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Collectible Childrens Books on eBay

As per cc's suggestion, a thread for relatively higher dollar children's books sold on eBay and the ensuing discussions.

A book that looks like nothing.

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

Free Historic Newspapers to anyone living near Crofton, MD

I read this interesting article in the Washington Post about a man who inherited his grandfather's collection of historic newspapers and who added to the collection throughout his own life. Now he's moving and is offering free newspapers on his drive...

Changes To Childhood Book Show How Much Society Has Changed

"Richard Scarry, the prolific children’s book author who has created more than 300 books since 1949, has quietly been updating his work to ensure that it would be acceptable for modern audiences. Since the 1950s, our understanding of gender roles and...

Resolved! 1913 Webster's Dictionary

I can’t find a 1913 edition of Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, published by the G. & C. Merriam Company, for sale. Is there anything special about this particular dictionary, that there wouldn’t be one for sale online...

Blaze tears through St. Louis Karpeles museum of rare documents

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/blaze-tears-through-st-louis-museum-of-rare-documents/ar-BBVhfu6

The Green Book

Keep your eyes open for copies of this book. The Smithsonian paid $20,000 at auction for their copy. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie when it comes to the comfort of my living room.How the Green Book Helped African-American Tourists Navigate a...

Resolved! annual ebay shipping cost for tax purposes

Started gathering together all the info I need for tax filing and discovered that it is no longer possible to generate a report from Paypal that summarizes the total annual amount paid to ebay for shipping labels. I even called Paypal to try to find ...

eBay now charging Sales Tax to residents of certain States

I recently had my first eBay sale with the sales tax charged by eBay to a customer in Washington State. I was surprised, but relieved that eBay is taking care of this obligation. There is nothing for a seller to do: the tax is apparently automaticall...

Any idea what author/s signatures this/these may be? Horror/sci-fi I think.

I purchased a book by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. It is titled, "Book of the Dead". Inside is a name plate sticker with both of their signatures. Behind the dust jacket flap is another sticker that has another signature or two on it. I can not d...

Resolved! Book Condition Terminology Alternative to 'Cocked'

Every so often a book is found whose binding glue is shrunken or has leaned in one direction long enough to be bent, not so much to the eye necessarily but when handled no longer streams easily side to side but now must bump the entire text block fir...

A Rare First Edition?

Angela Brazil, unlike Carolyn Keene, was a for real person and one of the first authors to concentrate on "Girls Stories" as a target audience/genre. Some say the first.There are plenty of internet bibliographies, some lengthy and many more not so le...

Warning: Scam Alert

This has never happened to me before on eBay. Yesterday (Saturday), I sold a metal detector for $520, including shipping (to be shipped on Monday). I received the buyer's payment through Paypal. Then, this morning, I received a message through eBay m...

Antique Book Appraiser Wanted

Know of any professional book appraisers? Antique books, probably one-of-a-kinds. They include handwritten and original art. So can't really count on comparable sales.We've been selling antique/vintage books for about 15 years and these values have u...

A sad task

Excuse me, while I wear my heart on my sleeve. We are in the process of selling a dear friend's book collection who died unexpectedly this fall. Although other old friends have died in the past couple of years, his death hit us especially hard. He wa...

Havana Cuba

My oldest son, aka Swifty, is planning a trip to Havana. Does anyone have any book recommendations? He is interested in history, culture, architecture, or in other words, the whole shebang. Has anyone been to Havana since the US opened the locked doo...

Medical Manual Linking Medieval Ireland to Islamic World

Found: A Medical Manual Linking Medieval Ireland to the Islamic WorldKnowledge transcends borders."An exciting link between medieval Ireland and the Islamic world has been discovered on two sheets of calfskin vellum lodged into the binding of a book ...