tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8382076272947689523.post7480186173869063834..comments2024-01-27T13:22:38.545-08:00Comments on BOOKTRYST: Rare Were-Wolves Found in Beverly HillsStephen J. Gertzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369781936876020975noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8382076272947689523.post-39166435969472608472014-02-25T08:35:40.073-08:002014-02-25T08:35:40.073-08:00First off, I want to thank you for writing this ar...First off, I want to thank you for writing this article. My father is a book dealer, I am more of a collector, so we accumulate a lot of stuff and my Mother just recently found this book in the basement, in a box, under piles of other books. I didn't think too much of it at first when she told me about it, they often bring me interesting occult books and other random off-the-wall subjects for me to research or keep for my own collection. I thumbed through it, found numerous scraps of paper in the book from previous owners and dealers that read: "???," and "50$?? 500$?" Even my Dad was stumped, "I have no idea what this book is worth, I can't find anything about it." So the original plan was to throw it on eBay and hope for the best…. *gulp. I sometimes come across books that make me feel a little uneasy, this was definitely one of them; I knew there had to be something special about it besides the simple fact that the subject matter was VERY attractive. So I did my research, found this article and my heart skipped a beat! It is now 2014, and through my research I found that this book sold for $5,200 at auction almost 1 year ago. I am now in the process of professionally re-attaching the front and back covers and cleaning it up a bit, then I will continue to find the right home for it. Nothing compares to the feeling of discovering buried treasure! xna caspersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250875052911935266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8382076272947689523.post-44389144190956231812010-10-27T14:34:26.387-07:002010-10-27T14:34:26.387-07:00A few years ago I realized that during a visit to ...A few years ago I realized that during a visit to Colchester UK I could take a bus to nearby Mersea Island, connected by a causeway to the mainland. Sabine Baring-Gould had been a preacher on the island for many years and wrote a romantic novel entitled "Mehala" set on Mersea, which I dutifully read. I liked it, but most people probably wouldn't. Another book set on the island was "Blackerchief," Marjorie Allingham's first novel written when she was just a teenager. I liked that, too, but she didn't and tried to have it surpressed. My favorite part of the trip was finding the church in which Baring-Gould preached and standing in his old pulpit. He also wrote "Onward Christian Soldiers" and the 27-volume "Lives of the British Saints," which I have no plans to read. B-G was one of many 19th-century English eccentrics, and I'm always pleased to run across his name.Don Ricenoreply@blogger.com