DO YOU HAVE A BOOK QUESTION?

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

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Hi gagarin,

Try this link - couple there.

http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&qi=htSinZ4rzRqTHCEAv4TfkSg8rlI_6376716663_2:10:13

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Hi Ocristo,Thanks for link ,most helpful.
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I think I've dropped lucky on something but can't be certain.

I picked up a series of six volumes of Winston Churchill's War Speeches:

Vol 1 Into Battle (Cassell 1941 8th edition)
Vol 2 The Unrelenting Struggle (Cassell 1942 1st edition)
Vol 3 End of the Beginning (Cassell 1943 1st edition)
Vol 4 Onwards to Victory (Cassell 1944 1st edition)
Vol 5 Dawn of Liberation (Cassell 1945 1st edition)
Vol 6 Victory (Cassell 1946 1st edition)

All are in unclipped dust wrappers with varying amounts of creasing, wear and small losses.

There are lots being offered all over the place. Anyone have any idea of a realistic price?

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You been raiding the skips again, Steve?
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They call it dumper-diving in the US.









I learn some very useful things on the Booksellers Board.

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Charity shop purchase. For a startlingly low price, too.

ABE has sets of firsts at up to 3,000 USD. But if you check the titles individually they tend to be listed at 60 to 80 dollars each.

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At the moment, Steve, you're the one most likely to know the answer to your question.

If nobody else turns up, consider putting the question on the, Ask any question about any book, thread on the dot com Booksellers Board. The experienced sellers there use a lot of their own reference sources and web sites to which they subscribe.

http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.jspa?threadID=2259864&tstart=0&mod=1174931073095

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Thanks, Mrs Bee. I got a reply almost immediately from Satnrose.

Not sure they'll let me start them at $199.99 on eBay.co.uk though.

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🙂

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Is it worth listing it on dot com instead, or as well?

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I'm giving thought to both options.

I did look to see what is currently listed on co.uk. Lots of 'Second World War' sets, but only the odd reprint volume from this set.

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Hello all.

Just a couple of quick questions for anyone who may be interested. Firstly, would anyone say if ebooks are at all popular? And if so, which topics are the most sought after?

I will be extremely grateful for any feedback on this.

Thank you
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It's possible that ebooks may be popular, but I doubt it.

They are certainly not popular with any of the regulars on this board.

Can't read 'em in the bath, and not very easily in bed. They are equally as good as real books in the shower.

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I have posted a response on the other thread on which Benji asked the same question. I copy from there.

Benj4120, I suggest that you use the Search facilities of eBay to see which, if any, ebooks are popular. Use the Completed Items function.

ebooks Completed Listings

That being said, I am a great fan of the free Project Gutenberg and Audio Books for Free.

Project Gutenberg

Audio Books for Free

There is so much free information on the Internet, why would anybody want to buy an ebook?

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I imagine an eBook with the next ten year's of winning lottery numbers would be quite popular.

Beyond that, I'll stick with paper and ink.

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Bee, it's quite insructive to arrange your ebook auctions from highest price down. It would appear that the only ones that sell are "How to Start an ebook business" and "How to Become an ebay Powerseller".

True masterpieces of literature.

There is also one strange one in demand which tells you where the police hold their auctions, a sort of "Secret Policeman's Auction?"

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Sig, your post reminds me of an incident many years ago.

I boarded a British Airways plane in Moscow, and was settling into my seat, when the stewardess came round with English newspapers.

"What have you got?" asked the chap next to me.

"We've got them all" she replied.

"In that case, I'll have tomorrow's Sporting Life".

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:^O

Talk about keyword spamming! They were selling hardware.

Police Auctions

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Hi All

I have a book which I am having real trouble researching on the usual bookfinder sites. I don't think it is worth a lot or anything but would be interested in any advice.

The Book of Recitations
By Charles Hartley
Published by George Routledge & Sons
Late 1890's

Thanks,
Ann.
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Not a lot of luck, I'm afraid. If you look in the British Library catalogue, you will see that Charles Hartley wrote a number of books on elocution and recitation. None with this exact title, and most published by Groombridge. I suspect that this is a reprint of one of his earlier books with a slight title change.

If you are looking to sell it, good luck! I'm scratching my head as to who would be looking to buy it, and what relevance it has today.

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