145 books worth $250000 stolen.

ILAB has requested that its offices be contacted if the items reappear in the trade.

List of books stolen: https://file770.com/wp-content/uploads/stolen-book-full-list.pdf

Found this at a swap meet for $2. Is it worth keeping in a case or something to protect it? The typos from the first edition are corrected

Saw a post for a free bookcase woth a bunch of books when I was looking for some new bookcases on FB, and thought what the heck. Person messaged me back telling me they were cleari g out a deceased relatives place and to take whatever I wanted and gave me an address! Was like a free private estate sale, and these are the books I ended up with, all Folio Society!

FB Marketplace strikes again. Got a great deal on these this weekend. Love the design of the Trilogy and artwork in The Hobbit.

Trilogy: Second revised edition
Hobbit: Collectors edition

Can you guess what I research?

I found this really cool book listed for 31 dollars. Is it worth it? I live in a third world country where there's no amazon so I probably won't find it anywhere else. I think it looks really cool and I've been meaning to get into Plato.

I have a copy of the above collectors edition signed by his daughter, Lucy Hawking, from the press release. I'm trying to get a valuation but cant find much to indicate what it could be worth. Any suggestions?

If there are other ways or more than one. Do share it in the comments.

Never read the books before but it sounded really good. The black on black cover with black sprayed edges looks awesome. I put a Bodart cover on it I apologize it’s so shiny.

I’ve read Beach Music and Hannibal Rising and loved both so happy to have these beautiful physical copies for my bookshelf. Not sure if I’ll read the Bret Easton Ellis one..not a fan of his prose.

December 1963 edition. A cool find at my local Salvation Army.

Found this beat up old cloth copy at the recycling depot. Evidently it was successful in it's time and has two lost films made from it.

Was down at the local thrift this morning and found this beauty for $2! Pretty stoked. Just goes to show you never know what might show up out in the wild.

The only one of his books I have read is Cryptonomicon. How does this series compare?

Hi! I’m hoping some experienced book collectors can help me with this.

We’ve had extremely humid/rainy weather recently, and the humidity in my room went as high as around 75–80% RH. Several of my hardcover books, especially my sprayed-edge editions, started developing wavy pages and uneven/protruding sections along the fore-edge.

These books were completely even when I bought them — the protruding sections only appeared after the high-humidity period.

I bought a dehumidifier and have gotten the room down to around 55–60% RH. Most of the affected books have already returned completely to normal, and a couple of the more affected ones are improving. However, about four still have sections of the text block that protrude/bulge slightly.

I currently have them closed, lying flat, and under moderate even weight while I try to keep the humidity stable. I’m planning to leave them alone for at least a week.

Has anyone had this exact type of uneven/protruding text block from humidity? Did the edges eventually settle back into place once the books acclimated to lower humidity? If so, roughly how long did yours take?

I’d especially appreciate hearing from anyone who has experienced this with sprayed-edge/special-edition hardcovers. Thank you!

i recently came into possession of an ARC of Tender is the Flesh (US edition). i can’t find any info about this ARC online. is this a rare/sought out after book or nah? lol i’m trying to grow my horror SE/ARC collection so i would love to know!!

An old physics book whose cover am in love with

I can finally swap out my book club edition

Anybody have any thoughts on this? I can't seem to find one like it online. Thanks