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This is a thread because I have gotten frustrated in the past when I get something new that I would like to share with you all. The Other Item can be games, books, toys, and new electronics, anything that does not fit on the New CD & New DVD threads.

So apparently some friends of my parents were at a rummage sale and thought of me when they saw two perfect condition books (hey I thought they were new). The books were Cartoon Classics Collection Volume 2 (very basic stories from Hanna-Barbera but still pretty cool) and Red Green Talks Cars: A Love Story (which is great because I have been looking everywhere for this OOP book).

Hmmm...good idea for a thread

Actually, I could use some advisement here. When I was little, I remember a series of books that I used to read all the time that had lots of various children's stories, most of them adapted from Disney films both live action and animated. For example, I think one volume was all stories from America, and had really nice adaptations of stuff like Big Red and the Brer Rabbit stories from Song of the South. Another book was stories from around the world, and featured some of the tales from the Latin American compilation films. Anyway, they were a really cool way to re-visit a vast number of Disney films without having to go out and find them on video, which is I suppose what people had to do in the days before home video.

Anyways, although I lost track of these books a long time ago, I'd really like to try to find them through used booksellers online. Trouble is, I can't remember what they're called. They were a set of at least three volumes, hard-cover, with mostly green binding except for the spines, which were different colors for each different volume. They belonged to my older siblings and thus were published well before my time, probably in the '60s or '70s. If anyone has the slightest clue what I'm talking about, I'd love to hear it.

Well, for me it was:


http://gear.ign.com/articles/682/682875p1.html


I just had 1 GC controller and it was chewed by lovely bunny. It works but I wanted this cool one. And it isn't just cool but works great.

I was at the mall on Wednesday with the intent of buying a DVD and hiding it from my mother in my new winter jacket with a lot of big pockets, but the weather's been warming up and I realized I needed a new light jacket.

Found a nice one at the Gap:



Which is replacing this one I got in 2003 (ironically, also at the Gap):



Escapay

This doesn't fit in the new CD thread, so I'll mention it here:

I bought the 7" vinyl single for The Grates - 19-20-20.

I got DC's Showcase Presents: The Superman Family Vol 1 - lots of classic goofy stories from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen and.. towards the back of the book Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane (because they are being printed chronologically, and Jimmy Olsen was released first - later they alternate between JO and LL issues).

I also got:
Taito Legends Vol 2 (Xbox), FarCry Instincts Predator and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Xbox 360)

I remember doing a "New Book Thread" a year or so ago, but it was a bit of a flop compared to the DVD and CD threads. I think that this format will probably be more popular, so ignore that old thread...

Anyway, my last random thing, for only around £20 on Amazon.co.uk, is something I've wanted for a while and now can finally have...

Karushifa wrote:They were a set of at least three volumes, hard-cover, with mostly green binding except for the spines, which were different colors for each different volume. They belonged to my older siblings and thus were published well before my time, probably in the '60s or '70s. If anyone has the slightest clue what I'm talking about, I'd love to hear it.

I'm not quite sure, but it "rings a bell" somewhere, I think. About how large were these books?

Wonderlicious wrote:Anyway, my last random thing, for only around £20 on Amazon.co.uk, is something I've wanted for a while and now can finally have...

The Art and Flair of Mary Blair - I've "been going to" buy that for a long time. How is it?

Lars Vermundsberget wrote:

Karushifa wrote:They were a set of at least three volumes, hard-cover, with mostly green binding except for the spines, which were different colors for each different volume. They belonged to my older siblings and thus were published well before my time, probably in the '60s or '70s. If anyone has the slightest clue what I'm talking about, I'd love to hear it.

I'm not quite sure, but it "rings a bell" somewhere, I think. About how large were these books?

They were about 8.5 X 11 inches, hardcover, and each volume was approx. 200 pages...lots of illustrations as well.

If I recall correctly, the "Stories from Other Lands" volume had a bagpiper in a box on the cover, and the American stories volume had possibly a cowboy in the same place (or maybe a Disney character dressed up as one).

Lars Vermundsberget wrote:The Art and Flair of Mary Blair - I've "been going to" buy that for a long time. How is it?

I haven't got it just yet, but it should be here soon, and I'll do a little review of sorts once I've had a look at it.

Guns? Guns don't belong in DVD and CD Threads.

Anyways, I got a new Ruger .270 bolt action long gun. I got a x9 X 40 mm scope mounted on it. It's pretty nice, it should be for $500 and waiting 30 minutes for my back ground check to clear. It kicks pretty hard too because you not using a small shell. Pretty much it kicks like a .30-06. So I took it to the shooting range shoot about 20 rounds, my shoulder was numb for like a good hour. It's quite accurate to but I still need to site in my scope at 100 meters I also need to practice to steady myself a little better too.

That's about the only new thing that I got lately. I have been installing new parts in my car. For instance, I just got done installing my racing seats that I bought in January. I kind of slowed down on getting things for my car because it needs fixing plus I still need a new fuel gauge, mine is broken.

Karushifa wrote:They were about 8.5 X 11 inches, hardcover, and each volume was approx. 200 pages...lots of illustrations as well.

If I recall correctly, the "Stories from Other Lands" volume had a bagpiper in a box on the cover, and the American stories volume had possibly a cowboy in the same place (or maybe a Disney character dressed up as one).

I think we're on to something - the books I seem to recall had about the dimensions you suggest. As far as I can tell, there were four of them in a series, but there could have been more.

I remember first and foremost a Norwegian edition, of course, but I'm sure I've seen (original) English-language editions of the same books.

I'm not sure of any titles, but I think the whole series had a title such as "The World of Disney" or something to that effect. They could have been published in the 60s or probably no later than the mid-70s.

Lars Vermundsberget wrote:I think we're on to something - the books I seem to recall had about the dimensions you suggest. As far as I can tell, there were four of them in a series, but there could have been more.

I remember first and foremost a Norwegian edition, of course, but I'm sure I've seen (original) English-language editions of the same books.

I'm not sure of any titles, but I think the whole series had a title such as "The World of Disney" or something to that effect. They could have been published in the 60s or probably no later than the mid-70s.

Okay...I think I have a serious lead on these.

I did a quick google search for "Stories From Other Lands" (which I was sure was what one of the volumes was called) and I got a book series published by Golden Books in 1965. The one I really liked was the "Walt Disney's America" volume, because it has the Brer Rabbit stories (and it even has Brer Rabbit on the cover!). Another volume in the set was the "Fantasyland" edition which had all the fairy tales condensed into bedtime story length. Pictures of all three of these books can be found at:
http://i17.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/b9/3e/a8_1.JPG

Thanks for the tips, Lars! I may have to go order these now

My newest "other item" :



And here's another one:



And another one:



Yes, I'm a Kingdom Hearts fan-girl

Karushifa wrote:

Lars Vermundsberget wrote:I think we're on to something - the books I seem to recall had about the dimensions you suggest. As far as I can tell, there were four of them in a series, but there could have been more.

I remember first and foremost a Norwegian edition, of course, but I'm sure I've seen (original) English-language editions of the same books.

I'm not sure of any titles, but I think the whole series had a title such as "The World of Disney" or something to that effect. They could have been published in the 60s or probably no later than the mid-70s.

Okay...I think I have a serious lead on these.

I did a quick google search for "Stories From Other Lands" (which I was sure was what one of the volumes was called) and I got a book series published by Golden Books in 1965. The one I really liked was the "Walt Disney's America" volume, because it has the Brer Rabbit stories (and it even has Brer Rabbit on the cover!). Another volume in the set was the "Fantasyland" edition which had all the fairy tales condensed into bedtime story length. Pictures of all three of these books can be found at:
http://i17.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/b9/3e/a8_1.JPG

Thanks for the tips, Lars! I may have to go order these now

The titles and images seem to be right, although the cover design I remember is different.

Lars Vermundsberget wrote:The titles and images seem to be right, although the cover design I remember is different.

Hmmm...perhaps the foreign language editions had slightly different covers?

And I think there may have been a second edition published in the late '70s, so perhaps the covers were different from the 1965 printing.

Yesterday I bought a new pair of sandals from Walmart. Can't wait to wear them! Of course it had to SNOW just after buying them. Grr.

Also, I'm wondering if anyone could help me find this two book set of fairy tales. My mom had them and I used to love reading from them. I'm not sure what happened to them but we don't have them anymore. Both were hard back and one was pink and the other blue. They had all the different fairy tale type stories in them. Such as Brother and Sister, Rumplestilskin, etc. The illustrations were beautiful as well. I think 'Treasure' was in the title as well. But I can't remember the exact titles for the books. They were published in the 1970s or earlier I'd imagine. My mom had them for a long time.

I had tried looking at Amazon.com for them in hopes of getting them for my mom but I haven't had any luck. I know this isn't what this thread is for exactly I thought I'd ask since some of you were able to help Karushifa find the books he was looking for.

Thanks.


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Karushifa wrote:And I think there may have been a second edition published in the late '70s, so perhaps the covers were different from the 1965 printing.

That could be it. I seem to remember the other cover style on the English-language edition I'm pretty sure I've seen. That, OTOH, could have been British, which also might have been the reason. This whole thing still calls for further research.

"The Da Vinci Code", by Dan Brown (Paperback) - $11.96

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