ABE listing giggle

"paghat" wrote in message
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In article t, "Denise
Enck" wrote:

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I got a giggle out of this ABE listing ~

Elsom, John
Erotic Theatre
London: Secker & Warburg, 1973 Cloth. Very Good/Fair. First Edition.
Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 269pp. Dustwrapper edge worn
and
discoloured. Small splashes of silver pain on front cover.

I liked this one from eBay earlier in the year. Henry Peach Robinson,
eat your heart out!

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, EDITED WITH A GLOSSARY, BY
W J
CRAIG. PUBLISHED BY HUMPHREY MILFORD, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, LONDON,
EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, COPENHAGEN, NEW YORK, TORONTO, MELBOURNE, CAPE
TOWN,
BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, MADRAS, SHANGHAI, IN 1922. BLACK/WHITE PHOTO OF
SHAKESPEARE AT FRONT, 1352 PAGES, SIZE 7.5 X 5 X 2 INCH.BOOK IN GOOD
CONDITION, SOME WEAR TO EDGES, HAS PREV OWNERS NAME/ADDRESS AT FRONT.

Uh...I hate to admit this, but I don't get it. What's funny about it? Is
one
of the names wrong?

Maybe I need another cup of java?

embarrasedly,
Denise

It WAS like a little puzzle & could be missed. Could be limited vocabulary
rather than a serious belief that Will visited a photographic studio.

-paghat the ratgirl


ah!! got it! thanks Jessica!

cheers ~
Denise

"Denise Enck", et al. wrote:

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It WAS like a little puzzle & could be missed. Could be limited vocabulary
rather than a serious belief that Will visited a photographic studio.

-paghat the ratgirl


ah!! got it! thanks Jessica!

So paghat's name is really Jessica? That's one of my favorite female
names hint, hint.






--
Ht

|Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore
never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
--John Donne, "Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions"|

Singularly appropriate typo ... almost makes you think it was done on
purpose for a giggle:

Myers, John Myers
Silverlock
E. P. Dutton & Co, 1949. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. First
Edition. 1st printing, Jacket chipped heavily, sl soil, book clean, no
marks, corners of bards bumped.


Regards, Tim

(Lin Digs Books) writes:

"Denise Enck" wrote in message k.net...
"paghat" wrote in message
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In article t, "Denise
Enck" wrote:

"Barnaby Page" wrote in message
m...
"Denise Enck" wrote in message
ink.net...
I got a giggle out of this ABE listing ~

Elsom, John
Erotic Theatre
London: Secker & Warburg, 1973 Cloth. Very Good/Fair. First Edition.
Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 269pp. Dustwrapper edge worn
and
discoloured. Small splashes of silver pain on front cover.

I liked this one from eBay earlier in the year. Henry Peach Robinson,
eat your heart out!

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, EDITED WITH A GLOSSARY, BY
W J
CRAIG. PUBLISHED BY HUMPHREY MILFORD, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, LONDON,
EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, COPENHAGEN, NEW YORK, TORONTO, MELBOURNE, CAPE
TOWN,
BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, MADRAS, SHANGHAI, IN 1922. BLACK/WHITE PHOTO OF
SHAKESPEARE AT FRONT, 1352 PAGES, SIZE 7.5 X 5 X 2 INCH.BOOK IN GOOD
CONDITION, SOME WEAR TO EDGES, HAS PREV OWNERS NAME/ADDRESS AT FRONT.

Uh...I hate to admit this, but I don't get it. What's funny about it? Is
one
of the names wrong?

Maybe I need another cup of java?

embarrasedly,
Denise

It WAS like a little puzzle & could be missed. Could be limited vocabulary
rather than a serious belief that Will visited a photographic studio.

-paghat the ratgirl


ah!! got it! thanks Jessica!

cheers ~
Denise

Well, what made *me* laugh was the seller putting in every office of
the publisher worldwide. Most of us only use the first city, assuming
it's the headquarters.

Perhaps listing all of them as they appear on the book could be a way
to date your printing, depending on the publisher's practice.

-- Patrick