Forum: Books
February 20th 08, 05:02 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Views: 417
Help with Burroughs early Tarzan editions
Tom 2tec wrote:
Tarzan the Untamed, Grosset & Dunlap, Copyright 1920, Published April 22,
intact but some wear
The Son of Tarzan, Grosset & Dunlap, Copyright 1917, Published March 1917,...
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Forum: Books
February 19th 08, 06:27 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,122
Options to buy used books and sell rare books
Willow Arune wrote:
Gosh! I was in what was then called "Junior High" when I started to browse
in bookstores. For some unknown reason, I was interested in the American
Civil War and started...
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Forum: Books
February 15th 08, 06:19 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 0
Views: 254
Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature
I just got a copy of this the other evening. What a lot of useful information.
The first 600 pages give annually from 1470 to 2001 major political events,
births and deaths of authors, and...
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Forum: Books
February 15th 08, 06:14 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,122
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Forum: Books
February 11th 08, 01:03 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Views: 343
From the bottom of the Box
At the start of January, I bought several boxes of books, sight unseen, for a
very modest amount. I had just barely looked through one of the boxes at the
time, finding auction catalogues on...
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Forum: Books
February 6th 08, 06:08 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 48
Views: 4,284
flat signed
Barbara Bailey wrote:
"Francis A. Miniter" wrote in
news:47a92e48@kcnews01:
Kris Baker wrote:
"Willow Arune" wrote in message
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Forum: Books
February 6th 08, 04:49 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 48
Views: 4,284
flat signed
Kris Baker wrote:
"Willow Arune" wrote in message
news:Th3qj.5800$cc3.2786@edtnps82...
Being way up north, it is difficult to get books signed and it would be
...
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Forum: Books
February 6th 08, 04:44 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 48
Views: 4,284
flat signed
Willow Arune wrote:
Being way up north, it is difficult to get books signed and it would be
impossible to send the books out due to costs.
So I always send out bookplates, recognizing the...
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Forum: Books
February 6th 08, 04:37 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 7
Views: 838
James Clavell - King Rat question
Frederic Poirier wrote:
So the books are ex-lib with library bindings ?
Only the Tolkiens were ex-lib, but they were not only in their original
bindings, but in their original dust jackets...
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Forum: Books
February 5th 08, 04:52 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 7
Views: 838
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Forum: Books
February 4th 08, 09:31 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 7
Views: 838
James Clavell - King Rat question
Frederic Poirier wrote:
Hi,
I know the first edition (the american one) published in 62 by Little Brown
& Company is the first one.
But is this the first english edition ?
...
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Forum: Books
February 4th 08, 04:59 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 0
Views: 304
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Forum: Books
February 3rd 08, 12:45 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 2
Views: 454
James Clavell - Shogun
Frederic Poirier wrote:
Hi all,
I own the american first edition of shogun. ISBN 0689105657. Published by
Atheneum.
I've heard of an english edition that might have been published...
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Forum: Books
February 2nd 08, 03:45 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 48
Views: 4,284
flat signed
Bill wrote:
On Feb 1, 12:06 pm, Sam wrote:
http://www.bookthink.com/0053/53mil.htm
You make a number of good points. I have seen
many impressively inscribed...
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Forum: Books
January 6th 08, 02:24 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 2
Views: 457
Eureka - Longfellow's Dante
Ever since I read Matthew Pearl's The Dante Club a couple years ago, I have been
looking for Longfellow's translation of Dante's Divine Comedy, which, I quickly
learned is never included in any...
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Forum: Books
December 30th 07, 09:18 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 4
Views: 718
Vanguard Press in 1935
Sam wrote:
I'm not sure either about Vanguard. My wife collects Joyce Carol
Oates and many of her novels were printed by them (including "Them"
which won the National Book Award for fiction...
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Forum: Books
December 27th 07, 03:36 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 4
Views: 718
Vanguard Press in 1935
Sam wrote:
Does anyone have any suggestions for finding out the size of a run for
an unsuccessful book? I have a book that they printed in 1935 (Hedwig
by Vance Randolph) and am curious about...
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Forum: Books
December 27th 07, 03:18 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 7
Views: 387
The Ronsonol Cure
In the dark of the winter, when book sales are few and far between, I turn my
attention to repair of books bought during the year.
A few months ago, someone in this group suggested that the best...
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Forum: Books
December 20th 07, 10:16 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,282
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Forum: Books
December 20th 07, 09:41 PM Posted to rec.arts.books.marketplace,rec.collecting.books,alt.marketplace.books,alt.books
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,591
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Forum: Books
December 20th 07, 07:51 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,282
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Forum: Books
December 19th 07, 06:47 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,282
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Forum: Books
December 19th 07, 02:23 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,282
Website for finding out what my books are worth
David Downing wrote:
I've got a bunch of books that I think might be worth something -- for
example, several P.G. Wodehouse Autograph Editions -- and I'm looking
for a website that would let...
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Forum: Books
December 8th 07, 06:10 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 3
Views: 709
New book - limited edition
tielpoep wrote:
'The Invisible Hand of Evie Smith'.
Produced as a paperback and as a book block for binding.
Gives new meaning to the term "limited".
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Forum: Books
December 2nd 07, 02:23 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 7
Views: 629
Is it worth it?
Ted Jones wrote:
I am trying to decide whether a book is worth the price. The book is
about California history. My girlfriend is a nut about early California.
I would give it to her for...
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