DO YOU HAVE A BOOK QUESTION?

[manor_house_books]

Hi all, pippy_oak here, posting under my brand new user name. Hopefully, Richard will pin this thread, as it seems a nice tidy place to pose specific questions about a book (Is it a 1st edition, what's it worth, where to find it etc. etc.) Don't just come here with a question. If you think you have the answer, then let's hear it.

Or we could just mooch around and learn a few things.

Cheers

Paul

[*jess**]

😮

Excellent, Steve:-D

[147victoria]

Flippin' heck Steve, wish I had a wheelbarrow full of Guy Boothby 1st's.
and there you were worried about your watchers dropping like flies:^O
Is it the same bidders or have you got fresh blood?

:8}
*mine's a virtual vodka*

[sigmapsidelta]

The holder at the mo is new today.

. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Whomever you may murder, there's no police like Holmes.

[147victoria]

Maybe one of your mysterious watchers.

[ok-mrs-bee]

Mine's a large Scotch! 😄

[sigmapsidelta]

I bought the bar - dive in!

:-)

. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Whomever you may murder, there's no police like Holmes.

[ok-mrs-bee]

:^O Cheers!

[147victoria]

*Bottoms Up*

Does this get you star seller of the week?:|

[manor_house_books]

I love it when something goes right!!!

Well done!!!

[sigmapsidelta]

I shan't tell you what it cost me. The buyer might look in.

:8}

. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Whomever you may murder, there's no police like Holmes.

[sigmapsidelta]

This is only a book question because I came across the word in a book....

What is a 'cruller'?

. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Whomever you may murder, there's no police like Holmes.

[ok-mrs-bee]

crul·ler ( krŭl ' ər ) n. Chiefly Northeastern, Central Atlantic, & Upper Northern
US A small, usually ring-shaped or twisted cake of sweet.

Why couldn't you do the googling?

[manor_house_books]

Cruller : A small, usually ring-shaped or twisted cake of sweet dough fried in deep fat.

[manor_house_books]

Sorry Mrs. Bee, I crossposted.

[black-country-books]

ditto - Webster's.

[sigmapsidelta]

I knew it was food of some sort.

It is just one of those things that turn up in fantasy novels that really have no place being there.

Thanks. 🙂


. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Whomever you may murder, there's no police like Holmes.

[keepie1975]

has anyone cracked the codes in the david blaine autobiography?

[patgal4]

I notice you suggest using the correct category/putting keywords etc into title line to attract the buyer. Expanding the title line is difficult when there are only 55? spaces. Also the question of category can be difficult. I am about to list BEFORE THE WAR: 1908-1939 by John Strickland Goodall. It says on d/j - not meant for publication as it was painted as a present for his wife. It depicts his life from birth as the only son of a Harley Street specialist right through to his enlistment at outbreak of war. It is a biography in paintings but how would I list this?
Also, I have just found a first print/first edition of Robert Holdstock's Merlin's Wood this I would put under Fantasy???
Finally, is there any chance that Philip Pullman would sign a paperback - it looked like a 3rd printing and I wouldn't know how to recognise his signature.

[manor_house_books]

I find keywords more important than categories. I don't always put the book title in the listing title.

The JS Goodall, I would list under non-fiction/ art & design/ artist illustrated. For a title, I would use JOHN STRICKLAND GOODALL 1981 ART BOOK 1ST ED.

I would list the Holdstock under fiction/ first editions/unsigned, with a title like ROBERT HOLDSTOCK MERLIN'S WOOD 1ST EDITION.

Here is a distant view of Philip Pullman's signature.

http://www.sqwubbsybooks.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_pullmanset.html

[patgal4]

MANOR HOUSE - many thanks again. I now intend to keep a litle notebook with all the tips I get from this thread. I sometimes think I ask the same question too often so perhaps this will help.
Glad I didn't buy the Pullman book. It was nothing like the one you put on.