Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 19:20:06 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fwd: [rec.humor.funny] Solutions for hijackings
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>"Strong, Lee" wrote:
>>
>>         You should check out _Zany Afternoons_.  Unfortunately, I don't =
have
>> my copy with me to give you the author's name.  He had a number of
>> beautifully illustrated articles on "the Golden Age of Play" -- a =
fantasy
>> 1930s with various pseudo-logical entertainments including dining on =
the
>> wings of airplanes, autogyro polo, giant cars, and the Soviet version =
of
>> _Life_ magazine.
>
>Wow!  It must be good.  It's out of print, and the cheapest one for sale
>at amazon.com is $150!  Author is Bruce McCall.

According to www.bookfinder.com there's a copy for $40.00 at Half.com.

And just to show the how Da Web Woiks . . .  two different dealers listing =
the same title:

"New York: Knopf. 1982. First edition. Quarto. Illustrated stiff wraps. =
Rear panel has a few tiny skin marks. Extremities have a trace of wear =
else near fine. Neat gift inscritpion and rubber stamping on half title. A =
very nice copy of a scarce title. A hilarious collection."  Pawprint Books =
 at  $498.50

"New York: Knopf. 1982. First edition. Quarto. Illustrated stiff wraps. =
Rear panel has a few tiny skin marks. Extremities have a trace of wear =
else near fine. Neat gift inscritpion and rubber stamping on half title. A =
very nice copy of a scarce title. A hilarious collection. Keywords: Humor" =
 Alibris  at  $624.95

Now, even the not fully awake reading this will go, "Hey, it's the same =
write up."  Yup.  Pawprint also lists their inventory through Alibris, =
which does not list the actual seller, and adds their mark up/ "commission"=
.  Alibris, however does also carry inventory of books as Idiscovered =
while using Bookfinder.com to look for Robert Aickman.

mjw

>
>BTW, there was a magazine called "Soviet Life", put out by the Soviet
>government.  Copies are real period pieces now.  Designed to take a
>calm, tolerant, liberal American and turn them into a raving, foaming-
>at- the- mouth anti- Communist.

>
>--
>Steve Smith                                           sgs at aginc.net
>Agincourt Computing                            http://www.aginc.net
>"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense."
>