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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

What Accounts for the Lasting Appeal of Dune?

What Accounts for the Lasting Appeal of Dune?. . . "Even now, half a century since it first appeared in 1965, Dune is certainly still “the one”—it continues to top readers’ polls as the greatest science-fiction novel of modern times. Many would say o...

The 10 Books That Defined the 1990s

The 10 Books That Defined the 1990s "Some books are flashes in the pan, read for entertainment and then left on a bus seat for the next lucky person to pick up and enjoy, forgotten by most after their season has passed. Others stick around, are read ...

Little Prince 1943 Harcourt Edition $4.25 Price

I am getting very confused looking at listings for this book. Many list as first edition, with or without dust jacket and very widely varying prices.I think the original price was $3.75 so does that make this a first edition with a later edition dust...

Too Big, Too Heavy, Nobody Wanted Them.

Wow! Haven't posted on this board in quite a while, is there anyone still here? These BIG and HEAVY books dating from the 17th C. to Early-19th C. were purchased at a local sale today. I assume no one wanted them or they were overlooked given there w...

Reporting

It is with deepest sadness that I report the loss of a long-time member of the Bookseller Board. My friend blue*skies*ahead has passed away. She had a stroke in April 2020 and was in and out of hospital since.

Significant change in book listings

I've searched for books here for 25 years. Used the same searches primarily all this time and haven't had to modify them for at least a year. It seems last week the amount of listings I'm seeing have dropped dramatically. It seems as if at least half...

How to access my sales from 6 months ago.

Hey guys, not sure if this is the right place to ask this question. Is it possible to access my sales from 6 months ago. I can only see the last 90 days. Someone is disputing a sale from back in July and I need to prove it was delivered. Any thoughts...

How Cheap Postal Rates for Books & Nonprofits Contributed to American Democracy

How Cheap Postal Rates for Books and Nonprofits Contributed to American Democracy "In the late 19th century, books served alongside newspapers and pamphlets as vehicles of the Populist movement’s ideas. In the 1870s, a wave of cheap paperback books p...

Andersen Hans Christian

damaged binding beautiful illustrations no damage to pages or paper any information regarding the date printed? who is the Illustrator? how to price the item considering the damaged binding. no damage to the paper pages themselves.. illustrations are...

Listing book details by scanning barcode

I have a few thousand books to list most of which are collectable historical and political books I need to make listing as easy as possible and need some software that allows me to scan barcode to generate ISBN number and then be able to upload all d...

Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their First Author Bios?

Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?"One of my favorite things to do in used bookstores is to pick up old editions of early books by now-famous writers, just to see what kind of packaging their books received when...

Slow October for booksellers

October 2020 was an unusually good month for me as a bookseller. I was not selling on eBay during 2019 to be able to compare to my own sales statists but other sellers last fall were reporting they were doing more business than the year before. This ...

Resolved! What should I be looking for in Children’s Books with jackets?

I feel privileged to read the posts on this board about collectible children’s books. I read them with interest. My book selling is focused on sports books, local history and yearbooks. In a good estate sale I might see 1000’s of books. right now I s...

New seller start up.

From my cell phone, can I get a seller account up and working? Or must I be working from a computer?

Wheel Of Time - Get Ready!

Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time is being put into serialized TV via Amazon. At Jeff Bezo's request the production values are said to be comparable to Game Of Thrones. Sales on eBay of the Wheel Of Time books have picked up, and if the series catches th...