Comments for Rare Finds - A Guide to Rare Book Collecting http://rarebookfinds.com Learn about rare books from the experts Mon, 24 May 2010 15:38:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on About by Bauman http://rarebookfinds.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-21479 Bauman Mon, 24 May 2010 15:38:15 +0000 #comment-21479 Thank you for your interest. To clarify, we use “luminous” here as an adjective that describes Adams’ skill with light, i.e. the image’s luminosity. “Print” can and often is used (throughout the industry) to describe a halftone plate. We only use the term “gelatin-silver” print to refer to a print that has been created with gelatin-silver printing process. These, as you correctly note, are not “gelatin-silver prints” and that is why we do not describe them as such. We describe them as halftones. We apologize for any confusion. Thank you for your interest. To clarify, we use “luminous” here as an adjective that describes Adams’ skill with light, i.e. the image’s luminosity. “Print” can and often is used (throughout the industry) to describe a halftone plate. We only use the term “gelatin-silver” print to refer to a print that has been created with gelatin-silver printing process. These, as you correctly note, are not “gelatin-silver prints” and that is why we do not describe them as such. We describe them as halftones. We apologize for any confusion.

]]> Comment on About by Mary Street Alinder http://rarebookfinds.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-21291 Mary Street Alinder Mon, 10 May 2010 21:52:01 +0000 #comment-21291 Hi, Read your ad for the Ansel Adams Sierra Nevada: John Muir Trail - original edition from 1938. I believe the ad is misleading when it states that the book contains "50 luminous prints" - these are not gelatin-silver prints made by Adams from the original negatives. They are letterpress reproductions printed in Chicago and then varnished to a high gloss and tipped onto the page. A magnifying glass will verify the dot pattern of the repro. I think your ad misleads people into thinking they are fine prints. I went to your website and there was no further explanation. I love books and old books and what your store represents. Sincerely, Mary Street Alinder, former assistant to Ansel Adams, co-author with Adams of his autobiography and author of his biography. Hi, Read your ad for the Ansel Adams Sierra Nevada: John Muir Trail – original edition from 1938. I believe the ad is misleading when it states that the book contains “50 luminous prints” – these are not gelatin-silver prints made by Adams from the original negatives. They are letterpress reproductions printed in Chicago and then varnished to a high gloss and tipped onto the page. A magnifying glass will verify the dot pattern of the repro. I think your ad misleads people into thinking they are fine prints. I went to your website and there was no further explanation. I love books and old books and what your store represents. Sincerely, Mary Street Alinder, former assistant to Ansel Adams, co-author with Adams of his autobiography and author of his biography.

]]> Comment on Apsley Cherry-Garrard – The Worst Journey in the World by Stephen Yates http://rarebookfinds.com/2008/08/20/apsley-cherry-garrard-the-worst-journey-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-20443 Stephen Yates Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:05:28 +0000 http://rarebookfinds.com/?p=60#comment-20443 THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD There is a crucial error in your information re the above. Cherry-Garrard's Winter Journey to Mount Terror was not simultaneous with Scott's Polar Journey as you attest; it was completed IN ADVANCE OF Scott's departure from Cape Evans. This is crucial for two reasons. Firstly, Cherry-Garrard was a member of the penultimate support party on Scott's Polar Journey travelling as far as the top of the Beardmore Glacier. Secondly, Cherry-Garrard's two companions on his Winter Journey to Mount Terror were 'Bill' Wilson and 'Birdie' Bowers who subsequently died at Scott's side in the tent on the Ross Ice Barrier on the return journey from the pole. THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD

There is a crucial error in your information re the above.

Cherry-Garrard’s Winter Journey to Mount Terror was not simultaneous with Scott’s Polar Journey as you attest; it was completed IN ADVANCE OF Scott’s departure from Cape Evans. This is crucial for two reasons. Firstly, Cherry-Garrard was a member of the penultimate support party on Scott’s Polar Journey travelling as far as the top of the Beardmore Glacier. Secondly, Cherry-Garrard’s two companions on his Winter Journey to Mount Terror were ‘Bill’ Wilson and ‘Birdie’ Bowers who subsequently died at Scott’s side in the tent on the Ross Ice Barrier on the return journey from the pole.

]]> Comment on Ian Fleming – James Bond Rare Books by Nick http://rarebookfinds.com/2009/03/15/ian-fleming-james-bond-rare-books/comment-page-1/#comment-20350 Nick Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:06:31 +0000 http://rarebookfinds.com/?p=75#comment-20350 Hi there, was wondering if anyone could help me. I recently found a US first print edition of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" hardback and have not found any information online about it whatsoever. On the bus now - but I vaguely remember it being published June 1963. Any help would be appreciated. Hi there, was wondering if anyone could help me. I recently found a US first print edition of “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” hardback and have not found any information online about it whatsoever. On the bus now – but I vaguely remember it being published June 1963. Any help would be appreciated.

]]> Comment on About by Jack Wedge http://rarebookfinds.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-20212 Jack Wedge Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:34:58 +0000 #comment-20212 We have acquired a copy of Thoreau's "Walden" printed in 1886 by Walter Scott, London. The only editions we have found listed are bound in blue or green cloth with ads. Ours is bound in half leather with gilt edge pages, without ads but with excerpts from "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers". A private owner's inscription show the date of Feb 11, 1896. We suspect it is a binding for a private library. How do we find a value for this book? We have acquired a copy of Thoreau’s “Walden” printed in 1886 by Walter Scott, London. The only editions we have found listed are bound in blue or green cloth with ads. Ours is bound in half leather with gilt edge pages, without ads but with excerpts from “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”. A private owner’s inscription show the date of Feb 11, 1896. We suspect it is a binding for a private library. How do we find a value for this book?

]]> Comment on Francis Trevelyan Miller – Photographic History of the Civil War by Larry Mooneyham http://rarebookfinds.com/2008/11/28/francis-trevelyan-miller-photographic-history-of-the-civil-war-2/comment-page-1/#comment-15827 Larry Mooneyham Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:55:06 +0000 http://rarebookfinds.com/?p=72#comment-15827 Michael, You will find this set of books listed from $700.00 to $2,000.00 depending on the condition. They are extremely good reading if you have an interest in the civil war. I would hang on to them for a while. I have a set. I also have several Erskine Caldwell (God's Little Acre) first editions that go up in value by about 20% each year. Michael,
You will find this set of books listed from $700.00 to $2,000.00 depending on the condition. They are extremely good reading if you have an interest in the civil war. I would hang on to them for a while. I have a set. I also have several Erskine Caldwell (God’s Little Acre) first editions that go up in value by about 20% each year.

]]> Comment on Ian Fleming – James Bond Rare Books by L. D. Mitchell http://rarebookfinds.com/2009/03/15/ian-fleming-james-bond-rare-books/comment-page-1/#comment-15341 L. D. Mitchell Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:37:34 +0000 http://rarebookfinds.com/?p=75#comment-15341 Nicely done...keep up the good work! Nicely done…keep up the good work!

]]> Comment on Winston Churchill – The Second World War by Any other history fans out there? - Page 2 http://rarebookfinds.com/2008/11/10/winston-churchill-the-second-world-war/comment-page-1/#comment-14309 Any other history fans out there? - Page 2 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:28:58 +0000 http://rarebookfinds.com/?p=70#comment-14309 [...] on World War II, it's hard to beat Winston Churchill's six volume series, The Second World War: Rare Finds - A Guide to Rare Book Collecting ? Blog Archive ? Winston Churchill - The Second World W... Perhaps a little self serving at times, but I read at a point in my life when the FDR worshipping [...] [...] on World War II, it’s hard to beat Winston Churchill’s six volume series, The Second World War: Rare Finds – A Guide to Rare Book Collecting ? Blog Archive ? Winston Churchill – The Second World W… Perhaps a little self serving at times, but I read at a point in my life when the FDR worshipping [...]

]]> Comment on Arthur Rackham – Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by Natalie Dewhirst http://rarebookfinds.com/2007/12/02/arthur-rackham-peter-pan-in-kensington-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-14244 Natalie Dewhirst Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:15:33 +0000 http://rarebookfinds.com/2007/12/02/arthur-rackham-peter-pan-in-kensington-gardens/#comment-14244 could you please inform me of the price of this book. could you please inform me of the price of this book.

]]> Comment on Ernest Shackleton – The Heart of the Antarctic by Michael Dearden http://rarebookfinds.com/2008/05/02/ernest-shackleton-the-heart-of-the-antarctic-2/comment-page-1/#comment-14109 Michael Dearden Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:55:15 +0000 http://rarebookfinds.com/2008/05/02/ernest-shackleton-the-heart-of-the-antarctic-2/#comment-14109 My Great Grandfather was George Philip Doolette who helped finance Shackletons second antarctic expedition. For this he was presented with one of the 300 copies of the "The Heart of the Antarctic" volumes, signed by Shackleton himself. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way the thin, third book has got lost and I only have volumes one and two. Does anybody out there happen to have this third volume or know where I might find one???? My Great Grandfather was George Philip Doolette who helped finance Shackletons second antarctic expedition. For this he was presented with one of the 300 copies of the “The Heart of the Antarctic” volumes, signed by Shackleton himself. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way the thin, third book has got lost and I only have volumes one and two. Does anybody out there happen to have this third volume or know where I might find one????

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