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John Pelan - The Autobiography (Reviewed) by
Haunted River
"Wrestling With Obsession: The Acclaimed Diary Of John Pelan,
Critically Acclaimed Author"
Midnight House, Seattle, 2005. Limited to 100 copies, 5 of which come
with free plastic wrestling figures of 'Slamhead' and 'Drillface'
together with a leather-look leotard.
Reviewed by Ambrose Silk, Times...
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A collector's puzzle: S. by
[email protected]
I am seeing copies of the Abrams/Dorst puzzle book "S." advertised for sale as "first edition, first printing." Since the edition statement is inside the back cover of the slipcased book, which is closed with a paper seal (in addition to being shrink-wrapped), how can you tell?
I was in Barnes &...
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"Second Printing before Publication" by
Telicalbook
"Second Printing before Publication" -- what does this mean? I'm looking at
Cheever's Falconer, but I have also seen it on other books.
--
Robert Pearson
http://www.rspearson.com/
ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net
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A Time to Kill. Signed, First Edition by
John Kleineberg
I have a copy of John Grisham's A Time to Kill. It is a signed, first
edition.
The ISBN is 0-922066-03-5 The Publisher is Wynwood Press dated 1989.
The dust cover price is $18.95.
My wife bought this in a grocery store in Mississippi before Grisham
became famous.
Any opinions of it's...
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Two Possible Additions to FAQ by
BrainstormingSW
Hi, I've greatly helped in collecting/bookselling via this newsgroup,
and saw the FAQ as almost having more than I needed to know.
However, there has been a recent problem that I think perhaps the FAQ could
have addressed. I recently found about five books that I wanted that had some
"minor"...
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AB Bookman coming back as book auction/listing site? by
Kris Baker
"William M. Klimon" wrote
in message news:SfTOa.36811$ZE.9815@lakeread05...
As of this afternoon, we have an agreement in principle
(the principals agree, now the lawyers have to word it
right), for control of the intellectual property, name
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by Mark
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Artgallery Redux by
John Yamamoto-Wilson
Tom wrote:
Wasnt this one of the items complained about last time?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=35388023
All I get on that is "Invalid item", so perhaps it's been scratched already.
All stops out, though, to ensure the following also gets...
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Vintage book Ex Libris Collecting Book-Plates 1892 FA by
JaneyP
English Book Plates An Illustrated Handbook for Students of Ex-Libris
by Egerton Castle 1892 This book is itself ex'library and has several
small library cancels scattered throughout.otherwise a good solid
copy.250 pages.
Fantastic vintage reference for the collector with masses of...
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Spam Question: Or A Former (one-time only) Spammer Explains Himself by
Mark
Hello All,
I am a reporter in a little town most of you have probably never heard of,
or if you have all you likely know is that we are home to Bass Pro. Anyway,
I am a freelance writer working for the Springfield Business Journal in
Springfield, Mo. and doing an on-spec article.
Now, my question...
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Pricing Ex-Library Books by
Htn963
Hello,
Is there a generally agreed upon rule-of-thumb for discounting the value
of books for resale when they are, physical condition aside, library discards?
I'm talking specifically about ex-library books that are clearly so on
inspection, having visible stamps, taped jackets, glued pockets,...
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December 31st 05 08:19 AM
by xerlome
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facsimile dust jackets by
Jason Bennett
Hi all,
I have seen books sold with new facsimile dust jackets.
Does anyone know how I can find these dust jackets for my ERB collection?
Thanks!
-Jason
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Thornton Burgess 1sts? by
M Hill
I have two Thornton Burgess books which, according to the descriptions of
some ABE dealers may be 1sts. Others raise doubts. Can anyone help me?
The books are
MOther West Wind's Neighbours
The Adventures of Reddy Fox
Both are published by Little, Brown and Company. Both have the dae 1913
on the...
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by M Hill
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Finds at Goodwill by
Joe Mc
The Odessa file by Frederick Forsyth hb dj first edition 1972 viking
press
The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon Riverhead books First ed first
first printing numberline hb and dj signed with inscription by author.
http://jpmcbooks.bravehost.com
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Experiences with the Folio Society? by
Adam Funk
I have a UK newspaper insert with an introductory offer to join the Folio
Society: four Pevsner guides (and a pen and another book) for £15 (that
includes the P&P), with an obligation to buy two more books by 1 March
2006. The flyer also says "We will never send you a book that you have...
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Book Advice by
Lee Cochenour
I have some questions about an item that I have had for some time. It is
a "manuscript" for Clive Cussler's "Sahara". It is two voulmes of typed
8.5X11 pages, I guess that it was too big to do in one volume in this format.
Each Volume has been bound together very simply. The cover of the first...
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Adventures in book collecting by
[email protected]
There's a mystery series I like, by an author named R.D. Wingfield. Jack Frost is a detective inspector in Denton, England in just half a dozen novels which never saw hardcover publication in the U.S. I have been assembling these over time, and just need two more to complete the series.
Checking...
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TROLL ALERT (Was Anyone with get scammed by Ebay book sellers?) by
Haunted River
Dear Fellow Booksellers / Collectors:
John Pelan has been obsessively stalking me across the internet for
months and he will screw up this site in that quest. He has set up a
malicious abuse site at Yahoo to coordinate this campaign (don't take
my word for it, join and...
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GREAT NEWS GUYS ARTGALLERY10 IS BACK ! by
Mike
I WILL PROVE ALL OF YOU HOW WRONG YOU WERE ! YOU ARE A BUNCH OF IDIOTS
WHO HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO BUT THREATENING AND BLAMING INNOCENT
PEOPLE .MY ATTORNEY IS FOLLOWING YOUR CONVERSATION . YOU HAVE NO PROOF
I DID ANYTHING WRONG .COME AND SEE THE BOOKS YOU IDIOTS !!!I WILL SHOW
THEM TO YOU IN...
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