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Very interesting, Carol! GH is one of Abebooks’s top ten selling authors? A surprise to me.
Me too but I am finding it hard to get hold of her remaining mysteries! They simply aren't turning up at my work.
*weeping* Pastel was on TradeMe for NZ$7 & I missed the auction! I had such a busy week last night that I hadn't checked.
Oh no!"Pastel" is one of her contemporaries, right?
Andrea (Catsos Person) is a Compulsive eBook Hoarder wrote: "Oh no!"Pastel" is one of her contemporaries, right?"
Yes & it sounds terrible! But $7..... I know a second hand book shop in NZ has it for NZ$50, but I don't want to spend that much for a book that sounds extremely dreary. :(
Had it been The Unknown Ajax I would have had a struggle; but Instead of the Thorn? I can pat myself on the back for thrift!
Carol ♔Type, Oh Queen!♕ wrote: "Any serious collectors here?https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Book......"
Not me.
I'm not interested in GHs contemporaries.
I'm happy to read comments ABOUT made in this group by people who have read them, but I won't be buying them or reading them.
ouch, if I only had a few hundred spare!
& I was hoping to share a triumph... someone was selling 52 old Heyers on TradeMe, including the 3 mysteries I don't own. Some of them were in poor condition, so I didn't want the lot, but I sent a question offering to buy those 3 if it didn't sell as a complete lot. Sigh. Someone hit Buy Now. Couldn't believe it as the postage would be hefty.
Without provenance I would be reluctant to bid even if it was one of her Regency set novels. The bookseller attempted to match the signature but without documentation from a verified handwriting expert and or provenance, it's not worth the asking price.
QNPoohBear wrote: "Without provenance I would be reluctant to bid even if it was one of her Regency set novels. The bookseller attempted to match the signature but without documentation from a verified handwriting ex..."Thanks for your input QnPB. I'm surprised with a find like this the bookseller hasn't made the attempt to verify.
With my pile of books - one of them was a hardback of Footsteps - no dustjacket & a small amount of visible damage to the spine, but almost certainly first edition. So it may have been worth taking all the junk with it.
Sigh. I have to get braver.
& I have acquired a copy of The Unfinished Clue on TradeMe. :)There is another vendor who has the other two I want, but he has bundled them with Death in the Stocks - & I already own 2 copies of that. I asked him if he could split them & he agreed, but hasn't done so. I don't want to push it further in case he blacklists me.
Carol ♔Type, Oh Queen!♕ wrote: "& I have acquired a copy of The Unfinished Clue on TradeMe. :)There is another vendor who has the other two I want, but he has bundled them with Death in the Stocks - & I already own 2 copies of ..."
True! You have to be careful with bibliomaniacs!
In all my searching on the internet for GH book covers, I've found some "matched sets" for sale on eBay. Not usually complete, but a nice start. If anyone is looking for all the books that go with pink Venetia...
TradeMe (our Ebay) had a copy of Helen going for NZ$180.00! Looks to be one of the cheap editions. I was watching the auction, so the vendor offered it to me for $160.00. Still too rich for me blood - even if I had liked this one - which I didn't.Here is the expired listing.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...
Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ wrote: "TradeMe (our Ebay) had a copy of Helen going for NZ$180.00! Looks to be one of the cheap editions. I was watching the auction, so the vendor offered it to me for $160.00. Still too rich for me bloo..."I keep hearing (reading) that GHs contemporary fiction is bad. I think the only way I’d take a copy of any of them is if someone gave one to me. Even, then it would go to the very bottom of my mountainous tbr pile!
I liked Instead of the Thorn. Barren Corn was well written but depressing - & I don't read GH to be depressed.Pastel is supposed to make Helen look like a Shakespearean masterpiece. I do look out for it each time I'm in an op shop, but I won't pay collector prices for a copy.
Carol,I forgot that you work at an op shop.
If that were my situation, I’d look out for them under those circumstances!
Andrea (Catsos Person) is a Compulsive eBook Hoarder wrote: "Carol,I forgot that you work at an op shop.
If that were my situation, I’d look out for them under those circumstances!"
Op shop worker no longer - I now volunteer at the local museum & at the local Citizens' Advice Bureau (Kiwi institution - we help people find information to help themselves) But about once a week I cruise the op shops looking for the 20th century fiction I love.
@Carol, Well! I hope you are enjoying your new jobs!
They both sound like a lot of fun!
The Citizens' Advice Bureau sounds like a wonderful resource. What a great way to help people, Is it a government office or a non profit, or a division of a for-profit company?Also, the museum sounds lovely as well; I always felt that if I did not work in a library, I would love to work in a museum.
Critterbee I have a job for you if you want to work in a museum! Must like children, machine oil and history, low pay, seasonal hours and going outside in New England weather.
Except for New England weather, it sounds pretty much like what I am doing now... :D Also, the machine oil is only a once a year thing here.
Tell me more.
All I could find was this on Abebooks which I found quite interesting.
http://www.abebooks.com/books/histori...