mutterings and ravings no. 60
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 22:08:24 -0700
Sender: Bibliofind News and Views <NEWS@BIBLIO.BIBLIOFIND.COM>
From: Harry Nudel <nudel-soho@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject: m&r idiot a la king
I sell a Caldecott Winner Finders/Keepers to a nice mid-west
lady..certainly not my expertise...she tells me she wants a copy of Where
The Wild Things Are...she's seen one cataloqued for $6,5000...no be
afford...so i look up a favorite kid book which i read to my daughter..GoodNight Moon...1st Edition..two on one for 12 one for 15...great
for an enduring classic worth 3-5 grand...both list Harper & Row as
publisher dated 1947....problem was Harper & Row didn't exist in 1947..it
was Harper & Bros..as we all know who sell Sendak once in a while and note
the change in the early 60's...this is more than stupidity less than
greed...it's the kind of ignorance that dare not speak its name...there
has to be intelligent life out there..and somebody has to get these
listings off....the big bad Drn...
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