tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55054001282558605692024-02-19T08:58:59.560-05:00Rants and Rambles on Books and Bookselling...meanderings of a children's bookseller on the subject of books, book collecting and running an out of print book business in the internet age.Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268905671879083328noreply@blogger.comBlogger214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505400128255860569.post-68793143915504319432019-10-26T17:00:00.001-04:002019-10-26T17:00:16.108-04:00Shameless promotion :-)Windy Hill Books inventory of over 11,000 out of print and collectible children's books can be browsed or searched at: <br />
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<br />Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268905671879083328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505400128255860569.post-71364666452745492882019-06-07T13:32:00.001-04:002019-06-07T13:32:18.416-04:00Why Bath county part IV<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268905671879083328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505400128255860569.post-91553907399450456252018-07-10T16:05:00.002-04:002018-07-10T16:05:58.913-04:00Why Bath County part III<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268905671879083328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505400128255860569.post-88206896513013650472018-03-11T14:44:00.000-04:002018-03-11T14:56:50.855-04:00you know you are older than dirt when...... you remember when Alibris was an INTRANET site called Interloc.<br />
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<br />Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268905671879083328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505400128255860569.post-57921087356623659962017-10-08T16:57:00.000-04:002017-10-08T16:57:32.512-04:00off topic; why Bath Co part II<i>Fall pictures, taken by Tom at the chapel and Back Creek....</i><br />
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<br />Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268905671879083328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505400128255860569.post-44240026417377809392017-10-02T20:18:00.000-04:002017-10-03T12:34:25.828-04:00My Fantasy Book CollectionI've decided that if Sports Fans can have their Fantasy Sports Teams I can <strike>waste</strike> spend time building a Fantasy Juvenile Book Collection. Full disclosure, some of these titles are repeat shows from a post I did in 2007. I've updated the list to include titles that were published after my childhood, and I've also included short notes about each title. Adventure and mystery titles in this post, Science fiction and Fantasy to follow. For my dream collection, all books would have to be first editions, Fine in at least Very Good+ dust jackets of course!<br />
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<i>Photos taken by our daughter Milana on a hike along Back Creek in late April.</i></div>
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Bought a nice first edition in dust jacket of Margaret Wise Brown's first book. WHEN THE WIND BLEW. Harper & Bros 1937.<br />
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Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268905671879083328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505400128255860569.post-34201957491176624502014-08-21T20:02:00.003-04:002014-08-22T00:18:31.017-04:00Baltimore Book and Antiques ShowHeaded out to the Baltimore Book and Antique Show this weekend. Quite a few years since I sold at the show and many years since I've even been able to attend. Really curious to see if there has been big turn over in dealers, and how sales seem to be doing.Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268905671879083328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505400128255860569.post-13179651729786810352014-08-21T16:59:00.000-04:002014-08-21T16:59:31.563-04:00Dr. Seuss Advertising Secrets of the DeepAny specialist dealer in business long enough will end up collecting ephemera items. Most of the ephemera I have is promotional material related to certain authors or illustrators, usually focused on a specific publication. Occasionally I end up with something really coolio like this Dr. Seuss advertisement from 1935:<div>
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SECRETS OF THE DEEP or The Perfect Yachtsman by Old Captain Taylor. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">Essomarine, 1935. Soft cover. Good+ condition. Essomarine (Standard Oil), 1935. 8vo, pictorial wraps, 34 pp. </span></div>
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<i>This is currently the king of my ephemera , even with the foxing and the tiny edge chips...</i></div>
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Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268905671879083328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505400128255860569.post-50859851060738504402014-08-21T14:50:00.000-04:002014-08-21T14:50:21.756-04:00Still here!I was tempted to wait until winter rolled around again and just continue with complaining about the weather, but I'd be really sad if no one even noticed :-)<br />
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I've been having a very busy spring and summer, at this point we have 9,250+ images of <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/windy-hill-books-penn-laird-va/2639/sf">our inventory</a> posted and only 2,200 or so more to go!<br />
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<br />Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268905671879083328noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505400128255860569.post-2294212094140616662014-01-04T19:50:00.001-05:002014-01-04T19:54:07.742-05:00Happy New Year!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5P6FOMSZDgkZhi8qnBOKQiuRV9jcoXejrqouiwUXee4vVkMxQRgxxiCgcXMafipcKbwSqokL3cLS7nkW531w1y51Ie2fSjatunZV6WLXl6uz-Ms2P08og9Lj0BZVXckrq0WQB2frbNJJ/s1600/best+library+sign+ever.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5P6FOMSZDgkZhi8qnBOKQiuRV9jcoXejrqouiwUXee4vVkMxQRgxxiCgcXMafipcKbwSqokL3cLS7nkW531w1y51Ie2fSjatunZV6WLXl6uz-Ms2P08og9Lj0BZVXckrq0WQB2frbNJJ/s320/best+library+sign+ever.jpg" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Stay on the warm side of the windows and READ something, Spring will come!</i></b></span><br />
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