Forum: Books
November 26th 12, 02:34 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,473
P.D. James
I kind of like her, but I think she gets paraded too much as the "thinking person's" detective writer (comes of her being the sister of A.S. Byatt, I suppose). I think there are other British crime...
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Forum: Books
May 31st 07, 02:11 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,675
Detective Book Club oddity
Francis A. Miniter wrote:
Today I came across a learthette bound book from Walter Black. This was
the "Works of Tolstoi" bearing a copyright of 1928 (presumably for the
translation). But the...
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Forum: Books
May 30th 07, 01:34 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,675
Detective Book Club oddity
Jim wrote:
The Detective Book Club, as far as I can see, was never a reprint
series (unlike Black's Readers Service or Classics Club). The three
books that appeared in each month's volume (if...
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Forum: Books
May 12th 07, 05:11 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,095
lookiong to start a collection
foaddoc wrote:
I find that there are things you learn hands on that cannot be
learned in books, whereas the opposite, less so.
Hmm. I guess I came to book-collecting via the route of being a...
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Forum: Books
February 4th 07, 02:32 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,564
Shill Bidding on eBay
I wrote:
Being gratuitously unpleasant is your speciality, not mine,
and your response to this posting will no doubt prove it.
Sorry Yammy
Here we go! QED, I think.
Time and again your...
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Forum: Books
February 4th 07, 12:36 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,564
Shill Bidding on eBay
I wrote:
I would have thought it could all have been done without
unpleasantness, but I seem to be in the minority here.
Right, because you are ALWAYS so pleasant
Not at all. Though I...
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Forum: Books
February 3rd 07, 07:26 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,564
Shill Bidding on eBay
RWF wrote:
So I guess that you are a weasel and a deadbeat who doesn't
want to pay for auctions he wins, then tries to smear the
seller with unfounded charges of shill bidding.
I think the OP...
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Forum: Books
January 31st 07, 06:36 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,564
Shill Bidding on eBay
wrote:
There was no confusion in the inquiry. Even though my maximum bid
was 4% over the reserve price, if the shill bidding was not there,
my bid would come in at $121,...
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Forum: Books
January 31st 07, 06:32 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,564
Shill Bidding on eBay
wrote:
When the bidding closed, there were 2 other bidders, one at $120
and the other one at $299. The second bidder has (0) bid history!
He and the seller signed up with...
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Forum: Books
January 31st 07, 06:03 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,564
Shill Bidding on eBay
wrote:
I am sorry for the confusion. "Shill bidding" is defined as
an artificial bidding to raise the price in favor of the seller.
If the bidder with (0) history bid at...
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Forum: Books
January 18th 07, 06:15 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 2
Views: 393
Slience of the Lambs
Willow Arune wrote:
This one puzzles me...
Ignoring the book club copies and the English editions, pricing goes form
$6
to $385 and signed from about $400 to $15000 on ABE. How do you price...
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Forum: Books
January 3rd 07, 11:47 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 4
Views: 407
New free e-books site.
bookworm wrote:
Here is useful site where you can find live links to many interesting
books:
http://www.freebookspot.com
- more then 60 categories (tech-books and fiction)
- more then...
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Forum: Books
January 3rd 07, 12:41 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 3
Views: 444
Of Hunam Bondage
Joe Mc wrote:
I have two old black books of "Of Human Bondage" by doubleday press.
Can you tell me points for a 1st edition on these rather old books.
First edition was published by George H....
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Forum: Books
January 1st 07, 01:28 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 1
Views: 444
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Forum: Books
December 26th 06, 09:53 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 56
Views: 4,729
N.J. governor signs gay civil unions law
foadOC wrote:
[the usual trash snipped]
I know you get it, really, but I'll just lay it down for the record.
This newsgroup is basically dysfunctional. The reason it is
dysfunctional is because...
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Forum: Books
December 26th 06, 12:57 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 56
Views: 4,729
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Forum: Books
December 25th 06, 12:07 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 56
Views: 4,729
N.J. governor signs gay civil unions law
foadOC wrote:
[snipped]
I am delighted that you have found an interest in life. All that remains
is for you to find a suitable forum in which to develop that interest.
This isn't...
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Forum: Books
December 24th 06, 01:38 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 56
Views: 4,729
N.J. governor signs gay civil unions law
michael adams wrote:
I suppose you have sheep in Japan like everyehere else, in
the more mounainous parts anyway.
Funnily enough, no, not in most areas. Most of the mountains are thickly...
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Forum: Books
December 23rd 06, 10:04 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 56
Views: 4,729
N.J. governor signs gay civil unions law
foadOC wrote:
[unnecessary link snipped]
Oh, I know, I know. I'm just curious that there was supposed to be a
court hearing, but there's been no report of it. Several other minor
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Forum: Books
December 23rd 06, 09:28 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 56
Views: 4,729
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Forum: Books
December 23rd 06, 08:25 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 56
Views: 4,729
N.J. governor signs gay civil unions law
foadOC contributed to the dysfunctionality of our forum for the
discussion of issues relating to book-collecting thus:
A fellow in Michigan (or somewhere, I don't recall) was recently charged
...
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Forum: Books
December 22nd 06, 05:17 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,428
Marines screwed by the Corps
Bob Finnan wrote:
you're just another America-hating bag of wind.
Outrageous! So far this whole thread has been all about you letting off
America-hating wind about the country's despicable...
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Forum: Books
December 22nd 06, 02:52 AM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,428
Marines screwed by the Corps
I wrote:
Does this mean irony is finally dead on rcb?
Bob Finnan summoned his intellectual resources and replied:
No, just your brain is dead Yammy.
Ah, so abuse is live and kicking,...
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Forum: Books
December 21st 06, 11:58 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,428
Marines screwed by the Corps
Bob Finnan wrote, in apparent seriousness:
WTF does that have to do with the war in Iraq
Does this mean irony is finally dead on rcb?
John
http://rarebooksinjapan.org
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Forum: Books
December 17th 06, 11:35 PM Posted to rec.collecting.books
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,592
[sorta OT] Book Customer Wants Do-Over
Some Guy wrote (quoting his domestic partner):
He said: I'm the guy who sold you $7000.00 worth of books for
$210.00
[snip]
his value assessment is off by about six grand.
I...
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