Forum: Books
November 18th 07, 01:40 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,023
uncollected Salinger and his ravening lawyers
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
Salinger didn't want this material republished, ever; he has
every legal right to prevent it; and he's a litigious SOB.
It's true that in 1974 he took legal...
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Forum: Books
September 7th 07, 04:49 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 8
Views: 452
minor brag, and advice on cutting pages
garyjbp wrote:
it was only the top edges in the rear section of the text block that
had been uncut
Strictly speaking, the term is unopened, since uncut refers to
rough-edged pages. The...
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Forum: Books
September 6th 07, 11:27 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 8
Views: 452
minor brag, and advice on cutting pages
Francis A. Miniter wrote:
Sharpness counts.
Something *too* sharp is likely to slip and cut in the wrong place. Too
blunt and it may tear the paper roughly. I've found that a credit card
is...
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Forum: Books
June 18th 07, 11:01 PM Posted to rec.arts.books,rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 14
Views: 930
New Books With Rough Page Edges
jadel wrote:
Too bad. Except to pedants, it's a deckle edge--pseudo or not.
An odd thing to say. You'd have to be moderately pedantic to come up
with a word like deckle in the first place.
John
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Forum: Books
June 17th 07, 06:33 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,164
Washed Books ?
wrote:
The book was rebound in 1800s. While there are 2 initials on the book
spine, there are no stamp or other marks in the book.
Since the cutout raised a red flag, as...
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Forum: Books
June 16th 07, 07:03 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,164
Washed Books ?
wrote:
The wormed copy does have a library stamp located exactly
at the cut-out section of the washed copy.
If you suspect that both copies may have originated from that...
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Forum: Books
June 15th 07, 08:59 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,164
Washed Books ?
wrote:
What is the difference between removing library stamp and
proof of ownership ?
Alice is saying that maybe the the book had been stolen from the library
and the...
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Forum: Books
June 15th 07, 08:54 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,164
Washed Books ?
wrote:
The book in question is "Histoire de l'expédition chrestienne au
Royaume de la Chine"
"...entreprinse par les pères de la Compagnie de Jesus ... / tirée des...
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Forum: Books
June 15th 07, 02:38 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,164
Washed Books ?
wrote:
A rare book seller told me that a 400-year old book (that I
just found) was washed and rebound in the XIX century, to fit
the style of the library of the new owner....
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Forum: Books
May 29th 07, 06:37 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,605
Detective Book Club oddity
Jim wrote:
Well, checking these titles on bookfinder, I come up with an
ordinary Detective Book Club edition as well, which leads me
to assume that 1969 (or 1970) *is* the date of publication....
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Forum: Books
May 29th 07, 05:17 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,605
Detective Book Club oddity
Jim wrote:
I picked up today a "collector's item" published by the Detective Book
Club (aka Walter Black, Roslyn, NY). It was one of their three-in-one
mystery collections, but bound in a heavy...
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Forum: Books
May 29th 07, 12:13 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 8
Views: 937
Valuable item?
Mark Tandy wrote:
How can we tell what edition we have
Well, you seem to know the year. Can you find the publisher? That
information is usually given on what's called the colophon page, which...
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Forum: Books
May 28th 07, 09:38 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 8
Views: 937
Valuable item?
Francis A. Miniter wrote:
condition matters enormously in determining the price of a piece like this.
As well as edition, of course. The OP's edition isn't the first edition,
and won't fetch...
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Forum: Books
May 25th 07, 02:42 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 7
Views: 744
The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene edition
Ferris92 wrote:
Is it common for books written in English to have an American
edition and a British edition in which there are differences
in text besides the idiosyncrasies in spelling?
I...
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Forum: Books
May 25th 07, 02:24 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 7
Views: 744
The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene edition
Ferris92 wrote:
I own two versions of Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory
and taking them both out I noticed that they had some odd
discrepancies. Even in the first sentence, one edition...
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Forum: Books
May 17th 07, 03:30 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 4
Views: 785
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Forum: Books
May 11th 07, 05:15 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,082
lookiong to start a collection
foaddoc wrote:
And the same advice is given to tyro horseplayers. It's ********.
In the first place, if you don't have a minimum amount of disposable
income, you shouldn't undertake the...
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Forum: Books
May 10th 07, 05:02 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,082
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Forum: Books
April 24th 07, 10:32 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 4
Views: 697
Les Miserables
Francis A. Miniter wrote:
It did come across the information in the Lucile project, and have since
found a book that they published as early as 1856. But that is about it.
I'd be wary of the...
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Forum: Books
April 24th 07, 01:48 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 4
Views: 697
Les Miserables
Francis A. Miniter wrote:
I picked up a two volume set of Hugo's Les Miserables this weekend. I
have done some research and have not been able to find it anywhere. (I
checked addall.com,...
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Forum: Books
April 13th 07, 04:24 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 9
Views: 600
Reddish stains along the upper border of books
RF wrote:
Since he said the books weren't that old, it would seem that the
cause is more likely fungal than chemical. Just my $.02
True 'nuff. These days paper is pretty much universally...
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Forum: Books
April 12th 07, 02:31 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 9
Views: 600
Reddish stains along the upper border of books
Pereira de Lisboa wrote:
Can I safely place these books along with other books? Or must
I isolate them to avoid the issue spreading?
There are several processes that result in something that...
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Forum: Books
March 21st 07, 09:06 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,760
The Sketch-Book Washington Irving
Francis A. Miniter wrote:
Are you sure of the publisher? It is not a name I have come across. I
checked the Library of Congress catalogue and do not find it.
There is a COPAC listing for a...
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Forum: Books
December 30th 06, 09:55 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 4
Views: 440
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Forum: Books
December 30th 06, 09:52 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 3
Views: 850
warped boards
my-wings wrote:
Is there any cure for warped boards? I just bought a book that's got a badly
warped back board, probably water damage. I'm not very optimistic that just
putting it under a...
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