Little Blue Books?

Folks,

I recently discovered a series of numbered books (pamphlets really,
about 64 pages each) called the Little Blue Books. These guys started
around 1919 and there are around 2,000 titles (more, actually). I think
I'd like to start a collection of these. Anybody know where I can buy a
large lot of these cheap?

Thanks,
Scot Kamins
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scotkamins wrote:
Folks,

I recently discovered a series of numbered books (pamphlets really,
about 64 pages each) called the Little Blue Books. These guys started
around 1919 and there are around 2,000 titles (more, actually). I think
I'd like to start a collection of these. Anybody know where I can buy a
large lot of these cheap?

Thanks,
Scot Kamins
----------------
Over 50? Thousands of discounts for you
at http://www.SeasonedSpender.com

Well, there was a bookstore in SD that had a big box of them for about
50 cents each. I've got maybe 15 to 20 of what I consider the more
interesting ones. Collecting them all might be difficult, as they were
often not printed on high-quality paper.

Have you looked on AddAll?

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Some Guy wrote:



Well, there was a bookstore in SD that had a big box of them for about
50 cents each. I've got maybe 15 to 20 of what I consider the more
interesting ones. Collecting them all might be difficult, as they were
often not printed on high-quality paper.

Have you looked on AddAll?

Thanks, Some. I'll check it out.

Do you know if there's a collector's website, group, or e-mail
discussion group for these puppies? I found one great resource --
http://library.pittstate.edu/spcoll/ndxhjulius.html -- that purportedly
lists every title.

- Scot Kamins

On 2008-11-03, scotkamins wrote:
Folks,

I recently discovered a series of numbered books (pamphlets really,
about 64 pages each) called the Little Blue Books. These guys started
around 1919 and there are around 2,000 titles (more, actually). I think
I'd like to start a collection of these. Anybody know where I can buy a
large lot of these cheap?

eBay. Do a search for "blue books" lot

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On 2008-11-03, scotkamins wrote:
Folks,

I recently discovered a series of numbered books (pamphlets really,
about 64 pages each) called the Little Blue Books. These guys started
around 1919 and there are around 2,000 titles (more, actually). I think
I'd like to start a collection of these. Anybody know where I can buy a
large lot of these cheap?

eBay. Do a search for "blue books" lot

Wow, I'll bet he never thought of that! I bet IRL you're like a rocket
scientist or something, huh.

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Jonathan Grobe wrote:

On 2008-11-03, scotkamins wrote:
Folks,

I recently discovered a series of numbered books (pamphlets really,
about 64 pages each) called the Little Blue Books. These guys started
around 1919 and there are around 2,000 titles (more, actually). I think
I'd like to start a collection of these. Anybody know where I can buy a
large lot of these cheap?

eBay. Do a search for "blue books" lot

Hi Jonathan,

Yeah, that was the first place I looked, thence to Bookfinders and the
other usual suspects. I was actually trolling the list seeing if any of
the old line booksellers that used to hang out here had a dusty lot in
the back room they were trying to get rid of. :-)

My goal is to start a website about these guys along the lines of the
one I did for Modern Library books at http://www.ModernLib.com, learning
from my mistakes there. (There were many.)

WHile we're about it, where can I find a condition scale for these kinds
of pamphlets? Is there an equivalent to the book condition descriptions
(fine, VG, g, fair, poor)? Any leads would be etc. etc.

Scot Kamins

scotkamins wrote:
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Some Guy wrote:


Well, there was a bookstore in SD that had a big box of them for about
50 cents each. I've got maybe 15 to 20 of what I consider the more
interesting ones. Collecting them all might be difficult, as they were
often not printed on high-quality paper.

Have you looked on AddAll?

Thanks, Some. I'll check it out.

Do you know if there's a collector's website, group, or e-mail
discussion group for these puppies? I found one great resource --
http://library.pittstate.edu/spcoll/ndxhjulius.html -- that purportedly
lists every title.

- Scot Kamins

No, I can't say that I do.

On Nov 3, 2:43*pm, scotkamins wrote:
Folks,

I recently discovered a series of numbered books (pamphlets really,
about 64 pages each) called the Little Blue Books. These guys started
around 1919 and there are around 2,000 titles (more, actually). I think
I'd like to start a collection of these. Anybody know where I can buy a
large lot of these cheap?

Thanks,
Scot Kamins


For what it's worth, here's a bookseller who claims to specialize in
them:

http://www.biblio.com/bookstores/prestian.html


RPN

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RPN wrote:

On Nov 3, 2:43*pm, scotkamins wrote:
Folks,

I recently discovered a series of numbered books (pamphlets really,
about 64 pages each) called the Little Blue Books. These guys started
around 1919 and there are around 2,000 titles (more, actually). I think
I'd like to start a collection of these. Anybody know where I can buy a
large lot of these cheap?

Thanks,
Scot Kamins


For what it's worth, here's a bookseller who claims to specialize in
them:

http://www.biblio.com/bookstores/prestian.html


RPN

Thanks for the lead -- I'll check it out.

- Scot

On Nov 11, 2:33*am, scotkamins wrote:
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*RPN wrote:
On Nov 3, 2:43*pm, scotkamins wrote:
Folks,

I recently discovered a series of numbered books (pamphlets really,
about 64 pages each) called the Little Blue Books. These guys started
around 1919 and there are around 2,000 titles (more, actually). I think
I'd like to start a collection of these. Anybody know where I can buy a
large lot of these cheap?

Thanks,
Scot Kamins

For what it's worth, here's a bookseller who claims to specialize in
them:

http://www.biblio.com/bookstores/prestian.html

RPN

Thanks for the lead -- I'll check it out.

- Scot

Al Newgarden at THE AMERICAN DUST company knows a lot about these
(knows a lot about all paperbacks) he thinks that they actually
indicated firsts by dating the title page in the usual manner... I
once had a large hardcover from this publisher (book of fairy tales)
by Haldemann's wife or mother. This publisher would be a great
subject for a biography! Good luck with your collection, I haven't
seen the offered by the boxful recently, but used to spot them at flea
markets pretty regularly. One significant first book by an African-
American author was published in the series.
Good luck,

David