Book Hunting | busy reading… I just learned recently that the latest book of the Sookie Stackhouse aka True Blood series by Charlaine Harris is out since May 2011. I had the previous 10 books and so I need to have the 11th, Dead Reckoning. Off we go book hunting. Unfortunately the nearest and my fave bookshop Magrudy’s closed its’ outlet in Diera City Center and so with Borders. There is one newly opened bookstore which I forgot the name in Al Ghurair Mall but they don’t have the stock. We also checked the Magrudy’s and one more bookstore in Dubai Festival City but also no stock. Oh well, I placed an order and will be contacted once it arrived. But I am worried with one bookstore closing after another. About Collectible Books. Determining the value of a book is not an exact science and depends upon a number of factors. According to the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, "The value of a book is affected by a variety of factors, including the intrinsic importance of the work, its scarcity, and collectors' interest in it.
In general, the books most sought after are the great works in the humanities and the sciences, usually in the first editions. " Other factors that affect a book's value include its condition, binding, place of origin and whether or not it is signed by the author or has any other inscriptions. A book's condition is critical to its value to a collector. Book collectors take great pains to protect their books from age and wear; many books are wrapped in plastic and never opened. Of course, you may want to read a collectible book; if so, you should do it very carefully so as not to rip or dirty any pages or crack the binding. Arlington books and book stores new used and rare books | Find books and book stores new used and rare books in Arlington, VA. Used Book Stores in Northern Virginia.
Books-A-Million in Washington, DC 20036 - (202) 319-1374. Books for America. Steve Heller hunts down a Nazi graphics standards manual. Designers and design historians told me over the years that they had heard about the existence of a Nazi graphics standards manual. No one could say they actually saw it, but they knew of someone who had. So it grew into something of a Big Foot or Loch Ness Monster tale, until one day I actually saw it too – and it had been right under my nose the whole time. I had envisioned a manual of the kind that Lester Beall did for International Paper or Paul Rand did for IBM, showing acceptable logo weights and sizes, corporate typefaces and colors. I was so familiar with these standards manuals, that it never even occurred to me they were postwar formats — and decidedly modern. Maybe the Nazis did theirs in a different way. The Nazis brand may indeed be uniformly distinctive, but for all the significance they placed on graphic design, there was more variety and greater leeway than one might think.
The policing of all things Swastika was the responsibility of Dr. Rare Book and Special Collections Reading Room. May 9, 2014 Lecture: 12-noon in the Rosenwald Room, LJ-205 View program flyer [PDF, 214KB] The Gutenberg Bible is the first great book printed in Western Europe from movable metal type. It marks a turning point in the art of bookmaking and in the transition from the Middle Ages to the modern world. Completed in Mainz, Germany, probably in late 1455, Johann Gutenberg is generally credited with inventing the process of uniform type.
The Bible was purchased for the Library of Congress from Dr. This view of St. Book Sales in Pennsylvania. Book Sale Finder Classified Ads. Rare Book School: RBS News Feed. RBS Receives $279,830 Grant to Fund IMLS-RBS Fellowships for Early-Career Librarians [31 March 2014] We are extremely pleased to announce that Rare Book School has received a grant of $279,830 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through their Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. This grant will fund a fellowship program to help educate and contribute to the professional development of early-career special collections librarians, with a special emphasis on recruiting participants currently underrepresented in the field. Over the next two years, forty library school students and library professionals in the early stages of their careers in special collections will receive funding to take a course at Rare Book School as well as to attend the annual preconference of the Rare Books and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association.
See the full IMLS announcement. SHARP-RBS Scholarship: STONERIDGEBOOKSALE.ORG. Washington Antiquarian Booksellers Association - Used Books, Collectible Books, Antiquarian Books. DCRMB. Artists' Book Dealer Joshua Heller Rare Books. Used Book Stores in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia. Used book stores are fun places to browse and find a wide range of great reads, ranging from old classics to modern best sellers. There are a variety of used book stores in the capital region.
In Washington, DC Bartleby's Books 3034 M St. NW, Washington, DC (202) 298-0486 Books for America 1417 22nd St. NW, Washington, DC (202) 835-2665. Capitol Hill Books 657 C St. Idle Times Books 2467 18th St. Joshua Heller Rare Books 3720 Albemarle St. Kinsey Marable & Co. 1313 Potomac St. Riverby Books 417 E Capitol St. Second Story Books & Antiques 2000 P St. See Used Book Stores in Maryland on Page 2 See Used Book Stores in Northern Virginia on Page 3.
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While some titles such as Dibdin’s Bibliomania or Rosenbach’s A Book Hunter’s Holiday have entered the realm of collectible works, others are available. The following works offer a good overview of the subject and are fairly easy to obtain. CARTER, John. ABC for Book Collectors. THOMAS, Alan G. PORTER, Catherine. BASBANES, Nicholas A. REES-MOGG, William. What To Collect? Once you've become enthusiastic about book collecting in general, the next decision is what to collect. CARTER, John and MUIR, Percy, editors. OLMERT, Michael. KENT, Henry W. RARE MASONIC BOOKS. There are hundreds of thousands of Masonic books, however, rare Masonic books are very difficult to find.
Which book was the first Masonic book published in America? First Masonic Book in America: The first edition of the first Masonic book published in America was printed by Brother Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1734. It was a reprint of Brother James Anderson's work, known as "Anderson's Constitutions," printed by William Hunter in London, which was published in 1723 under the authority of the Grand Lodge of England. It is entitled: "The Constitutions of the Freemasons". It contains the History, Charges and Regulations of the Most Ancient and Right Worshipful Fraternity. It was compiled by Brother James Anderson, D.D..
It is a very important book which contributed to the development of not only colonial society, but the formation of the Republic. The reprint published by Brother Benjamin Franklin in 1734 is now very scarce. Knights Templar Rare Masonic Books Other Rare Masonic Books: Cornerstone - Evaluating Your Old Books. This guide covers some frequently asked questions about rare books and book values.
The answers are meant only as general responses to these questions, and the many possible exceptions are not described. No attempt has been made to identify or to evaluate individual books. PLEASE NOTE: We cannot determine the value of your books via e-mail. Questions Covered: 1. 1. Over the past 500 years, millions and millions of books, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, and broadsides have come off printing presses. . ^ return to Table of Contents ^ 2.
"Of the making of books there is no end"--and the topics books cover are equally infinite. 3. Because books are portable they turn up everywhere, from well-ordered private libraries to attics, basements, and barns. 4. The age of a book has very little to do with its value. 5. 6. A book known to exist in only a few copies may have value if it has importance and is in demand. 7. The production figures for print runs are seldom available. 8. 9. 10. Bibles 11. A Tale of Two Cities, Ralph Sipper - ABAA Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America - Search for Rare, Used and Antiquarian Books. This is the best of times. A worst there isn't, not if you are lucky enough to earn your living by dealing in books. Nevertheless, a quarter-century after establishing our rare-book enterprise, I felt chained-not, like Prometheus, to a rock but to my desk. (The only gods working my liver over daily were the heavenly beings in my wine cellar disguised as bottles).
I longed to get back out to where the fun has always been-hunting down books. When you get right down to it, much of mail order bookselling is a passive endeavor. You wait for books you have bought to arrive, for letters and phone calls to be answered, for catalogues to return from the printer, for orders to come in. Oh, and you wait to be paid. Instead of saluting books that marched daily into Santa Barbara like an invading army (this force clad not in khaki but motley cloths, boards and, to be sure, pristine dust jackets), I decided to go AWOL for good and resume marching to my own tune. Dmitri jumps up. Money making guide/Hunter. Tales from the Thrift Store – Rare Book Treasure Hunting. We invited AbeBooks’ customers to tell us about their greatest rare book treasure hunting experiences and they answered with some wonderful tales. They scoured thrift stores, sifted through charity sales, trawled through the dustiest shelves and gambled at auctions.
Time again, these bibliophiles spotted a literary diamond among the pebbles. This list ranges from modern writers like Cormac McCarthy and Hunter S Thompson to legends of yesteryear like C.S. Lewis and remarkable story about Charles Manson and his fingerprints. There’s also a stunning Shakespearean discovery where the intern comes up trumps. If you have a tale to tell from the thrift store or some other source of bookish bargains, then email your hunting experiences to media@abebooks.com – it could be published on our site (don’t forget to include your name, where you are from and where you found the book and how much you paid). Shakespeare Second Folio My rare book discovery is rather different from that of others. Books-A-Million, Inc.
Idle Time Books - AbeBooks - Washington, DC, U.S.A. About Idle Time Books Idle Time Books has been in operation since 1981.We have 50,000 quality used, recent and out-of-print books, as well as greeting cards, newspapers, records and CD's. The store is open 7 days a week, 11am-10pm (EST). We are located in the heart of the Adams Morgan neighbourhood in Washington DC, amid the hustle and bustle of many ethnic restaurants and nightclubs.
We have three floors of books, and comfortable chairs to wile away some time. Make sure to visit when you're in town. List this seller's books Catalogs of Idle Time Books Bookstore Terms Shipping Terms: Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Hard-to-Find Books - Family Tree Magazine. Don't get in a bind hunting down old books. We'll teach you online tricks for turning up rare and out-of-print volumes. My uncle Martin Hendrickson was fearless. Large and unyielding in principle, he never let a man get away with bullying, or a woman be treated poorly. He was a pillar of his community, the first to leap into action when there was trouble, and so likable that everyone in town called him "Uncle Mart. " This Kansas farmer had a mysterious side, too—one of uncannily accurate premonitions.
It doesn't seem unusual that I'd be so well-acquainted with my uncle—until you know he was born in 1834. Uncle Mart isn't the first ancestor I've gotten to know through out-of-print or hard-to-find books. Not bad for a few hours of online book shopping—a feat you too can achieve. You can search ABE's and Alibris' databases by title, author or subject.
Because of the sheer numbers involved (remember those 70 million books?) Want more vital records? Lastly, become a historian. Book Search Tips: A Guide to Hunting Tolkien Books on the Net. Meta Search Tools These sites are simply tools for searching more than one web site (see next section) at a time. They are great time savers, and I recommend them highly as a starting point for your search. Databases These websites are all searchable. That means that you can input an author and/or a title, and you'll receive a list of available items. Auctions Some of the likelier auction sites. Newsgroups Newsgroups have been around much longer than the web. Email Lists (Listservs) E-mail lists are rather like an email version of a newsgroup or bulletin board, and the same rules apply for the most part. Want Lists A few places where you can post want lists more or less permanently. Robin Oliveira | Book Group Guide. Talented and ambitious, twenty-one year old Mary Sutter is a respected Albany midwife who longs to be a doctor.
Refused by the medical college simply for being a woman, Mary presses surgeon Dr. James Blevens for an apprenticeship. Despite calling on Mary's expertise during a difficult delivery, Blevens refuses her, setting in motion a chain of events which will take Mary through the carnage of the Civil War and set the stage for a great romance. Robin Oliveira's debut novel My Name is Mary Sutter is the epic narrative of one woman's personal strength and struggle, a story which encompasses grand history and private grief, the progress of an entire gender and generation, and the tale of one woman's love.
Frustrated by her lack of professional opportunities, Mary rebels, running away to Washington and straight into the heart of the Civil War. The end of My Name is Mary Sutter is both satisfying and surprising. The Rare Book Room Directory. How to Buy Old Comic Books. Library Review | Book-hunting in our Day: Impressions of a Bibliophile. 1st Choice Used Books: Chasseur's Hunting It Down! Book Hunting. Rare Treasure Books, Treasure Hunting. Musings from Brian J. Noggle » Search Results » “Good Book Hunting” Book Hunting and Author Interviews. Go Hunting. Rare Book Review. ABOOKSEARCH.COM -- Book search for old, rare and out-of-print books from booksellers and bookstores worldwide. Why I Collect. Essay: Book Hunting.
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