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CONDITION versus PRICE versus RARITY.
Hello Folks,
I recently obtained a copy of what could be termed as a quite rare book,....namely....authur...WILLIAM AUGUSTUS OSBALDISTON title...THE BRITISH SPORTSMAN,OR,NOBLEMAN,GENTLEMAN,AND FARMER'S DICTIONARY,OF RECREATION AND AMUSEMENT...London...printed by J=2EStead...sold by Champante and Whitrow...1792... The book is in remarkably good condition for its age,well bound in leather,clean and tight.[Out of 42 copper plate prints 10 are absent,also one leaf of text.] Prior to obtaining the book,I found that very few copies of this book were available,all mainly in libraries or universities,one other copy existed, but was deemed to be a later edition,.....The Universal Sportsman,....by Osbaldiston,...the Dublin issue. Having checked with the British library,Cambridge uni.lib.and on c=2Eo.p.a.c. I decided that missing prints and text was not that important,so I bought the book...=A390.00 sterling...[the missing plates and text will be replaced with fascimile copies.] My collection is based soley on first editions of books about game fishing in Ireland,so buying this book was slightly off topic [Irish],but bear in mind that the Dublin issue was a later edn,. So with reference to the subject [Condition/Price/Rarity] What might you have done. All the best for now, John. |
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