[bksvol-discuss] Re: old books?
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:11:45 -0600
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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