My mom, when she was chewing me out and not just waiting behind the door with her cast iron frying pan, was the mistress of "And, another thing, Philip..." Well, here's another eminently credible dealer trying to sell a $ 1.00 book for
$ 40.00:
Book Description: Subterranean, 2002. Hard Cover. Book Condition:
Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Ed. First Edition
thus.Very good/Very good condition. This is a professionally restored
library book with little evidence of its former status. Signed limited
ed. #497/850. Signed by Author.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Hip, Hip Hooray !
Our colleague, Vin, who sells books both on-line and at Cat's Curiosities in the Charleston Antique Mall posted two comments on an article here, and our favorite wanderer, Explorer, posted one. All three actually made it to the blog ! So, that's evidently working.
Our friend and colleague, Ann DeVere, Plaza books sent an interesting link: Buyer Beware, or at least Careful
We tell folks there's a dumpster out back for customers who fall.
Our friend and colleague, Ann DeVere, Plaza books sent an interesting link: Buyer Beware, or at least Careful
We tell folks there's a dumpster out back for customers who fall.
Friday, July 29, 2011
A Lesson Learned
No, I didn't learn a lesson, but you might try my kind, gentle approach when dealing with IIs. Follow the electron trail below:
My Recent Internet Experience
From time to time, I buy books on the internet. My purchase arrived, and it was so completely different from what I bought that I sent the following to the "dealer:"
This book was listed, and portrayed, as the signed, limited edition. It is a poor to good copy of the book club edition. Before I leave extremely negative feedback, or contest the sale, what would you like to do ? I do this ONLY as a courtesy to an amateur. I would recommend to you an immediate refund of what I paid, and if you want this book returned, also credit return postage.
His reply:
This book was listed, and portrayed, as the signed, limited edition. It is a poor to good copy of the book club edition. Before I leave extremely negative feedback, or contest the sale, what would you like to do ? I do this ONLY as a courtesy to an amateur. I would recommend to you an immediate refund of what I paid, and if you want this book returned, also credit return postage.
His reply:
It Always Amazes Me..
My Bookstore 103 students are getting to be right little Fascists about book condition. This is as it should be.My colleague Ann DeVere, Plaza Books contributed this from her Internet rooting about:
Decorative red cloth
bind. rubbed
at extremities; spine base, corners frayed; backstrip lightly sunned;
sm. bump to fore-edge of back board;
boards
soiled; ffep
missing; front hinge
cracked; owner's stamps, pencilled name & quotations on paste-downs & eps;
leaf edges foxed/soiled,
else a nice, clean copy.;
Not to be outdone, I found this as I was rooting:
Burton, Michigan, U.S.A.: Subterranean, 2002. Ex-Library. Very Good.
Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited/Numbered. Excluding removed
first blank page and library tape on the spine the book looks like new
and unread. Cover in mylar. This is a #555 of 850 numbered and signed
copies.
Beware the Internet Idiots.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
We Speak Standard English Here.
For many years notable, and some not-so-notable, authors wrote historical novels. In general, the historical facts portrayed in these books was very accurate, so the general reader got some knowledge along with the enjoyment of reading a good yarn. My previous post inspired me to look at the other side of the coin, again from Wikipedia:
Nonfiction novel: a story of actual people and actual events told with the dramatic techniques of a novel. The American writer Truman Capote claimed to have invented this genre with his book In Cold Blood (1965). A true story of the brutal murder of a Kansas farm family, the book was based on six years of exacting research and interviews with neighbors and friends of the victims and the two captured murderers. The story is told from the points of view of different “characters,” and the author attempts not to intrude his own comments or distort fact. Critics pointed out earlier precedents for this type of journalistic novel, such as John Hersey’s Hiroshima (1946), an account of the World War II atomic bombing of the Japanese city told through the histories of six survivors. Norman Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song (1979) is another notable example of the genre.
Nonfiction novel: a story of actual people and actual events told with the dramatic techniques of a novel. The American writer Truman Capote claimed to have invented this genre with his book In Cold Blood (1965). A true story of the brutal murder of a Kansas farm family, the book was based on six years of exacting research and interviews with neighbors and friends of the victims and the two captured murderers. The story is told from the points of view of different “characters,” and the author attempts not to intrude his own comments or distort fact. Critics pointed out earlier precedents for this type of journalistic novel, such as John Hersey’s Hiroshima (1946), an account of the World War II atomic bombing of the Japanese city told through the histories of six survivors. Norman Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song (1979) is another notable example of the genre.
Another Stump the Chump Winner !
Suzanne the Student did a presentation on John McPhee and mentioned to the rest of the class that his style is for the most part "Creative Non-Fiction." We all nodded wisely, and when we could, did a little research. Wikipedia is a fairly reliable source, and I quote from it:
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