Virtual garage -- well, basement -- sale

[bironic]

Looks like I'll be going back to NY next week to help my dad clear out some of his stuff from the basement. That means it's time to sell some of my own things that we set aside last time.

I wanted to ask all of you first if you're interested in any of the items below, since they're fannish or fannish-adjacent.

Haven't had time to price everything out, so if something looks appealing to you, want to just make an offer? I will also ask you to cover the shipping, and promise to use the least expensive option when I go to the post office. Also if you love something but are strapped for $, drop me a line.

To borrow a note from thingswithwings, who's having her own sale: unfortunately the US mail service is awful, and even a small package being sent internationally (even to Canada!) is at least $20. So I'm happy to ship anywhere, but be aware that you'd be paying a lot for shipping if you don't live in the U.S.

All right, on to the inventory. For books, assume paperback unless otherwise noted:


Star Trek books



TOS
Box set: Star Trek Logs 1-4 by Alan Dean Foster
Web of the Romulans by M.S. Murdock
Star Trek: The New Voyages, ed. Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath
Doctor's Orders by Diane Duane Taken!
Mudd's Enterprise, adapted by J.A. Lawrence
Best Destiny by Diane Carey Taken!
Spock's World by Diane Duane Taken!
Triangle by Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath
Ishmael by Barbara Hambly Taken!
Chain of Attack by Gene DeWeese
Vulcan's Glory by D.C. Fontana Taken!
Double, Double by Michael Jan Friedman
The Final Nexus by Gene DeWeese
Ice Trap by L.A. Graf
Crossroad by Barbara Hambly
The Rift by Peter David
The Captain's Daughter by Peter David

TNG
Treks Not Taken: A Parody, by Steven R. Boyett (as if various famous authors had written episodes)
#2 The Peacekeepers by Gene DeWeese
#3 The Children of Hamlin by Carmen Carter
#5 Strike Zone by Peter David
#6 Power Hungry by Howard Weinstein
#7 Masks by John Vornholt [er, maybe; I may have enough childhood memories of reading this one to want to keep it]
#10 A Rock and a Hard Place by Peter David
#25 Grounded by David Bischoff
#39 Rogue Saucer by John Vornholt
Dark Mirror by Diane Duane
Imzadi by Peter David Taken!
Metamorphosis by Jean Lorrah Taken!
Vendetta by Peter David Taken!
The Devil's Heart by Carmen Carter (hardback)
Warped by K.W. Jeter (hardback)

DS9
#1 Emissary, adapted by J.M. Dillard
#3 Bloodletter by K.W. Jeter
#6 Betrayal by Lois Tilton
#8 Antimatter by John Vornholt
#9 Proud Helios by Melissa Scott
#10 Valhalla by Nathan Archer
#11 Devil in the Sky by Greg Cox and John Greggory Betancourt
#12 The Laertian Game by Robert Sheckley
#13 Station Rage by Diane Carey
#14 The Long Night by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
#15 Objective: Bajor by John Peel - signed by author
#20 Wrath of the Prophets by Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman and Robert Greenberger
#22 Vengeance by Dafydd ab Hugh
The Search, adapted by Diane Carey
The Way of the Warrior, adapted by Diane Carey

VOY
#1 Caretaker by L.A. Graf
#2 The Escape by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
#3 Ragnarok by Nathan Archer
#4 Violations by Susan Wright
#5 Incident at Arbuk by John Greggory Betancourt
#6 The Murdered Sun by Christie Golden
#7 Ghost of a Chance by Mark A. Garland and Charles G. McGraw
#8 Cybersong by S.N. Lewitt



SF/F

Star Gate by Andre Norton
Oath of Fealty by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
Gateway by Frederick Pohl
Merrick by Anne Rice
Imajika by Clive Barker
Meet the Austins by Madeline L'Engle
An Acceptable Time by Madeline L'Engle



Fannish books

The Werewolf's Guide to Life (Amazon link for info)
Doctor Who and the Giant Robot
Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett Taken!
The Liar by Stephen Fry
The Unknown Shore by Patrick O'Brian (hardcover)
Five Complete Novels by P.G. Wodehouse - Return of Jeeves, Bertie Wooster Sees it Through, Spring Fever, The Butler Did It, The Old Reliable Taken!
BtVS: Pretty Maids All in a Row by Christopher Golden
The Science of Jurassic Park and The Lost World (unless I have a last-minute change of heart :) )



Arthurian

The Once and Future King (1958) Taken!
King Arthur and His Knights (hardcover)
The Knightly Tales of Sir Gawain (hardcover) Taken!
Short Stories from English History by Albert Blaisdell



Greek/Roman

How to Insult, Abuse & Insinuate in Classical Latin by Michelle Lovric and Nikiforos Doxiadis Mardas (hardback) Taken!
Cattus Petasatus: The Cat and the Hat in Latin, translated by Guenevera Tunberg and Terentio Tunberg (hardback) - Taken!
Homer: The Iliad, vol 1 & 2 (hardcover, 1947)
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (hardcover, 1964)
The Homeric Hyms, trans. Thelma Sargent
Euripides: Medea and Other Plays
Euripides: The Bacchae and Other Plays
Sophocles: Electra and Other Plays
Plato: The Symposium: A New Translation
Euripides: Alcestis/Hippolytus/Iphigenia in Tauris
*Note: the plays were school books and have notes in the margins



Poetry & Lit

An Unfinished Woman by Lillian Hellman
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling (hardcover)
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (hardcover)
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (hardcover)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (hardcover)
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (hardcover)
The Complete Plays of Joe Orton (hardcover)
Charlotte and Emily Bronte: The Complete Plays (hardcover)
Little Big Man by Thomas Berger
The Novels of Dashiell Hammett (hardcover)
All Flowers Die by Andrew K. Stone
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Shogun, vol 1 & 2 by James Clavell (hardover)
The Norton Anthology of English Literature vol 2 (1962)
StudyMaster: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: A Critical Commentary
World's Greatest Books: Twentieth Century Series: Being one publisher's selection of what might be considered the most popular literature published during the twentieth century (hardcover, 1942)
The Best American Short Stories 1950 (hardcover)
The Best American Short Stories 1954 (hardcover)
The Best American Short Stories 1949 (hardcover)
The Best American Short Stories 1959 (hardcover)
The Best American Short Stories 1943 (hardcover)
The Best American Short Stories 1969 (hardcover)
The Best American Short Stories 1973 (hardcover)
Best American Short Stories of the Century, ed. John Updike (I think hardcover)
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1936 (hardcover)
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1938 (hardcover)
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1948 (hardcover)
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1950 (hardcover)
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1951 (hardcover)



Misc. books

Michael Crichton: Airframe (hardback), The Andromeda Strain, The Terminal Man, Rising Sun, Sphere, Congo, Disclosure, Eaters of the Dead, The Great Train Robbery, A Case of Need, Travels

Nancy Drew #1-31 in hardback, plus:
51 Mystery of the Glowing Eye (older edition)
52 The Secret of the Forgotten City (older edition)
71 The Mysterious Image (paperback)
79 The Double Horror of Fenley Place (paperback)
111 The Secret at Solaire (paperback)
The Nancy Drew Files #1: Secrets Can Kill
The Nancy Drew Files #2: Deadly Intent
The Nancy Drew Files #3: Murder on Ice
The Nancy Drew Files #4: Smile and Say Murder
The Nancy Drew Files #5: Hit and Run Holiday

About 40 Babysitters Club books, plus Ann M. Martin's "Inside Out"

Franklin's Autobiography (hardcover)
Living Biographies: Great Composers (hardcover)

The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
The Client by John Grisham
The Firm by John Grisham
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Wisdom of the Bones by Christopher Hyde
The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Daughter of the Game by Tracy Grant

Two boxes of academic books on ancient Egypt that I didn't have time to catalog—let me know if you want to know more





Fannish toys/games/objects



Star Trek model set – already assembled, one saucer section needs to be glued back on to the body




Star Trek mini ship set




Giant Enterprise-D cutout




Buffy the Vampire Slayer board game Taken!




Harry Potter memorabilia from various cons and book releases: rubber bracelet, bouncy ball, Snape bookmark/sticker, 2 witch hats, broom, plastic Night Bus, beautiful handmade (not by me) Slytherin and Ravenclaw banners from Patronus 2006 in Copenhagen, commercial Slytherin felt banner




"Potions collection" of glass bottles and canisters with various things inside (colored liquid, dried plants, powder, beads in glycerin to look like eye of newt)




Harry Potter Lego sets, opened but should still have all the pieces: Shrieking Shack, Professor Lupin's Classroom, Graveyard Duel Taken/Sold!




Little bear pin with Canada flag




King Lear, and "King Lear in a Box" kit




Arts & crafts supplies

Shirt box full of knitting/crocheting/sewing needles Taken!
Two bottles of embossing powder
Perler beads set Taken!
Leftover melty beads from a Care Bears suncatcher kit, and a rainbow/cloud mold Taken!



Possibly-dried-out crayons


Also a ton of '80s and early '90s board games and stuff (Topple, Headache, Pizza Party, MTV Remote Control, etc.), although my sister may want to try our luck on eBay.

Probably forgot stuff, too. Will check back in when I remember.

Feel free to point friends here if you like. It would be really nice to clear these things out and know they're going to good homes. (Which the unclaimed items also will when we donate them.)

***

Drop a comment or PM or email if you'd like anything. I'm pretty sure PayPal will work, or we can chat about alternatives. I'll be most easily able to take stuff to the post office next week, but if you're interested or maybe-interested and that's too soon, let me know and I'll set it aside or take it back down to DC with me.

Comments

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

For any Buffy fans who might be reading this, that board game is awesome! You play either as the Big Bad and minions of Seasons 1-4 or as members of Buffy's team, and the odds are even enough to keep the game very exciting. If I didn't already have a copy, I would buy it. (Also if I weren't desperate to downsize my own collection of fan-related stuff...)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Wowza. I wish I had any money, I would rommage those books.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Emailed you.

[inlovewithnight.livejournal.com]

Sent here by alpheratz- I would love the copies of Imzadi and Vendetta. I'm in DC, so I can give you cash at some point. Would $8 for both work?

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Sure! I was going to say we'd see each other on Saturday, but I won't have the books in hand, will I? Duh. We'll figure it out.

[brighteyed-jill.livejournal.com]

Ooo, ooo, can I have the Buffy board game? Um... how 'bout $15? Plus shipping, of course.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Yours! I'll let you know the shipping next week, yes? Want to PM or email me your address?

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

I saw browngirl's signal boost (http://browngirl.livejournal.com/1976027.html). I'm also trying to clear stuff out, so I'm not buying, but I boosted it further (DW (http://thnidu.dreamwidth.org/1191325.html), LJ (http://thnidu.livejournal.com/1294134.html)). And since that's now (pause to count on fingers…) three degrees of separation from you, I looked at your profile and added that you're in DC, which may matter to some. Good luck!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Good luck with your own gleaning.

[emerald-dawn.livejournal.com]

I might be interested in some of your academic books on ancient Egypt. What do you have?

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Here are some quick pictures I took the last time I was up there. I can type up the titles this evening, if that would be more helpful!

[emerald-dawn.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I can see them fairly well. How much would you like for
all the gods/myths (minus George Hart's "Egyptian Myths")
Ancient Egyptian Lit
The Book of the Dead
Akhenaten
The Role of Women...
The Hidden Tombs of Memphis
Ancient Egypt Social History
The Oxford History... (paperback)
The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt

[bironic.livejournal.com]

How about $5 each? x13 books (if I'm counting right) = $65, but let's say $60, plus shipping?

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Hey, wanted to follow up since I'll need to take everything to the post office tomorrow. Are you still interested in the books?

[emerald-dawn.livejournal.com]

I guess it's too late to say yes? I'm so sorry, but it's been a really busy week for me. *sigh* But thank you for the offer.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's possible my sister can pack them up and mail them. Want to PM or email me your address?

[emerald-dawn.livejournal.com]

Sure. So how does this work--payment through PayPal and I pay after you've shipped them?

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Yep - I'll let you know what the shipping comes to, and will send you my account info. Looks like I'll be able to get the books in the mail next week.

[emerald-dawn.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Thank you so much!

[cincodemaygirl.livejournal.com]

I'm interested in Metamorphosis by Jean Lorrah and the Wodehouse but also cheap. What would you want for both? <3

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Emailing you. <3

[kinetikatrue]

I am REALLY into those handmade HP house banners, but I have no idea what they would be worth and I probably couldn't afford it even if I did know (and it's also probably true that I have enough ~stuff, already). Still, they're really fucking awesome...

[bironic.livejournal.com]

PMing you.

[mercurydraconix.livejournal.com]

For anything that doesn't get snatched up by eager fans, there's a cool service called Bookmooch - it's a book exchange service with total strangers. The hitch is that shipping is paid by the sender. But for every one book you send to somebody, you can request two books from other people... Anything in hardback or that is particularly heavy is probably not worth mailing out though.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Cool - thanks for the tip.

[grammarwoman]

We are a Lego household, so I'd love to get my hands on those, but I have no idea what to offer. Do you have a base price on those you'd like to get?

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Hi! Long time no see.

You know, after doing some research on eBay and Amazon, I may put those up for sale online -- apparently those three little sets can go for $100-$200+ each (!) assuming I can account for all the pieces. Which seems like too much to ask from fan friends....

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Oh! But I also found the Dueling Club set (#4733), which doesn't have a box or a manual but should be complete - it's assembled here in front of me and nothing looks glaringly missing. There's Lockhart and Malfoy, and I'm pretty sure Harry and Snape are around here somewhere. Would you be interested in that one? $20 maybe?

(http://s83.photobucket.com/user/moony2/media/20130809_223313_resized_zps708fd221.jpg.html)

ETA: Found Snape!

[grammarwoman]

Oooo, that could be really cool! Any chance you'll be at VVC next weekend, thus saving the shipping?

And completely understood about the other sets. DAMN. I knew Lego sets could be valuable, but that's...WOW. Good luck on those!

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :) You're just in the nick of time - I rescued the Dueling Club set from the eBay pile and will bring it down to DC with me today for later mailing. I can't make it to VVC this year, alas, and I'm not sure if anyone from my area will be going - if they are, I'll send it along with them - so hopefully postage is OK with you. The whole thing weighs just under half a pound, so it shouldn't be terrible. Want to PM or email me your address in case the person-to-person VVC transfer doesn't work out?

[grammarwoman]

Will PM you with info! Thank you. :)

[bironic.livejournal.com]

Haha, one of the sets just went for $270 on eBay and another for $130. *shakes head* Helps me out a lot with the interstate move I'm about to make!

[grammarwoman]

Holy crap! Congratulations and well done! :)