tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post1712296471724870179..comments2024-03-18T11:01:42.459-05:00Comments on Pretty Sinister Books: O Rare Arthur Bray!J F Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-11904727310821656122016-03-13T16:18:41.495-05:002016-03-13T16:18:41.495-05:00Actually, if it was published in 1913 then it woul...Actually, if it was published in 1913 then it would probably fall into the public domain.<br /><br />Of course you'd need to find a copy of the book to get it published, so there's still that.D. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477842312277593447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-66375819991629382062016-02-25T18:02:40.417-06:002016-02-25T18:02:40.417-06:00Of course. I'll email the scan.Of course. I'll email the scan.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062628395256120383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-74751596789242856342016-02-23T18:48:31.884-06:002016-02-23T18:48:31.884-06:00Did you think to scan or photograph the DJ before ...Did you think to scan or photograph the DJ before you returned it? I'd love to see that ultra rare DJ!J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-85945237674148546512016-02-22T16:56:09.175-06:002016-02-22T16:56:09.175-06:00I managed to read The Empty House a couple of year...I managed to read The Empty House a couple of years ago via interlibrary loan. I was even loaned a copy with a dustwrapper!Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062628395256120383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-23595337936816216192016-02-19T09:15:04.025-06:002016-02-19T09:15:04.025-06:00"Déjà vu/Could this be the dream that I once ..."Déjà vu/Could this be the dream that I once knew?..."J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-51586227362892446602016-02-18T19:58:28.510-06:002016-02-18T19:58:28.510-06:00Take comfort in knowing you can't have everyth...Take comfort in knowing you can't have everything, Grasshopper. Breathe in, breathe out.Santosh Iyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555001344865957852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-51712835798420648742016-02-18T15:15:43.254-06:002016-02-18T15:15:43.254-06:00Bloody hell John - it would cheaper to buy the rig...Bloody hell John - it would cheaper to buy the rights and publish your own facsimile edition - in hardback!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-62850609205431705602016-02-18T14:11:19.909-06:002016-02-18T14:11:19.909-06:00And the solution to that is -- get your own bank a...And the solution to that is -- get your own bank account! :^D Yes, I'm joking. No one would ever take my financial advice...or lack of it. When I started paying CASH and stopped using my credit cards, the book buying (and other luxury spending) got under control very quickly! And it's going to stay that way.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-70973737495318023322016-02-18T14:03:40.936-06:002016-02-18T14:03:40.936-06:00Thanks, James, for the reminder about that invalua...Thanks, James, for the reminder about that invaluable service. However, many a time I've tried to get something via interlibrary loan and I know in advance that there is a copy within the tri-state area (IL, WI, IN for me) I am denied the loan! My tastes run to rare books that are often not allowed to circulate outside the library where they are housed. It's happened way too often to me and I gave up on inquiring about two years ago. With so many online sellers offering free shipping these days if I can find a reading copy for sale that's under $10 it's just so much easier. And I can always resell it when I'm done, usually at a profit!J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-92156695976331413162016-02-18T13:32:50.064-06:002016-02-18T13:32:50.064-06:00Yes, good things do come to those who wait. A mont...Yes, good things do come to those who wait. A month ago I was alerted through another want list email to a copy of the ultra rare haunted house/detective novel THE EMPTY HOUSE by "Irina Karlova" (aka Helen Clamp). I got it for $65. That book was rumored to be a phantom title by some collectors as no one had seen a copy of it for sale in over thirty years! Review coming soon.<br /><br />The most I spent on a book was $300 for a copy of THE BROKEN FANG, an obscure collection of short stories featuring an occult detective named Dr. Rhymer. I regretted it deeply. E.F. Bleiler gave it a good recommendation in his GUIDE TO SUPERNATURAL FICTION, but I thought the stories were really dull and very derivative. I sold it at a big loss about six months later to John Knott who works with L.W. Currey every now and then. It's still being offered -- at four times what I sold it to them for. Oy! Since that life lesson in book collecting/amassing I've never spent more than $175 on a rarity. And here's an ironic coda: THE BROKEN FANG is now available from Ramble House in a paperback edition for twenty bucks.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-2218025208302174132016-02-18T13:32:43.137-06:002016-02-18T13:32:43.137-06:00Here's one...
http://www.worldcat.org/title/c...Here's one...<br /><br />http://www.worldcat.org/title/clue-of-the-postage-stamp/oclc/42396739&referer=brief_results<br /><br />At Indiana University. Don't forget to check your local library's inter-library lending program. I've been able to get some very obscure volumes that way. P.S.: love the blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-29991477293572615852016-02-18T12:37:43.451-06:002016-02-18T12:37:43.451-06:00I've only once had one of my "wants"...I've only once had one of my "wants" appear at an affordable price. This was when I was working on my biography of John Glassco. The only book of his I did not own was his hoax <i>The Temple of Pederasty</i> (North Hollywood: Hanover House, 1969 (but really 1970). After years of waiting, I was alerted to a copy at US$500. I just couldn't justify the expense - more expensive than travelling to Ottawa, reading the copy held amongst his papers, enjoying an expensive dinner, taking a hotel room, and returning the next day - so, I passed. The copy sold within 24 hours. The very next week, I received a second alert for the book. This time, the price was US$45. I didn't hesitate. Good things come to those who wait.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787364257168822822.post-24459749122379947782016-02-18T12:07:30.975-06:002016-02-18T12:07:30.975-06:00It's harder to take that kind of advice than i...It's harder to take that kind of advice than it is to give it... ;-) There have been a few of my "wants" that I've let go by because I didn't feel like I could afford them (or that I could think up good enough logic to present to the provider of the other half of my bank account).Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.com