I'm looking for any and all information on the bibliophile's magazine, Reading and Collecting: A Monthly Review of Rare and Decent Books, edited by famed bookman Ben Abrams between 1936 and 1938. I'm especially looking for contents listings for the December 1937 issue, as well as those right...

Hey folks! I have a several questions regarding the Dungeons & Dragons handbook called Deities and Demigods by James Ward with Robert Kuntz, first published in 1980. The first and second editions contained material from H. P. Lovecraft and Michael Moorcock that encountered copyright disputes. This...

Hi Group, I'm new to this group, so bear with me if this question has been posed before. I'm a fledgling Georgette Heyer collector--I've read all the books, but only have a couple of first editions. My search for more has so far come up empty! my favorite titles (CORINTHIAN, FOUNDLING, GRAND...

Greetings all: I know we're supposed to protect dust wrappers with protective covers, which I do religiously. But has anyone come across a book being damaged by one? I have a photo book, 'Social Graces', Larry Fink, Powerhouse, 2001. The inside front and rear pastedowns are sort of...

How did you learn the book trade? How did you learn what was valuable and what wasn't? Any funny stories along the way?

And the ONE BOOK is THE BIBLE !!! Burn all your other books, because they're BLASPHEMY !!! Keep THE BIBLE and read the BIBLE. And thou shalt not read other books beside THE BIBLE or GOD will punish you !!!

Hi Group, I'm new to this group, so bear with me if this question has been posed before. I'm a fledgling Georgette Heyer collector--I've read all the books, but only have a couple of first editions. My search for more has so far come up empty! my favorite titles (CORINTHIAN, FOUNDLING, GRAND...

Fulcrum: an annual of poetry and aesthetics, Number Four, 2005, edited by Philip Nikolayev and Katia Kapovich 540 pp., perfectbound WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY: W. N. Herbert, Don Share, David Lehman, Ben Mazer, Paul Muldoon, David Kennedy, Joe Green, Alexei Tsvetkov, Carl Martin, Michael Palmer,...

Ever been reading a book, turn two pages instead of one page, and have the text read right along with the previous sentence, and be quite funny? In the book "Adventures of a Mathematician", Ulam, 1976, page 145. End of page 145 reads... The project site was about forty miles northwest of Sante...

One of the authors I collect is John Buchan. Recently I saw a 1st ed. copy of "The Island of sheep" complete with a yellow dust jacket. The DJ had sticker attached indicatiing the the book had a heavy binding for library use. The book itself is no different to other Hodder and Stoughton bindings....

I have an old book which would not be particularly valuable even in good condition (maybe $50), but my copy has the back cover completely detached and the front cover partially detached. I want to repair it, but not in any way that would further decrease its value (assuming that's possible!). How...

Hi, Hope you pros can help me determine what my next step is to sell this book are. I think it is very special. Here is the info: Collectible - Very Good Comments: Black Hardback. London: C. F. Cazenove; The Royal Publishing Company. Los Angeles, CA. 1908. Verso page says, Copyright 1908 by

Hi, I think I might have one the of the first editions of the philosopher's stone, how do I check, does anyone know? Is there a 100% certain way of knowing by for example, the ISBN? Thanks to any replies in advance, Morgan

Hello I was wondering if anyones heard of a book set called Fairy Tales That- Teach? The set is in a hard plastic case and contains 5 tapes 9 a little golden book's and 1 book titled my favorite songs and 1 learning guide. I have searched the internet and can not find any information on this book...

If you enjoy literary pranks, check out this web page about a group that recently set up a book signing for Anton Chekov in a major chain bookstore. (The page uses the term "agents" refering to the organizers/executers of the prank.) http://www.improveverywhere.com/mission_view.php?mission_id=38

See the charter: http://www.massmedia.com/~mikeb/rcb/charter.html See the FAQs: http://www.massmedia.com/~mikeb/rcb/ John

for the discriminating Japanese Prints Collector: listed at ebay with no reserve: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7368024212 UKIYO-E TAIKEI: SURVEY OF JAPANESE PRINTS. 17 VOL. SET WITH OVER 4085 COLOR & B.W. ILLUSTRATIONS. Please give this page some time to load - I uploaded...

The word "crisp" is my most hated bibliographic descriptive term. It is right up there with "nice". The bookseller may as well say "L@@K!" How did such a useless, UNdescriptive term become common parlance for people describing books! So I looked at the IOBA site. "FINE (F): Approaches the above,...

All at this link, highest starting bid $9.99 (Usually for 20+ comics) http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZwavejoyQQhtZ-1

I'm loooking for information on the ID codes used by Pyramid Books in the mid 1960's. The paperbacks generally had two book identity codes, one in the upper left corner and another on the spine, the former being imbedded in the latter. Thus, the front cover might say "T-1974" for the book "True...