DO YOU HAVE A BOOK QUESTION?

147victoria · ‎26-03-2006

I would try Google for both..happy hunting.

emanelpage · ‎28-03-2006

Morning all, I have bought a first edition signed book. When it arrived the signature was actually an autograph on a page from a leaflet or something, which had been cut out and stuck inside the book. Now I was expecting the signature to be actually on the page itself. Have never had a signed book before, was I expecting too much?
It wan't a great deal of money but I feel a bit cheated, I wouldn't have bought it if it hadnt been signed X-(
Thanks for reading.

sigmapsidelta · ‎28-03-2006

It wasn't necessarily cheating. If it wasn't noted that the signature was on a pasted in label it wasn't entirely up front, either.

Who was the author?

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emanelpage · ‎28-03-2006

Alan Titchmarsh, Mr Macgregor. I like his books, but could have got the p/b for pennies! All down to experience I suppose.

sigmapsidelta · ‎28-03-2006

Sounds like a bit of cheating then. Had it been W.S. Churchill, or someone of similar eminence, I could have understood.

Still, at least it saved you chasing through half the gardens of the home counties looking for him to sign it for you.

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emanelpage · ‎28-03-2006

:^O Dont like them THAT much!! Thanks for the replies. I only saw it when there was 1 min left, If there had been 5 mins I would probably sussed it because there wasnt a pic of the sig. I'll learn one day to keep my finger still!!

cybersioux2001 · ‎31-03-2006

Hi.My name is cybersioux and i have Johnsons Dictionary's in two volumns.Both are dated 1810 and are in good condition,scrunched corners but tight binding and immaculate inside with just some spotting on the first pages.Any clues to their worth (before i get too excited)Thanks for any help.

sigmapsidelta · ‎01-04-2006

That would seem to be the 10th edition.

In original bindings and not too badly worn you could be looking at £1,000 - but give me about £300 either way for windage.

I'd get expert help with those if I were you. Check your local museum and see if they have a valuer from one of the big auction houses doing a visit.

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cybersioux2001 · ‎01-04-2006

Thanks sigmapsidelta.Books can be very difficult to assess sometimes if you don't have much experience in that field.Much appreciated.

patgal4 · ‎02-04-2006

Manor_House - what can you tell me about the publisher Ted Smart. Is this the poor end of the trade or what?

sigmapsidelta · ‎02-04-2006

I've noticed they seem to pick up some sort of later publication rights; I've seen a few titles published by them that were, only a year or two earlier, published by a bigger name company.

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manor_house_books · ‎02-04-2006

Ted Smart owns The Book People

http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=100

which is a book club, but not a book club, as it sells publishers editions. stuff they publish themselves seem to be under the Ted Smart label.

manor_house_books · ‎02-04-2006

Sorry about the typos. One glass too many of Merlot.

patgal4 · ‎02-04-2006

Thanks for the help with Ted Smart.

black-country-books · ‎08-04-2006

Good afternoon all,

Need a bit of detective work doing please.

Have acquired for the princely sum of 20p, a book entitled 'Back to the Carpenter of Nazareth' by Frank W. Moyle, Vicar of Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton. It is a softback priced at 1/- published by Sherratt & Hughes.

Have searched all the links I can think of but can't find this particular one.

Thanks chaps.

Chris.

sigmapsidelta · ‎08-04-2006

Might be you overpaid for that one, Chris. 😛

Actually, as you can see from the link below, of the 40 items by him listed on ABE, a copy of that title is top dog.

http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bx=off&ds=30&bi=0&an=frank+moyle&y=13&sortby=1&x=115

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black-country-books · ‎08-04-2006

OOOOH, thanks Steve!

There's none selling on the swampy site so can't list there, and have no experience of link you've just given me - would monthly fees make it worth listing there - is it easy?

Would it be worth selling on eBay do you think?

Questions, questions, questions.....but thanks for your help as usual.

luxurioso · ‎09-04-2006

I'm looking for bulk lots of your indiginous love & romance comic books. Not DC or Marvel. Stuff like Love Story whatever pictorial or something.
I live in St. Pete, FL.

black-country-books · ‎11-04-2006

Very sorry, but it's that old chestnut again - First Editions.

Have a Rick Stein which says: First published 1988. There is no other date there, but the number run is: 5 7 9 10 8 6.

Is it, or isn't it? And, if it is, why doesn't it start from 1?

Thanks once again.

sigmapsidelta · ‎11-04-2006

It IS a first edition, but it is a fifth impression.

The impression line doesn't start at '1' because your copy is a fifth impression. In a copy of the first impression (what most people refer to as the 'first edition') the line would be 13579108642.

The lowest number in the impression line is the impression of the book it is printed in.

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