Sorry that I haven't been communicating for a while. Hurricane Isabel dropped a huge oak on our hosue on September 18; we spent 8 days with our daughter and...
1. The Man Who Killed Fortescue (1928,D.Tillett)- Enjoyable but talky book that has a good feel for its time. Not alot happens, but the characters are well...
Doug, I hope your house didn't suffer extensive and expensive damage. Above all, *mazel tov* regarding your grandchild. --Barry ... Isabel ... with our ... ...
Published in 1989, this was Daniel Stashower's second mystery novel. Not an entry in his Harry Houdini series, one title from which I reviewed in August (post...
Couple of recent quick reads: Agatha Christies' "The A.B.C. Murders' and Dermot Morrah's "The Mummy Case Mystery." There is no resemblance between the two...
I have to defend the ABC Murders here a little bit,as I always enjoyed it as a splendid example how one can achieve the most spellbinding,dramatic tension in a...
"A Hive of Glass" -- just got this from ABEBOOKS after many years of searching for a book that impressed me a lot when it first came out (1965). Well worth it....
Hello Wyatt - his writing sounds delicious, JUST my cuppa! <g> My beloved Boston Public Library has *16* books by him, ahhh, richness! Would you have a...
I`m currently waiting on High Tide by P.M. Hubbard to arrive. Haven`t read anything by him before. By the way, I`m reading now The Rat Began To Gnaw The Rope...
My P.M. Hubbard web page (in progress only, not official yet) has a bibliography: http://www.mysterylist.com/hubbard.htm ... url? I'm ... possible, and ... ...
Grafton has three entries in Barzun/Taylor. "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" is a good lawyer/trial book. I read it a long time ago and liked it. Could not finish...
... Dear Abbey (*there* are two words I never thought I'd write): As an avowed football fan who could care less about baseball, I want to congratulate your...
Thanks for the list Wyatt, BPL has HIVE OF GLASS, and I've already requested that, with THE HOLM OAKS up next and nine others. Heck, they even have a copy of...
I have a question.... One of the authors I collect is Q Patrick, and I have most of his books. There is a book in e-bay which looks like a first... Return to...
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Douglas Greene
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Oct 8, 2003 2:47 pm
Anita I have heard that the definition of a book collector is "someone who has more than one copy of the same book," so my advice is "go for it." Doug Douglas...
It's time for my annual vacation - destination of this year being Marseille. I leave on next Saturday and will be back on Halloween. As a (sad) result, I'll be...
Sure, I do it also. That plus collecting typos and misprints. Carroll and Graf, for example, published some very early Leslie Charteris -- which I owned...
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Douglas Greene
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Oct 8, 2003 9:14 pm
I just got off the phone with the agent representing the Erle Stanley Gardner estate, and they have responded very positively to my suggestion the Bill...
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Douglas Greene
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Oct 8, 2003 9:15 pm
Will any GAD'ers be at the Bouchercon next week? I'd love to hoist a pint or two with you in Vegas! Doug Douglas G. Greene Professor of History Old Dominion...
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Dear Doug and W. Peck (I'm sorry I don't know your name): Many thanks for your response. I was high bidder on the book and I am very excited about the second...
Then those Rhode/Burton titles are distinctly "collector items" even if their truest value is only to you. Any monetary equivalency should not even be...
... In that case, Anita, find every Carroll & Graf reprint you can lay your hands on. When it comes to proofreading, this outfit is the all- time pits! C&G...
Bye Xavier - have a good trip.. ... weather hasn't ... spend my holiday ... It all depends what you mean by 'good': there are plenty of people around here who...
Doug That's great news about the ESG estate and more titles from C&L.. I can't wait to see them. I'll be at B'con -- I'm staying at the Sahara!! Jeff Jeffrey...
Hot off the presses, to complement Doug's news... David Moynihan at Blackmask now has a small but growing library of classic mystery eBooks (in copyright)...
Heck, they even have a copy of his first FLUSH AS MAY, but it's "in library use" only, ... WRITE THE NAME OF THE BOOKS. __________________________________ Do...
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Douglas Greene
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Oct 9, 2003 3:18 pm
Jon The owner and almost everything else at International Polygonics was/is Hugh Abramson. Bill Ruehlmann and I worked closely with Hugh as "Series Advisors"...
Max Brand's THE NIGHT FLOWER, Carroll John Daly's MURDER FROM THE EAST, S.S. Rafferty's CORK OF THE COLONIES, Baroness Orczy's THE MAN IN THE COR- NER, Hake...
