[bksvol-discuss] Re: old books?

  • From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:21:28 -0500

I will keep you posted on availability and what they are going for.

Have a great day!

Valerie


On Mar 14, 2010, at 8:30 AM, Shelley L. Rhodes wrote:

> Thank you Valerie!
> 
> 
> 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" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 1:11 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: old books?
> 
> 
>> The trick with eBay is patience and sniping.  Also, we can work with a less 
>> desirable copy since we can destroy it when we are done.  We are not buying 
>> it to keep, but rather transform.  Grin. I have set a search for it and will 
>> monitor.
>> 
>> Valerie
>> 
>> On Mar 13, 2010, at 10:31 PM, Judy s. wrote:
>> 
>>> If you get if for that I'll be thrilled to bits! smile. Midnight Moon had 
>>> been going for $250 to $500 on eBay auctions, unfortunately, or at least 
>>> was when I was trying to buy it (I gave up!).  People snipe the price up at 
>>> the last 2 or 3 seconds.
>>> 
>>> sigh.  I've wanted to read this book for over 30 years and never have been 
>>> able to get a copy!
>>> 
>>> Judy s.
>>> Valerie Maples wrote:
>>>> 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 <mailto:vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>   *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>   <mailto: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 <mailto:popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>       *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>       <mailto: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
>>>>>>       <mailto:airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>/* wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>           From: Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>           <mailto:airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>>>>>           Subject: [bksvol-discuss] old books?
>>>>>>           To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>           <mailto: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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