Re: Suggesting that an old book be reprinted?

Billy Bob" <billybobnospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> So far as making my list public, not until I have purchased more books.
> I've spent about three months compiling my list and I've found some titles
> which do not have the word billiard, billiards, snooker, or pool in the
> title. So these books may not be known to other billiards book collectors.
> Being as this is a supply and demand thing, I would be shooting myself in
> the foot to make my list public at this point.



Yes, there is sometimes some tension between collecting and bibliographic
scholarship. I collect imprints of a particular early 19/c New England
religious press. I've identified about a dozen such separate titles as
imprints of this press. With one exception (of maybe 20 copies), these
survive in 0, 1, 2, or in one case 5 copies. Given that level of scarcity,
no one has really studied this press. I know experts on the local history
of the situs who are totally ignorant of many of the imprints I have
discovered. Recently I picked up a book on my list (which I include in my
list of imprints, although strictly speaking it is not one but is closely
related to the press in question) for a very fair price. I do fear that
when I eventually publish an article on the press, that may drive the price
up (if any of these imprints ever do show up on the market again).

I was thinking that you should publish your biblio. with a proper press. If
billiards books are as popular as you say, then you'll sell out your print
run and maybe pocket some cash with which to buy more billiards books.
That's the circle of biblio-life, is it not?



> FYI - Following is a link to a private international billiards book
> collection (not mine) with 462 books, then the second link another private
> collection (U.S.) with some books for sale.



Nice resources--thanks for sharing. I can corroborate what you say about
the scarcity of billiards books in the normal course of biblio-events. In
all my scouting, I can't recall ever seeing a billiards book--with one
exception, I have seen Mordecai Richler's *On Snooker* (2001), in fact I
think it's still on the shelf of a nearby store. But I suppose that is a
rather common book.


William M. Klimon
http://www.gateofbliss.com



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