# Attention: Murfreesboro/Nashvegas Dopers! Andre Norton Sells Private Book Collection! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391 "2004-09-21T23:45:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/1 "2004-09-21T23:45:01Z")
[Andre Norton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Norton), Murfreesboro’s most distinguished living author, is selling off books from her personal library this Saturday, September 25th. 4000 books will be sold. Subjects include:[ul] [li]Science Fiction[/li][li]Mystery[/li][li]Historical Romance[/li][li]Literary Biography[/li][li]Letters & Memoirs[/li][li]Late 19th Century Fiction[/li][li]Early 20th Century Fiction[/li][li]Ancient History[/li][li]Catholic Nuns[/li][li]China[/li][li]England[/li][li]Futurism[/li][li]India[/li][li]Japan[/li][li]Medieval History[/li][li]The Middle East[/li][li]The Renaissance[/li][li]US History[/li][li]War & Weapons[/li][li]And others[/li][/ul] September 25. 9AM to Noon. 1255 N. Highland. Behind Dr. Daniel’s office. I get dibs on Japanese & Chinese Mythology & Folklore, you grunts! As for the rest of you Dopers— eat yer hearts out, suckas! ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/2 "2004-09-22T01:17:37Z")
I thought she sold her books when her house was auctioned off a couple months ago. She’s apparently donated some to the library for their book sale, too. StG ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/3 "2004-09-22T01:34:21Z")
Damn, I’m jealous. She got me into sci-fi in the 60’s. One of the first sci-fi books I read was “Star Man’s Son, 2250 AD”. Eventually I ended up an Engineer, because of sci-fi, and now a college prof. in ME. Thank you Ms. Norton. PS: for years I thought she was a guy. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/4 "2004-09-22T13:14:41Z")
And this **would** happen during a month when my bills were high! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/5 "2004-09-22T13:24:40Z")
You are sooo lucky. I would love to go to that sale. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/6 "2004-09-22T15:30:19Z")
Andre Norton lives in the 'boro? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/7 "2004-09-22T15:37:51Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > Andre Norton lives in the 'boro? She’s been living here for years. Low crime, easy to get around, low cost of living. A little dull, but hey! She’s getting on in years, & the trade-off might look pretty good. Also, we have a good local hospital, & terrific ones in Nashville. Between the researchers at Vanderbilt Med School/Hospital, & the heart group at Saint Thomas, you’d be hard pressed to criticise the care. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/8 "2004-09-22T15:55:23Z")
> [@](#): > > **Bosda** : I get dibs on Japanese & Chinese Mythology & Folklore, you grunts! As long as you are hands off any books on Waba-Sabi! Thanks for the heads up! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/9 "2004-09-22T15:58:27Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > As long as you are hands off any books on Waba-Sabi! Thanks for the heads up! DEAL! What’s a Wubby-Subby? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/10 "2004-09-22T18:31:23Z")
**Bosda** , you cannot BEGIN to conceptualize how much i am hating you right now. :mad: i woud _kill_ for a chance to buy a previously-owned-by- **ANDRE NORTON** book. _any_ book! i woud even … **gasp** … trade off some of my favored Halloween props for the chance. and i’m very serious about my Halloween. very, VERY serious. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/11 "2004-09-22T18:36:45Z")
> [@lachesis](#): > > **Bosda** , you cannot BEGIN to conceptualize how much i am hating you right now. :mad: > > i woud _kill_ for a chance to buy a previously-owned-by- **ANDRE NORTON** book. _any_ book! > > i woud even … **gasp** … trade off some of my favored Halloween props for the chance. > > and i’m very serious about my Halloween. very, VERY serious. Prepare to swallow your gum–they’re $1 each. 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/12 "2004-09-22T18:40:35Z")
Why kill? Why not just rob a bank? Take a look at some of the books that Royal Books is selling: [http://www.ilabdatabase.com/php/detailindex.php3?booknr=140573998&source=bookfinder](http://www.ilabdatabase.com/php/detailindex.php3?booknr=140573998&source=bookfinder) > [@](#): > > ``` > Asimov, Isaac Pebble in the Sky (First Edition, Inscribed to Andre Norton) > > ``` > > First Edition New York: Gnome Press, 1950. First Edition, Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Association copy, SIGNED and inscribed by Asimov at the front flyleaf to fellow writer Andre Norton thus: For Andre - whose cooking is superb. Isaac Asimov. Ms. Norton’s signature illustrated bookplate is tipped in just below the inscription. Jacket shows a single short closed tear and a bit of fading to the spine. A tremendous association between two of the giants of twentieth century science fiction. Asimov’s first novel. > Price: USD 6,000.00 [http://www.ilabdatabase.com/php/detailindex.php3?booknr=140573997&source=bookfinder](http://www.ilabdatabase.com/php/detailindex.php3?booknr=140573997&source=bookfinder) > [@](#): > > Asimov, Isaac Second Foundation (First Edition, Inscribed to Andre Norton) > First Edition New York: Gnome Press, 1953. First Edition, First State, Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Association copy, SIGNED and inscribed by Asimov at the front flyleaf to fellow writer Andre Norton thus: For Andre - whose initial impression is so delightful one would scarcely expect it to grow more pleasurable with time–yet it does. Isaac Asimov. Ms. Norton’s signature illustrated bookplate is tipped in just below the inscription. Foxing to book spine, and rubbing to jacket corners. A tremendous association between two of the giants of twentieth century science fiction. The third book in Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy. > Price: USD 7,500.00 [http://www.ilabdatabase.com/php/detailindex.php3?booknr=140573996&source=bookfinder](http://www.ilabdatabase.com/php/detailindex.php3?booknr=140573996&source=bookfinder) > [@](#): > > Asimov, Isaac Foundation and Empire (First Edition, Inscribed to Andre Norton) > First Edition New York: Gnome Press, 1952. First Edition, First State, Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Association copy, SIGNED and inscribed by Asimov at the front flyleaf to fellow writer Andre Norton thus: For Andre - as gracious as she is attractive. Isaac Asimov. Ms. Norton’s signature illustrated bookplate is tipped in just below the inscription. Foxing to book spine, and rubbing to jacket corners. A tremendous association between two of the giants of twentieth century science fiction. The second book in Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy. > Price: USD 7,500.00 Hey, here’s a cheapie: [http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/roy/60569.shtml](http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/roy/60569.shtml) > [@](#): > > ASIMOV, ISAAC The Stars Like Dust (Book Club Edition, Inscribed to Andre Norton). > New York: Doubleday, 1951. Hardcover. Book Club Edition, Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED and warmly inscribed by Asimov to fellow science fiction writer Andre’ Norton thus: For Andre, whose cooking is the least of her virtues, yet wonderful. Isaac Asimov. Andre Norton’s personal bookplate is tipped in just below the inscription.A tremendous association between two giants of twentieth century science fiction. > USD 850.00 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/13 "2004-09-22T18:42:06Z")
Ghod! Big Ike really used to sponge meals off people, didn’t he? 😃😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/14 "2004-09-22T18:52:53Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Prepare to swallow your gum–they’re $1 each. 😃😃😃 … \<\< insert sounds of bitter weeping in the wilderness \>\> ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/15 "2004-09-22T23:19:48Z")
> [@lachesis](#): > > … > \<\< insert sounds of bitter weeping in the wilderness \>\> Damn, even the cheapest flight from California to there makes the books very pricey. :mad: Oh well, at least I have more books than her - but her’s are cooler. And I do have Dr. A’s signature on the Galaxy which had Martian Way - with his name misspelled. he was mad about that 20 years later. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/16 "2004-09-27T21:36:31Z")
And here’s the books I got: [ol] [li]“Lady Molly Of Scotland Yard” by the Baroness Orczy[/li][li]“The Old Man In The Corner: 12 Mysteries” by The Baroness Orczy[/li][li]“Boys Will Be Boys” By ES Turner. British Halfpenny books. Sort of UK Pulps.[/li][li]“The Exotic Enchanter” by L. Sprague de Camp[/li][li]“Ladies Of The Tang” Translated by Elizabeth Te-Chen Wang[/li][li]“Chinese Love Tales” by Morany[/li][li]“Bath House Nights” by Lewis Bush[/li][li]“Into The Niger Bend” by Jules Verne[/li][li]“Serpents Tooth” by Andre Norton (special limited printing!)[/li][li]“Monkey” by Wu Ch’Eng-En[/li][li]“Grande Dames Of Detection” edited by Manley & Lewis[/li][li]“Uncle Abner, Master Of Mysteries” by Melville Davisson Post[/li][li]“Detection By Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories” edited by Douglas G. Greene[/li][li]“A North Quartet” by North[/li][li]“The Great Comic Book Heroes” by Jules Feiffer[/li][/ol] Total: $17. 🆒 Sadly, no Japanes Mythology. ☹ Anybody got a copy of “The True Diary Of Lady Nijo” they’d like to swap? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/17 "2004-09-27T23:33:18Z")
Oh. Yeah. I forgot… Eat yer hearts out!!! 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/18 "2004-09-28T13:17:16Z")
Ok, might I ask why she had to sell off all her books? I cannot imagine anything more painful to me than having to get rid of my books. Is she in financial difficulty? Her health has deteriorated to the point where she must be in an assisted living community? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/19 "2004-09-28T13:58:29Z")
Jeez - maybe I should sell MY first-edition set of the Foundation Trilogy - I hadn’t realized the price had gone up that much. I mean, I know that is a great association set, but still - $7,500 each? That’s a big premium for the association… Great set of purchases **Bosda** - I officially consider my heart eaten out 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391/20 "2004-09-28T18:07:50Z")
> [@Atrael](#): > > Ok, might I ask why she had to sell off all her books? I cannot imagine anything more painful to me than having to get rid of my books. Is she in financial difficulty? Her health has deteriorated to the point where she must be in an assisted living community? Not all. Merely a part of her High Halleck Library. And BTW–I pick up 3 or 4 more books–forgot to list them. :smack: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-murfreesboro-nashvegas-dopers-andre-norton-sells-private-book-collection/265391.md?page=2)