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bengaltiger66
i have read several- think they are good.
Oct-12-06 15:23:42 PDT Report this comment
bibliomania23
I'm sorry Speclin. There is still one more round!
Oct-12-06 15:27:08 PDT Report this comment
kiwiscastle
I just reviewed all of yours biblio-
I really liked that Indian and the cupboard movie. It was one of my favorites also. May need to rent it again. :)
Oct-12-06 15:35:36 PDT Report this comment
bibliomania23
Have you read the book? It's so much better, it's the book that got me started reading!
Oct-12-06 15:42:45 PDT Report this comment
demireve90
Your Review for Deities and Demigods was very helpful. I came across the 128 page version in my attic. Fabulous shape, just wish it had the other two mythos included. Interesting reference book, and you've helped me appreciate it more, thanks again.
Oct-17-06 22:03:13 PDT Report this comment
adb8f1117bd8db9c9f1c2c460fe640c1
Hi - interesting and uselful information- thank you. I had a question you might answer for me- I had another ebayer send me a message about first editions, and it was his opinion that it could not be a first edition if the isbn # was on the outside of the dj. Even thought the copyright page has a full number line and a price on the inside dj, he says this can't be a true first edition. I would appreciate your opinion on this issue? Or anyone else who has an opinion on this - please jump in. Thank you.
Oct-30-06 22:23:16 PST Report this comment
bibliomania23
Many books have the Isbn on the outside of the book. In answer to your question if it has the full numberline and the price on the dustjacket than it would be a first edition first printing. The Isbn is just a code for bookstores to scan to get the name and price. Hope this helps!
Oct-31-06 15:25:21 PST Report this comment
manatee22
I also collect books and i know that Stephen King books also use a different sequence of numbers to identify a first edition & first printing on some of his but not all of them. It get real tricky. Some do use the 10-1 stystem, some do not.
Feb-25-07 19:19:27 PST Report this comment
manatee22
As a seller & collector of books I also have been accused of not knowing what a first printing is? I had to prove to the Buyer of a Harry Potter book that the USA 23 was not the printing number. I got the publisher's phone number in New York and told them to call them to verify i was right about the sequence of numbers 10-1 being the first printing of the book. Number 1 at the end being a firt printing. Some buyers insist they are right and i am wrong when i collect books and do research on them myself. They are wanting to file Ebay complaints and insist they are right and i know nothing.
Feb-25-07 19:26:38 PST Report this comment
bibliomania23
I have had the same expereinces on many occasions, learning the language for book collecting takes years of research. The stephen king books to tend to get tricky, because of the different publisher's used when his books first started being printed.
Feb-26-07 16:36:26 PST Report this comment
zama202bc
when buying us postal insurence
its there policy to keep the item
now that policy sounds like bs to me
and at the time when it happend to me I did not pay enough for the item for me to warrent a hassal so I kept the item because it was still resaleble
but next time for something worth a little more at least over two hundred
I'm gonna take them to court on that policy of theirs
then they can explain it to a judge
Mar-30-07 15:39:42 PDT Report this comment
zama202bc
yup
I have a friend who is an aa nut
he collects all the printings
and any and all lit connected in some way to aa
and alcoholism

but as to most sought after books by collectors

then I would have to say

shakspheres first folios
cantabury tales first ever printing by chaucer
and the grandaddy of them all the gutemburg bible
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and the hammer of witches
to name a few

almost all copies of these books are institutionlized
when a copy comes up for auction at christies or sothbeys
its pure madness
and nobody really knows when the hammer will fall
but garunteed a new price record will be set for these books
Mar-30-07 15:47:11 PDT Report this comment
grumpyhen
I appreciated your explanation of "remainder marks". Taught me something helpful. Thanks.
Jul-09-07 11:47:20 PDT Report this comment
bibliomania23
Not a Problem, I know I was baffeled when i first encountered them!
Jul-09-07 19:16:34 PDT Report this comment
msnekarae
I had to look up what a remainder mark was. This review was the one that I selected. IT was VERY helpful. I was clueless, and the illustrated example help a great deal. Great review.
Sep-12-07 11:22:32 PDT Report this comment
24-7crafter
Thanks for the explanation on remainder marks. I sure did not know what it meant!

24-7crafter (ebay)
Nov-02-07 11:12:01 PDT Report this comment
twatts1000
I just discovered I have a First Edition of this AD&D book. Thanks!
Jan-09-08 18:14:08 PST Report this comment
bibliomania23
Your welcome! That's a great find! Cheers!
Jan-10-08 16:43:17 PST Report this comment
mymomentos
The explanation of remainder marks was so clear. Thank you.
Jan-20-08 11:47:27 PST Report this comment
vvarad
Excellent! but should it not be 'a lot' rather than 'allot'?regards
vvarad
Mar-15-08 02:04:14 PDT Report this comment
huddy2323
Remainder mark....I had no idea what that was! Thanks for the perfect, simple explanation!
Mar-25-08 20:03:01 PDT Report this comment
juleann57
Very clear, complete and concise explanation - didn't make me feel stupid for asking the question.
Apr-23-08 11:14:44 PDT Report this comment
tandvh
I just read your guide on remainder marks, thanks for posting it.
I had a question though. Wouldn't it be considered inappropriate, and even incorrect, to list a book as brand new/excellent condition if it has remainder marks on it?
May-23-08 17:03:54 PDT Report this comment
lon949
I knew nothing of remainder marks, now I realise I have seen many of them, without realising their significance. Your guide was concise and informative....many thanks.
Jun-03-08 17:31:04 PDT Report this comment
ebanks11
I enjoyed your guide to First Editions, First Printings but it would be interesting to know why the other numbers are there and why they are in the order that they are in.
Jun-04-08 20:28:21 PDT Report this comment
akaramis
On your Guide to the AD&D Deities and Demigods, you mispelled Moorcock's character, calling him Elic; it is Elric.

Further, the book is a revision and expansion upon the earlier D&D supplement _Gods, Demigods and Heroes_ for the little brown/white box edition of D&D.

You also don't make clear that the 3rd edition is not actually a revision, but a very different sort of supplement.

The AD&D version is a bestiary and/or catalogue of powerful figures, with some nods to playing the clerics of these figures. It provides little guidance to creating new powers.

The D&D 3E version is a guide to creating Deities and Demigods, potentially as Player Characters. It actually owes as much, if not more, to the D&D _Immortals_ and _Wrath of the Immortals_ boxed sets than to the AD&D Deities and Demigods. (In short, the similarity of title is not indicative of lineal descent.)

otherwise, a pretty good tool.
Jun-14-08 05:15:16 PDT Report this comment
bibliomania23
Thanks for the information.
Jun-14-08 15:49:33 PDT Report this comment
strawberryfields1968
You say "The purpose of the remainder mark is when a store does not sell a book they mark the bottom or top edges. The remainder mark is put onto the book and returned to the publisher to make room for new inventory." That may be true, but in my 35 years in the book business, both wholesale and retail, I've never known of a retailer(store)who puts remainder marks on books. As far as I know, those marks are put on books by wholesalers or distributors to PREVENT stores from returning the books for credit. Once a retailer has bought a remainder, it is not returnable to the publisher or distributor. The same concept applies to records and CDs, although there they are called "cutouts". There may be different distribution channels, though, of which I am not aware, that return books to the publisher in the manner you state.
Jun-20-08 18:37:18 PDT Report this comment
bibliomania23
That is true, I meant distributor not publisher, I used the wrong word, thank you for the correction.
Jun-21-08 12:47:51 PDT Report this comment
whitetower67
Hi,
You say in your review of George R.R. Martin's "A Game of Thrones" that, among other things, a true 1st/1st edition will state "first American Edition."

I have a true 1st/1st print and nowhere does this statement appear on the copyright page (or anywhere else that I could find). The exact statement is "Printed in the United States of America", located immediately above the 10...1 line.

(I tried to magnify your photo but it turned too hazy to see the small print on the copyright page.)

Regards.
Jul-09-08 21:59:17 PDT Report this comment
fammiller2b6p
That was an excellent description of remainder marks. I appreciate the picture and now understand what it is. Thank you.
Sep-07-08 04:33:29 PDT Report this comment

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