Thread Name: Philadelphia Antiquarian Book Fair This Saturday ... From: "John Wolansky" <jwol@removed> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:25:30 -0400 ... at Fort Washington. Anyone from the area attending? I rented a. stand. This is my first sale. While they are not Antiquarian, I will have substantially all Modern Library books. New at this and uncertain of how the day will run from a seller's perspective, I will not be bringing my best stuff; however, I will have plenty dust jacketed firsts, about ten jacketed flexis, some ML pamphlets, about a dozen P series from the 1950's, an illustrated or two, and lots of regular and first 1990's. My prices for the fair are based on the Toledano guide, my experience, and what another regular at the fair has been offering ML books for. If you attend, stop by and introduce yourself. ------------------------------------- From: GOODBOOKS@removed> ((JOSEPH HILL) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:43:10 -0700 (PDT) Good Luck!! ------------------------------------- From: dmenkin119@removed> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:48:28 EDT I can not come to your book fair, but I am looking for the following MODERN LIBRARY BOOKS. [old want list removed] ------------------------------------- From: "John Wolansky" <jwol@removed> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 19:19:49 -0400 At a glance, I probably have some of these available, but you will need to wait until about the third week in September. Literally, I am scheduled for the next three weeks. I will not forget, I will check in a few weeks. ------------------------------------- From: "John Wolansky" <jwol@removed> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:23:48 -0400 Dear Mr. Menkin: Following are the books on your want list that I can offer you: [Book list cut] I am curious, what is your collection philosophy? Are you trying to collect one of every title in each jacket or cover issued? I have other titles you lack, but not in the cover you want. How large is your collection and how long have you been at it? By the way, I visited a fellow named John Kleasy in Southington, CT last year. He asked if I knew you but I did not know your name at that time. He does have a ton of ML for sale or swap, but most are reading copies or without dust jackets. His personal collection is extensive and he does have some very nice pieces I covet. ------------------------------------- From: dmenkin119@removed> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:37:40 EDT [chatter about books wanted cut] You asked about my Modern Library backgound, but it is long and complicated and I will be brief now but if we talk on the phone, I can give you more. I am 88 years old, so we bought some books in the 1930's and along the years. About 20 years ago my wife and I were in a book store that had a lot of MLBs and we decided we would start add some of them to our batch we had from years past. but we were very casual about it. Now we have a complete collection, except for the editions list on the want list I sent you. We have dust jackets on all our hard cover books. Our collection includes all editions issued in each type of binding. ------------------------------------- From: "Jimmy Williamson" <jwslaw@removed> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:08:55 -0500 i am not answering for john, but for myself i am impressed, because the collection you describe is impressive congratulations -------------------------------------