It seems this writer has become very collectible... I have his "Invisible Monsters" - autographed. A very friendly bookstore is close by his home and will get the books autographed if you wish free. So mine cost about $15 with shipping, and I noted the same book on Abebooks...

I do a lot of "cross border" purchasing. The problem is not the cost of books, but the cost of freight if sent individually. Another issue is that many - especially the eBay types - gouge madly on freight costs. A book being sent to Canada generally costs $6 or so. I have had some dealers try...

Now, I was initially interested in this book due to the asking price. High considering that Grisham's first and rarer book can be had for much...

Well, with three sales now under by belt, as it were, I have topped $10,000. The last - 22 books for $3000. It seems I have discovered a market, one that needs little tending. The total advertising for the three sales was six e-mails outbound. I think I'll keep this going for time. My...

Does anyone else out there collect Robert B. Parker? I have recently started with this writer. The recent works, back to the late eighties are complete but one wonders about strange items such as the "Spenserian Sonnet" and more. "Spenser's Boston" looks like an interesting addition. Aside from...

There must be something strange about Colleen's books. ABEBooks highest listing is now: Creed for the Third Millennium (ISBN: 0356120511) McCullough, Colleen Bookseller: Duvelle Books (Belper, DE, United Kingdom) Price: US$ 2258.70 Book Description: Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd, London, 1985....

Okay, another question... I have just acquired a "First Edition", one of 150 published by a trade publisher, numbered and signed by the writer and slipcased. In all ways a duplicate of the First Trade edition save for the absence of a dustjacket. Can anyone tell me the "history" of this type of...

I came across a few interesting titles while hunting the other day. A paperback copy of "DR WHO in an Exciting Adventure with the DALEKs". Not knowing anything about science fiction, I picked it up for the quarter asked. 1965 Armada edition, and presumably the first paperback. Nice shape but I...

This is a delight - and not the London trial. Instead, this goes to the heart of the mater. http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002614037 http://davincicrock.blogspot.com/ http://www.davincilegacy.com/Infringement/

http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/isbn/us/isbnqa.asp -- Hugs, Willow

http://www.realestatejournal.com/homegarden/19990727-lowell.html -- Hugs, Willow

I have read about them, but this is the first time I have dealt with one... A fellow called yesterday, after we had had some a-mail exchanges. In a big eastern city, he scouts books and thought he could help find some of the titles I am after. The set-up goes like this: 1. If he finds a book I...

I am way up here in Prince George, British Columbia - about 700 miles north of Vancouver, B.C. Being the only - or at least one of the few - book collector in town, that makes all the garage sales and thrifts my delights. Abebooks and others have made it much easier, I confess. In olden days I...

A terrible confession - I am a "completist". I find a write I like and nothing will stop me for finding first editions of every last one of his or her books and reading the complete works form start to finish. Compulsion leads me to do this several times, before I really tire of the writer...

Bearing in mind John Dunning's ""Sign of the Book" has anyone any comments on a certain eBay seller,VJ Books?? http://www.andale.com/store?view=CAT_HOME&catId=1405886&sid=335074&mode=1 My goodness - they do seem to have a handle on getting writers to sign! Hugs, Willow

Olivia Goldsmith, who wrote children's books under her real name (or one of them) died in unusual circumstances two years ago, even making a good "Law & Order" episode (Patricia Cornwell was also treated to that!). The rarest of he books is a little paperback written with Amy Fine Collins, a book...

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Two questions... The First trade edition of Cornwell's "Postmortem" - is it the same size as the book club edition or the larger trade format? The same question for John Grisham's "Time for Killing", the Wydham edition. Hugs, Willow

After months if not years of thinking about it, it seems to be time... An ardent book collector for years, I am not looking at starting a bookstore on the Internet - modern firsts only. So, sage members, some questions: 1. There is lots of software out there. HOMEBASE is nice as it is...

Finally done it! I have managed to find first editions of all of Robert Parkers books - from Godwulf Manuscript to $10 Dollar Baby. The final book was his second, God Save the Child. According to sources, only 3500 printed in the first edition. It turned out to be a wonderful purchase, not...