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RED Books and Collectibles: Rare & Arcane, Specialty & Obscure Books, First Editions, Book Sets, Audiobooks, Magazines An iPhone portrait of me in my library. (9/26/08) GOOD NEWS eBayers!! Effective IMMEDIATELY!! ALL purchases of $24 or more will receive FREE Shipping and Handling to ANY U.S. ZIP Code. ALL combined Zip Code orders totaling $24 or more and shipped in one package will receive FREE S&H. Orders outside U.S. ZIP Codes will receive Shipping at USPS Cost and Handling will be FREE with any order of of $24 or more. All orders of $24 or more will be adjusted when I email you with an invoice. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this S&H policy, please call or email me. Yours, Randy Hi eBayers, Welcome to RED Books and Collectibles! My name is Randy Dossett. I have been selling books and collectibles on eBay since May of 2000. Over these past 8 years I have learned a great deal about the book world as well as the Internet world. First and foremost comes customer service. As the sole proprietor and sole employee of this enterprise I am responsible for the whole shebang! So, if you have any questions or comments, I will be happy to respond. You can email me a red-books@sbcglobal.net. Or, you can call me at 831-420-0361 (Library) or 831-430-6217 (Mobile). I work at Safeway Stores, Inc. as my day job from 3 PM to Midnight. I am available by phone from 10 AM to Midnight daily. If you reach a recording, I will return your call within 24 hours (Much sooner, usually). My intent has been to procure and sell the most interesting and unique books, magazines, and mostly paper items that I can find. I live in Santa Cruz, California. I find most of what I sell right here in town. We have garage sales, flea market and auctions galore! Santa Cruz is a fabulous melting pot of cultural diversity. I have far more books in stock than I can possibly list for the next ten years. • Grading Books Many factors influence the value of a used book. Foremost among these is the condition of the book and its dust jacket. I commonly use six grades and from time to time add a plus (+) or a minus (-) to that grade when appropriate. • Condition The authoritative list of descriptive terms for grading used books was first published by Antiquarian Bookman in 1975. Terms used in this reference are as follows: As New - Is to be used only when the book is in the same immaculate condition in which is was first published. There can be no defects, no missing pages, no library stamps, etc., and the dust jacket must be perfect without any tears. Fine - Approaches the condition of As New, but without being crisp. For the use of the term Fine there must also be do defects etc. and if the jacket has a small tear, or other defect, or looks worn, this should be noted. Very Good - Can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper. Any defects must be noted. Good - describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. Fair - is a worn book that has complete text pages but may lack endpapers, half title, etc. Binding, jacket, etc., may also be worn. All defects must be noted. Poor - describes a book that is sufficiently worn that its only merit is as a reading copy because it does not have the complete text, which must be legible. Ex-library - copies must always be designated as such no matter what the condition of the book. Book Club - editions must always be designated as such no matter what the condition of the book. Abbreviations - F (Fine); NF (Near Fine); VG (Very Good); G (Good); F (Fair); P (Poor); Ex-lib (Ex-library); BCE (Book Club Edition) • Defects - Must always be noted Water Staining - Can run the gamut of grades. A single tiny (pin-head) spot, a coin sized spot, a coffee spill affecting a whole page, or dropping the book in a water puddle affecting most or all pages. Stains are one of the worst fates of a book. Be aware that any stain larger than the coin sized one will considerably drop the grade of the book. Musty smell - A book with this defect is almost unworthy of shelving. It must always be sealed to keep the smell from transferring to adjacent books or the whole library. Avoid these books almost at all costs! Spotty or Foxed page edges - Reduces the grade from one to two depending on the severity. Bookplates - drops the value of a book quite a lot if the book is in otherwise Fine condition. At lower grades the drop is not as severe. Inscriptions - such as a former owner's name or a gift inscription will give the book the same grade as does the Bookplate. Long, rambling inscriptions drop the grade considerably. Inscriptions must always be noted. Creases - in the book pages will always reduce the grade. Depending on the number and severity of the creases, the book will attain no more than Very Good. Ripped Pages - Reduces grade to below Very Good depending on the severity. Removed pages - Will have a grade of no more than Fair. Hinge tearing - Will almost always result in a grade below Good. Cracked spine - Will result in a grade of no more than Near Fine. Book spine sloping - A book stored improperly can slope forward or to the rear. This condition cannot be reversed. Can not rise above Good. Loosening binding - Naturally occurs with age. Grade drops in reverse order to age, i.e. the newer the book the more the grade drops. Remainder marks - are used by the publisher for identifying books that are not intended to be sold through retail stores. Marks are USUALLY found on the bottom or top edges and take many forms. Most commonly one will find a single dot. Random House uses its logo as does Simon & Schuster. Doubleday uses a spray. For some, a Remainder Marks is simply unacceptable. For others, it does not affect the grade. Generally, it drops the grade one notch. Corner or edge bumps - Some books in As New condition will have bumps. However, severe bumping will knock the grade down. Browning from inlaid paper - Comes from the acid of the inlaid paper affecting the pages of the book. For some it is untidy, however the affect on grade is mostly minimal. Tape or Tape residue - Tape holding down the jacket will reduce the grade one full step. Tape residue and tape repair are also quite undesirable and will reduce the grade nearly as much. Price Clipping of the Dust Jacket - Has no effect on the value of the book; The jacket, however, is enormously affected. The price can be one of the determining points of the edition of the book. Depending on the book the grade can drop to almost nothing. Dust Jacket creases - Depends on the severity of the creases. Dust Jacket chipping - The severity of the chipping determines the grade. A Near Fine jacket must have very little chipping. Chips the size of a dime at the head or heal of the spine can still rated Very Good-. Dust Jacket tears - Again severity comes into play. A one eighth inch tear has almost no effect. A tear across the complete panel will get no better than Very Good-. • The above Grading System was taken from 20TH CENTURY FIRST EDITION MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE: A PRICE AND IDENTIFICATION GUIDE by Thomas Lee. I learned to describe books from Tom's yearly guides. All the books, magazines and collectibles in my auctions are graded based upon this system. • COMING SOON: How to identify First Editions. Listings To protect bidder privacy, when the price or highest bid on an item reaches or exceeds a certain level, User IDs will be displayed as anonymous names. For auction items, a bold price means at least one bid has been received. Note: Anonymous names may appear more than once and may represent different bidders. Current Auction Listings Item Start End Price Title High Bidder/Status 220299012800 Oct-21-08 Dec-15-09 12:01:56 $24.99 The Arthur H. Clark Company Book Catalogue 1976 Available 220299078888 Oct-21-08 Dec-15-09 14:36:55 $14.99 Amlicos Famous Photos 10 Photos of Noted Places Available 220299079231 Oct-21-08 Dec-15-09 14:38:09 $14.99 Machines Francaises Magazine December 1965 Available 220299143371 Oct-21-08 Dec-15-09 17:36:19 $24.99 Paintings from the State Museum Kroller-Muller Otterlo Available 220299144099 Oct-21-08 Dec-15-09 17:38:16 $24.99 Andrew Jackson An Epic in Homespun HC 1st 1927 Johnson Available 220299144890 Oct-21-08 Dec-15-09 17:40:15 $24.99 PIPWIG Parenting Improvement Program 1983 Rollie Dick Available 220299145489 Oct-21-08 Dec-15-09 17:42:11 $19.99 Victorian Wreaths for Beautiful Decorating PB Dye 1984 Available 220299146233 Oct-21-08 Dec-15-09 17:44:11 $24.99 Manscape with Beasts PB Illustrated 1990 Norfleet Available 220299236416 Oct-22-08 Dec-15-09 23:58:12 $19.99 Welcome to the USSR PB Khruschev Propaganda Available 220299669440 Oct-22-08 Dec-16-09 17:39:43 $24.99 Munchner Ausstellung aus Staatsbesitz PB 1929 Available 220299670723 Oct-22-08 Dec-16-09 17:42:26 $24.99 Peter Jackson Biography HC/DJ 1st 2004 Ian Pryor Available 220299671257 Oct-22-08 Dec-16-09 17:44:07 $19.99 The Western Horse Magazine 6 Issues 1984-86 Available 220299677149 Oct-22-08 Dec-16-09 18:00:50 $19.99 Floras Gardening Cards 264 Color Coded Cards 2006 Available 220300177836 Oct-23-08 Dec-17-09 13:52:52 $24.99 Metamorphoses Photography in the Electronic Age PB 1994 Available 220300177904 Oct-23-08 Dec-17-09 13:53:04 $39.99 The Bottle-Nosed Dolphin PB Signed Copy 1964 Brothers Available 220300190864 Oct-23-08 Dec-17-09 14:28:54 $14.99 Fantasy Book Magazine November 1982 Available 220300715616 Oct-24-08 Dec-18-09 14:36:23 $14.99 Bambouseraie de Prafrance Anduze PB Illustrated Available 220300715872 Oct-24-08 Dec-18-09 14:37:13 $19.99 How to Start a Home-Based Writing Business PB Parker Available 220300716707 Oct-24-08 Dec-18-09 14:40:29 $19.99 Bernard Shaw Volume 1 HC/DJ 1st 1988 Holroyd Available 220300719669 Oct-24-08 Dec-18-09 14:50:20 $19.99 Rose, or Rose Thorn HC 1st 1963 Susanna Bryant Dakin Available 220300721856 Oct-24-08 Dec-18-09 14:57:49 $19.99 Fat Free Italian Cookbook HC Illustrated 2004 Sheasby Available 220300726359 Oct-24-08 Dec-18-09 15:11:25 $24.99 Family Chronicle HC 1963 Charles Reznikoff Available 220300776059 Oct-24-08 Dec-18-09 18:05:39 $14.99 The American Magazine November 1932 Canadian Airmen Available 220300776067 Oct-24-08 Dec-18-09 18:05:41 $24.99 The Cay HC/DJ 1969 Theodore Taylor Available 220300776077 Oct-24-08 Dec-18-09 18:05:43 $24.99 Fortune Magazine Nov 1965 Nike-X, C-5, Bridges Available 220300783093 Oct-24-08 Dec-18-09 18:29:26 $24.99 Coming Into The Country PB Map Illus 1995 McPhee Available 220301308367 Oct-25-08 Dec-19-09 22:30:05 $19.99 Quinkatoons PB Illustrated 1964 Dorris L. Quinn Available 220301308823 Oct-25-08 Dec-19-09 22:33:30 $19.99 This is a Hopi Kachina PB Illus 1965 Wright & Roat Available 220301309288 Oct-25-08 Dec-19-09 22:37:42 $24.99 Web Design Studio Secrets with CD-ROM PB1998 McClelland Available 220301309648 Oct-25-08 Dec-19-09 22:40:45 $19.99 English Sports and Recreations PB Illus 1960 Stone Available 220301310304 Oct-25-08 Dec-19-09 22:47:36 $49.99 Almanaque Bertrand 1946 HC Illustrated Costa Available 220301312958 Oct-26-08 Dec-19-09 23:09:05 $99.00 The California Alumni Fortnightly 7 Issues 1919-20 Available 220301315605 Oct-26-08 Dec-19-09 23:25:23 $24.99 The Illuminated Dreamer - A Journal HC 1995 Available 220301896404 Oct-26-08 Dec-20-09 21:30:51 $49.99 Business Proposition Letter May 1900 Minneapolis Available 220301896738 Oct-26-08 Dec-20-09 21:33:29 $24.99 Como se Debe Jugar Beisbol Liga de Base-Ball de Bolivar Available 220302112314 Oct-27-08 Dec-21-09 08:24:13 $19.99 The Secret Ring HC/DJ 1st 1991 Freud by Grosskurth Available 220302122597 Oct-27-08 Dec-21-09 08:41:58 $24.99 Furniture Facelifts SC Illus 1998 Wagstaff/Thurgood Available 220302123878 Oct-27-08 Dec-21-09 08:44:30 $24.99 PITA Averages & History Yearbooks 1976-1980 5 PBs Available 220302311820 Oct-27-08 Nov-21-09 14:07:50 $24.99 Optical Mineralogy HC 1942 Illustrated Rogers and Kerr Available 220302321358 Oct-27-08 Nov-21-09 14:28:52 $24.99 Plain and Simple A Womans Journey to the Amish PB 1991 Available 220302632736 Oct-28-08 Nov-22-09 07:23:44 $24.99 The Western Horse Magazine 6 Issues 1984-86 Available 220302639138 Oct-28-08 Nov-22-09 07:36:40 $99.00 Death is a Lonely Business 1st 1985 Franklin/Bradbury Available 220302705865 Oct-28-08 Nov-22-09 09:32:04 $24.99 Manual of I.V. Therapeutics Trade PB Illus1997 Phillips Available 220302709019 Oct-28-08 Nov-22-09 09:37:46 $39.99 The First Directive HC/DJ 1st 1984 McNamara Signed Copy Available 220302710673 Oct-28-08 Nov-22-09 09:40:25 $49.99 Door of Hope HC/DJ 1st 1951 Joseph Diamond Signed Copy! Available 220302712482 Oct-28-08 Nov-22-09 09:43:20 $49.99 Toscana Medioevale 40 Photographed Plates 1942 Available 220302719382 Oct-28-08 Nov-22-09 09:54:37 $24.99 Practical Landscape Photography PB 1st 1988 Hedgecoe Available 220302940095 Oct-28-08 Nov-22-09 16:34:49 $24.99 The New Ambitexterous Universe PB 1999 Gardner Available 220302941118 Oct-28-08 Nov-22-09 16:36:55 $14.99 Spiders PB Illustrated 1955 Bertha Morris Parker Available 220302970747 Oct-28-08 Nov-22-09 17:31:14 $19.99 Pharmacal Advance Magazine 1930 Vol. IX No. 103 Available Go see all current items for sale by this member. FeedBacks User:ceb2004foto( 316)  Date:Nov-21-09 02:26:02 PST Praise: Nice book, very accurate packaging and quick delivery. 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