Well, Amazon's cheapest used copy is a whopping $96, but eBay has a couple editions still in the more reasonable range, but they still have a ways to go. It looks like both have staining and yellowing, though. Might need a sighted person to confirm in some places. How much are y'all willing to pay if I watch them? Valerie On Mar 13, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Shelley L. Rhodes wrote: > A book that Judy S and I are looking for and can't find is > > Midnight Moon by Dorothy Lyons. > > > Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT > and Ludden Black Labrador Guide Dog > > Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule to > the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases > where it does not fit, is pedantry... To apply a rule with natural ease, with > judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and without ever letting the > words of the rule obscure the purpose of the action or the opportunities of > the situation, is mastery. -George Polya, professor of mathematics (1887-1985) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cindy > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 1:52 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: old books? > > If you can find any of these G.A. Henty books that are cheap and someone is > willing to scan them, I think they'd be good additions to the collection. > It's more likely that they'd be found at a garage sale rf flea market or > used-book shops. > G. A. HENTY > Fiction > A Chapter of Adventures: Through the Bombardment of Alexandria > A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia > A Hidden Foe > A Jacobite Exile: Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service > of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden > A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes > A March On London: A Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection > A Roving Commission: Or, Through the Black Insurrection of Hayti > A Tale of the Western Plains > A Woman of the Commune: A Tale of Two Sieges of Paris > All but Lost: 1 > All but Lost: 2 > All but Lost: 3 > Among Malay Pirates: A Tale of Adventure And Peril > At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt > At Agincourt: A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris > At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War > Beric the Briton: A Story of the Roman Invasion > Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Tale of Fontenoy And Culloden > Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur And Glendower > By Conduct and Courage: A Story of the Days of Nelson > By England's Aid: The Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) > By Pike and Dyke: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic > By Right of Conquest: Or with Cortez in Mexico > By Sheer Pluck: A Tale of the Ashanti War > Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California > Colonel Thorndyke's Secret > Facing Death: Or, the Hero of the Vaughan Pit : a Tale of the Coal Mines > For Name and Fame: With Roberts to Cabul Or, Through Afghan Passes > For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem > Friends Though Divided: A Tale of the Civil War F > Gabriel Allen M.P > Held Fast for England > In Freedom's Cause: A Story of Wallace And Bruce > In Greek Waters: A Story of the Grecian War of Independence > in South American Waters > In the Hands of the Cave Dwellers > In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado > In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders And Spain > In Times of Peril: A Tale of India (1881) > Jack Archer: A Tale of the Crimea > John Hawkes Fortune: A Story of Monmouth's Rebellion > Maori and Settler: A Story of the New Zealand War > No Surrender: A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee > On the Irrawaddy: A Story of the First Burmese War > One of the 28th: A Tale of Waterloo > Orange and Green: A Tale of the Boyne And Limerick > Out On the Pampas: Or the Young Settlers > Out with Garibaldi: A Story of the Liberation of Italy > Redskin and Cowboy: A Tale of the Western Plains > Redskins and Colonists: Or, a Boy's Adventures in the Early Days of Virginia > Rujub, the Juggler Condemned As a Nihilist: A Story of Escape from Siberia > Saint George for England: A Tale of Cressy And Pointiers > St. Bartholomew's Eve: A Tale Of The Huguenot Wars > Sturdy and Strong: How George Andrews Made His Way > The Bravest of the Brave: Or, with Peterborough in Spain > The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt > The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars > The Curse of Carne's Hold > The Dash for Khartoum: A Tale of the Nile Expedition > The Golden Canyon > The Lion of Saint Mark: A Tale of Venice in the Fourteenth Century > The Lion of the North: A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus > The Lost Heir > The March to Coomassie > The Plague Ship > The Queen's Cup > The Tiger of Mysore: A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib > The Treasure of the Incas: A Story of Adventure in Peru > The Young Buglers: A Tale of the Peninsular War > The Young Carthaginian: A Story of the Times of Hannibal > The Young Colonists > The Young Franc-Tireurs: And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War > The Young Midshipman: A Story of the Bombardment of Alexandria > Through Afghan Passes: With the British in the War of 1879 > Through Russian Snows: A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow > Through the Fray: A Tale of the Luddite Riots > Through Three Campaigns: A Story of Chitral, Tirah And Ashantee > To Herat and Cabul: A Story of the First Afghan War > True to the Old Flag: A Tale of the American War of Independence > Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main > Under Wellingtons Command: A Tale of the Peninsula War > When London Burned: A Story of Restoration Times And the Great Fire > Winning His Spurs: A Tale of the Crusades aka The Boy Knight > With Buller in Natal: A Born Leader > With Clive in India: The Beginning of an Empire > With Cochrane the Dauntless: A Tale of the Exploits of Lord Cochrane > With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War > With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara And Omdarman > With Moore At Corunna: A Tale of the Peninsular War > With Roberts to Pretoria: A Tale of the South African War > With the Allies to Pekin: A Tale of the Relief of the Legations > With the British Legion: A Story of the Carlist Wars > With Wolfe in Canada: The Winning of a Continent > Won By the Sword: A Story of the Thirty Years' War > Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest > Nonfiction > A Search for a Secret > A Soldier's Daughter (collection) > In the Hands of the Malays (Collection) > Tales Of Daring and Danger (collection) > Tales of Dreams and Dansers (collection) > The March to Coomassie (nonfiction) > The March to Magdala (nonfiction) > The Sovereign Reader (collection) > * > > > Cindy > > Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and > books-being-scanned list available at sites below > > > > Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List > > Books Being Scanned List: > https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List > > --- On Fri, 3/12/10, Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] old books? > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 7:29 PM > > Dear Booksharian Friends, > > In a couple of weeks Akron will have an antiquarian book fair with over 60 > dealers. Often these books, many of which are rare collector's items, are too > expensive for our Volunteer budgets, but you never know what perfectly priced > treasure is there. > > I haven't saved all of the exchanges about series or authors some of you are > trying to cover. If you are looking for any books, write to me off list with > the book name and author and the highest price you'll pay. If I find what > you're looking for I'll buy it and the postage to send it to you will be my > contribution. > > I could also call you on my cell before buying anything for you, and, you can > pay me after you get the book. > > I'm not sure what I'll be looking for; probably something Irish, Scottish, > Welsh or poetry. The fun is in the search. > > Always with love, > > Lissi >