Do you know the term for the little metal things that hold up adjustable bookshelves? I'd like to try to buy some online, but I am having tremendous difficulty finding any. I put a bookcase in storage for a few years, and now that I have taken it out of storage, I can't find the little metal...

This is a very minor brag, with several questions attached. I purchased a box lot for $5 USD that included a copy of _The Forever War_, Joe Haldeman, 1974 St. Martin's Press. Multiple closed tears in the d/j, esp. at top and bottom of the spine. D/J is rubbed along the spine, bottom and at the...

Hi, been looking for this for quite a while. Any help would be much appreciated. Published by Doubleday in 1951 and part of the Crime Club series. Looking for a copy that still has the jacket. Thanks!

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Well, Francis, it has been a while... I have just finished my first semester towards an M.A. in History at the University of Northern British Columbia. We have a nice campus on a hill overlooking PG. Not large, about 5,000 students. As is usual these days, the sciences take the lion's share of...

Now - are eBay complete idiots? I have just been threatened by him via e-mail because I told him I was going to report him - he thinkgs that I am the person he copied the description from. All his shill accounts are still NARUed, but this fraud is reinstated. ARGHHHHHHHHHH

Rudyard Kipling Burwash Edition of The Complete Works in Prose & Verse Signed copy number 16 out of 1000. There were 1010 made in 1941. Rudyard only signed 1000 of them and the other ten were for presentation. Complete collection of 28 vols in fine condition. A must for any serious book collector....

Hi - apologies if I'm intruding on your group, and mods feel free to remove this message, but... I'm selling a copy of the ultra-rare hardback official Nike book IRREVERENCE JUSTIFIED on eBay. There were only 2,000 made, it's bound in gold leather and it's got pics of pretty much every shoe Nike...

Hi folks, Are you thinking of starting a new hobby? Do you like to read books? How does book collecting sound to you? The information in this book is useful to anyone wanting to start book collecting as a hobby. It has been written for beginners, those who have never looked into book collecting....

Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Random House, 1969 first edition, first printing) in fine condition with fine dust jacket, and no internal marks. This has been on my actively sought list for at least a decade. And I found it at a thrift store. Francis A. Miniter

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Are the Rand McNally Elf books a real collector's item? I found some up in an attic and have done some searching on the web. Does anyone have any info about them and what they are worth? Thanks, Susan www.treasures-more.com

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Richard Moriarty wrote: I could do away with the students, burn the carrels and tables and journals and evil book-supplanting computers and get more shelves, but there could be complaints. I've known several system admins who have claimed (only half in jest, I think) that their work is...

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I have a number of art books that I would like to attempt to sell. Can anyone tell me the best way to determine the current value? Some are signed first editions and others have tipped in colour plates. If anyone can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated. Thanks Rob

I'm drawing a blank here. Is the "W" (logo) blindstamp for Warner Books standard fare, or Book Club ID? Thanks - Annie

I was gazing once again at two volumes that I have. From the exterior they look unexciting, and I wondered why I got them. I was going to give them away but happened to open them only to be reminded that they were published in 1799 and had been rebound. They are volumes 2 and 3 of a set. ...

Hello, Would really appreciate your collective assistance in a matter of some importance to me. Has there ever been a study on how long the _average_ hard cover book survives (the DW is not of concern here, only the preservation of the book)? I would like to be able to estimate how many books of...