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Post by lobolover on Mar 22, 2009 21:19:57 GMT
Sadly, those are the only ones . And not even Internet Archive has it and when it aint there, it's nowhere . My god, The Haunted Station, why would it be that hard to scanlate I wonder ?
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Post by lobolover on Mar 22, 2009 11:43:11 GMT
Haven't read anything but the Screw from Henry James . Might change that soon, though .
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Post by lobolover on Mar 22, 2009 0:27:24 GMT
I do. What is so funny about it, exactly ? Is that lamb's liver, pig's liver .... or human liver, Lobo? Only kidding - I love a bit of liver and onions myself in fact. *smacks lips* Any will do . When we look upon the facts, cannibalsm in fact only is a taboo that is social, but if the means are nothing grossly criminal, like say murder, then it is not looked so down upon as killing to eat- as much as hiring someone to slit of your penis, cook it and eat it with you, before he eats you whole ( ) . Seriously, though, if I met a native who only ate people who died non violently, I wouldnt feel contempt. Panic, maybe . But on the subject of liver: of course, you need to hav a taste for it, you wouldnt necessarily want to eat it any day . Sizzling Vietnameese duck or chicken pieces in bread coating with a bowl of picante rice and a bowl of sweetish sauce to dip it in on the other hand......
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Post by lobolover on Mar 21, 2009 19:36:00 GMT
I also didn't realise that Bulwer-Lytton was the originator of the 'It was a dark and stormy night' line / concept / style of writing often ridiculed by people who think they know better. Exactly . The battles ive fought over that sentence Basicly there is nothing wrong with it, but people with very pale achievements in comparison to Mr. Bulwer-Lytton's tend to use it to down play his entiere fiction work, stating it as over complicated drivell . I myself havent read the story yet, but I intend to. I have however, read Zanoni and what's more the entiere "A strange story" in an atractive 20's or so book form, with nice cover with flowes and over all a superb enjoyment -and if youve ever seen the thing you know nobody sane would wadle through it would he not like it. The Collins (first one) well, it wasnt that bad, but seems to have more hapening then the other Collins, from what I hear . On "The merchant"- is it at least a bit "horrid" and not in the Northanger Abbey sense ?
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Post by lobolover on Mar 21, 2009 19:31:30 GMT
Some people enjoy eating liver, you know? LIVER! I do. What is so funny about it, exactly ?
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Post by lobolover on Mar 20, 2009 16:38:20 GMT
Curious about the Hoffman . I have to actualy read Sandman or Mines of Falun, but anything else I dont know that there is something genre worthy .
You may probably know this, but I never had, read or saw any Pan Book and was actualy oblivious to their existence till very recently .
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Post by lobolover on Mar 20, 2009 16:29:17 GMT
It was calculated to the czech republic from Britain. Which is not only close, but the average price is between 5-9 pounds usualy (on person actualy deducted 3.60 and only charged me 1.89 pounds, due to "actual cost" . That seller is www.anybookworld.com if youre gonna be on abebooks) And yes, there is someone like that, charged so for an Aickman volume which they sold for 2.80 . How "cheap" will people get to make money these days ?
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Post by lobolover on Mar 20, 2009 13:42:04 GMT
David: If youre a bookseller, I have sort of a question. Is there any way that a single moderately sized paperback could cost over 21 pounds for shiping alone ?
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Post by lobolover on Mar 20, 2009 13:34:39 GMT
On thw topic of mold: my corgi paperback for The Scarlet Boy had a scent it has now all but lost, a most profound, almost watery smell of a cellar . Absolutely wonderfull stuff . And to such a book: perhaps it is relative to what the usual copy of such a book looks like . Like sawdust , for example .
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Post by lobolover on Mar 20, 2009 10:08:11 GMT
The Purple cloud was done, along with a few stories, by Hippocampus Press .
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Post by lobolover on Mar 20, 2009 9:40:40 GMT
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Post by lobolover on Mar 20, 2009 9:25:52 GMT
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Post by lobolover on Mar 20, 2009 8:59:08 GMT
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?. Dick, Philip K. Price: US$ 7500.00 I've confessed before that I'm a book collector. I like to collect first editions of my favourite authors - that's confined to four authors who I have collected over the years and only once paid a large amount for (£300 sort of investment as it won't devalue. The next closely would be £30) I've stopped collecting because I have no money. The reason that I really dislike the price for one of Dick's famous books is contained in the dealers description below: people other than the author writing their signature in a book seriously devalues it for the mad collector. A fine copy, previous owners signature in ink and two inked prices to upper corner of front free endpaper in a near fine dust jacket, rubbing to corners, front flap fold, mild shelf wear to spine ends and upper left front corners, tiny closed tear to base of front panel. Bookseller Inventoryy And the fact it is seven and a half grand for a very recent book (without the author's signature?) isn't a reason to dislike it ? Edit: Burke, Thomas. NIGHT-PIECES: EIGHTEEN TALES Price: $1,250.00 www.lwcurrey.com/details.php?record=102676&URLPAIR=%2F%2Fwww.lwcurrey.com%2FsearchResults.php%3Faction%3Dbrowse%26searchString%3D17511%26kwconj%3Dand%26category_id%3D17511%26searchType%3Dauthor%26recordsLength%3D25%26want_id%3D0%26mTitle%3DSupernatural%26store_id%3D0%26browseLetter%3DA%26numberRecords%3D2340%26recordStart%3D400%26nextStart%3D426%26prevStart%3D375%26thisStart%3D401%26thisEnd%3D425%26p%3D17%26fp%3D1Okay, call me crazy, but for a book from the thirties to cost 1 and 1/4th grand, there would have to be serious author signaturation involved (yes, I wrote that on purpose ) ,otherwise, I see no point . The Constable 1st printing costs £ 38.50 on abebooks, the 2001 colection (yes,Ash tree) does "only" £ 28.60 . While extreme far beyond my range, their stil beter off then that copy . Burroughs, Edgar Rice. THE ETERNAL LOVER Price: $3,500.00 www.lwcurrey.com/details.php?record=10433&URLPAIR=%2F%2Fwww.lwcurrey.com%2FsearchResults.php%3Faction%3Dbrowse%26searchString%3D17511%26kwconj%3Dand%26category_id%3D17511%26searchType%3Dauthor%26recordsLength%3D25%26want_id%3D0%26mTitle%3DSupernatural%26store_id%3D0%26browseLetter%3DA%26numberRecords%3D2340%26recordStart%3D425%26nextStart%3D451%26prevStart%3D400%26thisStart%3D426%26thisEnd%3D450%26p%3D18%26fp%3D1
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Post by lobolover on Mar 20, 2009 8:53:51 GMT
I agree . These people put the things of at 200+ pounds more then the lowest priced ones, which at times the later reprints are to sell for more then the original !
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Post by lobolover on Mar 19, 2009 22:26:55 GMT
Hello, tis your friendly neighbourhood spinster. You have heard me rant me arse of about this before, but now, it is here- the thread where we get to post and laugh at absurdly ridiculous, insanely exagerated and plainly obscenely high prices for books which aparently have nothing to warrant them . Here be my contribution. Of course, L.W.Currey . Tis a Bradbury book. Arkham house edition of Dark Carnival. I think it is worthy to not that if you want it singed by Bradbury, you can get one such for the astoundishingly low price of 8.500 dollars . This, on the other hand, costs a stuningly insignificant 2000 dollars . www.lwcurrey.com/details.php?record=95841&URLPAIR=%2F%2Fwww.lwcurrey.com%2FsearchResults.php%3Faction%3Dbrowse%26searchString%3D17511%26kwconj%3Dand%26category_id%3D17511%26searchType%3Dauthor%26recordsLength%3D25%26want_id%3D0%26mTitle%3DSupernatural%26store_id%3D0%26browseLetter%3DA%26numberRecords%3D2340%26recordStart%3D325%26nextStart%3D351%26prevStart%3D300%26thisStart%3D326%26thisEnd%3D350%26p%3D14%26fp%3D1Your contributions? Edit: Now I know there be considerable price to pay for an Arkham house title and a jarring diference between hardover and paperback. However, this copy is for sale for 14 times the amount of the lowest priced copy of the same book in the same format in the same edition . www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1277780118&searchurl=bt.x%3D0%26bt.y%3D0%26sortby%3D3%26sts%3Dt%26tn%3DNINE%2BHORRORS%2BAND%2BA%2BDREAMNine Horrors and a Dream BRENNAN, JOSEPH PAYNE Book Price: £ 1446.35 Yes, this one is singed, but I just dont understand why they post it on abebooks . It's just like the Petaja leters, no one would buy it there .
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