To balance some of the negative comments about Abe round here recently, I'd like to speak in praise of their want list feature. A few days ago a US bookseller listed a book which I have been in search of for years, Frank Harris's little-known novel "Love in Youth". Within a few minutes I had...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29230&item=3589312641 check out the picture. Robert The sound of gunfire, off in the distance, I'm getting used to it now Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto, I've lived all over this town This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,...

Interactive Fiction is the convergence of technology and books creating a rich experience of prose that involves the reader directly. Not to be confused with e-books, Interactive Fiction demands direct involvement of the reader who decides how the story develops. Interactive Fiction is comes in...

I collect Haiblum, but except for some uncorrected proofs, there isn't much that's hard to find, as he mostly did pbos, so I was happy to find the following for $25. Haiblum, Isidore The Tsaddik of the Seven Wonders 1971 Ballantine NY. First edition. Author's first book. Inscribed to Christopher...

Can anyone tell me whether the UK and US editions of this were published simultaneously, or whether there was a time lag? I don't have Brennan's bibliography of Greene to hand (doubtless the answer will be found there) and I can't track this one down in any of my other...

I'm only now cataloguing crap I've purchased over the last month or two, so my brags come in clumps. The only outstanding feature of this item is that I bought it on Ebay for $9.99 plus shipping. It's rather sad, in a way. Springer, Nancy Chance 1987 Baen NY. Typescript of this collection of...

Jumping on the bandwagon of recent brags, I received my "Major brag" yesterday. For $35. for My Sentimental Library, I acquired a book from the library of "Major" J.R. Abbey, with his bookplate attached. The book, Gabriel Austin's The Grolier Club Iter Italicum, New York,1963, contains a typed...

Adapted from a news article in today's issue of the Chicago Tribune: The school district in Waukegan, Illinois (population about 90,000) may close its elementary school libraries in order to convert the space to classrooms. The schools are faced with enrollment increases which exceed the...

I have a copy of "The Ascentof Everest" by John Hunt published by Hodder & Stoughton. On the copyright page, it states "first printed 1953". There is no other indication that would indicate editions or printings. Can anyone help me? Art Layton Stamford CT

Hello, To make a collection, I'm looking for the book of Antoine de Saint Exupery, "the little Prince" in all language except in french. (any sort a book, not especialy old or special versions) So, if you got it & you doesn't want it anymore, please, leave me a mail directly to...

I am trying to locate a source from which to purchace a series of books called The Pathfinder Series. The main character was named Henry Ware. The events take place roughly during the Revolutionary War era. This was historical fiction written for youth/teens sometime before the 1940"s. If...

occasionally when i hit search the page clears instead. at first i thought maybe i was hitting the wrong button by mistake. but it's happened a few time too often for that. anyone else getting this? Robert The sound of gunfire, off in the distance, I'm getting used to it now

Hello. I will be moving to a new apartment in a few weeks and I am in the process of packing up my books. I have 200 to 300 books and have outgrown my tiny apartment so I'm moving to a bigger one. So I can have room for more books. The irony is that I'm wishing I didn't have so many books to lug...

"Part of the very RARE dust jacket to this book (I've only run across one of these volumes complete with jacket) is glued to inside pages---that's a GOOD thing!" http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3587664007 Well, I guess it's conceivable that a jacket could be so rare (this one...

Hello everyone Does anyone have a copy of Goldstone & Payne handy? I have what seems to be a first UK edition of In Dubious Battle, Heinemann 1936, in dust jacket. The rear panel has two reviews of Tortilla Flat, noting the price of that book at 7s. 6d. net, and mention of To A God Unknown, 7s....

Picked up at a local Friends of the Library store (for less than a dollar) a copy of Jorge Luis Borges "An Introduction to American Literature", first English language edition, University of Kentucky Press, 1971. It is ex-library, but I do not care. It is sufficiently scarce that I did not even...

On 17 Feb 2004 04:42:37 -0800, (John R. Yamamoto-Wilson) wrote: Just out of interest, does anyone out there have any idea *why* the rec.collecting books newsgroup is so frequently targeted by bigots? We've had citizens of the United States of America (God bless...

Can anyone suggest, from personal experience, some bookshops to search in the Naples, Florida area? I'm looking for collectable books in the areas of mystery/suspense and fine literature (Steinbeck, Hemingway, etc.). Thanks for your help. Les

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