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FROM: Cathryn Smyth <[removed]@lancaster.lib.pa.us>
REC'D: 2/16/04, 1:13 PM

I have a patron who is looking for the sale price of _The Awakening_, by
Kate Chopin, 1899 Ed, published by Stone & Company, Chicago, ILL.
We do not have _American Book Prices Current_. I have called two
libraries that I thought had this, but no luck. I would be very
appreciative if someone would send the the above information.
Also, is there a reference listserv?

TIA,
Cathryn


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Cathryn Smyth
Adult Services & ILL Manager
Lancaster County Library
125 N. Duke St.
Lancaster, PA 17602-2883
717-239-2112
Fax 717-394-3083

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FROM: "Sharon Custer" <[removed]@eccles-lesher.org>
REC'D: 2/16/04, 1:47 PM

You might want to check http://www.abebooks.com or http://www.alibris.com to
see what they are selling the book for. Both are comprehensive listings of
the contents of used bookstores around the world.

If it is the 1899 edition, ABEBooks has a copy in excellent condition listed
for $8,000.00. There were no 1899 editions listed in a quick look at
ALibris.

Sharon Custer
Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library
673 Main Street
PO Box 359
Rimersburg, PA 16248
(814) 473-3800
FAX: (814) 473-8200
http://www.eccles-lesher.org
[removed]@eccles-lesher.org

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Cathryn Smyth
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 2:10 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Price Needed for the Awakening & Reference Listserv ?

I have a patron who is looking for the sale price of _The Awakening_, by
Kate Chopin, 1899 Ed, published by Stone & Company, Chicago, ILL.
We do not have _American Book Prices Current_. I have called two
libraries that I thought had this, but no luck. I would be very
appreciative if someone would send the the above information.
Also, is there a reference listserv?

TIA,
Cathryn

--
Cathryn Smyth
Adult Services & ILL Manager
Lancaster County Library
125 N. Duke St.
Lancaster, PA 17602-2883
717-239-2112
Fax 717-394-3083

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FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 2/17/04, 5:46 PM

In theory, we have AMERICAN BOOK PRICES CURRENT, but when I went to
check, a large number of volumes were off the shelf. (Not checked
out--they don't circulate, but I suspect do tend to wander around
the building and get stashed etc. a lot.) So all I can tell you as
regard recent volumes is that no copies of this book were listed in
1999 through 2002 or in 1987 through 1991 inclusive. (I didn't try
to go back before 1987 but could if necessary; those were there.)

We also get BOOKMAN'S PRICE INDEX, which records asking prices from
printed catalogs of various rare book dealers. (No guarantee the
books sold at their asking price, of course.) This has multiyear
cumulations so was fairly quick to check. In years 1993 to date
(vols. 47-75) I found three copies of the 1899 1st edition of THE
AWAKENING listed.

v51 (1996), page 134: copy with small corner stamp, light creases
to rear cover, soiled, spine dull, "decent condition" $750

v60 (1998), page 155: ex-library copy, with large book plate,
small stamps, library stamps, pencil marks, spine cloth very
lightly soiled, faint trace of label removal, etc.; "apart from
these flaws, a tight, bright copy, very good, without dust
jacket" $1750

v73 (2003), page 194: partially uncut, spine a bit faded,
scattered edge stains, "all in all, very good tight and bright
copy" from collection of and with book plate of Estelle Doheny
$4500

Hope this helps.

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

(who is boggled at the idea of an *ex-library* copy of anything
short of a Gutenberg Bible going for $1750, but that's just me)

At 02:10 PM 2/16/04 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a patron who is looking for the sale price of _The Awakening_, by
>Kate Chopin, 1899 Ed, published by Stone & Company, Chicago, ILL.
> We do not have _American Book Prices Current_. I have called two
>libraries that I thought had this, but no luck. I would be very
>appreciative if someone would send the the above information.
> Also, is there a reference listserv?
>
>TIA,
> Cathryn
>
>
>--
>Cathryn Smyth
>Adult Services & ILL Manager
>Lancaster County Library
>125 N. Duke St.
>Lancaster, PA 17602-2883
>717-239-2112
>Fax 717-394-3083

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 2/17/04, 5:46 PM

Forgot to answer your second question. If you mean a listserv for
sharing/seeking help with reference questions (a more general
version of the fiction-question-oriented Fiction-L), as opposed to
a listserv for "how I run my reference department good" advice,
I recommend Stumpers-L:

http://domin.dom.edu/depts/gslis/stumpers/

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

> Also, is there a reference listserv?
>
>TIA,
> Cathryn

FROM: "Hogan, Jean E." <[removed]@nvcc.edu>
REC'D: 2/18/04, 7:38 AM

What do you recommend for "how I run my reference department good" advice?

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Lien [[removed]@tc.umn.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 6:46 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Price Needed for the Awakening & Reference Listserv ?

Forgot to answer your second question. If you mean a listserv for
sharing/seeking help with reference questions (a more general
version of the fiction-question-oriented Fiction-L), as opposed to
a listserv for "how I run my reference department good" advice,
I recommend Stumpers-L:

http://domin.dom.edu/depts/gslis/stumpers/

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

> Also, is there a reference listserv?
>
>TIA,
> Cathryn

FROM: Lynne Welch <[removed]@oplin.org>
REC'D: 2/18/04, 12:00 PM

Hello Cathryn,
The LIBREF-L list is billed as "Discussion of Library Reference Issues
<[removed]@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU>".
I subscribe to it, and find it quite useful.
You can search the archives and read about its history
and purpose at http://www.library.kent.edu/libref-l/
Regards,
Lynne

At 08:36 AM 2/18/2004, you wrote:
>What do you recommend for "how I run my reference department good" advice?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dennis Lien [[removed]@tc.umn.edu]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 6:46 PM
>To: Fiction_L
>Subject: Re: Price Needed for the Awakening & Reference Listserv ?
>
>
>Forgot to answer your second question. If you mean a listserv for
>sharing/seeking help with reference questions (a more general
>version of the fiction-question-oriented Fiction-L), as opposed to
>a listserv for "how I run my reference department good" advice,
>I recommend Stumpers-L:
>
>http://domin.dom.edu/depts/gslis/stumpers/
>
>Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu
>
>
>
> > Also, is there a reference listserv?
> >
> >TIA,
> > Cathryn
>
>
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Lynne Welch - Reference Librarian
Herrick Memorial Library - Wellington OH 44090
tel. 440-647-2120 fax 440-647-2103
email: <[removed]@oplin.org>
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