Posted: January 20, 1998 at 07:54:24: by Irene Harrison
I assume that you are looking for first editions, though you don't mention that.
Else you would be happy owning a copy of Sneeze on Sunday, rather than the
first edition which was titled Murders for Sale by Allen Weston.Maid At Arms was ONLY a Paper edition. Fawcett, Coventry Romance #90
and it's by Enid Cushing, so look in the Romance in the "C's" (White spine-I think) Crossroads of Time was first in paper and then the first Hard cover was the UK: Gollancz edition in 1976 the 1978, Boston: Gregg Press came later. What's an "ARC of Warding of the WW" ? Do you refer to the Uncorrected Proof? Here's a couple of hunting hints.
Check Library Book sales.
Get the catalogues of several dealers. That's where a dealer friend spotted my MURDERS as a mystery.
Check the On-line services. But be careful of editions. I just finished tracking down a book by Ashton (with Norton intro) but had to check for the Hard cover vs the Later Paper edition.
I used a search in AB-Bookmans. I had my local Dealer run an ad. Run ads from only one place, a few books at a time.
I got one of those "Book dealers" in the area (there are usually free pamphlets & in some regions a bound book)
and visited one area per weekend - looking for those Childrens shelves.
AND Enjoy the Hunt. When you've found everything that is out there, you'll have to find all the Anthology appearances, then the magazines, and finally the maps, posters and cover art. I'm still looking for those last 4 books. Anybody have a 1st in dust jacket of PRINCE COMMANDS that they'd like to trade for an x-library and $$$ ?()
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