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Thank you, Anne. I dunno if any of our special collections folk will be interested, but we can certainly see what, if anything, can be learned about the seller and/or location of the volume, for our FA. On Oct 27, 2008, at 8:05 AM, anne prescott wrote: > Thanks, John. I imagine the people wanting to know would be the > editors of the Oxford Spenser. I know David Miller is on the list. > I'll copy this to Joe Lowenstein (who just gave a terrific and > moving plenary talk at the SCSC conference on Saturday) in case he > isn't in the list--I know he has had Spenser stuff digitized. The > seller is, if I have this right, mallardbooks--anyway, I know > mallard is in the name. I have a query in about possible marginalia. > So far the bidding is about $1100 but there is no way it's going to > sell for that, although it's damaged, and there's a week to go. Once > when I did bid $500 on a 16th century Ariosto, knowing it was a > futile gesture, the bookseller simply withdrew the book after no bid > came anywhere near the book's worth. Oh to be rich. Yes, you can see > the 1590 edition on EEBO, but still . . . . Anyway, David and the > others can add it to the list and maybe track down the seller. Anne > Prescott. > On Oct 26, 2008, at 2:53 PM, John Geraghty wrote: > >> >> I just noticed a 1590 copy of the FQ on ebay. The link is: >> http://cgi.ebay.com/EDMUND-SPENSER-FAERIE-QUEENE-1590-1ST-ED-NR-COMPLETE_W0QQitemZ300268432721QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item300268432721&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1420%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 >> >> >> I remember someone on the list wanting to track all existing >> copies. I just can't remember who it was. >> This might be another one to add to that list. >> >> -John >> >> You live life beyond your PC. So now Windows goes beyond your PC. >> See how >