[bksvol-discuss] Re: old books?

  • From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:25:10 -0600

There is a good shot I could get a copy for under that.  I will let you know 
more closer to auction close on the two copies currently up.

Valerie


On Mar 13, 2010, at 8:10 PM, Shelley L. Rhodes wrote:

> Hi Valerie,
>  
> I would go to about $25.
>  
> Smile, but nothing above that, smile.
>  
> Depends on what is reasonable, smile, haven't mastered Ebay, haven't bidded 
> in a long long time on there.
>  
> 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: Valerie Maples
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:59 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: old books?
> 
> 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
>> 
> 

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