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Hello! Here are some bookish places online that I’d like to tell you about. Please feel free to message me if you have any questions! I personally have had very good experiences with these sites. Thanks, and happy reading! ~ Rachel
My favorite places to acquire used books online:
Thriftbooks: Create an account using this link and receive a 15% discount on your first order. Woot! :)
AbeBooks: I use Abe and Thriftbooks simultaneously. Whenever I want to buy a book, I search for it on both websites and then compare availability, price, condition of book, etc.
PaperBackSwap: I have been using PBS since 2010 and have had very good results! PBS is an enormous book swapping community with over 3M books available. Simply put, you pay postage (media mail) cost to send a book and other swappers pay postage cost to send a book to you. (You don’t have to swap directly with another person.) It’s a pretty swell system.
My favorite bookish websites:
Goodreads: FAVE bookish site, for certain! Goodreads is like a social media site that’s all about books, authors, reading, connecting with other readers and authors, and much, much more! You can build a virtual bookshelf, track your reading progress, your friend’s reading progress, enter book giveaways, take book quizzes, etc. etc. etc. Seriously, it’s pretty amazing.
LibriVox: Free public domain audiobooks. Read by volunteers from around the world. LibriVox audiobooks are free for anyone to listen to, on their computers, iPods or other mobile device, or to burn onto a CD.
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What are your favorite online bookish places?
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Ermyntrude and Esmeralda: An Entertainment. A fictional exchange of letters between two 17-year-old girls intent on the conquest of men, written for the private amusement of the Bloomsbury Group in 1913.
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The Great Chicago Fire by Robert Cromie
Published in 1958, this book recounts the true story of the fire in Chicago in October 1871 that burned for two days and left a third of the city homeless.
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Photos by Walter Spies, renowned German painter who moved to Indonesia in 1923 and settled in Bali in 1927.
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Fly TWA: Hong Kong (1960). Brilliantly colored collage-like design of iconic images by David Klein.
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I came across the lovely little library down a country lane in Victoria, BC. The equine curators had all sorts of good literary suggestions for me.
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The first science-fiction pulp - a first edition of Amazing Stories. Historic pulp magazine features stories by H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe and others -This is a coverless copy that has a replacement make shift cover.
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We love the cover art of this limited edition set of the Wool Trilogy published by the Subterranean Press.
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Have you ever thought about collecting vintage travel posters? View our brief guide or simply scroll through the beautiful examples here.
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Here is an interesting piece of ephemera, a cheque signed by Edgar Rice-Burroughs for $1.75. I wonder what he was buying?
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.
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French artist Denis-Paul Noyer (b.1940) is known for capturing the grace and charm of the Art Deco Era. His distinctive body of work features luxurious characters brought to life under his colourful touch, all set in glamorous locations, many of which showcase the most famous hotels and restaurants of France.
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Here is a rare piece of Star Wars ephemera: 1976 ’The Star Wars’ Unused Promotional Sticker
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It’s Star Wars Day! May the forth be with you.
This is a rare first printing of the oversized comic version of Return of the Jedi. This copy is signed by Warwick Davis who played Wicket the Ewok!
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May the forth be with you, Tumblr friends.
First Printing of the “Sterling Gold” Edition, C3PO on Cover. The Star Wars Trilogy, by the stellar trio of George Lucas (Star Wars); Donald F. Glut (The Empire Strikes Back); James Kahn (Return of the Jedi). First Edition, First Printing.
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