It's a long time since I posted anything in my occasional series Found in Books. Today AbeBooks has some booksellers' stories on the subject. No bacon!

AbeBooks: Things Found in Books

There are some nice pictures on the AbeBooks site today.

AbeBooks: Beautiful Vintage Annuals for Children

I have quite a few annuals like this one:


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AbeBooks: The Best Authors of Crime Fiction

A list from AbeBooks today of the best crime fiction authors. Allegedly. I can't believe such a list could include Gillian Flynn but not Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham or Patricia Wentworth. Or Hazel Holt. I recommend Malice Aforethought, BTW. It's worth following the link to see the book covers. I do ( Read more... )

AbeBooks.co.uk: First Edition BooksFascinating to see these dustwrappers on AbeBooks today. I've read twenty one of the books and don't own any of them in a first edition. When it comes to books I collect, though, I always prefer to have a first. In some cases I have two copies of a book; a first without a dustwrapper and a reprint with ( Read more... )

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The Women of Pulp on AbeBooks

Wonderful covers! Posted direct to LJ.

‘Georgette who?’ indeed! I imagine most people who look at my journal have heard of the lady. Abe books devotes a page to her here. It’s worth looking at if only to see all the lovely covers.

Some of my Heyers:


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