What book has eluded you the longest?

In article <1157830934.132185.63900.TakeThisOut@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
"The Bobino" <rwfemail2006-usenet.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've been searching for a copy of "The White Ribbon Boys Of Chester" by
> Raymond Sperry Jr. (Stratemeyer Syndicate pseud.) since the late 80s
> and it has proven extremely elusive.
> I have yet to see a copy come up on eBay or any other auction site.
> In fact, I have never personally examined a copy of this book and
> wouldn't believe it existed if I had not seen photos of it.
> --
> RWF


Volume # 1 in the Modern Library series, Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, in
the first catalog dust jacket with the drop letter "P" (Boni-Liveright,
May, 1917)
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Bud Webster wrote:
> Conklin's mystery anthology, _Great Detective Stories About Doctors_
> (Collier 01895, 1965). Never seen a copy, and the one listed at
> AddAll.com is more than I want to pay.
>
> It's the last one I need to have ALL the Conklins in first edition.

And you're letting mere money stand in the way of getting it?!?!?!?
For shame
--
RWF
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I have all the James Bond novels in first editions (some without
jackets) except the two film novelizations by Christopher Wood, THE SPY
WHO LOVED ME and JAMES BOND AND MOONRAKER. There was no U.S. hardback
of either, and the British versions must have had very small print
runs, as they command fabulous prices.
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> I've been searching for a copy of "The White Ribbon Boys Of Chester"
> by Raymond Sperry Jr. (Stratemeyer Syndicate pseud.) since the late
> 80s and it has proven extremely elusive.
> I have yet to see a copy come up on eBay or any other auction site.
> In fact, I have never personally examined a copy of this book and
> wouldn't believe it existed if I had not seen photos of it.

I lent my copy of Otto Muehl's "The AA Model" sometime around 1980
and that was the last time I've seen one. (I doubt if it will ever
be reprinted and there are probably a good many countries where you
could now be locked up for owning it).

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Conklin's mystery anthology, _Great Detective Stories About Doctors_
(Collier 01895, 1965). Never seen a copy, and the one listed at
AddAll.com is more than I want to pay.

It's the last one I need to have ALL the Conklins in first edition.
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Tim O'Brien, first printing of "Going After Cacciato"
Jjohn LeCarre, first printing of "The Naive and Sentimental Lover"


Francis A. Miniter


The Bobino wrote:

>
> RWF
>
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The Necronomicon
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I've been lucky in acquiring books I've wanted; but I may have finally
met my match.
I have nineteen of the twenty-one volumes of the London 1821 edition of
the "Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare... by Edmond Malone," which
is known as Boswell's Malone. I'm lacking volumes nine and twenty-one.
James Boswell's son published the third variorum edition of Malone's
Shakespeare edition, using the Shakespeare papers he had inherited from
Malone.

best,
Jerry Morris


I've been searching for a copy of "The White Ribbon Boys Of Chester" by
Raymond Sperry Jr. (Stratemeyer Syndicate pseud.) since the late 80s and
it has proven extremely elusive.
I have yet to see a copy come up on eBay or any other auction site. In
fact, I have never personally examined a copy of this book and wouldn't
believe it existed if I had not seen photos of it.
--
RWF

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The Bobino wrote:
> I've been searching for a copy of "The White Ribbon Boys Of Chester" by
> Raymond Sperry Jr. (Stratemeyer Syndicate pseud.) since the late 80s
> and it has proven extremely elusive.
> I have yet to see a copy come up on eBay or any other auction site.
> In fact, I have never personally examined a copy of this book and
> wouldn't believe it existed if I had not seen photos of it.
> --
> RWF


I've been looking for The Long Green by mystery writer Bart Spicer for
a few years now. This book was his 5th Carney Wilde mystery published
by Dodd Mead, and apparently the most elusive title based on my weekly
ebay and online bookseller searches. I have yet to see this book other
than book club and paperback reprints. ABE's want list has been pretty
useless, as the one alert I received some months ago turned out to be a
book club edition. I'd even accept an ex-library for filler at this
point.

AL
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ellery queens "strange mysteries from cape hatteras to nova
scotia"........

Save The Planet, Vote REPUBLICAN......
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