I have two copies of Byatt's "Posession" from Random House 1990. One has the following printing line" "897" That appears to be straightforward. But, the other has the following: "|468B9753" That first character is the broken vertical line that you see on the

Before I start I must admit I also sell books on ebay. Now and again I suppose I could be accused of making a very ordinary book sound a bit more interesting than it actually is. Well if you visit this link I think you will agree that this seller has taken the art of bull**** to a new level. I'm...

After months of not-so-veiled references to having infiltrated by PC by John Pelan - which ran simultaneous with a sucession of PC problems, including the sudden deletion of a significant amount of data - I purchased a top-of-the-range internet security system and immediately discovered that...

John Stovall wrote: I've not done my homework on this but are people out there actively collecting those like the Aubrey/Maturin books? The short answer is yes, there is an active market for O'Brian's other books, several of which are scarcer and more expensive than "The Surgeon's Mate", the...

The Book: Letters of Sir Thomas Bodley to Thomas James, First Keeper of the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1926 The Provenance: 10 Nov. 1934: Presentation from Strickland Gibson, Keeper of the Bodleian Library to L.F. Powell, written on Bodleian Library Letterhead. 15 Oct. 1962: Presentation from...

The ebay link wasn't working on my last post so just copy this item number ( 6900120134 ) into the search section on ebay to find this must have book. Then check some of this guys other items for auction. In political circles I think they call it spin, the technical term used in the book dealing...

"John A. Stovall" wrote in message ... From the Salt Lake City Weekly, "Book 'em Ken! Ken Sanders' incredible adventures in the rare-book trade. " http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2004/feat_2004-05-27.cfm Very...

One of my leatherbound books has the leather cracking and chipping at the joints. Any idea what I cando to prevent further damage? snowstorm

"Bob Riedel" wrote: Arthur Wynne's December 1913 puzzle for the New York World generally gets the nod as the first true crossword puzzle. ... William M. Klimon ) replied: Will Shortz has a nice article on the history of the crossword...

1945 429 pages in good condition. tonyg

1951 with a meager 751 pages in good condition. tonyg

Hello, all: I'm new to this group but hoping that someone will be kind enough to point me in the right direction on this question. I have a Book League of America Edition (1938) of Du Maurier's "Rebecca", in blue cloth boards, gold lettering and designs on the spine, and what purports to be the...

I am thrilled to announce my website to this legendary newsgroup! The site is called "BookUse", and it can be found at http://members.cox.net/bookuse. Perhaps an easier to remember address is http://clik.to/bookuse. Culled from over 20 titles, many pamphlets and a few internet web sites, the...

Hey gang, I've opened a new ebay store selling books, cards and other items. Come and take a look. http://stores.ebay.com/therealscores-cards-and-books?refid=store Thanks, Frank

I ordered The Da Vinci Code from Doubleday Book Club. The edition I received states that it is a first printing (April 2003) and has the same ISBN no. as the "first printings" selling on the internet for almost $200 US. Considering I am under the impression that Book Club editions aren't valuable,...

and found the following calf bound book: The Muses Library : or, A series of English poetry ... Being a general collection of almost all the old valuable poetry extant ... by Langland, Gower, Chaucer, Lidgate ... &c London : Printed for James Hodges, 1741, edited by Elizabeth Cooper. The first...

I have a copy of "The Pulitzer Prize" by J. Douglas Bates here. "A Birch Lane Press Book, Published by Carol Publishing Group", 1991, it says in the colophon. But on the back of the jacket the first para of blurb reads: "A Selection of Reader's Digest Condensed Books - Today's Best Nonfiction"...

As a neophyte in the world of custom bindings, can anyone tell me the name of a binder, working in the 1970s, who signed his work with a divided year surrounding the initials "AB" ? e.g. "19AB72" Thanks! Harry ************************ The Woodland Hills Institute Centre for the Deconstructionist...

I have searched the internet high and low for a picture of a first edition of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I have found listings but they haven't included pics. I know the year is right and the publisher, but I'm not sure of the printing. I would like to sell this book eventually, but I want to...

!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en" html I collect 1st editions of both Bernard Cornwell’s “Richard Sharpe” novels and Don Winslow’s “Neal Carey” novels.  Right now I’m working on acquiring some of their earlier novels.  I’m a big fan of both authors, so...