A book that looks like nothing.

[satnrose]

There are quite a few books that don't look like anything special. Here's one: Security Analysis

[autumnjava]

Animorphs #49 (don't know about #50-yet)

[dependabledennis]

The latest index to "A Book that Looks Like Nothing"... 02Jan2006

The newest additions, since the last index was posted on this thread, now have the posting # placed at the end of each reference... since posting #709... an example:

Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition (#759-760)

At the end of the above reference is (#759-760)... meaning it refers to postings #759 thru 760 above

Since "A Book that Looks Like Nothing" has reached 21 pages i've posted this list at the top of page 21 and do NOT plan on posting this updated list seperately as a few newbies end up posting on the seperate list instead of here on this permanent thread.

If anyone would like to do the same on past postings from #1 to #709 then before you post it here please post an announcement to this list that you are doing it so we don't have umpteen postings for the same index... i'm sure many would find it useful instead of using the search feature to find the posting : )

For the benefit of anyone just now coming in... pasted below is what this index is all about:

Who likes to begin reading a lengthy book on the last page? Especially one without a table of contents or an index? Here's the latest index of the thread "A Book that Looks Like Nothing" that is 'permanent' in that it is kept anchored at the top of the Bookseller page. So now that you can find your way around the looooooong thread maybe you'll add a posting?

Here's a list of all the books mentioned from the beginning of the discussion that could be found in the last couple of days (the links to auctions are only good for a short time so those aren't included). Hope some of you will print the list and take it with you when you go book hunting... happy hunting!

A Book that Looks Like Nothing... 02Jan2006 (also # indicates mentioned before #709)
Title:
5 To Die by Jerry LeBlanc (pb)
Abba: The Complete Recording Sessions (1994)
AB Bookman - been defunct for years, if your library has back issues (#736)
A Brief Introduction to the Infinitesimal Calculus, Designed Especially to Aid in Reading Mathematical Economics and Statistics by Irving Fisher (1897)
A Dance in Blood Velvet by Freda Warrington
Adventures in Unhistory by Avram Davidson
A Course In Miracles (#755)
A Hermit in the House by Helena Olson - about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (#740)
Alaskan Tales by Russell Annabel
Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition (2nd Ed is becoming rare)
Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition (#759-760)
Aleister Crowley: The Man: The Mage: The Poet by Charles Richard Cammell (1st Ed) (#769)
Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators by Robert Arthur
Alice in Wonderland The Illustrated Modern Library edition
All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed by Neil Clark Warren (eharmony.com's founder)
A Mathematical Theory of Evidence by Glenn Shafer
American Homes To-day by Augusta Owen Patterson
Anamorphs #49: The Ultimate published by Scholastic (#800-801)
And Miles to Go by Linell Smith
An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English by Ernest Weekley (1921)
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, Pocket Books 1st printing
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (#745-6)
Aran Knitting by Alice Starmore
Art of the Comeback by Donald Trump
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (first edition only, zillions of others nothing)
Aspects of the Tain, editor J P Mallory ISBN 0951706829 (#714)
A Stranger's Arms by Carla Laymon (aka Richard Laymon) A Dark Desire Romance (pb)
Atomics for the Millions by Maxwell Leigh Eidinoff and Hyman Ruchlis
Authentic Arabrian Bloodstock by Judith Forbis (#793)
Authorized Al by Weird Al Yankovic (pb)
Avalon Hill War Games - just about any of the role playing material (#733)
A Wonderful Time by Slim Aarons
Bald As I Wanna Be by Tony Kornheiser
Beat the Market: A Scientific Stock Market System by Edward Thorp (1st printing 1967) (also #792)
Bed Number Ten by Mary Zimmeth Schomaker
Beginning The World by Karen Armstrong
Bells of Lowell Series by Tracie Peterson (even pb's)
Best Friends by Mary Bard
Best Friends at School by Mary Bard
Best Friends in Summer by Mary Bard
Beyond the PawPaw Trees: The Story of Anna Lavinia by Palmer Brown
Billionaire by Ivan Fallon
Billion Dollar Baby by Bob Greene (fair pb will go for good$$$s)
Black Jack Ketchum, Last Of The Hold-Up Kings by E Bartholomew
Black's Law Dictionary (1,2,3 editions bring the most)
Blinded by the Right by David Brock
Blood of her Ancestors by Lucy Agnes Hancock (Harlequin Romance)
Born of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon (a Kinley MacGregor fantasy romance) (pb)
Bubble Bubble by Mercer Mayer
Buford - True Story of Walking Tall Sheriff Buford Pusser
Bushwacked by Molly Ivans
Calico, Shall it be another Pandora's Box (1940's mining claims pamphlet)
Carney's House Party by Maud Hart Lovelace
Carnival Strippers by Susan Meiselas
Carola by Felix Forrest
Caroline books by Jane Carruth and Pierre Probst
Catalog Raisonne, although the book is in a foreign language, it's a keeper
Cherry Ames Nurse Series books circa 1940's (childrens)
Cherry Ames Student Nurse (1943)
Cherry Ames Veteran's Nurse (1946)
Childcraft Books
Chip Hilton (sports) books by Claire Bee
Choose Life or Death, The Reams Biological Theory of Ionization by A R Harrison (pb) (1978)
Clifford by Norman Bridwell and anything by the same author
Coal by Jason Grant (pb)
Coin World (#741)
Collin's Black Hills History and Directory for 1878-9 Chas Collins, Dakota Territory (1878)
Columbia University Alumni Directory 2004
Common Sense by Thomas Paine (paperback) 1976 by Medallic Arts Company (#748)
Cooperative Business Enterprise
Crimson Night by Trisha Baker
Curious George by Margaret and H A Rey and anything by the same authors
Curly by Frank Vandenberg
Cycles of the Werewolf by Stephen King (hb 1st ed) (also #792)
Danger Below by John Blaine
Day Trading with Short Term Price Patterns & Opening Range Breakout by Toby Crabel
Dear and Glorious Physician by Taylor Caldwell
Devils Guard by George Robert Elford (pb)
Dianetics by L Ron Hubbard
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Disco by Albert Goldman
Disco Bloodbath
Doc Savage double novels from the 80s by Bantam
Don Sturdy at Glacier Bay (#721)
Down the Colorado by John Wesley Powell
Dragon Sword and Wind Child by Noriko Ogiwara
Dunaway, Reminiscences of a Rebel by Neale, 1913 (#784, 785)
Dune
Dungeons & Dragons (Original D&D Set) (1973-1979) (#725)
Dungeons & Dragons War Games - just about any of the role playing material (#733)
Dynamic Judo Throwing Techniques by Kazuzo Kudo (1967)
Easy Introduction to the Slide Rule by Isaac Asimov
Economics of Stationary States, by A C Pigou, Macmillan. 1935
Eighteen Straight Whiskeys by Michael Easton
Emily Of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace (1950 First Printing)
Empty and Full The Language of Chinese Painting Francois Cheng 1994, Shambala Softcover
Enter Whining by Fran Drescher (#770 states it is no longer worth the $ to invest)
Erin's Sons in America: The Ancient Order of Hibernians by John T Ridge (pb)
Everybody's Shakespeare by Roger Hill and Orson Welles
Experience of Landscape by Appleton (#737)
Experimental Animation: Origins of a New Art by Robert Russett & Cecile Starr (editors) (#727)
Exploring Creation With Biology (textbook) by Dr Jay L Wile
Eye of the World by Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, book 1 (pb)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High by Cameron Crowe (pb)
Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs
Ferromagnetism by Richard M Bozeworth (#799)
Fiction by Joseph Altsheler
Field Guide To Japanese Birds
Fighter Gunnery, Army Air Forces Training Command, 1st ed, June 1944, prepared by The Army Air Forces Training Command in Matagorda Peninsula, Foster Field, TX (#788/#5345 of AskAny)
Fighting For Life, Contest, Sexuality, & Consciousness by Walter J. Ong - sc, 1st pb ed 1989
Folium Reservatum by George Catlin
Frankenstein by Shelley (19th century editions)
Frogs Into Princes by Richard Bandler
Fused Salts (Chemistry/Electrochemistry)
Garland Reference Library of the Humanities (Some titles seem worth looking for) (#719)
Generalized Compliance Training by Siegrfired Engelmann
Goodnight Moon by Clifford and anything by the same author
Goose Fever by Douglas McDougall (Magnum Edition)
Gor (science fiction) by John Norman (usually pb)
Gordon Press - any technology title
Gray's Manual of Botany 8th Ed. Edited by M L Fernald
Green Bay Workhorses, The Nau Tug Line by George Nau Burridge
Greenberg's Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets Vol 2 1933-1962 by William Bean published in 1998
Gregg Press SF sets produced in 1975-1986 libraries are starting to deaccession
Handbook of Electron Tube and Vacuum Techniques by Fred Rosebury (#799)
Handbook of Iron Meteorites by Vagn F. Buchwald
Handbook of Materials and Techniques for Vacuum Devices by Walter H Kohl (#799)
Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton
Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People by John or Alan Lomax (pb)
Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke
Heinlein Juveniles - printed by Scribners in hard cover (#799)
Hercule Poirot
High Time by Mary Lasswell (1944)
Hike and the Aeroplane by Tom Graham (pseud for Sinclair Lewis)
History of England 1801 first edition (#721)
History of the Donner Party by C. F. McGlashan (plain pb)
Hooper Humperdink by Theo LeSieg
Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose by John McDonald
How I Turned $1,000.00 into (1,3,5) Million in Real Estate in My Spare Time by Wm Nickerson
Howl for Carl Solomon by Allen Ginsberg
How Many Miles to Babylon by Violet Needham (#738)
How to Make a Telescope by Jean Texereau (#710)
How to Run a Pressure Group
How to Wrap Five Eggs
How to Wrap Five More Eggs
Humic, Fulvic, and Microbial Balance: Organic Soil Conditioning by William R. Jackson PhD
Iceberg by Clive Cussler 1996 BCE
I'd Rather Be the Devil: Skip James and the Blues by Stephen Calt (1994)
Ilsa by Madeliene L'Engle
Impromptu In Moribundia by Patrick Hamilton
In God's Name
International Correspondense School Textbooks, ICS - home machinists and hobbyists (#799)
In The Hebrides by Alice Starmore
In the Wet by Nevil Shute
Introduction to Early American Masonry, Stone, Brick, Mortar, and Plaster by Harley J McKee
Israel Without Zionism by Uri Averny (Collier 1971) pocket book
James Joyce and Heraldry by Michael J. O'Shea
J D Salinger: A Writing Life by Ian Hamilton (The advance proof only)
Jim Thorpe: Tar Heel by Robert W Reising
Journey to Enchantment by Patricia Veryan
Kappa Sigma Book Semi Centennial Edition '20
Keep it Simple Stupid by Judge Judy
Keepsake Quilting (cookbook) ISBN 0970413009
Killy by Donald Westlake
Lakeside Press
Lazy Liza Lizard by Mary Curtis Rains (#766)
Leadbelly by John or Alan Lomax (pb)
Left-handed Knitting by Regina Hulburt in paperback (#794)
Legal Horn Books
Let's Tat
Liberace's Cookbook
Life and Times of S Glenn Young World Famous Law Enforcement Officer
Little Golden Books and similar children's books - early printings (#799)
Living Bible
Locomotive Cyclopedia
Lone Wolf 25: Trail of the Wolf, by Joe Dever, Adventure Gamebook
Los funerales de la Mamá Grande by García Márquez, Gabriel (1962 1st Ed)
Lure of the Bush by Arthur Upfield
Machinery Handbook any
Machinery's Handbook 1st ed 1914
Maida's Little Treasure Hunt by Inez Haynes Irwin
Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison (1966) (basis for movie 'Soylent Green')
Man of High Fidelity: Edwin Howard Armstrong by Lawrence Lessing
Manual of Flotation Processes
Manual to the Lutheran Book of Worship
Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful by Seth A Klarman
Marihuana by William Irish (pseudonym of Cornell Woolrich) pb
Marketing to Moms: Getting Your Share of the Trillion-Dollar Market by Maria T. Bailey
Marks of American Silversmith's by Belden
Master Scheduling, Second Edition by John F Proud (#775)
Maximizing Small Business Growth: Developing A Bank's Game Plan By Charles B Wendel
Men At Work by Lewis Hine 1st Edition
MIT Radiation Lab Series - any, especially Index vol.
Modeling the Earth for Oil Exploration : Final Report of the Cec's Geoscience I Program 1990-3
Monastery by Patrick Whalen (pb run of the mill brought $60)
Monkeys by Susan Minot
Mount Everest 1951 Expedition by Eric Shipton - famous for 2 pictures of Yeti footprints (#752)
Mr. Piper and His Cubs by Devon Francis, copyright 1973, stated 1st edition
Murray's Handbook in Japan
My First Sixty Years in Advertising by Maxwell Sackheim
New Weather by Paul Muldoon
Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos: w/Applications in Physics,Biology,Chemistry by Steven Strogatz
No Third Path by Joseph Novak [Jerzy Kosinski] (1962)
Now and on Earth by Jim Thompson
Number Knitting: The New All-Way Stretch Method by Virginia Woods Bellamy
Oddkins by Dean Koontz lst Edition
On A Clear Day You Can See General Motors by J Patrick Wright (1979) (re: John DeLorean)
Only A Dog by Bertha Smith
Open House Cookbook by Rachael Ray
Operation Mind Control by Walter Bowart (#749)
Origen by Jean Danielou translated by Walter Mitchell
Pacific Coast Highway by Alice Starmore
Pandora of Parhham Royal by Violet Needham (#738)
Papa Married a Mormon by Fitzgerald
Phantom by Susan Kay
Pictures by Garth Williams (?Published 1951 Simon and Schuster?)
Poems of Childhood illustrated by Maxfield Parrish
Pooh's Library
Portrait of a Capitalist by Henry Huttleston Rogers (Railroadiana)
Prince Caspian by C S Lewis
Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching Galamian 1962 Prentice Hall (#747)
Principles of Scientific Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor (green cover = $$) (#768)
Pubblicita in Italia (Advertising in Italy), 1967/68 and other years (#726)
Pumpkin Moonshine by Tasha Tudor
Questions for My Father: Finding the Man behind your Dad by Vincent Staniforth (1998)
Race, Class, and the Struggle for Neighborhood in Washington DC by Nelson Kofie
Rachael Ray's Open House Cookbook
Radiotron Designers Handbook (4th ed only)
Real Estate Opportunities by Edward Ruscha
Reality in Advertising by Rosser Reeves (#787)
Realm of Algebra by Isaac Asimov (#755)
Rebecca's World by Terry Nation (creator of Dr. Who)
Recuerdos de Santa Fe by Willard Clark
Red Rose of Ruvina by Violet Needham (#738)
Red Shoes For Nancy by Marguerite Hamilton (#757-758)
Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer (Audiobook)
Religions, Values by Maslow
Researching the Family by Child Trends, Inc (Soft Cover)
Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P Newton (#780)
Ria by Felix Forrest
Rick Brant Science
Rivers of Memory by Harry Middleton
Robison's Manual of Radio Telegraphy and Telephony 1919 Navy
Robotman cartoon books
Runaway Bunny by Clifford and anything by the same author
Sales Closing Techniques by Les Dane
Sasquatch, The Apes Among Us by John Green (#753)
Schooners in Peril: True & Exciting Stories About Tall Ships/Great Lakes by James L. Donahue
Scofield Reference Bible, King James Edition (#775)
Security Analysis (1st Editions)
Seduction Of The Innocent by Fredric Wertham
Seed Identification Manual by Alexander C. Martin and Wm D Barkely
Selected by Jane Werner (?Published 1951 Simon and Schuster?)
Shadow Ghost Makers by Little Big Book (1942, 1943)
Shadowmancer by G P Taylor
Shaggy B.E.M. Stories Edited by Mike Resnick
Sheet Metal Pattern Layouts Book (1957)
Shell Guide to Devon (the 1939 edition is 4 figures)
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Sinden on Mushrooms
Singing Family of the Cumberlands by Jean Ritchie (1st Ed has music on rear of dj)
Sisters by Lynne Cheney (pb) (a lesbian tale of the old West)
Skipping Village by Lois Lenski
Sky Soldier by Lawrence D Okendo (pb)
Smalltalk 80 - Addison Wesley programming books
Smart Trust Deed Investment in California by George Coats (1988)
Snow Angels by Stewart O'Nan [first edition]
Spanish Poetry by Manuel Machado
Spelling Bees by Albert Deane (1937) Illustrated by Dr Suess
Spencer Brown - Laws of Form
Splendid Isolation: The Curious History of South American Mammals by George G Simpson (#727)
Sporting and Club House Guides
Spring Designer's Handbook (#748)
Steel Construction, American Institute of Steel Construction by Lee H. Miller (1928)
Stillwater by Alice Starmore
Stock Trading Wizard by Tony Oz
Stones of Summer by Dow Mossman
Sugarplum by Johanna Johnston
Sunset on Design (from the 50's and 60's (some 70's), keywords 'eames', or mod or retro)
Supplementary Volume A, Volume 3 chemistry of double-bonded fuctional groups by Saul Patai
Sweet Life by Barry Manilow
Tarzan paperbacks
Technical Analysis of Stock Trends by Robert D. Edwards and John Magee First Edition 1948
T E Lawrence - His Orders, Decorations and Medals by Ronald D Knight (#716)
The Alaska Railroad by Bernadine Prince
The American Family Series by Jack Cavanaugh
The American Quarter Horse In Pictures (1969)
The Americans by Robert Frank
The Ashley Book of Knots
The Bed Book by Sylvia Plath
The Better Homes and Gardens (design, 50's,60's,some 70's, keywords 'eames' or mod or retro)
The Big Bender by Charles Clapp Jr
The Big U by Neal Stephenson
The Big Tidy Up by Norah Smaridge (#732)
The Bikeriders by Danny Lyon
The Boy Who Drew Cats by Lafcadio Hearn (1963)
The Butterfly Kid by Chester Anderson
The Butterfly Kid by Chester Anderson (#748)
The Car Builders Cyclopedia, Simmons Boardman Press (#799)
The Caroline books by Jane Carruth and Pierre Probst
The Carver Effect by Wolffgang Van Bober (#754)
The Catcher In The Rye (book club edition has photo of author on back on dustjacket)
The Catchers of Heaven by Michael Wolf - UFOs and government investigations
The Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher by Virgil Vip library copy (#789-791)
The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis
The City Lies Four-Square by Edith Pargeter
The City Under the Back Steps by Evelyn Sidney Lampman (children's fantasy)
The Clansman by Thomas Dixon (1905) (basis for "Birth of a Nation" by D W Griffith)
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1st Ed HB/DJ)
The Cycles of The Werewolf (pb)
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown (#745-6)
The Devil's Jug/The Crying Tree & Me by Ken Wayne Kite
The Duality Mystery
The Evergreen Tree by Gladys Taber (1937)
The Executioners by John D MacDonald
The FBI Pyramid from the Inside by W Mark Felt
The Future Is Ours, Comrade: Conversations with Russians by Joseph Novak [Jerzy Kosinski]
The Gang They Couldn't Catch by Debra Weyermann ISBN 0671731319 (#744)
The Ghost of Opalina or Nine Lives by Peggy Bacon (library book brought almost $200)
The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies by Jane Werner
The Gods Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (#721)
The Great Blueness by Arnold Lobel (including Ex-Lib and library bindings)
The Great House of Estraville by Violet Needham (Perhaps the rarest) (#738)
The Gunslinger by Stephen King (1st HB w/D)
The Hate Factory, the Story of the New Mexico Penitentary Riot
The Heckler by Ed McBain
The Horse and His Boy by C S Lewis
The Horse is Dead by Robert Klane
The Hot-Wired Dodo
The Inheritance of Coat Color in Dogs by Clarence Little
The Initiation (paperback) by William W Johnstone (#786)
The Intelligent Man's Guide To Science: Vol 1 The Physical Sciences by Isaac Asimov
The Intelligent Man's Guide To Science: Vol 2 The Biological Sciences by Isaac Asimov
The Keepers of Light by William Crawford (subject is photography)
The King Ranch (in two volumes) by Tom Lea 4572931043 (#742)
The Last Battle by C S Lewis
The Library of Golf by Joseph S F Murdock
The Life of Washington the Great by Mason Locke (Parson) Weems 1806 Fifth Edition
The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe by C S Lewis
The Little Prince Reynal & Hitchcock clothbound edition
The Magician's Nephew by C S Lewis
The Man in the Manhole by Juniper Sage (aka Margaret Wise Brown) (HB children's book)
The Memoirs of William Jennings Bryan, co-authored by his wife (1925)
The Most Powerful Man In The World by Glyn Roberts
The Mystery of Swordfish Reef by A W Upfield
The Mystery of the Deadly Double (Three Investigators ex-library book)
The New Testament in Tibetan (#765)
The North American Indians by Ernest Berke
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior by John Von Neuman
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Photomultiplier Handbook
The Pilates Method of Physical and Mental Conditioning by Philip Friedman and Gail Eisen
The Pink Dress by Anne Alexander
The Pink Maple House by Christine Noble Govan (children's)
The Probability Pad by T. A. Waters (#748)
The Rape of the Mind, The Psychology of Thought Control, M & B by Joost Meerloo M.D. (#751)
The Real Romanovs by Gleb Botkin
The Regency Companion - Laudermilk & Hamlin (#719)
The Rhodesian Ridgeback: The Origin, History and Standard of the Breed by T C Hawley
The Rice Diet
The Rise of Silas Lapham by W R Howells
The Road to the Somme, The Ulster Division by Philip Orr
The Secret Man by Frank Dux
The Secret of the Roan Inish by Rosalie Fry small Junior series (Hyperion pb for Children 1995)
The Secret of the White Peacock by Violet Needham (#738)
The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton (1st Ed is white cloth binding ONLY)
The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford (pb or hb) (Stanley Kubrick 1987 film, Full Metal Jacket)
The Silver Chair by C S Lewis
The Sonneberg Run by George Robert Elford
The Stock Trader by Tony Oz
The Stones of Summer by Dow Mossman
The Teacher of Greeting Cards of All Kinds by D M Campana (pb)
The Theory Of The Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen
The Three Investigators (various titles)
The Three Princes of Serendip by Elizabeth Jamison Hodges
The Turbulent Years: History of the American Worker by Bernstein
The Turkey Hunter's Bible (Outdoor Bible Series) by John E. Phillips (#717-718)
The Ultimate Helm by Russ T. Howard (paperback) (#763)
The Unicorn Girl by Michael Kurland (#748)
The Untold Story by Evelyn Nesbit 1934
The Violin Hunter by William Alexander Silverman
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C S Lewis
The Washingtons and Their Homes by John W. Wayland
The Woman's Bible in two volumes by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The Wonderful Adventures of Little Prince Toofat by George Randolph Chester
The Wonderful Fashion Doll by Laura Bannon (1953)
Think Your Way To Wealth by Napoleon Hill 1948 1st Ed HB (#797)
This Is Karate by Masutatsu Oyama
Thread Magic by Ellen Ann Eddy
Through the Eyes of Number Two by Mickey Guidry
Tilings and Patterns by Branko Grunbaum
Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture by Charles W Harris, Nicholas T Dines
Too Funny To Be President by Mo Udall
Trail To Nowhere By Jack Ketchum (small western hb)
Trixie Belden (anything related)
Tropical Storm by Melissa Good (pb)
Trouble for Trumpets by Peter Dallas-Smith, illustrated by Peter Cross
Troubleshooting and Repairing Electronic Music Synthesizers (pb)
Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (c 1853)
Underwater Dance Photography
V by Pynchon Thomas
Vintage Weddings by Daniela Turudich 1920-1959 era (#796, 798)
Vogue's Book of Houses,Gardens,People photographed by HORST/text by Valentine Lawford
Wagner the Wehr-Wolf by GW Reynolds, Dover 1975
Walking Tall by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
What Is Karate? by Masutatsu Oyama
What You Ought to Know About Your Baby
Winesburg Ohio
Winter Song
Wiped Out. How I Lost a Fortune in the Stock Market while the Averages were Making New Highs by An Anonymous Investor 1966
Witch of the Glen by Sally Watson (#795)
Wonderland Gambit: Hot Wired Dodo by Jack Chalker
Yo Yo Instructional Booklet published by Duncan Yo Yo Company
You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger by Roger Hall
You Should Have Been Here an Hour Ago by Phil Edwards (1967)
Your Magic Power to Persuade and Command People by Vernon Howard (#722)
Zon Power - Neo Tech books - also published under the title "Zon Power" (#731)

Author:
Abrash - Zen of Assembly Language
Altsheler, Joseph (fiction)
Bandler - Neuro Linguistic Programming (#731)
Beranek - Acoustics books
Brent-Dyer, Elinor - British children's books from the 1940s and 1950s (#738)
Brown, Dan - Angels & Demons, The DaVinci Code, etc (#745-6)
Capra, Frank (autobiography)
Carle, Eric - Any kids book
Chow - Hydrology & Hydraulics titles
Colvin/Stanley - Machine shop titles
Connelly - Machine Tool Reconditioning
Edwards, Monica - British children's books from the 1940s and 1950s (#738)
Fox, Virgil - organ book
Glasstone - Effects of Nuclear Weapons, 3rd Edition
Grey, Zane - Walter Black Books (in large numbers) (#747)
Grinder - Neuro Linguistic Programming (#731)
Grunbaum - Tilings & Patterns
Hill, Napoleon - Think your Way To Wealth 1948 1st Ed HB (#797)
Hoerner - Fluid Dynamic Drag & Fluid Dynamic Lift
Hool - Movable and Long Span Steel Bridges
Hubbard, L Ron - reference books about grammar and spelling (1990)
Hudson - Engineers manuals any
Kant (philosophy)
Kent's Mechanical Engineers Handbook - 12ed
King - Geared To the Stars
Kohl - vacuum and particle accelerator (#799)
LeSieg, Theo
Lewis, Sinclair
Linebarger, P M A (Paul Myron Anthony) (Smith, Cordwainer was his pseudonym)
Luckiesh - Light and lighting titles
Maritain (philosophy)
Martinez, Matt - cookbooks
McCarthy, Cormac
Meader, Stephen W
Meyer, Joyce
Monin & Yaglom - Statistical Fluid Mechanics
Morse & Feshbach - Methods of Theoretical Physics (2 volumes)
Neale - Dunaway, Reminiscences of a Rebel 1913 (#784, 785)
Needham, Violet - Children's books (#738)
Niles & Newell - Airplane Structures
Norman, John - GOR pb books
Oke, Janette (Even PB's)
Olson, H - Any acoustics and audio titles
Olson, Helena - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (#740)
Peckner - Handbook of Stainless Steels
Peele - Mining Engineers' Handbook - any
Peery - Aircraft Structures
Peterson, Tracie - Bells of Lowell Series (Even PB's)
Pina - Dead Mac Scrolls
Radford, William - Architecture books
Raisin, Agatha - mystery stories
Rajneesh/Osho - Rajneesh Foundation (#740)
Roark - Formulas For Stress and Strain - any edition
Rose, Joshua - Machine shop titles
Rosebury - vacuum and particle accelerator (#799)
Scarry, Richard
Schopenhauer (philosophy)
Seuss, Dr - children books 1st edition
Shand - Glass engineering handbook
Sienkiewicz, Elly - Embroidery
Skinner (philosophy)
Smith, Cordwainer (Pseudonym for Dr. Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger)
Sparks, Nicholas - romance
Spinoza (philosophy)
Starmore, Alice - knitting books
Steinmetz - Electrical Engineering titles
Taggart, A - Handbook of Mineral Dressing
Taggart, R - Ship design and construction
Terhune, Albert Payson
Thompson, Allyn J - telescopes (#710)
Timoshenko - All titles and editions of engineering books
Townsend - Dudley's Gear Handbook
Tremaine - Audio Encyclopedia (2nd edition only)
Tudor, Tasha
Waddell - Bridge Titles
Wallace - Poker Playing - Neo Tech books - also published under the title "Zon Power" (#731)
Warren, Neil Clark (eharmony.com's founder)
Welch, Ronald
Zimmerman - PGP Source Code & Internals

Subject:
Airplane manuals from the 40's
Alcohol Distillation
Architectural Graphic Standards - any edition
Asbestos (in any reference title) (wealthy injury-settlement lawyers collecting on this subject?)
Automobiles - The Owner's Manual for the Datsun 280Z - 1996 Subaru Legacy service manual (#735)
Baseball - Barry Halper Collection of Baseball Memorabilia - Sotheby's auction preview books
Bell System Books & Journals
Belly Dancing
Bible, Scofield Reference - King James Edition (#775)
Biography of Joan Crawford, John Denver, Nelson Eddie, Jeannette McDonald, Audie Murphy
Bondage themes and/or cover art sell extremely well
Bridge design & construction
Children - Little Golden Books and similar children's books - early printings (#799)
Children's books, British from the 1940s and 1950s - Edwards, Brent-Dyer (#738)
Children's books by Violet Needham (#738)
College School Yearbooks (#776-778, 781)
Coins - see Numismatics
Cookbooks by Matt Martinez
Cookbooks - old Whitehouse (#747)
Cookbooks, southern living
Cosmetics formulation & manufacturing
Dams design & construction
Decorating books from the 50's, 60's and 70's (keywords: retro, atomic, eames, decorating)
Diet - Dr. Phil's weight loss books
Electric Motors
Electroplating
Embroidery
Engineering handbooks
Explosives & Pyrotechnics
Firearms
Forth Language & programming
Gay - Any vintage 50's-60's related homosexual stories generate unbelievable prices (#747)
Glass manufacturing & scientific glassblowing
Golden Book - Golden Guides: Hallucinogenic Plants by Schultes (#731)
Gold mining & ore processing
Graphic Design - Pubblicita in Italia (Advertising in Italy), 1967/68 and other years (#726)
Hallucinogenic Plants (Golden Book - Golden Guides) by Schultes (#731)
Home machinists and hobbyists - International Correspondense School Textbooks, ICS books (#799)
Homeowner - vintage concrete containers/planters/stepping stones/patios/fences (Mid century)
Horse breeding and racing (especially 1960's and older)
Horse racing/betting (pb)
Infertility & parenting after infertility
Lathes (old pb sold for over $50)
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - by Helena Olson (#740)
Manufacturing
Maps from encyclopedias (pre-1919) and 'breaking-out' state and city maps
Mathematics Graduate & research level
Meteorites
Mine Safety Equip. 1953 catalog ASBESTOS
Needle craft books by Better Homes
Neo Tech books - also published under the title "Zon Power" (#731)
Neuro Linguistic Programming - main authors are Bandler and Grinder (#731)
New Testament - in Tibetan (#765)
Numismatic "Red" & "Blue" Books, especially Reds - older copies in the 50s (#733, #739, #741+3)
Operators Manuals from the Military...
Optical Telescopes
Organ book - Virgil Fox
Perfume
Peruvian novels of the 1920s
Pest Control Industry - Mallis Handbook of Pest Control, written for the pest control industry
Poker Playing - Wallace - Neo Tech books - also published under the title "Zon Power" (#731)
Popular Fiction in Large Print
Precious Metals, mining & ore processing - any
Puppetry books
Railroad books (surveys, map books from 1850 to 1900)
Railroads - Simmons Boardman published many books on railroads (#799)
Relativity - good luck with all 1920s books with 'Relativity' in the title, esp those written by Einstein
Road maps by Michelin and others, many newer ones have ISBN's (see (old) Maps above)
Rock climbing - 50 Classic Climbs of North America by Steve Roper and Allen Steck
Scuba diving - vintage 1960 manuals
Sewing Machines - How to Repair Sewing Machines
Sheet Metal Patterns
Signal Processing any from 1970-present
Software Quality Assurance which the combined three last sold for $280
Solar Heating that last sold for $85
Spanish sell very well and are often overlooked, basically any book, too
Speaker Construction
Spiritualism, spirit mediums, ghosts, psychic phenomena, life after death (1890's +)
Sports books (especially those issued by the navy during WWII)
Telescope Making
Tesla - any books about
Tube Amplifier construction & reference
War Games - Dungeons & Dragons or Avalon Hill - just about any of the role playing material (#733)
Yeti - Mount Everest 1951 Expedition by Eric Shipton - famous for 2 pictures of Yeti footprints (#752)
Yeti - Sasquatch, The Apes Among Us by John Green (#753)

[2plusgood_books]

'American Psycho' by Bret Easton Ellis
Vintage Contemporaries trade pb 1st printing is the first edition. Controversy over this disturbing book caused the original publisher (Simon & Schuster?) to back out so it wasn't released in hardcover. Not especially valuable...yet, but very saleable. Get it signed?

[lb479]

Manifold Destiny, 1989 version, paperback, $89 or more. It's the cookbook about cooking the meal on your car engine while you drive.

[outstandingbooks]

nice to see this topic. I work hard on learning what is valuable and i try to read alot but in the meantime i pick up almost anything and price check it. I find it a good learning tool anyway and i often find $20.00 paperback novels and $50.00 books i would never have picked up if given the choice. Of course i don't pay alot --usually under $1.00.

[outstandingbooks]

I see Crimson night on your list. I listed that and sold it immediately and had several others email asking for it. It was an obscure paperback i wasn't familiar with.

[eman1065]

thanks, dennis.

i was making a list myself, but only got 1/2 way thru the thread.

i found a book the other day that's worth about $150 on ebay and got all excited when i checked it out online. of course, i went back to the shop after researching some more (reading this thread) and could not remember a thing. (although i found a book i hope will get about $50. it was an obvious one.)

also, going back, checking stuff out, i realized the alice cooper bio i passed on is worth ~$1000! i went back today & couldn't find it. oh well...

thanks for the list again & i don't want others to think, "oh, here comes another one..." i do love books and even used to sleep with them as a child.

thank you all for the advice.

[rampant_lion]

Hi everyone

Hope you all enjoyed the holidays. This is a great discussion group and I look forward to reading the posting of new entries. I'd like to add an entry - hopefully, it's not a repeat post.

Ted Warren - How to Make the Stock Market Make Money For You. Published by Sherbourne Press, Inc. Los Angeles, CA: 1966

If you'd bear with me, I'd like to make one general comment about ebay bookselling. The vast majority of books that look like nothing are truly books worth little or nothing if they exhibit poor condition. The excuse of "well, I'm not really a bookseller - I don't specialize in books" is not acceptable when a book is an undisclosed ex-library copy or has spine or corner bumps/scuffs, shelf wear, interior separation of spine and end pages, water damages, highlighting/underlining and/or a host of other flaws which are not discussed in the listing. PLEASE - even if your initial bid amount is less than a buck - reveal the flaws. Also, please state the publisher since quality of printing/paper varies (I'm sick of cheap B&N and Chartwell reprints) and the intended reader may vary (e.g. - Landmark/Signature juvenile books vs Oxford University history).

Please excuse the vent - I'm just tired of blowing $3-$4 postage fees on books that I wouldn't have even paid $0.25 for if I had found them at a yard sale. I've been reticent to give negative feedbacks for misstated condition on inexpensive books, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to start.

Again, excuse the vent. Hope everyone has a prosperous new year!

[lb479]

I agree with Rampant Lion. Any description on ebay should be very clear and honest. The buyer should know the item as well as if he has examined it in person.

[eaglethree]

Item No. 8369931614 is the Mystic Grimoire of Spells and Rituals. Tarot cards and books of this sort seem to have a good resale so I took a flyer on it for $1 at my local thrift store. Sprited bidding took it up to $100!! This was twice as much as a recent copy of Short Timers that I sold. Happy New Year to all!

[meow-minx]

Ninety and One Years by Julia Thigpen, stories of life in rural Mississippi. I paid $5 for it at a Trash and Treasure sale, just sold it on ABE for $140.

Titles by S. G. Thigpen, her son, are also desirable to some collectors, I've sold them in the 440-$50 range.

[thecatsgofer]

I've sold several books from the list. So, here's my contribution. Nordoff and Halls;The Bounty Trilogy,NC Wyeth edition,trade/BCE.And,Bruce Catton's Army of the Potomac,3 book set,trade/BCE dj/no dj.

[kelleymi]

Golly gosh dern! Meow-minx... After reading your post I went running to my newest book stack. I just went to the local Goodwill and the name Thigpen rang a clear bell. After looking through the stack I can only conclude that it was one of those books I decided to leave at the store. 😞 Oh well, maybe it will still be there next time. The Book It Shop

[mmz517]

Thank you everyone for this helpful discussion board. I am a new Ebay seller, longtime lover of books, who is going to start selling books. I appreciate the helpful advice and especially the lists! Thanks again

[meow-minx]

Kelli, sorry you missed out. I just checked, and so far I've sold 3 Thigpen titles:

Next Door To Heaven, bought at FOL for $1.50 sold for $40 online.

A Boy in Rural Mississippi and Other Stories, bought at FOL for $1 sold for $50 online.

And the one mentioned earlier, just mailed it to customer, sold for $140 as I had only copy online.

I sold all these on ABE but they'd probably sell here, tool