I have a copy of the Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, 2nd printing, Alfred Knopf, 1939. The cloth along the rear outer hinge is splitting about 2 1/2 inches in length. What sort of glue would be appropriate for this repair and what is the best way to apply it. The separation is quite narrow. Thanks...

Hello everyone, I have a friend that is looking for a personalized embossed book stamp. I've searched on-line to find a company that offers such an item but came up empty. Can anyone recommend a company that can make this type of stamp? It's mainly for books that are lent out and "mysterious"...

Yesterday I picked up a copy of Giovanni Boccaccio, "The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love", Three Sirens Press, 1931, Limited Edition, No. 1181 of 1500, with its clear glassine or cellophane wrapper still present, but torn in several places, including at the spine. I have some...

I have a very rare paperback book which has a loose page. Can I easily repair this or should I take it somewhere to be repaired? What to do?

Hello, I have a signed 1st edition copy of "Our Stone Pelted Planet" by H.H. Nininger complete with dust jacket in very good condition. Does anyone have any idea how much its worth? I know copies of the book sell for $300-$500 but I've never seen a signed first edition. Thanks in advance. ~~K

okay, its a long shot but I'd need to know... was this book by this author originally written in (most likely choices) french or english? or was it yet another language. regards. please remove spam if emailing me.

I was given years ago a copy of Tennyson's THE DEATH OF OENONE AKBAR'S DREAM AND OTHER POEMS, published by Macmillan, 1892. Green cloth cover. Is this the first edition? What is its value? Thanks for the help. Eugene Montague Wake Forest, NC, USA

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Or, more specifically, how many authors have become eponyms for their books--or perhaps a genre of books? These come immediately to my mind: Bartlett's (Quotations) Webster's (Dictionary) Fowler's (Modern English Usage) Gray's (Anatomy) Black's (Law Dictionary)

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So what do you think: Is a complete collection of signed firsts by a single writer greater than the sum of its parts? If I find a writer I am particularly taken by, I chase down all the works by that author and attempt to get them signed. For arguments' sake, let's say a writer has ten novels...

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Philip Nikolayev interviewed by Jack Alun on the Argotist website: http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Nikolayev%20interview.htm (The font may appear too small in some Browsers, in which case try View Text Size Larger.) Nikolayev's latest collection of poems, Monkey...

.. . . on the value of libraries (and the author even sneaks in a couple of brags and a reference to one of those eponymous reference books): http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=0gixexfr1qnuloqnx6pvokmo3ek5o8np William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com

Hello all. Group newbie here. I've a question I've just posed to Random House but have little hope of getting a reply. OK, so in the last move, I was horrified to find a review slip at the bottom of a box that carried four collectible Capote titles ranging from 1948 (Other Voices, Other Rooms, 1st...

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I was thinking the other day that it would be beneficial to the bookselling industry if the public was more intelligent. Ocassionally, conspiracy theorists worry about the "dumbing down" of the population for some nefarious reason. It seems that if many people are getting less capable of reading...