Re: Anyone here work in the rare book trade?
Are there garage/estate sales in London or wherever you are Jim?
You can get a PDA which connects to the internet easily like a Treo, go to such events and look up books you are unsure of at Ebay, Abebooks.com, etc. to get an idea of the value. Then buy if you think you can make a profit. I found Ebay was of little help selling, however.
I got some books very cheaply off estate sales and even better was organizations like churches that get stuff for free from donors and sell to the public. I unloaded them on Abebooks and such for a few months until the fee there was approaching my sales per month when the books I had that moved were basically gone.
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