Antiquarian & rare books

I recall reading a book when I was 8 about a man who finds a 'vixen', a female fox that is part human, part animal. I believe he kept 'her' captive. The plot seemed a bit like Fowles "The Collector." I know it was not an American writer. Perhaps British or French. Anyone know of this book. Don't know title or author. Published probably early to middle 1960's.

I have a copy of The Looking Glass War, published by Coward McCann, pub date 1965. D/J is black with title in orange, author's name in yellow. My problem is that the lower inside d/j seems 'price-clipped' although could it be 'Book Club' clipped? Is there any other way of knowing if this is a true first. copyright page states 1965 by D.J.M. Cornwell. Paged are deckle edged on longer horizontal side. Only reason I'd make the inquiry is the book is in As New condition, the d/j covered with mylar that is clipped along with edge of d/j.

Can anyone give me a sense of what these are worth? They appear to be in great shape with all of the fantastic finishing throughout.If you get in touch I can send a photo for verification. They were published in 1895 in New York.
Thanks for your feedback

I have a small (5" x3") 1779 hymn book that I can barely open because the binding has came away from the pages. It is still there but only holding the front and back cover together. The entire book, some 400 pages, is no longer attached to the spine.

The binding appears to have been glued but is no longer attached to anything. This is causing the pages to literally fall out.

Can someone please offer advice?

Hi,

a friend of mine wants to visit Ireland after school ( in a year from now) and has a keen interest in book repair and restauration. And Latin, even! She wants to stay for a year at least and thinks of doing an internship or apprenticeship in that subject.

Any idea where to start asking, anyone?

Thanks,


Ulrich

I have a document, actually a folio of lithographs, that I had sent to a rare books dealer to have him try and sell for me. There are only three of these documents left in existence and the last time one of them sold at auction it fetched $4000 (in 2006). The dealer was unable to find a buyer for me after several months so I asked that it be sent back to my local antiques dealer, who was acting as a middle man for me. When I examined the document I noticed that there was a 1.5"x1.5" piece of packing tape stuck to the front of the folio cover (which is also a lithograph).

My question is this, I know that this has reduced the value of the item significantly, but by how much? The tape would be impossible to remove without destroying the folio cover and needless to say I am quite upset by this.

Any comments or suggestions?