I have some books I want to store in an outside building which is protected from the elements (e.g. rain, wind, dust, etc). They will be in small sealed, cardboard boxes (12' x 12" x 12"). I am thinking of also wrapping them in plastic stretch wrap (the stuff they use on shipping pallets) thus...

sorry if this is out of place on this group. i am looking for a copy of 'los varios efectos de amor en cinco novelas ejemplares' by alonso alcala y herrera. one of the novelas in it is called 'los dos soles de toledo.' i tried amazon, barnes and noble, the strand, and a couple websites for "rare...

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It occurs to me that some of the disagreement which arises in this newsgroup crops up because a number of posters write from the standpoint of the dealer and/or investor, rather than from the collector with a love of books. While in many cases the resulting viewpoints do not need to conflict at...

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Can anyone give me some information about the worth of my 1954 Encyclopedia Britannica 23 volume set? It's almost never been used, and is in good shape. If you can give me any leads on how much it's worth (or where I can get this information) it would be greatly appreciated.

Yesterday I went into my local FOTL bookstore and found that they must have received a donation recently from the household of a serious reader. And, it seems, they missed the significance of at least one book. I picked up a first printing of Alan Hollinghurst's 1988 novel "The Swimming Pool...

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I hope this post is somewhat on-topic, but if not, please direct me to more appropriate sources of information. I need help on what I believe is leather deterioration on some old books (copyright 1899) - I'd like to know what's the proper way to clean it up as best as possible. I'm not trying to...

i just got a book on type and it has water damage, my question is what is the best way to seperate the pages that are stuck together and there is mold on the cover, how can i treat this and get rid of the mold?

I recently won an ebay auction for a nice copy of the Heritage Press edition of Saint-Simon's MEMOIRS (1959). I'm very pleased with the overall condition of the book, but when I examine it closely, I see that the cloth on the spine has darkened compared with the covers (which of course have been...

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Offered at £20. Exploration of the Moon by A.C.Clarke, published 1954 by Frederick Muller Ltd London. Hard back, slightly damaged jacket. Interested? Email me

Two days ago, I went to a hearing in Waterbury, Connecticut, and exited from the highway to the city by a different route than usual. It led me past a bookstore that I had not known about before - The John Bales Book Company. So much later in the day, after the hearing was over, I went over...

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I am looking at acquiring a copy of Shakespeare's Third Folio. The problem (as with most Folios) is imperfections. In this case, about 4% of the leaves are facsimile, and about 6% come from another volume of the Folio. Most of the facsimile pages are in the prefatory material (and this...

Bad day today. Too much work, people coming in from out of town, and just feeling like crap. Then came the high spot - the mail. With it came a package, a nice copy of Weinbaum's _The Black Flame_, Fantasy Press 1948. Book was tight, jacket a tad rubbed and some wear at the edges, but overall...

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