SC - Platina on eBay
Chris Stanifer
jugglethis at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 23 14:06:13 PDT 2001
- --- Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com> wrote:
> > Do you think he would notice if you switched it
> with a
> > copy of Harry Potter wrapped in brown paper?
>
> Yeah, he probably would. I suspect that the kind of
> person who would
> recognize this as a bargain and bid on it, and
> actually read it, is
> probably by definition not a moron.
I would also suspect that he/she would have to know
how to read Latin...or be especially gifted at
guessing.
>
> > If you do happen to get a glimpse of this book,
> could
> > you do me a huge favor and check out the binding?
> Of
> > particular interest to me is the material used for
> the
> > cover boards (quarter split wood, I would
> imagine),
> From the photo on eBay, it appeared not to have any
> boards, rather a
> simple bundle of sewn folios, if I'm using the
> terminology correctly.
> Essentially an early printed paperback, unless I'm
> mistaken.
It certainly looked like it had a bit of stiffness to
the covers to me, but I could be mistaken. Oh,
well...Another one of life's little treasures which I
get to admire from afar, I suppose.
Balthazar of Blackmoor
=====
"The half full glass and the half empty glass both contain the same amount of liquid...the half empty glass, however, has a fly in it."
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