Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Rare Books on Outdoors Subjects...
Books on "outdoors" subjects...hunting, fishing, climbing...or anything odd or unusual are sometimes very high priced...especially if they are privately printed...or from a very small publisher...
I sold one of these books yesterday for $100 +.... These odd titles frequently have a following...even if its local to a very small part of a state...or very regional.
There are "serious collectors" of almost every subject you can think of....and the smaller the publisher and scarcer the title the better...
I will frequently buy a book "on spec" if the topic is right...and the publisher is very small and regional...
I sold one of these books yesterday for $100 +.... These odd titles frequently have a following...even if its local to a very small part of a state...or very regional.
There are "serious collectors" of almost every subject you can think of....and the smaller the publisher and scarcer the title the better...
I will frequently buy a book "on spec" if the topic is right...and the publisher is very small and regional...
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Morman Books highly collectible...
I found a large cache of Mormon Books at a sale this weekend... These are books that I look for... Because they sell at fairly high prices... Especially if they are older, small printings...and are now out of print...
Some of these books are absurdly high priced on line... I usually "low ball" a scarce book if I did not pay that much for it...just to move it... I'm more than willing to leave some money on the table...if I can find one buyer willing to pay a fair price...
Many of these Mormon books were printed locally in the Salt City City region...
Some of the books I acquired yesterday were from the Kimball Family library... They had the Kimball's embossed stamp on them... Kimball was the president of the Latter Day Saints... Some of the books were inscribed by the authors to Kimball...these are especially interesting... Most were on esoteric aspects of Mormon life or Religion...
Many Mormans are avid book collectors...and I'm sure many of these books will be sent back to Utah...eventually. Sam Weller's bookstore in Salt Lake has a large rare book operation that includes many Mormon books...
How these books get out of Utah is a real question... But Mormons do travel on missions...and Mormon collectors are found in every state...and overseas... So finding a large collection of Mormon books outside of Utah is not that rare...
Some of these books are absurdly high priced on line... I usually "low ball" a scarce book if I did not pay that much for it...just to move it... I'm more than willing to leave some money on the table...if I can find one buyer willing to pay a fair price...
Many of these Mormon books were printed locally in the Salt City City region...
Some of the books I acquired yesterday were from the Kimball Family library... They had the Kimball's embossed stamp on them... Kimball was the president of the Latter Day Saints... Some of the books were inscribed by the authors to Kimball...these are especially interesting... Most were on esoteric aspects of Mormon life or Religion...
Many Mormans are avid book collectors...and I'm sure many of these books will be sent back to Utah...eventually. Sam Weller's bookstore in Salt Lake has a large rare book operation that includes many Mormon books...
How these books get out of Utah is a real question... But Mormons do travel on missions...and Mormon collectors are found in every state...and overseas... So finding a large collection of Mormon books outside of Utah is not that rare...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Today's selling... #1
A vintage cookbook on crepes... A pamphlet from the Zuni area of Arizona...A book on the History of American Courtship (dating)...to a university library in Nebraska...
Cookbooks will sell..the more specialized the better... Although this sale surprised me as it was a older book...
Pamphlets from various national monuments and parks...and other similar ephemera...do have a following... this booklet when to the East coast...not the the Southwest...
The History of Courtship to a small university library...is typical of library purchase of an odd titles and out of print book...with some unique social content...
Cookbooks will sell..the more specialized the better... Although this sale surprised me as it was a older book...
Pamphlets from various national monuments and parks...and other similar ephemera...do have a following... this booklet when to the East coast...not the the Southwest...
The History of Courtship to a small university library...is typical of library purchase of an odd titles and out of print book...with some unique social content...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Back to Used and Rare...
I've been off Used and Rare for sometime... Mainly tied up with other blogs and with my on-line book selling...
Then I lost the email address and the password...both...! And had to search for some clues among my papers...
Finally found the things I needed to restart this blog...
Have about 8000 books for sale on Amazon now...and shooting for 10,000 this year...then I want to cull the pile to get rid of some of the dregs...and not go over 10,000 if possible...
Better to have 10,000 good books...than just a general inventory of margin listings....
Then I lost the email address and the password...both...! And had to search for some clues among my papers...
Finally found the things I needed to restart this blog...
Have about 8000 books for sale on Amazon now...and shooting for 10,000 this year...then I want to cull the pile to get rid of some of the dregs...and not go over 10,000 if possible...
Better to have 10,000 good books...than just a general inventory of margin listings....
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