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Pirages' web site is www.pirages.com, and his e-mail is [log in to unmask] In my dealings with him he has been patient with my ignorance & lack of money, and he has been helpful & respectful. joel davis >From: Anne Prescott <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Sidney-Spenser Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: 1758 FQ for sale >Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 08:52:56 -0400 > >For this and other queries about the prices of old books I'd try Phillip >J. Pirages, the bookseller who now lives in McMinnville, Oregon, but still >exhibits every year at Kalamazoo. His prices do not strike me as on the >low side, but what do I know . . . I don't have his e-mail handy, but his >number is (800) 962-6666. He bought S.K. Heninger's collection and is a >very, very nice guy. If anybody knows what a 1758 Spenser costs do let me >know--I just gave mine to Arthur Kinney's center at Amherst. The library >up there can't do evaluations but I'd love to have a figure to give the >IRS and I don't want to ask Phil when there's no way that I could sell him >my copy (what with my having stupidly *given* it to Arthur, who often has >that effect on people). Phil has recently decided to see other than >pristine copies--in other words books that people on this list might be >interested in but that aren't for collectors of bindings and rarities, so >he's worth knowing about. Anne. > >On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, Andrew Zurcher wrote: > > > [forwarded for Terry Krier, [log in to unmask]] > > > > > > Dear folks, > > > > I've received an inquiry from a non-Spenserian in Britain, > > who owns an 18th-century copy of *The Faerie Queene* I-III. I'll > > quote what she's given me of description: > > > > "The first page says 'The Fairy Queen written by Edmund Spenser with > > a Glossary, Explaining the old and obfcure Words. In two volumes. > > Volume the First. London Printed for J.and R.Tonson in the Strand > > MDCC LV111.' > > > > The first pages in the book are Remarks on the Fairy Queen by Mr Hughes. > > The next is 'a letter of the Author explaining his defign of the Peom > > of the Fairy Queen' dated 23 June 1589 > > The next states it is an advertisment, in the first > > paragraph says 'it is hoped the reader will find this edition more > > correct than any of the former.'" > > > > This inquirer would like to sell the book, and doesn't know what it's > > worth. I've suggested that she go to a good dealer and get an > > appraisal, but in the meantime I promised her I would issue a general > > notice to you all. If any of you might be interested in finding out > > more, let me know and I'll put you in touch with the owner. > > Thanks, > > Terry > > > > Theresa Krier, editor > > *The Spenser Review* > > Dept. of English > > University of Notre Dame > > Notre Dame, IN 46556 > > [log in to unmask] > > Theresa Krier, editor > > *The Spenser Review* > > Dept. of English > > University of Notre Dame > > Notre Dame, IN 46556 > > [log in to unmask] > > Joel B. Davis Assistant Professor Department of English Stetson University 421 N. Woodland Blvd. Unit 8300 DeLand, FL 32720 _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com