Lizzie Borden Past and Present

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 12:44 am

I have just heard that soon the remainder of these first edition books by Len Rebello are going to end up on E-bay.
It might behoove you to get yours now at regular price!
There are less than 200 copies left

Fargo · Post by **Fargo** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:32 am

I am sure glad I purchased my copy at the Bed and Breakfast for $49.95

I read from the bed and breakfast's copy the night before while sitting in the sitting room.

Tina-Kate · Post by **Tina-Kate** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:48 pm

Wow, I'm amazed there are that many left. I thought it was pretty much gone.

I love this book & would recommend it to anyone.

doug65oh · Post by **doug65oh** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:54 pm

psssttttt!! TK...look at the date on that original post there. (There were 210 Remaining copies three and a half years ago.)

Tina-Kate · Post by **Tina-Kate** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:51 pm

Oops!

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:02 am

What's going on? Earlier I had not noticed these extreme date differences, but a friend pointed them out to me. I was wondering about why these topics were brought up again. It fooled me too, earlier.
Maybe Fargo is reading past posts?

Fargo · Post by **Fargo** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:41 am

Yes, I am interested in many earlier posts.

It is not without humour, as I remember one post awhile back where the poster was adamant about the date, until someone pointed it out to him.

Sometimes is takes an earlier post to mention what you want to talk about, unless you want to repost the topic.

FairhavenGuy · Post by **FairhavenGuy** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:40 am

So how many copies does Len have left?

When will my copy be worth a gazillion dollars?

Were they all really signed at the scene of the crime? Does he run over there every time somebody orders one or does he take over a stack every once in a while and sign them all at once?

Nadzieja · Post by **Nadzieja** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:09 pm

I have been looking for this book everywhere. Does Mr. Robello have any left? ( like who am I kidding ) I can't spend the $300 I have seen asked for it on ebay.

Shelley · Post by **Shelley** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:08 pm

He has precious few left which are reserved for family, and personal inventory. The printing run was not a large one. All of us at the house would call whenever a guest wanted a personalized autograph done from the black sofa. If you have a book which says "signed at the scene of the crime" or in the Borden sitting room or something like that- it was indeed. sometimes he would draw a small cartoon of the house. My very special copy was stolen from the house last year from where I left it on the dining room table. I was desolated. I never called and asked without him trundling over-and happy to do so. If there is just a "Best Wishes" and a signature, these were the copies kept in the gift shop for sale. At the end of the McGinn ownership, five copies were delivered to the house until they were gone- then 5 more. I truly can say he was and is as delighted and surprised as anyone that the book found such an appreciative audience, and has become "the Lizzie Bible". I believe someday, there will be a tradepaper revised edition- with so much new material in it- and yes, he replaced my stolen copy.

doug65oh · Post by **doug65oh** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:14 pm

They get much bigger and he'll end up splitting that next edition into two volumes! The first editions are hefty beasts for sure!:lol:

mbhenty · Post by **mbhenty** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:42 pm

It is my opinion from talking to Lenoard that his book Lizzie Borden Past and Present has been sold out. If not I would have purchased the remaining copies long ago.

There is no doubt that a second edition is needed and Mr. Rebello is quite aware of that. Currently he is working on other projects and I am sure he will get down to Lizzie as soon as the bug bites.

I would imagine, like Arthur Conan Doyle, I believe after 5 years of research on all things Lizzie Borden, he has had enough of Lizzie for a while and is taking a break. Of course I do not speak for Lenoard and this I can only guess.

But sadly no NADZIEJA: He has none for sale. I have asked him. But don't go out and spend the big bucks. I would hang in there and if there are any hints of an up coming softcover edtion (2nd edition) Shelley and I will make sure everyone is aware.

Tina-Kate · Post by **Tina-Kate** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:41 am

O Shelley...I'm so glad to hear he was kind enough to replace your book! Good to have friends in high places! How awful someone stole it. Just goes to show how good it is, tho.

My copy will probably never be worth much to anyone but me...sacrilege, but it's full of hi-liter marks, corrections, hand-written cross-references, post-it notes, & pages & pages of additional material from other sources. I'm very bad when it comes to research books (my mother practically disowns me over that habit).

I'd be devastated it if ever went missing...

snokkums · Post by **snokkums** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:24 am

Nadzieja @ Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:09 pm wrote:I have been looking for this book everywhere. Does Mr. Robello have any left? ( like who am I kidding ) I can't spend the $300 I have seen asked for it on ebay.

To help you out, Nadzieja, if you'd like the book, try going to the Barnes and Noble website, then click on the used and out of print books. Then when that comes up, put in lizzie borden or the name of the book,hit search, and if they have it, it will list all of the books lowest to highest price.

Yooper · Post by **Yooper** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:50 am

This is also a good source for finding new or used books:

http://www.bookfinder.com/

Nadzieja · Post by **Nadzieja** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:51 pm

I can't thank you all enough for your help. Never knew that Barnes & Noble had a used book section. I defenitely will hang in there. That book is such a respected source, and Mr. Robello is a most respected scholar & author. It shows his good character that he replaced your book Shelley. If I had one & it was stolen I would have been sick. The work you have done at the house and with the guests has been unbelievable. All the people I have met so far just bring this whole piece of history to life. I can't wait to meet the others. Has anyone heard any news about the book the FRHS was working on? And of course if another edition is published I will be standing in line.

Shelley · Post by **Shelley** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:22 pm

The FRHS December newsletter had a bit about Parallel Lives: Lizzie Borden's Fall River which is scheduled for publication sometime in 2008. I have a bit about it on the Warps and Wefts blog. Can't wait to see this one!

FairhavenGuy · Post by **FairhavenGuy** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:08 pm

If anybody's interested, I'll sell my autographed copy of Len Rebello's book. . .

[Dr. Evil Voice]
FOR ONE. . . MILLION. . . DOLLARS!
[/Dr. Evil Voice]

doug65oh · Post by **doug65oh** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:41 pm

$1,000,000.00???!!! Why feller, there’s no book worth that much except (maybe) Utopia Willikers’ book – and didn’t Roy Hathaway get the last copy of that? I heard about it up at the general…err, wait., no – I’m thinking of that other book, about the Harwid murders at Potters Point…

FairhavenGuy · Post by **FairhavenGuy** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:50 am

But. . . but. . . a collector from Arizona said she could sell it for me, maybe even two or three times, on eBay. . .

A mention of the Harwid murders appeared again in the January issue of the magazine my wife and I publish. I ran the first of a two-part chronology of Potter's Point history.

It included items like this:

1635
The territory making up present-day Potter’s Point is purchased from Chief Quahoganon by paying him with an iron kettle, ten strings of colored beads, a wool coat, boots and two changes of underwear.

1727
Caught by the arrival of unexpected dinner guests, Henrietta Haskins stretches a batch of quahogs by stuffing them with old bread. Her delighted visitors ask for the recipe.

September 4, 1778
At what will later be known as Skirmish Bluff, Abigail Boggs drives off a barge load of British Marines by hurling quahogs at them.

June 1855
When Noah Winterbottom’s geese and hogs start to lose weight, the blame is placed on the Forrest family, new residents who are rumored to be practicing Unitarians. During the ensuing scare, the Forrests, a couple of Finnans and a Standish are driven out of town. They resettle in South Eastport, which is becoming a haven of artists, writers and vegetarians.

doug65oh · Post by **doug65oh** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:24 pm

Uh huh, I know…I’ve heard of that gal you run into—a furriner…from Arizona, she is. The last I knew, the only “collectors” lived out that way, they go for them funny lookin’ weeds, the kind you see in the movies that roll away in a good stiff breeze. There’s a collector’s market for anything, I suppose. Just imagine how much the Harwid chowder recipe might be worth, feller - and you’d only have to sell that one once!

The only person I ever heard of had a reputation like that Arizona gal was Utopia herself, but that was before the book came out.

(You mean that story about Abigail Boggs is true? I've heard that for years but was never sure. You know how folks are with talk!)

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:17 pm

Hey Christopher! I was shredding 20 issues of past submissions by authors to The Hatchet, and noticed I had started printing on already printed-upon paper- on the opposite side. On the back I did read an e-mail from you where you said you were going to work me into your town stories! A Ha! I await!

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