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

[scotsglenfaery]

Thank you very much for your help Mrs Bee. It gives me some direction to head into.

Regards
from a warm and sunny Australia

Robyn

[smiffy49er]

Hi,
Could any of you well educated people (ok enough of the flannel) help me please.?

I have lots and lots of copies of War Illustrated. They have been bound in four red leatherette type books.Not sure how many volumes in each binding but a lot.

Shall I put them on ebay? How much should I start them at or would it be better to sell them somewhere else.

Thanks for any help.

[jeffbrg23]

I've had a look at completed items on Ebay and there is a small market for these, although your certainly not going to make a fortune. Theres a complete set of ten of these which sold for £35.

Personally I would list yours individually (as they are not a complete set and are more likely to be purchased by someone wanting a volume to complete their set) with an optimistic starting price of between £4.99 and £9.99 depending on condition and as there aren't many buyers I'd list them as Buy It Now items.

But I'd be perfectly happy to accept that I will lose my 40p listing fees and that none will sell. I'd certainly list under antiquarian and collectable to get the US visibility.

Ebay is as good a place as any to sell them, but it would be worth having a look on Amazon to see if they are listed there then you could list for free and wait for a sale. You might have to wait a long while but if your happy to leave them on a shelf until someone buys them you may get a higher price on Amazon.

[smiffy49er]

Jeffbrg
Thankyou very much for that comprehensive answer.

I think I will try to sell them on here.

Thanks again.

[fizzyfrog56]

Hi everyone, im desperate to find a copy of a book called
"susie's five birthdays" i read this as a child in the
50's, i have tried googling, but because i dont know the
author or date of publication im having no luck.
Any help appreciated.

[sigmapsidelta]

I think you might be mis-recalling the title. Nothing at all comes up on any search. Closest I got was 'The Five Monkeys' series.

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[bamboo2007]

Help with choosing category please.

I have BB Summer Road to Wales first edition which I am going to list under Antiquarian but am not sure what subject to put it in as there has not been one up for sale recently and most of the BB books currently for sale/sold are childrens or fishing. It is about a journey through Wales - anybody know??

Thank you.

[jeffbrg23]

Personally I would plump for topography/local interest, but I wouldn't worry too much just make sure you get BB in the title thats what people will be looking for in searches the category is very much secondary for a book like this. It will most likely be brought by a BB collector rather than a browser who just takes a fancy to it.

[bamboo2007]

jeffbrg22

Thank you:-D

[bookwormju]

Hi i`m hoping someone here can help me. I have a Shaun Hutson book - Knife Edge, which is signed but there isn`t a number line, how much is it worth if anything, as i`m considering selling it? I forgot to say it`s in hardback.
Cheers
Ju

[marymann666]

Hi, new to this but hoping someone can find a book for me! I started it but then lost it and can't remember who wrote it!
What I do know is it is called The Day After Tomorrow. I have bought 3 books with this title so far, each one a different subject, and none of them mine! The one I need is about a normal guy who comes home to find 'strange men' searching his home, he visits his wife at her work in a university library but finds her workmate dead, presumably mistaken for his wife, he then finds his wife and they are followed by car, escaping by hiding in someones garage on the pretext of buying a boat.
That all! does it ring any bells? I'd be so grateful if anyone knows it. Thanks mary666

[marymann666]

I had a poem published in 'The night garden' they've now asked me to write a book of my own. Would anyone tell me if they think poems like this one would sell? I'd love to have some comments.
My Cabbage.
I had a little cabbage
it flowered in the spring
and when he showed his dark green head
the birds began to sing!
One day a hungry caterpillar
began to eat his leaves
and so I made my cabbage
a house up in the trees!
Then one cold day with snow around
my cabbage was no more
He fell and broke his vitals
and split right up the core!
Oh how I loved that cabbage
I'm so sorry that he's dead
but life goes on and now I've got,
a cauliflower instead!!
Mary666

[jeffbrg23]

#1309
If you look on bookfinder.com there are signed first editions on offer for between approx £15 and £30 and there is actually one on offer on Ebay for £15. The first edition was published by Little Brown in 1997, however, I'm pretty sure, Little Brown use a number line to indicate which edition it is so it doesn't sound like you've got a first. Yours could be a book club edition who's the publisher?

Personally if it's not a first I would start at £4.99 depending on condition and see what happens. I'd probably start a first at £9.99.

[bookwormju]

Hi thanks for that, the publisher is Little Brown 1997. The only numbers inside are the ISBN (whatever that is) that number is 0 316 90406 6. Does that help. The book is in perfect condition.

[jeffbrg23]

After a bit of googling it would appear that Little Brown don't always use a number line. Somewhere on the copyright page it should state first edition or first printing, if so then its a first. Worth trying the £9.99 in my opinion.

[bookwormju]

Hi jeffbrg thanks a lot for all your help.
Julie

[sewell7224]

hi i have a book question and hopefully someone will be able to help. I remember reading a book when i was a teen about a girl who is a bit plump ect (all the usuall things) then one summer decides to slim down and then she starts getting weird calls ect and it turns out its from her aunt who she lives with.

anyway im sure it was called sweet sixteen or sixteen candles and was part f the nightmares series which was similar to the point horrors but i cant find any trace of it anywhere. it bugging me not knowing so if anyone knows the book im thinking of please let me know

thanks

alex

[manor_house_books]

I think it is "Sixteen Candles" by Nicholas Pine. Published 1994 in the Terror Academy series.

Synopsis
Once she was a quiet wallflower. Now about to turn 16, Kelly has slimmed down, shaped up and become one of Central Academy's most popular students. She's put her parents' mysterious deaths behind her and come out of her shell. But a killer still stalks her, and her next date may be her last.

[sewell7224]

thank you so so so much i knew it was from some horror series now the next problem is where to find it lol
thank you x

[ok-mrs-bee]

Hi, Sewell - click on this link and buy a copy. 🙂

http://tinyurl.com/yo52vc