"Bud Webster" wrote in message ... Right. Even if they're only assembling a working library for research, rather than collecting for perceived value or "investment," they're still collecting. It's terribly...

In article LmfQc.9549$Bb.4256@lakeread08, (William M. Klimon) wrote: (3) Major brag: a bright VG+/F 1st edition of Patricia Cornwell's POST MORTEM (1990), a book I've never seen before (not even later printings). IWHT it pretty difficult to avoid!!

Someone here mentioned obtaining several Man from UNCLE books at a sale a while back. I was wondering just how collectable these are? I have several and have tried putting them up on ebay but got no response. Are any more collectable than others - the David MacDaniel ones for example? Jim Barker

Now I have found a book that my mother had wrapped in plastic as fragile. It is a full calf bound edition of the Complete Works of Alexander Pope, two volumes bound in one, New York: Leavitt and Allen (1848), quarto size, marbled endpapers, but with both hinges detached and the detached spine...

"Bud Webster" wrote I dunno, "poopyhead" is just so...childish. I'd prefer something a little more sophisticated. How about inflamed hemorrhoidal tissue? It really suits him perfectly! -- RWF

Can anyone tell me what edition I have of this Random House book? It has black boards with silver lettering on spine, no number line on the copyright page (1994), just ISBN--no price on dust jacket, but date on rear flap says "Printed in USA, c. 1993." Edition not stated. Could it be a book...

(PWTreasures) wrote in message ... I am taking offers for signed books. I have 10 boxes I am going through and the first has yeilded these two signed books. Mont Pelee and the Tragedy of Martinique by Angelo Heilprin...

(Jbrodie1750) wrote in message ... I collect books by the music lexicographer Nicolas Slonimsky for the simple reason that I love his quirky writing style and peculiar insights into music. I always thought that I was a...

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:36:10 +0100, "michael adams" wrote: While the only "support" Finnon actually got, was from Bud "The Lapdog" Webster, who apparently bases his whole posting style on that if his hero. And won't do anything unless Finnon goes first. See that,...

Rufus Firefly has already been exposed as one of John "String-Puller" Pelan's sock puppets. It / Pelan has been parodied in a short story in the journal WEIRDLY SUPERNATURAL. A graphic image appears on the Haunted Playground section of our website (accesed via the Eclectica link). Firefly aka...

In message , simonprocter112 writes If it doesn't tell you what edition it is then it's a first edition! Mine does have 1975 at the bottom of the title page and £3.50 on the jacket. That matches my copy, so I know it's not...

hello all, There was an estate sale of this guy who lived close to my father in law, in his basement he had a huge variety of books. we ended up with 7 Man from u.n.c.l.e. paperback books, all in just about mint condition. the spines weren't even cracked. he must have had some climate control...

"Wildwood" wrote in message ... On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 00:30:44 GMT, in rec.collecting.books John A. Stovall wrote: I'm sure this question will induce laughter but I actually mean...

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"michael adams" wrote in message ... What with the famine in Sudan, all these libraries thinking of selling stuff on Ebay, and now this, presumably things can't really get much worse for you, can they eh Jonathan? Your point?...

Are there collectors who collect scanned magazines and books AND (OR) scans of mag. covers / book covers (rare or not)? May be anyone know any Internet recources around this theme?

"Bud Webster" wrote in message ... Bidding starts at just $4.00!!!! Boy, are YOU going to get e-mail. And not friendly e-mail at that. Mangle your return address, or she will probably respond by spamming you!

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:30:48 +0100, Dave Roth wrote: Can anyone point me to an online retailer based in the UK that sells acid free/buffered card suitable for making book boxes? I buy mine at "Hobby World", a dreadful Crafte Shoppe that can be found on most large...

The idea of libraries going on-line to compete with used bookdealers troubles me a bit. Admittedly, my negative feelings arise from self interest. After all, on more than one occasion I have bought a book for a dollar or two at a local library store, paying, that is, a price far lower than the...

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...