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help estimating value of a book
I've recently acquired a copy of Peter Beard's book The End of the
Game. It is the 1965 first edition, with the dust jacket. Searching through the internet has revealed that this is a fairly valuable book, but unfortunately mine is a library copy. How much will that reduce the value of the book by itself? Aside from the library stamps, I'd say that the book is in good condition, with a dust jacket in very good to almost fine condition. If you could offer any comments on this book, I would appreciate your help. |
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help estimating value of a book
wrote in message ups.com... I've recently acquired a copy of Peter Beard's book The End of the Game. It is the 1965 first edition, with the dust jacket. Searching through the internet has revealed that this is a fairly valuable book, but unfortunately mine is a library copy. How much will that reduce the value of the book by itself? Aside from the library stamps, I'd say that the book is in good condition, with a dust jacket in very good to almost fine condition. If you could offer any comments on this book, I would appreciate your help. You might as well staple a "Kick Me" sign to the back of your shirt. |
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help estimating value of a book
"fvndoc" wrote in message news wrote in message ups.com... I've recently acquired a copy of Peter Beard's book The End of the Game. It is the 1965 first edition, with the dust jacket. Searching through the internet has revealed that this is a fairly valuable book, but unfortunately mine is a library copy. How much will that reduce the value of the book by itself? Aside from the library stamps, I'd say that the book is in good condition, with a dust jacket in very good to almost fine condition. If you could offer any comments on this book, I would appreciate your help. You might as well staple a "Kick Me" sign to the back of your shirt. His toga, svrely ? michael adams .... |
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Francis A. Miniter wrote:
wrote: I've recently acquired a copy of Peter Beard's book The End of the Game.... I see that addall.con shows one ex-lib 1st for an asking price of $95. Curiously, that one was apparently rebound by vandal librarians.... Strong words, and not entirely fair. We're not talking about a priceless rarity--just an ordinary book in some demand that has become hard to find. Library books are meant to be used by the reading public, and librarians do their best to keep them useful, often on an extremely tight budget. If a book has been heavily circulated, is in continued demand, and is falling apart, then rebinding is the right thing to do. The new binding is usually of the ugly utilitarian variety because that's all the budget allows. I know we all moan about what librarians do to books, and this moaning is often justified. I recall an incident related in RCB several years ago, about a valuable William Blake collection that had been entrusted to a university library; rather than setting aside the books in their special-collections area and maintaining them in their original condition, the librarians went ahead and defaced them with the usual stamps & stickers. Yes: Aaaaarrgh! But they aren't all like that, and for the most part, librarians do more good than harm. Calling them vandals for keeping an ordinary book in circulating condition seems a wee bit harsh. But, then again, perhaps you were just hyperbolizing, and I'm the one who's being harsh... --Jon Meyers |
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