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Aug. 24th, 2006 11:06 amFrom my LJ - June 7th...
But on the other hand... a few weeks ago I picked up a book on the department's "Free! Take whatever you want; deposit whatever you don't want." shelves of old books.
It's an odd item... that's what attracted me. A book of futurology, published in the mid-20's, that did it's best to predict what was then on the horizon. Very much HG Wells, Shape of things to Come in tone but trying to be fact rather than fiction. Trying to be exciting, modern and teckie (for the 20's), it had been uniquely bound using a thick, transparent plastic like substance. I passed it on to a bookdealer I know, who owes me a favour, and yesterday he got back to me. He's putting it on ABEbooks for £100 and is confident it'll make that. It turns out to be rather a unique item. The author is well known as a Jules Verne editor so the Verne collectors ought to be drooling, plus there are certain book collectors more interested in bindings than the contents - something oddball is sure to excite their interest. It's probably a rare survivor as sunlight tends to rapidly massacre the early plastics this book's been made from.
Just found out an American dealer bought it for £90. So I'm due 75% of that. Damn, I'm having a good day.
But on the other hand... a few weeks ago I picked up a book on the department's "Free! Take whatever you want; deposit whatever you don't want." shelves of old books.
It's an odd item... that's what attracted me. A book of futurology, published in the mid-20's, that did it's best to predict what was then on the horizon. Very much HG Wells, Shape of things to Come in tone but trying to be fact rather than fiction. Trying to be exciting, modern and teckie (for the 20's), it had been uniquely bound using a thick, transparent plastic like substance. I passed it on to a bookdealer I know, who owes me a favour, and yesterday he got back to me. He's putting it on ABEbooks for £100 and is confident it'll make that. It turns out to be rather a unique item. The author is well known as a Jules Verne editor so the Verne collectors ought to be drooling, plus there are certain book collectors more interested in bindings than the contents - something oddball is sure to excite their interest. It's probably a rare survivor as sunlight tends to rapidly massacre the early plastics this book's been made from.
Just found out an American dealer bought it for £90. So I'm due 75% of that. Damn, I'm having a good day.
