tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post144828646169261874..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: Montreal Most Strange (w/ mysterious directions)Brian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-89783981348800131552021-05-06T16:01:12.782-04:002021-05-06T16:01:12.782-04:00I removed all Moorhouse titles from my Abebooks ca...I removed all Moorhouse titles from my Abebooks cart after reading <i>Every Man for Himself</i>. This isn't to say I wouldn't pick one up if offered at, say, a church rummage sale. Carey is someone I've always wanted to read, but have never found a decent copy for less than three figures. <i>The Scorpion</i> sounds bloody awful. Have you read it? Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-19058848466449233522021-05-06T14:02:29.548-04:002021-05-06T14:02:29.548-04:00Douglas Carey or Hopkins Moorhouse might vie for t...Douglas Carey or Hopkins Moorhouse might vie for the title.BeauWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-23957895616839926462021-04-26T14:39:38.145-04:002021-04-26T14:39:38.145-04:00I'd remembered you'd written me about havi...I'd remembered you'd written me about having a copy - I was so envious - but didn't know you'd actually read it, Beau. It wouldn't surprise me if we are the novel's only two living readers. Everything you've written about Arcadia House is new to me. Thank you for this. I now understand why the titles being sold online are more often than not "ex-library," and why it is that the dustjackets feature no prices.<br /><br />Not the best mystery I've ever read, either. In fact, it may just be the worst. And I've read Hulbert Footner's <i>The Mystery of the Folded Paper</i>. Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-19766063958340251002021-04-24T21:42:22.291-04:002021-04-24T21:42:22.291-04:00I'm pretty sure all the copies of this were li...I'm pretty sure all the copies of this were library copies. Arcadia House published for the subscription libraries that were trying to compete with more affordable books by having exclusive authors, of which E. Louise Cushing was one. You couldn't buy this in stores. I honestly don't remember where I got my copy but I vaguely remember I paid more than I wanted to. I also remember that it wasn't the best mystery I've ever read.BeauWnoreply@blogger.com