: "Condition, Condition, Condition" and
: "Now that I've got it, what do I have?"

: I'll rough draft out the two articles & toss a coin if they both get long enough. Otherwise I'll combine the two into some clever title like "To buy or not to buy"

: I like the idea of helping you determine if:
: 1) you are holding a first edition.
: 2) if it is in poor condition, should you buy it, or wait for a better copy.

: I could also make a listing of the 'points' that determine the first edition of a book, and get Maciej to publish them. If you all are interested?

Welcome back, Irene; hope you had a nice vacation.

All of these are great ideas, just the sort of thing I [and, I suspect, most of us] have been interested in finding out.

Oh, great! Now, in addition to waiting [im]patiently for the next Andre book to come out, we get to wait with bated breath for Irene's next entertaining, informative [well-written, even] article. Oh, well; what else are devoted fans for?

You write excellent tide-me-overs, Irene! Keep up the good work.

Happy New Year to all, and to all many good books [preferably by Andre Norton ;)]!

Jerrie the Book Ferengi