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The Captain's Log: The Mystery of the Loaded Dice
This Captain's Log entry highlights what can go wrong when no one opts to scrutinize what they have.
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Captain's Log: The Gutenberg Bible (Mainz, Germany)
Book browsing in Mainz Germany. The birthplace of the Gutenberg Bible. A story of terrain over time.
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Captain's Log: The Five-Year Adventure of Owning a Bookshop
by Jeffrey A. Rothermel “Given a good pitch and the right amount of capital, any educated person ought to be able to make a small secure...
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Captain's Log: Antiquarian Bibles
The 14-month process of selling eight antiquarian Bibles. Determining when to buy and sell and a vintage book. Solving Mystery.
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Captain's Log: History on the Cedar River - the Trilogy
WWII Remembered 2023: Midwest reenactors browse Captain's Book Shoppe military history.
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Captain's Log: A Few Books and the Mystery of the Hidden Room
By Jeffrey A. Rothermel August 25, 2022 Secret rooms were things I read about in Hardy Boy novels as a kid. I spent my youthful summers...
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How Much is a Book Worth?
Factors determining book values.
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The Mystery of George F. Jowett's Vanity Press
Captains Log, July 23, 2021. It was a week of exceptions and mystery. It started with the exception. I avoid acquiring Bibles and...
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Determining the Current Value of the Catcher in the Rye (SEP 26, 2018)
Using "Catcher in the Rye" we examine: What gives a book value? How and why do books gain or lose value over time?
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Browsers Welcome! (June 12, 2018)
The Captain's Book Shoppe show room is open daily 1 - 5 PM. 1570 South First Avenue Iowa City, Iowa (319) 351-3166...