I have recently been informed that Jerry Kunz's excellent Barry Hughart website is defunct. I would like to contact Jerry (or Barry) regarding transferring some of the content of that site to mine. Please reply to this posting, or to mikeb-at-barryhughart-dot-com....

CHARTER: rec.collecting.books rec.collecting.books is an unmoderated group for the discussion of all aspects of book collecting. A list of a few (and certainly not all) appropriate topic areas follows: * first edition points * detailed annotated bibliographies * tips on book preservation and...

A while back, I believe it was on this news group, someone built bookshelves and very proudly sent pictures. If that person is still around, would he please resend the pictures. I was very impressed with the construction and would like to show them to my son. Thanks in advance, Art

What a treasure. I read it first, and this pair, movie and book, is rare in that they complement each other. ---Mike "braves-lady" wrote in message news:FxS0b.3015$xf.1098@lakeread06... Thought some of you might like to know I did get my signed copy; haven't had it...

KNIGHTS OF DARK RENOWN - HB UK 1st - David Gemmell ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a first edition hardback copy of the "Knights of Dark Renown" by David Gemmell published by Legend in 1989. The book is in excellent condition and is complete...

I started out collecting first edition mysteries, preferably signed. I still don't know why. But I had this empty bedroom I could put bookcases in, I've read mysteries since I can't remember when (seems to be a personal challenge to figure it out before the author spills the beans) so I began. At...

"Francis A. Miniter" wrote in message ... I have tried the last two days to find www.rarebooks.org and have utterly failed. Does anyone know what happened? Francis A. Miniter Looks like the site is still down. The domain name is registered until...

The more book hunting I do the more I seem to be developing a sixth sense for books. Not that I've found that many really earth-shattering brags, but just the little interesting finds that keep one going. My sixth sense seems particularly to be leading me to signed copies--not least to my copy of...

Last night, when moving boxes in the basement, I came across a true find. My set of authors cards from the 1950s, purchased by my mother for me for the price of 15 cents. Curiously, though, even before they were found, I have been ruminating on the effect of such games on our perception of both...

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Can someone point me to a list of points for a first of "Tender Is The Night"? Thanks! "Justice is as strictly due between neighbor nations as between neighbor citizens. A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang, as when single; and a nation that makes an unjust war is only a...

Hello all, I have a bit of a dilemma that I'd like to have you all's input on: I have two copies of Guy Gavriel Kay's _Tigana_, not a particularly valuable book, but one that I admire. Both copies are first US editions, and I paid the same for both ($1). One is what I suppose is VG--nothing...

I have a copy of Phantoms by Dean R.Koontz, published by W.H.Allen. The ISBN is 0491030312. There is no printed price on the dust jacket, and the only date is the copyright of 1983. Would anyone know if this is a 1st edition. http://members.ebay.co.uk/aboutme/romford2415/

Anyone else collect bookmarks from book stores and libraries? i like bookmarks when they are interesting to me personally. There was a time when i bought bookplates so that one would know to whom the book belonged.

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:35:36 -0500, "Jon Meyers" declared: And an additional inscription, as Jessica notes, would certainly make the book more desirable. funny, the common thinking among booksellers (and signed book buyers) is that a personal inscription lessens the...

The following used book fairs are scheduled in September. For details about specific fairs, as well as fairs scheduled after September, please check the Used & Antiquarian Book Fair Calendar link at: http://www.bookhunterpress.com Note: If a fair lasts more than one day, only the first day is...

Hello, In the very helpful article Jessica Amanda Salmonson wrote, "Where Do Booksellers Find All Those Books?" (http://www.violetbooks.com/where-oh-where.html), she mentions "the generically named "Book Sales" catalog. I did a Yahoo search to try and find it, but such a generically named place...

I've been using the free fadedgiant.net page but it only contain samples for the more well-known authors. Does anyone know of one with more selections (and a good search function, of course) -- my websearches invariably leads me back to fadedgiant. And BTW... Specifically, I'm looking for...

Does anybody know what's the date for the annual "New York Is Book Country" street fair? -- Bob Finnan The Hardy Boys Unofficial Home Page http://www.Hardy-Boys.net New & Out Of Print Books, Books-On-Tape, Videos, DVDs, CD-ROMs For Sale http://users.arczip.com/fwdixon/hbsale.htm To reply: replace...

You folks were so helpful last time, I thought I'd try you with another one. I get the gist but I don't get the specific. Here goes: There's Buckley's chance of his being noticed, unless he did something to make himself conspicuous. [The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori by Robert Barnard) So, who's...