Same here. ABEbooks is one of the finest. A neat, reliable collection and good service too.
Also there are two other services that I have found very, very useful. BiblioFind - http://www.bibliofind.com/ - but this seems to have been acquired by Amazon - but still. - they used to provide a great service (till as recently as 6m back) Merry Hall - http://www.craft-search.com.au/listing/12771/merry_hall_mail_order_books - This merry hall had a webpresence sometime back, though unfortunately, I am not able to locate this Australian shop on the web now. Very good for ol and quaint, but immensely interesting books on gardening to arts to homesteading to... __r. On 2/29/08, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:53 AM, K. Arun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Deepak Misra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > is it safe to transact here for second hand books ?? If not which are the > > > reliable places to buy second hand books? > > I haven't had any problems having bought a few hundred dollars' worth > > of books from there. Do keep an eye on the booksellers' ratings > > though. > > I've bought books from abebooks since 2000. Have never had a problem > buying through them some good ones including a copy of Aubrey Menon's > _Rama Retold_ (a book that is banned in India) a yellowing edition of > Henri Mouhout's journals. > > +1 on Arun's advise. > > Thaths > -- > Bart: We were just planning the father-son river rafting trip. > Homer: Hehe. You don't have a son. > Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders > >
