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<p>[QUOTE="Jon L, post: 4412529, member: 64167"]HI Jerry - I too am an antiquarian book collector. My passion is 18th and 19th century non-fiction. Started collecting in the mid 1980s. I currently have just under 500 volumes, after donating all the fiction to my alma mater. I will gladly help you in any way that I can, both here and off-line. Here's one of my tricks for internet buying. When I find something of interest, I do not rely on seller's descriptions...unfortunately a 50-50 shot at accuracy. Go out to <u><b><a href="https://www.hathitrust.org/digital_library" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hathitrust.org/digital_library" rel="nofollow">https://www.hathitrust.org/digital_library</a></b></u> and enter the title into the search bar. Select "full view" to see a scanned copy. Its great for flipping through a digital copy to help you decide whether or not to buy. My most recent buy was "Laying of the Cable", 1858, 1st edition by John Mullaly. The very first 1st internet - the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable, shortening US-European communication from weeks to minutes. Cool engravings of the cable laying ships and such. Old non-fiction can be kind of geeky but its never boring![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jon L, post: 4412529, member: 64167"]HI Jerry - I too am an antiquarian book collector. My passion is 18th and 19th century non-fiction. Started collecting in the mid 1980s. I currently have just under 500 volumes, after donating all the fiction to my alma mater. I will gladly help you in any way that I can, both here and off-line. Here's one of my tricks for internet buying. When I find something of interest, I do not rely on seller's descriptions...unfortunately a 50-50 shot at accuracy. Go out to [U][B][URL]https://www.hathitrust.org/digital_library[/URL][/B][/U] and enter the title into the search bar. Select "full view" to see a scanned copy. Its great for flipping through a digital copy to help you decide whether or not to buy. My most recent buy was "Laying of the Cable", 1858, 1st edition by John Mullaly. The very first 1st internet - the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable, shortening US-European communication from weeks to minutes. Cool engravings of the cable laying ships and such. Old non-fiction can be kind of geeky but its never boring![/QUOTE]
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