Does this sound like you? http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/12/30/man.trapped.ap/index.html Art Layton Stamford CT

I have two copies of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by RL Stevenson, 1886. Both copies match all aspects of the first American edition in boards. Both copies are identitical except in one respect ... size. One copy is approx. 1/4" - 3/8" larger, taller and wider. Beinecke edition is...

I am looking for good condition copies of Popular Mechanics Magazine from the 1950's. Price depending on condition of item

Spot visit to Public Records Office tommorow - any great bookshops in that area, or tubeable in 10-20 minutes? Someone in the shop recomended John Thornton on the Fulham Road - any info on this? May venture into central London if time permits and hope to go to the British Museum group as on...

I have an art book that I'm interested in selling or trading. I've only found a few copies of it online, so I think it is rare. Here is an example: http://www.usedbookcentral.com/cgi-bin/texis/scripts/ubc/searchbooks.html?type=exact&item=3fc1d20924 1985 Mouron, Henri. A.M. CASSANDRE. 314 pp....

I have an art book that I'm interested in selling or trading. I've only found a few copies of it online, so I think it is rare. Here is an example: http://www.usedbookcentral.com/cgi-bin/texis/scripts/ubc/searchbooks.html?type=exact&item=3fc1d20924 1985 Mouron, Henri. A.M. CASSANDRE. 314 pp....

I have two copies of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by RL Stevenson, 1886. Both copies match all aspects of the first American edition in boards. Both copies are identitical except in one respect ... size. One copy is approx. 1/4" - 3/8" larger, taller and wider. Beinecke edition is...

I am just beginning to get exciting about my Washington Trip, in early Feb and am lloking for a bit of advice. Hoping to get quite a few books due to the low dollar/high pound situation - new and secondhand. Most here know my interests are eclectic - Waugh, Greene, Auden, Orwell, T.E. Lawrence,...

I would be interested in hearing from others who are collecting first and/or signed editions of the following authors: John Dunning Stephen Hunter Thanks, Les

Hi! I have noticed several Easton Press Signed First Edition science fiction books. The particular one I got curious about is Solis by A. A. Anttanasio There is an Easton Press signed first on Ebay at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3569037716&category=2232&rd=1 but, according...

Hi all-- Hope you'll forgive the newbie question. I had the proverbial find in the attic earlier this week, stumbling across a set of JRR Tolkein's Lord of the Rings trilogy, the 1965 Houghton Mifflin Revised Second Edition. The books are, to the casual eye, in pretty good but not great shape--the...

CHARTER: rec.collecting.books rec.collecting.books is an unmoderated group for the discussion of all aspects of book collecting. A list of a few (and certainly not all) appropriate topic areas follows: * first edition points * detailed annotated bibliographies * tips on book preservation and...

Can anyone suggest a means of making contact with others who share my interest in collecting books on various specific topics? Is there another newsgroup for this purpose? I've seen no posts here that seem to have this purpose. Thanks for any comments!

Is anyone aware of any book or resource that provides technical assistance in establishing an online bookselling business. I realize that at best I will probably breakeven with such a venture, but it might be source of funds for covering some of purchases. At least it might make my wife a bit more...

Hi Have various books for sale, mainly humour but updating all the time. http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=cry5y&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50

2 Rand McNally & Co.s 1894 - Indexed Atlas of the World...Foreign Countries & the U.S. I am considering selling these two books. 22 1/4" x 16". " in Color & Black & White. The condition of all the inside pages are in ...

Anyone know of a resource to buy chinese language versions of english language books (fiction and non-fiction)? I've found a few sites on the web but very limited items.

Looking for a book entitled: "Radar Spelled Backwards" by Harold A. Zahl, Vantage Press 1972 Standard Book No. 553-00147-1 Thanks Jim Hawkins e-mail

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