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 >> >