Antiques and Collectibles

morethomas@rocketmail.com asked:


I have a collection of books by H. Rider Haggard and would like to know their value. Amazon is not the place to look, but where is?

Destiny

pr8tyblueyes asked:


I would like something catchy yet easy to remember. Any suggestions?

Eva

Leslie asked:


I read there is a book fair in SanFrancisco next week and I want to go and be somewhat knowledgeable.

Devan

Yazzy asked:


I have a set of the Works of Edgar Allan Poe which consits of 10 green hardback books with gold writing and design on the binder. These books are published by Harper & Brothers Publishers and do not have any dates as far as copyrights or ISBN numbers.

The first book table of contents consit of but not limited to:
Preface to the 1849 Edition by Maria Clemm
Edgar Allan Poe by James Russell Lowell,
Death of Edgar Allan Poe by N. P. Willis
Memoir of the Author
The Unparalleled Adventure of one Hans Pfaall
The Gold bug
The Ballon-Hoax, etc.

I also a a collection of other books with copyright dates in the early 1900’s late 1800 by Shakespare. I am trying to find someone who could tell me what these books are worth or at least give me the name of someone th in the Chicagoland area that can give me an appriasal.

Andres

chris n asked:


Is it rare to be able to memorize whole books?
does it make it more hardcore the fact that I don’t have a photographic memory. I remember the sounds

Parker

cody_gaffney asked:


Can anybody provide me with links to auction sites or dealers that handle extremely rare books from the Middle Ages? How could I go about tracking an original copy of a book published in the 1500s?

Shayla

retired77 asked:


My brother is retired and has collected rare books for years. He has rare sets of books, etc. Is E-Bay the best way to go. He doesn’t know much about the internet so needs some advice.

Kristin

mckzbrown asked:


History of the World Ridpath’s 9 book set (1909)
True stories of the day of Washington (1864)
The book of Psalms The original Hebrew American NY bible society insituted in the year mdccxvl (1885)

Kristian

Jennifer B asked:


Copyright 1932, By Zane Grey.. 1929,1930, by McCall Company

Vivian

joseph_abedi asked:


(Specially about Islamic, Arabic or Persian materials)

Kenneth