Comments for The Collectible Book Blog

Comment on eBay Book Collecting Search Set-Up by Catherina

Catherina — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:10:21 +0000

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Comment on Buying Rare books on eBay | Research Skills by Peter

Peter — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:18:02 +0000

Hi, I have found a booksearch service who have provided me with a wealth of information on some rare antique books I recently bought, their website is http://www.rarebooksearch.net. I have found them to be much more useful tahn spending hours on end seaching through google page after google page.

Comment on Books and Beer by Benjamin Clark

Benjamin Clark — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:14:15 +0000

The Bibliophiles of Oklahoma meet once a month and bend an elbow, but we don’t trade books. At least not yet.

Comment on Buying Collectible Books on Ebay by Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:36:16 +0000

I appreciate your blog!I have been buying rare and old books for about 10 years now.I have bought from you and was pleased with the deal.When I first started collecting you could find some incredible deals on E-Bay,now it seems to take a little more work to find them.I collect for the sheer enjoyment of reading.Especially something printed 300 or 100 years ago.Just thinking how many people have held it,how much history has passed while the book was transfered from hand to hand.I have some books with detailed info on family,or a simple signiture as though they knew it would be some day looked at hundreds of years later.My passion is the Puritans and early american preachers,the depth with which they wrote is like none other,glorifying GOD,JESUS and the HOLY SPIRIT.I have found names and traced them back to the time period in which they lived.To see the old wax or oil spills even delights me.Though I have many pristine books,some books have been read until the cover`s come off.I love to read about the old old story.
Regards,
Jeff

Comment on Buying Collectible Books on Ebay by Phil

Phil — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:37:24 +0000

Hi, I’m visiting your blog for the first time (sniped one of your books…) I look forward to your upcoming posts! Good luck!

Comment on Flea Market Find by Rick Judy

Rick Judy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:39:13 +0000

We have an annual used booked sale that was established in the 1950’s. One year I went to the (always large) relion section. I picked up a leatherbound volume that was a theological dictionary published in Philedelphia in 1821. The price was 50 cents. In the checkout line I stood behind a book dealer friend and showed him the book. He said to call him when I figured out the price I wanted for it and he would buy it. I told him that was to much work. How much would he pay right then. He offered me $125. I sold it to him but I hadn’t paid for it yet. So I sold it to him before I bought it.