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Oldest "book" found by Scot Kamins
From ABC News International: "A collection of charred scraps kept in a Greek museum's storerooms are all that remains of what archaeologists say is Europe's oldest surviving book which may hold a key to understanding early monotheistic beliefs." http://tinyurl.com/lfjym
June 2nd 06 11:41 AM
by Hardy-Boys.net Go to last post
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Johnson's Poets (Update). by Jerry Morris
Oldtimers at RCB might recall that I first queried RCB for assistance in determining the provenance of my volumes of Johnson's Poets way back in April 1999. I followed up with anothor thread in February 2002: http://www.tinyurl.com/laqrq Here is a photo of the...
June 1st 06 12:17 AM
by Jerry Morris Go to last post
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Modern Library Giants by Bud Webster
Scott, I have two ML Giants right now, both anthologies. One is the ML edition of Healy & McComas' _Adventures in Time and Space_ (which they mysteriously retitled _Famous Science Fiction Stories_), and Wise & Fraser's _Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural_. How can I tell if either are the...
May 31st 06 06:44 PM
by Bud Webster Go to last post
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Appraising my book collection by LiRM
Greetings, I have a small collection of signed, first edition books that I've put together over the years. I started a google search to try and find some web sites where I could check the price of what the books might be worth, but was inundated with hundreds of links. I started going through...
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May 30th 06 02:48 PM
by LiRM Go to last post
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Everyman's Library by Scot Kamins
Hi folks, There has been some activity of late on the Modern Library collectors listserv discussing the formation of an Everyman's Library collectors group. While there are a great many Modern Library collectors (spurred on, no doubt, by the appearance in 1993 of the first edition of...
May 27th 06 01:17 PM
by Nuke 'em all Go to last post
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Advice sought by a rank beginner by Dave Rude
Hello, Certainly not a brag, but I have about 500 books adorning my walls, and some are quite old. Would someone suggest a "beginners" book on book collecting or a good website to me please? I do fancy Jack Higgins, Robert Ludlum, and if pressed for the whole truth, Ian Flemming. Ken Follet and...
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May 27th 06 01:14 PM
by Nuke 'em all Go to last post
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Gu8ess who the longest thread in this newsgroup is about? by [email protected]
It's about Bill Orobko. The same as in EVERY newsgroup he slimes in to. It's always about Bill Orobko.
May 27th 06 12:59 PM
by Nuke 'em all Go to last post
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My weekend find... by Denton Taylor
At a stoop sale in Brooklyn... ARC of Guterson's 'Snow Falling on Cedars'. Online asks from $60-$300. Seller wanted $2. I was about to remonstrate that that was too much for a PB, but I decided to quit while I was ahead :-) Denton
May 27th 06 06:10 AM
by Jon Meyers Go to last post
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Kipling 'edition de luxe' from Macmillan, 1897-1927 by Agemegos
G'day A while ago I picked up a collected works of Rudyard Kipling, published by Macmillan & Co. between 1897 and 1927. The covers are red cloth with gilt titles, a pattern of lotus-shoots on the spines, and Kipling's badge (a roundel with a fylfot and an elephant eating a lotus) on the cover. The...
May 27th 06 01:21 AM
by John R. Yamamoto-Wilson Go to last post
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Free eBooks on Native Art by Clint
Here's are two new eBooks on Native art that can be downloaded for free; 1) 'An Overview of Pacific Northwest Native Indian Art' http://www.FreeSpiritGallery.ca/nwartebook.htm 2) 'An Overview of Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic' http://www.FreeSpiritGallery.ca/inuitebook.htm
May 25th 06 10:14 PM
by Clint Go to last post
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Dan Brown by bookhound
Simple question for those in this group who are more knowledgeable than I am. I have been reading this group for quite some time and decided to pop in and ask a question. I have small library that I had built in my house a few years ago to hold the small collection I own. My passion is signed...
May 24th 06 12:23 PM
by Funduc Go to last post
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Dr. Who by Pangarune Corner
I came across a little gem locally... In good shape, spine fine and subbing to extremities, several loose but present pages, a copy of the Armada Paperback of "Dr. Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks" by David Whitaker. A split on the spin (no other spine damage) and pages 89 to 94 loose...
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May 23rd 06 05:00 PM
by Jim Barker Go to last post
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Value of old German Bible by drhender
I have a very old German Bible and am interested in finding out its value. Can anyone point me in the right direction? The Bible is a hard cover, leather-bound book, approx. 5" by 8" in size and about 2.5" thick. From the title page: Die Bibel oder die ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen...
May 23rd 06 04:23 PM
by Allison Turner- Go to last post
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Vintage book Ex Libris Collecting Book-Plates 1892 FA by JaneyP
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...
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May 22nd 06 07:10 PM
by Shelf Space Go to last post
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Dust jacket flap reacting to book by RS
I've noticed on two books, one was Andy Warhol's diary, another was Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye, a dust jacket flap reacting to the book producing a line on the FFEP and BFEP. Lighter fluid would not remove it. Anyone know if it is removable, or how much that would take of a grade of...
May 22nd 06 06:23 PM
by RS Go to last post
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Paperbacks by Pangarune Corner
On another thread, it was suggested - rather strongly I thought - that a paperback with a few pages falling out is totally without any value. As a first consideration, a paperback thirty or so years old is still held together by rather poor glue. A small application of glue along the spine where...
May 20th 06 07:56 AM
by Bud Webster Go to last post
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What have I got - rather- What do I have by Matthew Hill
I picked up today a small (3.75 x 5.5 in) volume which is somewhat puzzling. It is a nice little half leather bound book, quite worn on the binding but otherwise probably very good. It contains material which I can find as having constituted 5 separate books published in a series, early in the...
May 20th 06 02:15 AM
by Matthew Hill Go to last post
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Three new Dallas Cowboy books: Fall, 2006 by Fred Goodwin, CMA
Three new Cowboys books: Fall, 2006 Not sure what's up with the fall publishing season (maybe the authors know something I don't, which isn't hard to do), but three new books about the Dallas Cowboys are scheduled for release in the fall of 2006. In order of scheduled release, they a ---
May 18th 06 11:56 PM
by Ted Jones Go to last post
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Milne book by Terry Strasser
I have an A. A. Milne title, "The House at Pooh Corner", published by the Toronto house McClelland and Stewart, Limited. The only printed date which appears is on the copyright page, 1925. The book has beige board covers, illustrated endpapers, and a pictorial dust jacket with the author's name...
May 18th 06 02:43 PM
by Terry Strasser Go to last post
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A crying shame by Bud Webster
Yesterday I received a book I'd won on eBay. Nothing remarkable about that, of course, but this was the Pulphouse limited-&-signed hardcover collection by Damon Knight, _God's Nose_ from 1991. Still nothing *really* special - not the leatherbound, no original material, and at 300 copies not...
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May 17th 06 05:40 PM
by John Pelan Go to last post
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