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Your Spot On The Web by
mdobson
What is YOUR favorite spot to do online bookselling? Amazon
Marketplace? Amazon Auctions? Z Shops? eBay? Half.com? Yahoo Auctions?
Other?
Why?
Regards,
Michael
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February 22nd 06 03:14 AM
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Book Titles by
michael adams
How To Abandon Ship
Philip Richards and John J. Banigan
New York Cornell Maritime Press 1942 *
An Annotated Bibliography of Evaporation
Grace C.Livingstone
Washington D.C. **
*recorded in LOC
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Cataloguing software... Any advice? by
Michele Locati
Hi to everybody!
I collaborate in a non-profit association, which has a good library and
records about mountains.
There's a project for improving its information software/hardware. In
particular we're looking for a cataloguing software which should be
able to:
- manage up to about 10,000...
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No commercial postings, please! by
John Townsend
fundoc wrote
Calvo turpius est nihil compto
Sounds like one of Martial's epigrams?
John Townsend
Old Books on Genealogy and British Local History,
http://www.johntownsend.demon.co.uk
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February 20th 06 10:33 PM
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Book artist Rick Tuttle by
Jon Meyers
Yes, I'm about to post a link to a site where you can buy stuff, but
only because I want you to look at the cool pics.
http://www.ricktuttle.com/book.html
Michigan artist (among other things) Rick Tuttle has created some
astonishing & attractive bindings and housings for books. The bindings
are...
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The signing instrument by
Denton Taylor
Greetings all:
I note most authors these days sign with a 'Sharpie' or similar
instrument, instead of a ball point or fountain pen.
With all the debate about an inscribed book being better than a signed
book, since there is more writing to be studied, wouldn't a pen be
better than a sharpie, as...
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Advice about Adam's Rib by Graves by
Ted Jones
At the California Antiquarian Book Fair, I saw a copy of Adam's Rib by
Graves. The publisher is Trianon Press in a signed limited edition of 250.
I liked it. I resisted then. When I looked it up, there appears to be an
American Edition by Thomas Yoseloff limited to 100. Can anyone tell me...
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Books for a Penny by
mdobson
How can a bookseller *possibly* make a profit on selling a hardcover
book for a penny?! I just cannot get over seeing this on eBay, Amzon,
Yahoo!, etc.
Your thoughts?
Michael
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signed bookplates by
Sam
Yeah, I'll get blasted for the mercenary aspect of my question, but
when I buy books I have to "put a value" on each individual book I look
at ( I didn't win the $365 million Powerball and only have a budgeted
amount to spend on books)...so here's the question: How much value
does a signed...
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Fire At Wahrenbrock's by
Some Guy
It's always painful to read about someone intentionally setting fire to
a bookstore.
http://www.10news.com/news/7167777/detail.html
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Hunt for Red October by
mdobson
Quite the quagmire out there. So, how DOES one tell a TRUE first
printing from the book club edition?
Michael
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February 19th 06 01:41 AM
by mdobson
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Felix by Altemus by
bibliomaven
Hi-
I have ben looking for a copy of the hardcover book Felix the Cat by
Sullivan published by Henry Altemus in 1931. Any help?
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Has anyone ever seen this?! by
[email protected]
has anyone been on http://www.bookcovers.info some good stuff on
there - some things about book covers I never knew or even thought of!
"never judge a book by its cover.... again!!!!"
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Henry M. Stanley's Through the Dark Continent by
WDruid24
I recently bought a new 1988 Dover reprint of Volume 1 of Henry M. Stanley's
account of his travels through Africa, entitled "Through the Dark
Continent." (This is the same Stanley who located Dr. Livingston.) The
Dover publication is a reprint of the 1899 London edition published by
George...
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Query for Vietnam Collectors by
William M. Klimon
Anyone seen or heard tell of:
Benjamin L. Williams, THE PURPLE FOX (Chico, Calif.: Mach 1,
Incorporated, 2000).
Williams was a highly decorated Marine aviator in Vietnam:
http://www.hmm-364.org/williams-bl-index.html
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February 16th 06 01:11 PM
by fundoc
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Antique "Treasure Island" hardcover, No date. by
Oracle Phoenix
I found this antique copy of "Treasure Island" at a book sale several
years ago and I was hoping someone would be kind enough to take a look
at the information I have on it and maybe give me some idea of how old
it is and what it might be worth.
Everything I know about it can be found...
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February 15th 06 01:20 PM
by fundoc
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Amazon by
mdobson
What's everyone's take on the Amazon Auctions and Zshops? Any good,
or a waste of time?
Michael
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