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...

After one of your posts, I headed to the UNBC library for Karen Armstong's THE BATTLE FOR GOD. I have log been of the opinion that it is not any particular religion, but the fundamentalists of any religion that represent the greatest danger to our countries, be we in a Muslim nation, Israel or any...

I did a google search earlier to see when the book fair was going to be at the Armory on Lexington Avenue. I couldn't recall if it was January or February, though I remember it being bitter cold last year. I found this message on the organizer's website: Books at the 25th Street Armory 69th...

Hello, I read a few threads and it seems to me that this is the place to ask some questions. I found some really old books in an old Victorian home years ago and they have been decoration on my book shelf for years now. I have always wondered if they maybe worth anything. I would really appreciate...

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...

Mike McKeown wrote: Jon Meyers wrote: "Raymond Kruger" wrote... "braves-lady" wrote... First printing of over 8 million? Guess this one won't be a collectable? any thoughts on the volumes missing pages ? They're defective and should be returned.

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If you mail a lot of books you might be interested in this: Fulton, NY—December 1, 2013 – CorgiPack, a U.S. provider of packing and shipping supplies announced the debut of its line of fiberboard mailers. Consisting of a corrugated B-flute pad bonded to a Kraft linerboard, the CorgiPack mailer...

I inherited several books from my Aunt's estate, some of which I think may be first editions. I am looking for help in dertimining quality and value. The first book I am investigating is an Altemus' Edition of Pilgrim's Progress. The copyright is 1891. Outside of a 1" tear on the lower outside...

I have an old children's book published by Ernest Nister in London and E.P. Dutton in New York. I've been trying to find out when this book was published. (There's no copyright date printed in it.) Hunting around the web has produced very little information. I did find that Ernest Nister died...

I've got a bunch of books that I think might be worth something -- for example, several P.G. Wodehouse Autograph Editions -- and I'm looking for a website that would let me input title, author, and other relevant information and would give me back an estimated value. I did Google "antiquarian...

Hello bibliophiles, I have read the FAQ but it doesn't give an idea of how much difference price clipping makes to the value of a book. I'm not very experienced in book collecting and I've been told it's not worth buying if it's price clipped. Is it true?

I'm on the verge of selling a book to a fancy New York dealer. I just received an e-mail from the shop asking if I would be willing to give a "dealer discount." I have never sold to a dealer before. I suppose it makes good business sense fo me to do so. My question: How much of a discount is...

Hi, I just received a hardcover first edition of WAYLANDER II from a guy in England. There is no price on the dust wrapper flap. All of my other Legend Gemmell firsts have a price. I'm worried that this may be a book club jacket married to the book. I paid alot for this so it's...

I'm a Ray Bradbury fanatic. Anyway, a friend sent me an email that there is a signed leather bound copy of Fahrenheit 451 on Ebay with no shipping charges for the winning bidder. Her link didn't work, and I can't seem to find the item in a search. Can anyone help? Thanks....

Aaron Stern - THE MAKING OF A GENIUS - 1st ed. NR Starting price: $19.99 Item URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230014299429 End date: Tuesday, Aug 08, 2006 19:26:25 PDT

1853 copy of Bleak House appears to be first US... Harper with Dicken's sinature. I am with Friends of the Library in Ithaca, NY and we cannot find any information which would give us an idea of what to charge for this item during our October sale. Any help would be appreciated or if you could...

This will probably be old hat to some people, but in the last couple of days I've had several spoof e-mails purporting to be from eBay. The spoofers are getting better at the game, so people new to this may be fooled. This is the text of one of the spoofs I received, accompanied with the eBay...

I went to HALF PRICE BOOKS today and picked up a copy of "Rosemary's Baby", i've always wanted to read it - and it was an impulse buy. I didn't realize till I got home the little pricetag had "FIRST EDITION" scribbled on it - which might explain the $9, but I like old copies of books - especially...

I'm looking to sell some comics that I've accumulated, and I need to know if there are newsgroups that deal with the subject. Anyone know? Frank please e-mail me directly if you don't mind.