I picked up a two volume set of Hugo's Les Miserables this weekend. I have done some research and have not been able to find it anywhere. (I checked addall.com, the LoC, Karlsruhe, etc.) It was published by William L. Allison & Co., New York. No date shown. The binding is quarter leather...

When I began collecting in the 1960s, the most common collecting category after modern firsts was Americana. That could be general, defined by period or theme . There does not seem to be as much of that, at least at New York book fairs. Two pioneers, batting the ball back and forth between them...

When I began collecting in the 1960s, the most common collecting category after modern firsts was Americana. That could be general, defined by period or theme . There does not seem to be as much of that, at least at New York book fairs. Two pioneers, batting the ball back and forth between them...

I have missed a lot of book fairs over the past three years, so I got to one, finally, I think the name is something like the Westside Loft Book Fair. They have a maximum number of 50 dealers. No one else can be in. For the most part they replicate each other. Most of them deal heavily in modern...

Thank you for the 2 thoughtful answers to my previous post re values of firsts, eBay, dealers. Now I have a specific example to discuss. I have a VF UK first copy of Michael Connelly's "The Last Coyote". I asked a local in town dealer about its possible worth and he said he wouldn't go out of his...

OK, I hope someone here (especially a book seller) can indulge me a bit and answer (or at least speculate on) the following questions. 1.) why is there such a HUGE range in dealer prices for identically graded books? (just check any fairly common first, say Postmortem $500- $1500 + for F/F) I...

What's a good place to place notices of books wanted to purchase (without getting inundated)?

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Granted I did not get there until 3:15 the first day, so I missed the initial rush. But they had advertised 80,000 books. I found 10 that I wanted enough to buy. The lighting in the elderly mansion where the sale was held was abysmal. The staff had to put up harsh, glaring worklamps clamped...

Ever get annoyed by weasel-word listers? I do. Here are a few of common weasel-words which I find especially offensive. Perhaps the most abused weasel words of all are simply that helpful little modal auxiliary verb "may." There is no need to expatiate on this at length when one simple...

Hi, a few books in my personal library have some strange reddish stains along the upper border. I've just posted on Flickr some photos about this issue: see http://www.flickr.com/photos/7780863@N06/ The books are 5-6 years old. What could be the cause? Mould, moisture, bad quality paper? Must I...

Does anyone have any more information on Dr. Delmer Eugene Croft of New Haven, Connecticut? He wrote some positive thinking type booklets around 1915-1922. There is literally nothing about him I can find on the Internet, and I was wondering if anyone has come across his name before or might have...

There are 3 different lots this week in our ebay store at Buqunist. Lots are as follows: Lot of 6 Literature Classics Books-Ibsen-Oscar Wilde Store link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=011&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320101456170&rd=1&rd=1

Can anyone explain how can it be worth it for anybody to sell used books for $0.01 on Amazon? Even considering shipping allowance seller still has to go through the trouble of packing it, printing a label, shipping and also paying some fee to Amazon - all out of total $3.50. Where is the profit...

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Here's a contest about such things: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070309/K03099AU.html What's the oddest book title you've ever come across?

At my local Goodwill the lady in charge of pricing books has promoted herself to "book expert" They have taken to the practice of looking books up on ABE taking the highest priced listing (and I think we all know how prices range on ABE), printing it out and placing it in the book and then...

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