Forum: Books
July 5th 08, 06:46 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 6
Views: 898
Bookbinding - Lettering
On Jul 5, 1:28*pm, "Francis A. Miniter" wrote:
wrote:
On Jul 2, 3:37 pm, "Francis A. Miniter" wrote:
J wrote:
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Forum: Books
July 5th 08, 04:56 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 6
Views: 898
Bookbinding - Lettering
On Jul 2, 3:37*pm, "Francis A. Miniter" wrote:
J wrote:
I don't know anything about this myself, but I hope you'll post what
you learn, and how you decide to...
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Forum: Books
December 3rd 07, 01:21 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 7
Views: 638
Is it worth it?
Ted,
If you feel the book with the front cover detached is the book you
think your girlfriend would like the most, then you won't care how
much the rebinding cost, or whether the rebinding affects...
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Forum: Books
September 23rd 07, 05:09 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,199
Book Steward
On Sep 22, 6:17 am, "Matti Lamprhey" ma...@official-totally-
reversed.com wrote and I snipped:
One of the series of books I collect is those concerning the feline
detective Mr. Twink by the...
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Forum: Books
September 8th 07, 03:17 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 8
Views: 450
minor brag, and advice on cutting pages
On Sep 6, 11:49 pm, "John R. Yamamoto-Wilson"
wrote:
garyjbp wrote:
it was only the top edges in the rear section of the text block that
had been uncut
...
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Forum: Books
September 2nd 07, 10:20 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 3
Views: 469
Work of the Devil, 1751
On Sep 2, 12:16 pm, Jules Freedman User wrote:
Can anyone provide information on a book entitled "Die sogenannten Werke des
Teufels aur dem Erdboden" published anonymously...
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Forum: Books
July 3rd 07, 11:14 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,156
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Forum: Books
July 3rd 07, 05:00 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,156
Ever find interesting things in books?
Chris,
I haven't yet discovered when or where it was originally published or
read. I've had it on my websites since May 2002.
best,
Jerry Morris
http://moislibrary.com
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Forum: Books
July 2nd 07, 07:31 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,156
Ever find interesting things in books?
In May 2002, I placed an online order to the Strand bookstore in New
York for an inscribed copy of "To Doctor R. Essays Here Collected and
Published in Honor of the Seventieth Birthday of Dr. A. S....
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Forum: Books
June 25th 07, 03:17 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 2
Views: 557
An English Cartoonist's View
On Jun 24, 9:27 am, "John Townsend"
wrote:
"An English cartoonist's view" (or similar words) is how a cartoon is
described, a copy of which appears in William...
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Forum: Books
June 23rd 07, 04:24 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,956
A Major Brag - Waverley 1st
On Jun 22, 6:02 pm, "Francis A. Miniter"
wrote:
I am in shock.
Today at a friends of the library book sale, I picked up volumes 2 and 3 of the
first edition of Sir...
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Forum: Books
June 21st 07, 08:40 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 2
Views: 567
This newsgroup has existed too long
On Jun 20, 8:55 pm, "scott m." wrote:
All bad things must soon come to an end.
Scott M.,
If rec.collecting.books newsgroup has been such a bad thing why has it
existed since...
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Forum: Books
June 18th 07, 03:02 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 3
Views: 579
finding original owner of book
Sparky,
In order to assist you, we need more information to identify the book
you have:
Specifically:
What is the exact title of the book as printed on the title page?
What is the name of the...
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Forum: Books
June 17th 07, 09:02 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 2
Views: 260
Railway Reading
On Jun 17, 12:25 am, Jack Campin - bogus address
wrote:
Having just come across the Indian Railway editions of Kipling I was
curious to see if anybody had done a survey of...
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Forum: Books
June 16th 07, 07:20 PM Posted to rec.arts.books,rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 14
Views: 926
New Books With Rough Page Edges
John,
The book collecting term for "rough" page edges is "uncut;" however,
it might be wiser to say that the edges are "untrimmed." Quite
often, the term "uncut" is confused with the term...
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Forum: Books
June 13th 07, 03:34 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 3
Views: 456
The week's finds
Sam,
It sounds as if you have all the points of a first edition of this
book; but collecting modern first editions isn't my area of
expertise. Any help, people?
best,
Jerry...
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Forum: Books
June 12th 07, 07:35 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 3
Views: 456
The week's finds
Denton Taylor wrote and I snipped:
...Yesterday was a killer. At a block of stoop sales, saw a copy of
Berendt's 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'. That's another
book I've picked up...
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