I get so frustrated about the amount of sellers using stock images. I’m looking for certain editions of the live ship traders books.

I’ve sent messages to a few sellers to get confirmation that the correct edition is pictured and they tell me they don’t know. Book is in a different warehouse. I get that not everyone is that into collecting, but how do sellers like these not get pushback about this? I would think most people, even if they aren’t big collectors, would be upset to get a book that is different from what is pictured when purchased.

I really like pango books because I’ve never run into that issue there, but I sadly can’t always find everything.

I found a 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin. I didn't purchase it because I wasn't too sure if it had value. But the sleeve is brown with gold on the cover. Volume 1 and has some spots on some pages.

Hi! There are three listings on Abebooks for a book I'm very interested in:

• one from Goldbooks in Colorado
• one from GoldenWavesOfBooks in Texas, and
• one from Wizard Books in California.

All of them have only a stock image, all of the prices are with $5 of each other, and each of the sellers has a 5-star rating. I reached out to these sellers to ask for non-stock pictures, and all responded with some variation of "I'm not in our warehouse myself, but don't worry we have a 30 day return policy."

What's going on here? Are these just fake front businesses for a single warehouse, created so it looks like there's competition or because of some state tax advantages that I don't understand? It feels suspicious enough that I'm inclined to pass, but perhaps this is very common. Does anyone have advice/experience to share?

I have 6 old volumes of Ancient History at home. They are almost 200 year old copies and are my only books worth even thinking of “preserving”.

Currently, I treat the leather relatively regularly but I am struggling with how to store them. Everyway I put them on a shelf feels like I am damaging them as I am in a small flat so dont have room for a display or anything.

Has anyone got any advice? Is upright or horizontal better? Worth investing in storage boxes etc?

I'm trying to determine if this is mold or just grime. Any thoughts? Thank you!

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I found this on the ground outside the funeral home after I lost my dad. I’d love to know what book it’s from. Thank you!

I have a bunch of paperback books by John D. MacDonald and I am trying to identify the publication dates.

Would anyone be able to point me to an online resource where I could find this information?
The 1st one I have is DEATH TRAP Published by "Gold Medal Books" a Fawcett Publication.

There is no Info on the copyright page related to this particular publication but the spine carries a catalog number of d1588 / 8

Thanks in advance for any help or pointers.

Complete set of first edition Langs. Inherited from a relative, looking to insure them, any idea of value? Thanks!

siddhartha i've read before but i wanted an unannotated copy!

Bought a collection of books from 1971. They're in great conditions, however when I try to open them they're very stiff and I think they'd break if I open them further.

Is there any way to soften them up and make them more flexible? They're not especially expensive but I'd love to be able to read them.

Edit. Additional info in comments