I've been away on vacation for a couple of weeks and upon my return I've noticed some trepidation about bragging. Isn't that what we're here for (at least in part)?!?! I spent my vacation in Portland, Oregon, which should have meant lots of booking. But my time was taken up with fishing...

Anyone familiar with this Scribner's turn-of-the-century series? William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-books6aug06,1,1614644.story William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/valley/la-hm-bookstorage11aug11,1,5828479,full.story?coll=la-headlines-world William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com

http://www.missourireview.com/index.php?genre=Nonfiction&title=Selling+My+Library William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com

Any Tom Wolfe collectors have the audio book of AMBUSH AT FORT BRAGG--the true first, nonperiodical publication of that novella--in their collections? It's one of the few I know that hasn't appeared in print in a separate publication (or at least until HOOKING UP). William M....

"John A. Stovall" wrote in message ... Was hunting some new Legion materials and ran across this at Chapitre. http://www.chapitre.com/accueil.asp?page=/la/glossair/accueil.htm&donnee_appel=ADDALL Very useful. ...

Usually, the best of these come from eBay: http://pages.prodigy.net/kris.baker/collectibles/antifaq.html But I just found one on ABE. Of course, ABE has its share of lousy information, but it's usually not so humorously phrased. A listing for a first of Arturo Perez-Reverte's THE FENCING...

Mine is folks trying to pass off nonfirsts as first editions of Thomas Merton's SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN, one of the key books in my collection. One problem is that there was a Taiwanese pirate edition in the 1960s that looks much like the first edition in the first state binding (see below). The...

.. . . 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

http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3129059 William M. Klimon http://www.catholicbookcollector.com

Had occasion recently to think about that ******* cousin of book collecting: comic book collecting. Condition is ever so much more important to comix collectors than to book collectors, I think. Therefore, their systems of grading are that much more refined and sophisticated. Here is one...

Making my post-hurricane rounds yesterday, at a nearby thrift, I found a nice copy of: Stanley L. Jaki, *The Relevance of Physics* (U. Chicago Pr. 1966) --a first edition of the first book by the well-regarded historian of science: http://pirate.shu.edu/~jakistan/

"John A. Stovall" wrote in message ... Has any one run in to shops or dealers who specialize in Family Histories and Genealogies? I find when using these types of publications they are usually of limited publication...

See: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1065264690657&call_pageid=968867495754&col=969483191630 or: http://tinyurl.com/py1i William M. Klimon

At a local thrift the other day, I found an uncorrected proof of *The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr.* (1980). A nice item in itself, but also a good selection of the short fiction of one of the most interesting of Catholic convert authors of the 20/c. William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com

I'm assembling a collection of Newbery Medal winners for a friend of the family. I've getting the Miller and Kingman books. Any other reference materials I should seek out as I begin? William M. Klimon http://www.catholicbookcollector.com

I am attempting to purchase a heavy (but not that heavy) 5-volume set of books from a U.K. dealer. He thought the abe shipping charge was "crazy" but then indicated that it would be about 55 pounds sterling (c. $100), which, knowing these books, I likewise think is crazy. I know that using a...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1518283,00.html Anyone collect Ellis? I have some offline questions if anyone is familiar with her work. William M. Klimon http://www.catholicbookcollector.com

I recently came across this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190032858360 What can "rare" possibly mean attached to a paperback copy of James Clavell's SHOGUN, one of the most popular novels of all time, which may have sold 15 million copies or more? I mean, I would wager this...