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Forum: Books February 20th 08, 05:02 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 7
Views: 417
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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,...
Forum: Books February 19th 08, 06:27 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 10
Views: 1,122
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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...
Forum: Books February 15th 08, 06:19 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 0
Views: 254
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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...
Forum: Books February 15th 08, 06:14 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 10
Views: 1,122
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
Options to buy used books and sell rare books

wrote:
Hi all,
Rare books, antique books or paperbacks, what is your story? How did
you get started?


My mother was a book collector. Whenever there was a big sale...
Forum: Books February 11th 08, 01:03 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 0
Views: 343
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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...
Forum: Books February 6th 08, 06:08 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 48
Views: 4,284
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
flat signed

Barbara Bailey wrote:

"Francis A. Miniter" wrote in
news:47a92e48@kcnews01:


Kris Baker wrote:


"Willow Arune" wrote in message
Forum: Books February 6th 08, 04:49 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 48
Views: 4,284
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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
...
Forum: Books February 6th 08, 04:44 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 48
Views: 4,284
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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...
Forum: Books February 6th 08, 04:37 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 7
Views: 838
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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...
Forum: Books February 5th 08, 04:52 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 7
Views: 838
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
James Clavell - King Rat question

foad wrote:

"Frederic Poirier" wrote in message
...


I just started off collecting, i've been a bibliophile since i could...
Forum: Books February 4th 08, 09:31 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 7
Views: 838
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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 ?
...
Forum: Books February 4th 08, 04:59 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 0
Views: 304
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
A Note on the Third Printing of Longfellow's Miles Standish - BAL12122

BAL leaves unresolved what constitutes the Third Printing of Longfellow's The
Courtship of Miles Standish, first published on October 1, 1858 by Ticknor and
Fields of Boston.

I now have two early...
Forum: Books February 3rd 08, 12:45 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 2
Views: 454
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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...
Forum: Books February 2nd 08, 03:45 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 48
Views: 4,284
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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...
Forum: Books January 6th 08, 02:24 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 2
Views: 457
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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...
Forum: Books December 30th 07, 09:18 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 4
Views: 718
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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...
Forum: Books December 27th 07, 03:36 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 4
Views: 718
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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...
Forum: Books December 27th 07, 03:18 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 7
Views: 387
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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...
Forum: Books December 20th 07, 10:16 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 28
Views: 2,282
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
Website for finding out what my books are worth

R. Totale wrote:

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:51:09 -0500, "Francis A. Miniter"
wrote:


I don't see Bauman's Rare Books selling their stuff on eBay

(followed by...
Forum: Books December 20th 07, 09:41 PM Posted to rec.arts.books.marketplace,rec.collecting.books,alt.marketplace.books,alt.books
Replies: 5
Views: 1,591
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
FA: Complete works of Alexander Dumas, hardcover (closes Dec27)

John David Galt wrote:

This is a complete, hardcover set of the works of Alexander Dumas, published in 1906 by P.F. Collier & Sons, New York.

...
Forum: Books December 20th 07, 07:51 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 28
Views: 2,282
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
Website for finding out what my books are worth

R. Totale wrote:

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:29:37 GMT, "foad" wrote:


"R. Totale" wrote in message...
Forum: Books December 19th 07, 06:47 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 28
Views: 2,282
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
Website for finding out what my books are worth

RS wrote:

Seems like it could be a form of money laundering.

--
Robert Pearson
ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net
Creative Virtue Press/Telical Books/Regenerative...
Forum: Books December 19th 07, 02:23 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 28
Views: 2,282
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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...
Forum: Books December 8th 07, 06:10 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 3
Views: 709
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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".
Forum: Books December 2nd 07, 02:23 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
Replies: 7
Views: 629
Posted By Francis A. Miniter
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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