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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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On 9/28/2011 22:55 PM, Joe Mc wrote:
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 Wonderful! I was not aware of Hemon until your post. I just did a little research and will keep my eyes open for his works. -- Francis A. Miniter Mesure is Medicine þauh þou muche ȝeor[n]e. Al nis not good to þe gost þat þe bodi lykeþ, Ne lyflode to þe licam þat leof is to þe soule. William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman Passus I, lines 33 - 35 |
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On Sep 28, 10:55*pm, Joe Mc wrote:
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. I wonder if this is to be the new trend. As fewer and fewer secondhand bookshops exist, people who need to get rid of books will have little choice but to dump them in charity shops... |
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J wrote:
I wonder if this is to be the new trend. As fewer and fewer secondhand bookshops exist, people who need to get rid of books will have little choice but to dump them in charity shops... I wouldn't mind that at all! -- Jean B. |
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You have something there! g
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J wrote:
You have something there! g Of course, however, I am very unhappy about the book store closures. It's a good thing that I probably have enough books here to keep me occupied for much if not all of my life. -- Jean B. |
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Does anyone ever find anything at the Salvation army stores? I never
have and I'm convincrd that we "civilians' never get to see anything like what Francis scores because the stores cull everyrthing that strikes them as valuable to hold for dealers who know titles and values. Although this seems to have been a long tme practice,--as long as I can remember anyway-- these days it's so easy to find out the approximate selling price of almost any printed matter, I am super impressed by Fracnis's finds--and also commit a deadly sin every time Francis reports about read about them: N V !! EF, newbiy lurker |
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On Oct 15, 12:42*am, (ellen ford) wrote:
Does anyone ever find anything at the Salvation army stores? *I never have and I'm convinced that we "civilians" never get to see anything like what Francis scores because the stores cull everyrthing that strikes them as valuable to hold for dealers who know titles and values. The only "treasure" I have ever snagged at a Salvation Army thrift shop was an American first edition of CASINO ROYALE I got it right around the block from The Strand, and I think I paid $1 for it. I have since gotten a facsimile dust jacket for it, since it lacked a wrapper when I bought it. |
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On 10/15/2011 0:42 AM, ellen ford wrote:
Does anyone ever find anything at the Salvation army stores? I never have and I'm convincrd that we "civilians' never get to see anything like what Francis scores because the stores cull everyrthing that strikes them as valuable to hold for dealers who know titles and values. Although this seems to have been a long tme practice,--as long as I can remember anyway-- these days it's so easy to find out the approximate selling price of almost any printed matter, I am super impressed by Fracnis's finds--and also commit a deadly sin every time Francis reports about read about them: N V !! EF, newbiy lurker Hi Ellen, I have never had any luck at Salvation Army either. I also have never found Salvation Army to be equal to Goodwill generally. I don't think that Goodwill culls books - because I don't think they understand them at all. It is all a matter of who is giving away what under what circumstances. And, from my recent experience at Savers, it is clear that they don't cull them either. Your remark about how easy it has become to find the price of a book makes me think of a related subject - the people who come into stores and book sales with these scanners. What a waste of money. A scanner cannot tell you if it is a first printing or not, or advise you about relation of condition and value of a book. And it is completely useless for any book printed before 1976. There is no substitute for the long, slow process of learning who wrote what. And even experienced dealers miss good deals because they cannot know everything. By way of example . . . There is a book sale I go to once a month. It is open to the public but those of us who have been going for years get email notice and arrive early for coffee and donuts. Most of the people who come are dealers, with some collectors like me. One day I came across a slim volume of poetry, Color (Harper, 1925) by Countee Cullen, his first published work. A number of the others had passed over it, but I recognized the name as an important participant in the Harlem Renaissance who illustrated his own books with androgynous figures. If I had not taken an interest in the development of African-American literature and read about the Harlem Renaissance, I too would not have had any reason to pick up that book. And a scanner would have been had nothing to scan. I should note that my mother was a book collector turned dealer when she retired, and she got me in the habit of going to book sales when I was a teenager. She subscribed to the AB Bookman magazine, and I started absorbing information about collecting about 50 years ago. She was also a voracious reader, and after I was in a car accident at age 8 where I suffered a head injury and had a hard time getting to sleep, she would read to me to help me fall asleep. At age 10, she was reading Thackeray's A Book of Snobs aloud. Unfortunately for her, I liked the dry humor. -- Francis A. Miniter Mesure is Medicine þauh þou muche ȝeor[n]e. Al nis not good to þe gost þat þe bodi lykeþ, Ne lyflode to þe licam þat leof is to þe soule. William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman Passus I, lines 33 - 35 |
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