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. 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