PM
by Gil Go to last post
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Hunting without Tears 1st. ed. 1938 vintage FA by Tylwyth
Hunting without Tears Hardback Captain Lionel Dawson Ills. Maurice Tulloch Pub. Country Life Good condition,no real damage ,a few small dents to boards.Also slight fading. Very desirable Hunting book.Packed with lots of wonderful illustrations,fascinating read,hunting in 1930s England.
April 6th 04 11:44 PM
by Tylwyth Go to last post
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new page up! by kcat
New listing in my auctions! check em out! http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/ryans77
April 7th 04 01:31 AM
by kcat Go to last post
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A Farewell To Arms 1929 HELP needed to identify edition!!! by Gil
Hello Everybody, I am not an experienced collector (at least not yet), so, please, bear with me. I have a 1929 Scribner edition of "A farewell to arms" and trying to figure out if it is the first state or not. Black cloth with gold pastedown on front cover containing title and author's name...
April 7th 04 05:33 AM
by Gil Go to last post
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