If I read the information on the eBay page correctly, the seller is in Mill
Valley, not so very far from where I live. If
you think it would be helpful, I'd be happy to contact the seller to see if
it might be possible to leaf through his/her
text for anything of special interest before it goes to its new owner.
--Andy Fleck
Original Message:
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From: David Miller [log in to unmask]
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:57:00 -0400
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 1590 FQ on ebay--attention David Miller!
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%7
C240%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
>
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