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Good deed pays off for Louisiana bookseller
http://www.slidellsentry.com/article...ews/news04.txt
Slidell Sentry-News Weekend Profile: Jerry Laiche Bookseller's good deed rewarded with first editions By Stephen Maloney St. Tammany News Excerpt: "One of the bookstore's regulars after Hurricane Katrina was Sister Margaret Mary, a nun from a Thibodaux convent trying to restore a library she ran for needy children. "Laiche gave the nun several boxes of books to help her out, not expecting the favor to be returned. "One day just before Christmas, Sister Margaret Mary returned to The Philosopher's Stone with three boxes of books for Laiche. [snip] "Laiche unpacked 17 volumes of what he immediately identified as a first edition printing of Victor Hugo's classic _Les Miserables,_ dating back to 1862. [snip] "Upon further inspection, Laiche was shocked to find Hugo's signature at the bottom of lengthy inscriptions in three of the volumes." Oh, and it gets even better after that... http://www.slidellsentry.com/article...ews/news04.txt --Jon Meyers |
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Good deed pays off for Louisiana bookseller
"Jon Meyers" wrote in message ... http://www.slidellsentry.com/article...ews/news04.txt Slidell Sentry-News Weekend Profile: Jerry Laiche Bookseller's good deed rewarded with first editions By Stephen Maloney St. Tammany News Excerpt: "One of the bookstore's regulars after Hurricane Katrina was Sister Margaret Mary, a nun from a Thibodaux convent trying to restore a library she ran for needy children. "Laiche gave the nun several boxes of books to help her out, not expecting the favor to be returned. "One day just before Christmas, Sister Margaret Mary returned to The Philosopher's Stone with three boxes of books for Laiche. [snip] "Laiche unpacked 17 volumes of what he immediately identified as a first edition printing of Victor Hugo's classic _Les Miserables,_ dating back to 1862. [snip] "Upon further inspection, Laiche was shocked to find Hugo's signature at the bottom of lengthy inscriptions in three of the volumes." Oh, and it gets even better after that... http://www.slidellsentry.com/article...ews/news04.txt --Jon Meyers That's wonderful. Now, if he gets the big price listed, I hope he helps out some of his fellow businessmen in that area. I'd just read a story last week about a bakery that's managed to reopen in Slidell, making King's Cakes for Mardi Gras....and is providing employment for several people in the area. The bakery owner could have repaired her home, but used to money to reopen the business....and in the meantime, is living in a FEMA trailer parked in her yard. Bring back some business, bring back some hope. Kris |
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Good deed pays off for Louisiana bookseller
Jon Meyers wrote:
Oh, and it gets even better after that... http://www.slidellsentry.com/article...ews/news04.txt Is a Victor Hugo letter (even the most spectacular one) really a seven-figure item? I'm guessing catalog and auction records don't support that. An interesting sidebar: the article mentions that his rare book inventory/business is based to some large degree on the collection of a late N.O. lawyer. That seems to me not an uncommon scenario, i.e., that a successful dealer can make a business (or a significant portion of one) off of the acquisition of a single important collection. William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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Single Major Acquisitions (was Good deed pays off for Louisiana bookseller)
On 24 Feb 2006 08:17:20 -0800, "William M. Klimon"
wrote: Jon Meyers wrote: Oh, and it gets even better after that... http://www.slidellsentry.com/article...ews/news04.txt Is a Victor Hugo letter (even the most spectacular one) really a seven-figure item? I'm guessing catalog and auction records don't support that. An interesting sidebar: the article mentions that his rare book inventory/business is based to some large degree on the collection of a late N.O. lawyer. That seems to me not an uncommon scenario, i.e., that a successful dealer can make a business (or a significant portion of one) off of the acquisition of a single important collection. William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com Quite so... And this leads me to post the following regarding a good friend who passed on last month: Bookseller/collector Bruce Thompson passed away last month after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. I'd known Bruce for some twenty+ years and acquisitions from him formed the beginnings of my now rather extensive collection. Bruce was one of the sharpest (and luckiest) bookscouts in the Northwest, often turning up miraculous finds in his specialty area (Science Fiction). While most collectors would consider finding one copy of James Schmitz's A NICE DAY FOR SCREAMING & OTHER TALES OF THE HUB in a thrift store a once-in-a-lifetime experience, Not so with Bruce, he turned up three copies at the same store! As we both lived in Seattle, I frequently got to see the results of his scouting when he'd stop by to show me things I'd just missed by a day or so... However, to bring this around to on-topic (and relate my favorite Bruce story): In the early eighties, when living in Portland, Bruce used to scout Powell's regularly (who didn't); after all, Powell's was famous for its high volume and chaotic disorganization, it wasn't at all odd to see four identical copies of the same book priced at a range of $5.00 to $75.00. Anyway, on one his rounds to Powell's Bruce noticed that they had set up three tables by the SF section and three employees were busily going through a mountain of books, discarding those pesky review slips and in the interest of expediency, pricing the paperbacks at fifty cents and the hardcovers at $3.00. Bruce asked if he could have look and salvage the review slips... What he was looking at was the collection of long-time reviewer and fanzine editor Richard Geis. Geis was moving and had dumped his collection to the bookstore. Essentially, he had one of everything in the genre (published in the US) from the early fifties on... Bruce drained his bank account, borrowed from friends and family and bought as much as he could. This one massive score set him up as a specialty bookseller for the next decade plus. There were books valued at close to $1000 that Powell's dumped at $3.00, dozens of specialty press titles from 1950s that averaged $150-$200; many of the paperbacks were also quite scarce and ranged from $5-$10 (at early 1980s prices). Damn good score, but best of all after everything was totaled up, Bruce had the presence of mind to ask for his 20% dealer discount. ;-) A great guy and a great bookman, he'll be missed. Cheers, John |
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Good deed pays off for Louisiana bookseller
Kris Baker wrote:
"Jon Meyers" wrote in message ... http://www.slidellsentry.com/article...ews/news04.txt Slidell Sentry-News Weekend Profile: Jerry Laiche Bookseller's good deed rewarded with first editions By Stephen Maloney St. Tammany News Excerpt: "One of the bookstore's regulars after Hurricane Katrina was Sister Margaret Mary, a nun from a Thibodaux convent trying to restore a library she ran for needy children. "Laiche gave the nun several boxes of books to help her out, not expecting the favor to be returned. "One day just before Christmas, Sister Margaret Mary returned to The Philosopher's Stone with three boxes of books for Laiche. [snip] "Laiche unpacked 17 volumes of what he immediately identified as a first edition printing of Victor Hugo's classic _Les Miserables,_ dating back to 1862. [snip] "Upon further inspection, Laiche was shocked to find Hugo's signature at the bottom of lengthy inscriptions in three of the volumes." Oh, and it gets even better after that... http://www.slidellsentry.com/article...ews/news04.txt --Jon Meyers That's wonderful. Now, if he gets the big price listed, I hope he helps out some of his fellow businessmen in that area. I'd just read a story last week about a bakery that's managed to reopen in Slidell, making King's Cakes for Mardi Gras....and is providing employment for several people in the area. The bakery owner could have repaired her home, but used to money to reopen the business....and in the meantime, is living in a FEMA trailer parked in her yard. I think the article said that the money would go back to the convent. -- Evelyn C. Leeper Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret of style. -Matthew Arnold |
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Single Major Acquisitions (was Good deed pays off for Louisiana bookseller)
Wonderful story!!!!!!!!!!!
Willow "John Pelan" wrote in message ... On 24 Feb 2006 08:17:20 -0800, "William M. Klimon" wrote: Jon Meyers wrote: Oh, and it gets even better after that... http://www.slidellsentry.com/article...ews/news04.txt Is a Victor Hugo letter (even the most spectacular one) really a seven-figure item? I'm guessing catalog and auction records don't support that. An interesting sidebar: the article mentions that his rare book inventory/business is based to some large degree on the collection of a late N.O. lawyer. That seems to me not an uncommon scenario, i.e., that a successful dealer can make a business (or a significant portion of one) off of the acquisition of a single important collection. William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com Quite so... And this leads me to post the following regarding a good friend who passed on last month: Bookseller/collector Bruce Thompson passed away last month after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. I'd known Bruce for some twenty+ years and acquisitions from him formed the beginnings of my now rather extensive collection. Bruce was one of the sharpest (and luckiest) bookscouts in the Northwest, often turning up miraculous finds in his specialty area (Science Fiction). While most collectors would consider finding one copy of James Schmitz's A NICE DAY FOR SCREAMING & OTHER TALES OF THE HUB in a thrift store a once-in-a-lifetime experience, Not so with Bruce, he turned up three copies at the same store! As we both lived in Seattle, I frequently got to see the results of his scouting when he'd stop by to show me things I'd just missed by a day or so... However, to bring this around to on-topic (and relate my favorite Bruce story): In the early eighties, when living in Portland, Bruce used to scout Powell's regularly (who didn't); after all, Powell's was famous for its high volume and chaotic disorganization, it wasn't at all odd to see four identical copies of the same book priced at a range of $5.00 to $75.00. Anyway, on one his rounds to Powell's Bruce noticed that they had set up three tables by the SF section and three employees were busily going through a mountain of books, discarding those pesky review slips and in the interest of expediency, pricing the paperbacks at fifty cents and the hardcovers at $3.00. Bruce asked if he could have look and salvage the review slips... What he was looking at was the collection of long-time reviewer and fanzine editor Richard Geis. Geis was moving and had dumped his collection to the bookstore. Essentially, he had one of everything in the genre (published in the US) from the early fifties on... Bruce drained his bank account, borrowed from friends and family and bought as much as he could. This one massive score set him up as a specialty bookseller for the next decade plus. There were books valued at close to $1000 that Powell's dumped at $3.00, dozens of specialty press titles from 1950s that averaged $150-$200; many of the paperbacks were also quite scarce and ranged from $5-$10 (at early 1980s prices). Damn good score, but best of all after everything was totaled up, Bruce had the presence of mind to ask for his 20% dealer discount. ;-) A great guy and a great bookman, he'll be missed. Cheers, John |
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Single Major Acquisitions (was Good deed pays off for Louisiana bookseller)
"Willow Arune" wrote in news:M0PLf.68793$B94.3062
@pd7tw3no: http://www.slidellsentry.com/article...ews/news04.txt I loved the text I read. When I try to access the articles, I get a "409 site not active." Apparently from the responses, others have been able to access this site. I would appreciate it, if anyone who can access the site would post the text. Thank you, Ted Jones. |
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Single Major Acquisitions (was Good deed pays off for Louisianabookseller)
Ted Jones wrote:
Jon Meyers wrote... http://www.slidellsentry.com/article...ews/news04.txt I loved the text I read. When I try to access the articles, I get a "409 site not active." Apparently from the responses, others have been able to access this site. I would appreciate it, if anyone who can access the site would post the text. And it's not just that it moved to another page address, as often happens with news sites; the entire site is down. Could the mention here actually have generated enough traffic at that site to crash it? Hard to believe. I tried to find the story cached or mirrored somewhere else, but no luck. --Jon Meyers |
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Single Major Acquisitions (was Good deed pays off for Louisiana bookseller)
Jon Meyers wrote in news:e2aMf.2073
: http://www.slidellsentry.com/article...ews/news04.txt Thank you for trying and I appreciate your efforts in attempting a recovery of the pages. Part of me hopes that RCB was enough to bring down an entire website, It would mean that thre are a host of lurkers out there. Ted |
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Delurking [was Single Major Acquisitions (was Good deed paysoff for Louisiana bookseller)]
Ted Jones wrote:
Jon Meyers wrote: http://www.slidellsentry.com/article...ews/news04.txt Thank you for trying and I appreciate your efforts in attempting a recovery of the pages. Part of me hopes that RCB was enough to bring down an entire website, It would mean that thre are a host of lurkers out there. We could use fewer lurkers & more posters. Hey, silent majority: Tell us about your collection! If only we'd known: The second week of January was National Delurking Week--for blogs, anyway... http://www.google.com/search?lr=&ie=...lurking%20Week --Jon Meyers |
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