toasted36
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posted on July 19, 2003 10:10:42 AM new
Hi ! Can anyone give me a good site I can bookmark for looking up old books...I have a copy of The amazing story of Henry FordCopyright 1922 not the reprint.By James M. Miller
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Helenjw
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posted on July 19, 2003 10:55:50 AM new
Addall has your book listed as high as $150. 'Spose they are just dreaming? 
Alibris
Bibliofind
abebooks
AddALL
Good luck!
Helen
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toasted36
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posted on July 19, 2003 10:59:12 AM new
Thank You Much Helenjw ! I've been running in circles lol...None on e-bay ,none on half.com,none at Barnes and Nobles etc etc etc
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clancey99
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posted on July 19, 2003 11:12:52 AM new
Try ABEBOOKS.com- They are the best and most used by books dealers-
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Helenjw
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posted on July 19, 2003 12:18:05 PM new
Clancey,
I checked AbeBooks before I suggested the book search locations above and they were the only site without the book.
Strange, isn't it?
Helen
[ edited by Helenjw on Jul 19, 2003 12:19 PM ]
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Helenjw
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posted on July 19, 2003 12:36:27 PM new
Ooops, Clancy,
I doublechecked that and apparently I misspelled something the first time that I checked. They do have the book listed.
The Amazing Story of Henry Ford
Helen
[ edited by Helenjw on Jul 19, 2003 12:38 PM ]
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 19, 2003 12:46:37 PM new
The prices listing at the mega seller book sites do not translate very well to ebay prices. I've found that 20% of abebook's average prices is about the going ebay rate when your lucky enough to find a buyer at all. That usually holds true even with rare or limited quanity books. Those mega seller sites can list books for years without a buyer while the ebay seller is eating listing fees.
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Helenjw
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posted on July 19, 2003 01:00:38 PM new
That's good advice, AuctionAce. It's only worth what you can sell it for!
Unless you are an experienced book collector, it's wise to avoid old books because they are generally worthless.
Helen
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cta
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posted on July 19, 2003 01:29:19 PM new
I also like:
http://www.bookfinder.com/
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 19, 2003 04:24:55 PM new
bookfinder.com is a great resource site but it has to have the slowest search engine of all the book sites. I use the site only as a last resort.
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toasted36
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posted on July 19, 2003 04:28:16 PM new
Thank you everyone ! I book marked all the sites for a later use ...you never know what you might find. My husband was glad it wasn't worth alot ...he wanted it for himself 
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AuctionAce
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posted on July 19, 2003 05:16:17 PM new
Look to see what's inside the old books as people use a lot of good stuff as bookmarks.
A few months ago I was looking through a stack of 50 cent books and a few books were 'borderline ebayable' so I looked for an author's signature on the title page to make the book buyable. One book had 3 european currency bank notes so I bought that book. The 3 notes were from 1991 and were German and French. 'The Euro is in and the notes are worthless' I was told. They sold on ebay for more than $30 though.
Also I bought an old 1925 book on Genetics for $2. Sounded promising until I researched it and found it is worth only $2 on ebay, maybe. Inside was a folded advertizement for a book that was very old. I debated listing it on ebay but I wanted my $2 back on thate dog of a book. I listed the ad for $2 and and bidding war between two people that loved the author in the ad ensued and the item went for more than $40.
So the stuff used as bookmarks are oftentimes worth much more than the darn book.
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