I'm selling the following autographed mystery novels for sale on Ebay: * Signed Max Allan Collins Damned in Paradise * Signed Copy of James Lee Burke Bitteroot * Signed 1st Ed James Patterson Weasel * Signed Robert Crais The Monkey's Raincoat

A week ago, I went to a book auction in New London, Connecticut. It was of the type they call a "pick auction". There were thousands of books, divided up onto separate tables for each source (estate, dealer, etc.) and the potential buyers put together lots of up to ten items per lot on which...

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I bought this in a lot at auction recently. No name on the cover or the title page. But it quickly turned out that the book was written by Elizabeth von Arnim, who had a very interesting life indeed. She was born (1866) Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia, to British parents who, three years...

I just finished reading Mr. Bradley's latest book, "Flyboys", about the use of air power against the Japaneses in WWII. I expect this book will become a classic. However, it is likely there will be some negative feedback because of the discussion of American atrocities during the Pacific war. What...

I have a book that has rough cut pages on two edges (side and bottom). The tops of the pages are smoothly/uniformly cut. The real dilemma is a manufacturing error at the bottom of the pages. Nearly every other set of adjoining pages have never been separated/cut apart, so you can't pull them apart...

The number of my books being sold and mailed through online book posting services have increased recently. Does anyone know a good supplier of padded mailing envelopes that I might purchase from?

Hunter Thompson took the Hemingway option earlier today. Thompson.....**** poor writer. No great loss there.

I am a radio collector by nature but in picking up a number of items from a house, I wound up with a complete set of Honore' de Balzac - Touraine Edition from 1901 It is a limited edition set, numbered 589 of 1250 and is printed by the Avil Publishing Company in Philadelphia. Any idea how I can...

In the last year or so I found myself purchasing large format art and photography books. Many of those purchases have been made online and I'm discovering games that online sellers play. Many of these sellers list items in the wrong condition hoping that the buyer won't complain. Today I received...

"Life of Picasso" Hardcover. The Jacket on my copy is clipped with the "A book of the month club selection" just to the left of the clip on the top of the front flap. half those selling this title are calling their copy BCE and half aren't. At the bottom of the rear board instead of a...

Does anyone have a list of books Arkham House put out as a book club edition? I have one that doesn't have a price on the front flap. It does have the First Edition slug. In the Stone House by Barry Malzberg Would the lack of price be the only indicator or is there some sort of Book Club...

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THE ANCIENT, WORLD SMALEST BOOK(BIBLE)WHICH WAS LEFT FROM 2 WORLD WAR,WE WAN TO SELL IT PRIVATELY!! leather covered,The appearance looks 5mm x 5mm Inner pages size 3,5mm x 3,5 mm,8 pages total 16 pages written inside 7 languages(english,german,italian, american english,francis,sweden,netherlands)...

On 3/15/2013 12:08 AM, Francis A. Miniter wrote: One of the lots I put together and managed to win at the auction had in the group of books a thick trade paperback entitled _3 by Eastlake_ , a compilation of three early novels by Eastlake (Simon & Schuster 1970), who, aside from his...

Cleaning out basement and found my deceased father's complete set of a 1954 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Would like to know if there is any value to these books or not.

"diane.walker" wrote in message ... Could someone tell me the difference between a full page handwritten inscription in a printed book, and a one page manuscript. Americans seem to view every single page of a...

Hi. I just saw the collection of an avid Modern Library collector. The collection, over 2000 books (probably a little more than 800 titles) was impressive- he had numerous copies of titles, some rarer illustrated editions with slipcase, a large majority of first editions and even had the more...

I have for sale some antique books http://www.marcosecchi.com/blog/2010/11/18/antique-books-for-sale/

Six years ago, Jeff Armstrong posted the following list of points of comparison for a regular edition and a BCE. "I have a copy of the first edition and one of the BC's as well. I would be glad to give you as much as I can, but I'm afraid I have no idea what "detentions" are ... help me...