The links listed on this page refer to the information given on pages 266-267 in our third book, Collector's Guide to Children's Books 1950-1975 (volume 3 of our series) and the links page listed in Boys and Girls Book Series. If you're using Volume 2, those links are still listed as well. Use these to explore various interest groups, check out book buying/selling sites, and the fast growing world of Internet auctions.
Suggestions and comments are always welcome, as well as any web links that you'd like to share with other collectors. Please feel free to e-mail us at lostlvs@aol.com.
Diane
Jones and
Rosemary Jones
authors
Boys & Girls Book Series:
Identification
and Values
Collector's Guide to Children's
Books, 1850-1950, v1 and v2
Collector's Guide to Children's
Books 1950-1975 v 3
COMING IN 2008: Encyclopedia
of Collectible Children's Books
Places to Buy or Sell Books
Full explanation of these sites can be found
in the Collector's Guide to Children's Books
Comments refer to information not available at the time of publication.
Addall: www.addall.com
This website has gone through some major overhauls and
we now find it much more effective than Bookfinder. S
Advanced Book Exchange (ABE): www.abebooks.com One of the oldest and most stable of the bookselling sites. The fees to sellers keep increasing, making it less bargain-friendly than before, but it still has a huge inventory to pick through.
Alibris: www.alibris.com
We both sell and buy books through this
site. Click on the LOST LOVES banner at the top of the page
for more information.
Amazon Auctions, Marketplace and Zshops: Never quite caught up with Ebay or the bookselling sites.Most sellers now list their best newer stuff through the Amazon Marketplace and their antiquarian books of value through one of the other book sites on this list.
Biblio: www.biblio.com
This site specializes in hard-to-find books and
represents more than 2,200 independent bookstores worldwide.
Bibliocity: www.bibliocity.com
This site was bought by Alibris and simply leads to the Alibris
page listed above.
Bibliofind:
This site was bought
by Amazon.com and was closed by them in May 2001.
Bookfinder: www.bookfinder.com
If you can't find what you're looking for, try
going straight to some of the other sites listed here. Bookfinder tends
to search only the most recent additions and often misses books. Leave
want lists on the sales sites to improve your chances of finding a book.
Book Sales (library and nonprofit): changed to www.booksalefinder.com
Choosebooks: www.choosebooks.com
Ebay: www.ebay.com
We both sell and buy books through this
site. Click on the LOST LOVES banner at the top of the page
for more information.
Suzanne & Truman Price: oldchildrensbooks.com
These Oregon dealers spice up their site with
additional information about authors and illustrators.
We've adored their printed catalog for years!
Pacific Book Auction Galleries: www.pacificbook.com