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...

"Republican lawmakers and aides failed for a decade to protect male pages from sexual come-ons by former Rep. Mark Foley - once described as a "ticking time bomb" - but they broke no rules and should not be punished, the House ethics committee concluded Friday." So apparently the U.S. Congress has...

In another thread, i mentioned that i am building a large collection of dictionaries of all kinds which i have been intending to ultimately leave in trust to an appropriate library for public use. Admittedly, i don't know whether or how my intentions would work. Has anyone any actual knowledge...

Purchased from ABE, a first edition of Algernon Blackwood's DAY & NIGHT STORIES, simply listed as a 1st edition with the correct date. But when the book turns up, it proves to be a library rebind with the lending slip still attached, marked 'APPROVED FOR SALE' by the Beverley Hills Public...

hi, i saw this on ebay.com. it states that it is a 1st edition but the description says: Published by : Scholastic Published Year: 1995 Print Edition / Impression: 5th has the number line 6 8 10 9 7 5 on copyright page (see photo)

I've used eBay successfully in the past for both buying and selling, but only for things reaching the $300 range. I've never tried selling an expensive item on eBay before. I'm going to auction a couple books as a set that should go for considerably higher. $4000 would be a minimum bid. Is eBay...

I have noticed that you get quite a lot of posts on the subject of plagerism on this newsgroup. Ebay sellers like me seem to get the most stick for stealing other peoples descriptions of books. Are not dealers on Addall and Abe not commiting pagerism. They take the description from the jacket...

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...

It's been awhile (over four years) since I first queried RCBers about their collecting whims: Jan '02: http://www.tinyurl.com/5mr62 and over a year since I last queried RCBers about their collecting whims: Dec '04: http://www.tinyurl.com/htxyy

I am sure I have seen someone comment on this before, but I cannot find a specific reference in the archives. I have a 1955 London Magazine, with an article on T.E. Lawrence and Richard Aldington, by Basil Liddell - Hart. I also note that this was published by BLH and distributed to...

Does anyone have a list of books Arkham House put out as a book club edition? I have one that doesn't have a price on the front flap. It does have the First Edition slug. In the Stone House by Barry Malzberg Would the lack of price be the only indicator or is there some sort of Book Club...

I recently bought a rare book by the author Richard Marsh on ABE. I ordered it via their system and paid by credit card. A day later the seller emailed me to say that he now suspected that he had under-priced it, so was planning to cancel the order and relist it for more money. He then went on to...

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I think there were a few "scoundrels" in the book publishing business in days past! I have been working on adding to my book collection recently. I will do quite a bit of research on a particular subject, and then will discover new (to me) titles of books in the 1800's and early 1900's. Then I...

Hi, With the D-Day memorials just finished, a group of us were talking about the usual "what if..." topics, and I later looked at what I have related to WW2 alternate history, which is nothing! Have done a very quick and dirty run through Abebooks, to find not very much at all. This is not to be a...

RCB does NOT permit commercial posts. Had either of you read the FAQ, you'd have known this: 1.2 What Kind of Posts are Inappropriate? Want to buy ... For sale ... For auction ... Visit my commercial website. A list of books for sale is available from ...

Before this group gives up the ghost completely, I have a question about limitation indications. While scouting yesterday I picked up a bunch of small press scifi limited editions. On the limitation page of one of them, out of an edition of 1,000, it had not a number but the letters "PC." My...

I just managed to pick up a first edition (1899) of Kipling's "Stalky & Co." at a tag sale devoted to books. Condition about VG-. I have noted on occasion that Kipling used as a logo for himself a swastika like symbol, which sometimes faces left and sometimes faces right. What did he intend by...

A lot of you know about my interest in Groff Conklin, and the book I've written about him. Well, bibliograpy is a never-ending process, and today I've found out something I didn't know before. All of the usual references, when they mention Conklin in depth at all, indicate that his first book was...

I search a list of translations of Cien Anos de Soledad / 100 years of solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, as I collect the book (uo to now I have it in 22 languages) Who knows where to find it? In the Spanish book, 5th ed Ediciones Catedra 1994, there is a list but it isn't updated nor complete...