In other news: If anybody is looking for "reading quality" copies of these three (one, two, or all three), please let me know. As soon as I get my other copies, I'll be happy to give them to somebody who does not already own.<br>
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<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Greetings:<br>Just got my first three replacement copies of my missing Wolfe's:<br>Innocents Abroad, Starwater Strains, and Strange Travellers--all short<br>
story collections in case any of the titles in these are on the May Is<br>Gene Wolfe Shorts Month project.<br>Annoyed as they are all ex-library books: which the Amazon "partner" did<br>not mention in his/her description. I did not pay a lot, and these are<br>
all fine "reading copies", but given a choice between a ex-library book<br>with stickers, mylar wrap and stamps and things inside...and a actual<br>"new" copy without any of that, I'll choose the new one.<br>
Am I a cranky book collector or what?<br><br>--<br>F.P. Kiesche III "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book.<br>Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on<br>being presented with Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman<br>
Empire.) Blogging at The Lensman's Children<br>(<a href="http://theeternalgoldenbraid.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://theeternalgoldenbraid.<u></u>blogspot.com/</a>).<br><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
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<div><br>Fred, there are Amazon Marketplace vendors that pull this crap all the time--listing books in "good" or "very good" condition when they've been defaced with library stamps, written in, etc. I suggest being a complete pain in the ass and giving the seller a "poor" rating (and giving specific reasons why the seller earned that rating). Quite often the seller will contact you and ask that you revise the rating, which you should only do on condition that they pay for return postage and a refund.<br>
<br>On the one hand, it's good that Amazon Marketplace has allowed all kinds of booksellers to piggyback on Amazon's infrastructure and keep their businesses going. The downside is that any schmuck with a stack of withdrawn library books can go online and sell them, and in so doing muddy the waters for experienced bookmen who know their trade and are trying to do a conscientious job of describing what they're selling. I've been where you are several times, and it's extremely annoying.<br>
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<div class="h5"><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Matt +<br><br>Give a sop to Cerberus.<br> Greek and Roman saying<br><br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Urth Mailing List<br>To post, write <a href="mailto:urth@urth.net">urth@urth.net</a><br>
Subscription/information: <a href="http://www.urth.net/" target="_blank">http://www.urth.net</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>F.P. Kiesche III "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on being presented with Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.) Blogging at The Lensman's Children (<a href="http://theeternalgoldenbraid.blogspot.com/">http://theeternalgoldenbraid.blogspot.com/</a>).<br>
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