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

[fulltimer56]

Thank you satnrose! I hope I can join in here. This is a book that I sold a few years ago out of my "Keeper" Shelf that sold for way more than I paid for it. Then I pick one up at a yard sale for a dime that sold for #26.00+!

Delaneys Desert Sheikh

Hope I did this right?

Linda

[marsail]

vivdripper, what do you mean,' sold the book "on the River"?

[poetryeater]

marsail,

"on the River" means s/he sold it on Amazon. 😉

[marsail]

OHHHHHH, THANKS!

[dantheman112358]

Forgive my ignorance, but what do the references that I have seen to ABE in this thread mean?
thanks,
Dan

[poetryeater]

marsail,

Incidentally, I noticed that you say in your auctions that "We are not responsible for uninsured shipping" -- you should take that out, because the seller is ALWAYS responsible until the package reaches the buyer. If insurance isn't purchased and the item doesn't arrive or arrives damaged/broken, you will have to refund the buyer, especially since you accept paypal (if you don't, paypal will simply remove the money from your paypal account and give it back to the buyer). Insurance is to protect the SELLER, not the buyer.

When you list an expensive and/or fragile item, always either require that the buyer purchase insurance, or purchase it yourself. For very low-cost items it's not strictly necessary, so long as you can afford to refund "out-of-pocket" if the item is lost or damaged.

I hope you don't mind my pointing this out -- some sellers simply aren't aware that insurance is to protect the seller, and they can end up being out quite a bit of money if an expensive item does arrive damaged. So this is just some friendly and hopefully helpful advice. 🙂

[satnrose]

dantheman112358: abebooks.com

[dependabledennis]

The newest index will be posted in pieces today...

As satnrose knows i've been trying to post the newest index for several hours but there has been a glitch in the eBay system on posting long messages on the message boards the last couple of days.

So per his instructions i'll attempt to post the latest index in five smaller chunks to see if that works... anyone wanting to print a complete list should first copy and paste the pieces into one long document on their computer and do a little editing before hitting the print button.

There are two bogus temporary entries on the list... let's see who can be the first eagle eyed to spot them... the reward for being first? Your name will be forever listed on this thread as the greatest... the winner! Second and third place? We don't want to hear from any losers on this list... do we? 8>)

[dependabledennis]

The latest index to "A Book that Looks Like Nothing"... 03 Apr 2008

In the interest of saving space (and not posting here a repetitive detailed explanation on how to use this list) this is an index to this thread and appears at the top of each page. Reference numbers are approximate since eBay later deleted three postings in the #700 range... for more details please refer to the middle of page #21 posting #837 (used to be #838) dated 05Mar2006

Title:
5 To Die by Jerry LeBlanc (pb)
501 Questions Every Bartender Should Know How to Answer... by Robert Plotkin, 1993 (#1398)
Abba: The Complete Recording Sessions (1994)
AB Bookman - been defunct for years, if your library has back issues (#736)
A Biographical Dictionary of Saints by the Rt. Rev. E.G. Holweck (#888)
A Book of Spinning Wheels by Joan Whittaker Cummer. Published in 1993 (#1326)
A Brief Introduction to the Infinitesimal Calculus, Designed Especially to Aid in Reading Mathematical Economics and Statistics by Irving Fisher (1897)
A Course In Miracles (#755)
Across the Pacific in a China Clipper by Fritz Ernst 1938 1st Ed signed (#1006)
Adamant by Nicholas K Roerich 1923 softcover 1st ed (#1178, 1181)
A Dance in Blood Velvet by Freda Warrington
Advanced Speaker Designs For the Hobbyist and Technician by Roy Alden 1995 (#1417)
Adventures in Unhistory by Avram Davidson
A Girl and Five Brave Horses by Sonora Carver Ex-Library fair copy (#849)
A Hermit in the House by Helena Olson - about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (#740)
A History of Scotts Hill Tennessee by Gordon H Turner Sr 1977 Carter Printing Co (#1100)
Alaskan Tales by Russell Annabel
Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition (2nd Ed is becoming rare)
Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition (#759-760, 1336)
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
American Popular Song, The Great Innovators 1900-1950 by Alec Wilder, 1972 (#1355)
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis - pb 1st printing is first ed - potentially $$ (#803)
Analysis and Evaluation of Pumping Test Data by G P Kruseman 2001 Hard Cover(#1418-20)
Anamorphs #49: The Ultimate published by Scholastic (#800-801)
An Aperture Monograph by Diane Arbus, copyright 1972 1st printing of 1st ed, hc w/dj (#984)

[dependabledennis]

And Miles to Go by Linell Smith
An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English by Ernest Weekley (1921)
A New York Boy by Arthur Lee Putnam [Horatio Alger] 1890 cover, 1891 copyright (#1195-98)
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, Pocket Books 1st printing
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (#745-6)
Anglican Services, Church of England rites, 1953 (#1360)
Animal Kingdom, another Golden Book illustrated by Charles Harper, 1968 (#1351
Animorphs #49 (#893)
Aran Knitting by Alice Starmore
Army of the Potomac by Bruce Catton,3 book set,trade/BCE dj/no dj, leather (#812, 1371)
A Rose in Winter by Shana Abe (1998) Paperback Good Condition (#1033)
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
Australian Cattle Dogs The First Five Years 1980-1985 (#825-826)
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
Barawitzka Lauter Kapitäne, keine Matrosen by Karl Vettermann written in German (#827)
Beat the Market: A Scientific Stock Market System by Edward Thorp (1st prtg 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
Better Homes and Gardens Story Book - 1950 (#912)
Betty Crocker's New Picture Cookbook from the 1960's (not the 50's) (#1348-9)
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)
Birds of Europe, N. Africa and the Middle East - Lars Jonsson (#1360)
Birds of New Guinea - Bruce Beehler 1988 (#1360)
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 (book is worthless per #1125)
Blood of her Ancestors by Lucy Agnes Hancock (Harlequin Romance)
Born of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon (a Kinley MacGregor fantasy romance) (pb)
Boss 302 Mustang: Fords Trans Am Pony Car by Donald Farr (#1316-1317)
Bounce Girl by Dean & Gerda Koontz 1970 (#960)
Boys' Book of Radio & Electronics - Alfred Morgan (#1360)
Bruce Catton's Army of the Potomac,3 book set,trade/BCE dj/no dj (#812)
Bubble Bubble by Mercer Mayer
Buford - True Story of Walking Tall Sheriff Buford Pusser

[dependabledennis]

Bushwacked by Molly Ivans
Calico, Shall it be another Pandora's Box (1940's mining claims pamphlet)
Call Me Chestaloozy by Lord Chesterfield Radcliff Boxer (#985)
Canes and Walking Sticks by Stein - Softcover (#834)
Cardiff Yesterday (#19 in the series) by Stewart Williams (#879)
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
Champion Textbook on Embalming by Eliab Myers MD, 1908 edition (#1224)
Cherry Ames Nurse Series books circa 1940's (childrens)
Cherry Ames Student Nurse (1943)
Cherry Ames Veteran's Nurse (1946)
Childcraft Books
Chilly Billy by Peter Mayle, 1983 Used SC children's book (#1017)
Chinchilla News C.A.A.'s National Yearbook (1952-1953) (#990-994)
Chip Hilton (sports) books by Claire Bee
Choose Life or Death, The Reams Biological Theory of Ionization by A R Harrison (pb) (1978)
Christiane F., the autobiography of a heroin addict (#903, 904)
Classics of the Old West by Time-Life, partial set of 23 reprints (#1007)
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 (pre #709 also see #806)
Curious George by Margaret and H A Rey and anything by the same authors
Curly by Frank Vandenberg
Cycads of South Africa by Cynthia Giddy (#1345)
Cycles of the Werewolf by Stephen King (hb 1st ed) (also #792)
Danger Below by John Blaine
Dark Tower IV, Wizard and Glass by Stephen King 1st Ed HB (#902)
Dartmouth's Jack-O-Lantern, a student publication, from the early 1920's (#1350)

[dependabledennis]

David Adler by Richard Pratt 1970 (#1235)
Day Trading with Short Term Price Patterns & Opening Range Breakout by Toby Crabel
Dear and Glorious Physician by Taylor Caldwell
Decorative Crochet Magazines in lots (#1345)
Delaney's Desert Sheikh by Brenda Jackson 2002 (#1448)
Denim Design Lab by Brian Robbins Copyright 2005 ISBN 0977301206 (#1087-1094, 1096-7)
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 Quixote by Cervantes, illustrations by Salvador Dali, Modern Library Illustrated Ed 1946 (#1246)
Don Quixote De La Mancha 1797 (all 5 volumes) in good condition (#862)
Don Quixote De La Mancha 1797/1798 in Spanish 5 vol in leather (#950)
Don Quixote De La Mancha 1800's in English (#950)
Don Sturdy at Glacier Bay (#721)
Double Helix, by James Watson, Atheneum, 1968 (#1310)
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)
Eragon by Christopher Paolini, self published paperback about 2002 (#1278-1281)
Erin's Sons in America: The Ancient Order of Hibernians by John T Ridge (pb)
Europe at this Moment - a religious pamphlet by Gerald Winrod 1939 (#1301)
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)
Fact & Fancy About Cigars and Tobacco by Morton L Annis, Sr paperback 1st Prt 1967 (#1133-4)
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)

[dependabledennis]

Fighting For Life, Contest, Sexuality, & Consciousness by Walter J. Ong - sc, 1st pb ed 1989
Flamingos by Janet Kear and Nicole Duplaix-Hall 1975 T & A D Poyser (#1224)
Flexible Shaft Machine Jewelry Techniques, O'Connor (#1113)
Folium Reservatum by George Catlin
Frankenstein by Shelley (19th century editions)
French Pasrty, Confectionery and Sweets by E.J. Kollist -1939 (#931-933)
Frogs Into Princes by Richard Bandler
From Here to Nirvana, The Yoga Journal Guide to Spiritual India by Anne Cushman/Jerry Jones (#1312)
Fused Salts (Chemistry/Electrochemistry)
Garland Reference Library of the Humanities (Some titles seem worth looking for) (#719)
Generalized Compliance Training by Siegrfired Engelmann
Glovemaking for Beginners by Natalie S. Woolf, 1951. Soft cover (#1336)
Goa Freaks by ? poster gave no date nor info, might recall later? (#1397)
God's Judgement on Russia - religious pamphlet by Gerald Winrod 1947 (#1301)
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
Gordon's Jet Flight by Little Golden Books (#1136)
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
Hallucinogenic Plants by Richard Evans Schultes (A Golden Guide) (#868)
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)
Hansen Handbook for Piloting the Inland Waters of Pugent Sound... by R F Farwell 1931 (#935)
Heath Nostalgia by Terry Perdue (pb) (#895)
Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke
Heinlein Juveniles - printed by Scribners in hard cover (#799)
Hercule Poirot

[dependabledennis]

Hero at Large by Steffie Hall aka Janet Evanovich - paperback (#1216)
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 found Freedom in an Unfree World by Harry Browne (#939-940)
How I Turned $1,000.00 into (1,3,5) Million in Real Estate in My Spare Time by Wm Nickerson
HOWITZER West Point Military Academy yearbooks (#892)
Howl for Carl Solomon by Allen Ginsberg
How Many Miles to Babylon by Violet Needham (#738)
How To Build A Working Digital Computer by Edward Alcosser 1969 (#867)
How to Make a Telescope by Jean Texereau (#710)
How To Make & Sell Pies and Cookies by Joseph Lambeth 1938 1st ed no dj (#1005)
How to Make the Stock Market Make Money For You by Ted Warren 1966 (#808)
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
Hung by Leonard Chris (pseudonym for Dean Koontz) - adult pb 1970 (#958)
Hymn and Revival Anecdotes by Rev E S Lorenz, A M © 1887 published 1897 (#1044)
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
Inbreeding to Superior Females... Better Racehorses - Pub by Andrew Reichard 1st ed 1999 (#1148)
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
Introduction to Structural Dynamics by John Biggs 1964 engineering textbook (#1407-1408)
Israel Without Zionism by Uri Averny (Collier 1971) pocket book
James Joyce and Heraldry by Michael J. O'Shea
Japanese Print Making, Yoshida & Yuki 1966 (#1018)
J D Salinger: A Writing Life by Ian Hamilton (The advance proof only)
Jesus of the Emerald by Gene Stratton Porter (#962)
Jim Thorpe: Tar Heel by Robert W Reising
Journey to Enchantment by Patricia Veryan
J R McChesney: A Lifetime, A Legacy by Lee C. Jacobs 1994, 140 pgs Softcover (#1013)
Kappa Sigma Book Semi Centennial Edition '20
Keep it Simple Stupid by Judge Judy
Keepsake Quilting (cookbook) ISBN 0970413009
Killy by Donald Westlake
Knitting Lace, A Workshop with Patterns and Projects, by Susanna E Lewis 1996 SC (#1180, 1183)
Kuwait and Her Neighbors by H.R.P. Dickson 1956, fair condition (#1131)
Lakeside Press
Lambeth Method of Cake Decorating and Practical Pastries by Joe Lambeth 1937 2nd ed (#1005)

[dependabledennis]

'Lavius Egyptus or The Unveiling of The Pythagorean Senate' by Thomas Sawyer Spivey. 1904 (#1270-5)
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
Lions Paw by Robb White (a small 35 cent scholastic book)(#1135)
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)
Lotus Carlton 1991 Limited Edition Hard Back Car Book (#1383)
Lure of the Bush by Arthur Upfield
Lyric Philosophy (#916)
Machinery Handbook any
Machinery's Handbook 1st ed 1914
Macroeconomics by Campbell McConnell and Stanley Brue; textbook (#1225)
Magica Sexualis (about sex and the occult) (#885)
Magic Crochet Magazines in lots (#1345)
Magnificent Mittens by Anna Zilboorg (#1393)
Maida's Little Treasure Hunt by Inez Haynes Irwin
Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison (1966) (basis for movie 'Soylent Green')
Manifold Destiny by Chris Maynard & Bill Scheller 1989 Used 1st ed paperback (#804, 1105-6, 1119)
Man of High Fidelity: Edwin Howard Armstrong by Lawrence Lessing
Manual of Flotation Processes
Manual to the Lutheran Book of Worship
Marble's Knives and Axes by Konrad F Schreier Jr - 1978 Beinfeld Publishing paperback (#840)
Marc Chagall The Ceiling of the Paris Opera, a large folio size art book (#1246)
Marching Blacks - Adam Powell 1945 1st (#1360)
Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies... by Seth A Klarman (also #1405)
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
Masterpieces in Colour: Rosetti (#855)
Master Scheduling, Second Edition by John F Proud (#775)
Maximizing Small Business Growth: Developing A Bank's Game Plan By Charles B Wendel
May There Be a Road by Louis L'Amour, a leatherette edition (#963-964)
Men At Work by Lewis Hine 1st Edition
Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West, Signed, First Edition, third issue. Copyright 1933 (#1346)
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