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Jon Meyers wrote:
Allison Turner- wrote: bookstore stated: Willow Arune wrote... No, "michael adams wrote..." Sorry, Michael: Wanting to add an attribution to the unattributed material in the previous post, I misread the thread sequence. As an investment, even buying pristine second-hand copies at a 75%discount on new - provided you could find them - it's doubtful if they'd work out very profitable in the long run... [snip] |
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As an investment, even buying pristine second-hand copies at a 75%discount
on new - provided you could find them - it's doubtful if they'd work out very profitable in the long run as many purchasers will have kept them in pristine condition themselves, wrongly believing them to be an "investment". Spoken like a true novice. I laughed all the way to the bank after I paid $79 apiece for a bunch of Easton Press editions signed by Mandela and Reagan and then sold them for thousands apiece. The Easton Press put my son through Harvard. |
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There are a small number of the Easton Press science fiction line which
are notable because they are the first hardback editions of works previously done only in paperback. Examples include Lois McMaster Bujold's Barrayar and The Vor Game (both Hugo winners, and both quite valuable), F. Paul Wilson's Dydeetown World, and a few others. Others can be valuable due to the signature of a reclusive or dead author. But the vast majority of un-signed Easton Press books will lose value over time. Lawrence Person Lame Excuse Books Stock available online at www.tomfolio.com (searched by www.bookfinder.com), or at: http://home.austin.rr.com/lperson/lame.html |
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"Jon Meyers" wrote in message ... Jon Meyers wrote: Allison Turner- wrote: bookstore stated: Willow Arune wrote... No, "michael adams wrote..." Sorry, Michael: Wanting to add an attribution to the unattributed material in the previous post, I misread the thread sequence. No problem Jon: given I totally confused Easton Press and Franklin Library I think I've got of pretty lightly. michael adams .... As an investment, even buying pristine second-hand copies at a 75%discount on new - provided you could find them - it's doubtful if they'd work out very profitable in the long run... [snip] |
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on Sun, 8 Jan 2006 21:09:42 -0000, michael adams stated:
"Jon Meyers" wrote in message ... Jon Meyers wrote: Allison Turner- wrote: bookstore stated: Willow Arune wrote... No, "michael adams wrote..." Sorry, Michael: Wanting to add an attribution to the unattributed material in the previous post, I misread the thread sequence. No problem Jon: given I totally confused Easton Press and Franklin Library I think I've got of pretty lightly. Is there a big difference between them, and the rest of the pretty leather reprint houses? I have a tendency to shy away from Franklin Library, having seen faaar too many Franklin Mint 'collectible' coins in my youth. Cheap buncha garbage. But that doesn't mean the books are any worse (or better) than Easton, Gryphon, or whoever. Anyone have anything to say on the relative quality? Or do y'all mostly just ignore all of them? -Allison |
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From Abebooks...
I stand somewhat corrected - I would not pay that for a signature, but one is born every minute... Of course, they also list FIRST MAN IN ROMe by Colleen McCullough for $2000 and if anyoen wants several of those, I have 'em... Half price! Willow 2. Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela Bookseller: Nathan Webster - bookseller (Stratham, NH, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 2399.00 [Convert Currency] Shipping within U.S.A.: US$ 6.50 [Rates & Speeds] Book Description: Easton Press, Norwalk, Ct, 2000. Full-Leather. Book Condition: As New. No Jacket. Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This is the Signed Easton Press Collector's edition of Nelson Mandela's autobiography, 'Long Walk to Freedom.' Mandela, the former president of South Africa, is one of the towering figures of our time, and copies of this signed edition are exceedingly rare. This book is bound in leather, and is Still Sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap, and is in As New condition. It will come with the Easton Press Certificate of Authenticity and short notes about the book. Mandela is currently involved in litigation regarding the authenticity of some artwork presented as signed by him, and his authograph is commonly forged. An Easton edition guarantees the signature is 100 percent authentic, which is even more important when dealing with a legendary figure in world history like Mandela. Signed by Author. Private Press. Bookseller Inventory # 000043 [Bookseller & Payment Information] [More Books from this Seller] 3. Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela Bookseller: Nathan Webster - bookseller (Stratham, NH, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 4500.00 [Convert Currency] Shipping within U.S.A.: US$ 6.50 [Rates & Speeds] Book Description: Easton Press, Norwalk, Ct, 2000. Full-Leather. Book Condition: As New. No Jacket. Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This is the Signed Easton Press Collector's edition of Nelson Mandela's autobiography, 'Long Walk to Freedom.' Very notably, it has been HAND-DATED by Mandela on the signature page, an amazing rarity for any Easton edition, especially one as signifcant as this. It is dated '9-15-2000' in Mandela's hand, which predates the date on the COA. It is likely that he started out dating the signature pages until an assisitant told him he wasn't expected to. Mandela, the former president of South Africa, is one of the towering figures of our time, and copies of this signed edition are exceedingly rare, much less one specifically dated. This book is bound in leather and is in fine condtion, with no flaws to the binding or the gilt page edges. It will come with the Easton Press Certificate of Authenticity and short notes about the book. An Easton edition guarantees the signature is 100 percent authentic, which is even more important when dealing with a legendary figure in world history like Mandela. Signed by Author. Private Press. Bookseller Inventory # 000047 [Bookseller & Payment Information] [More Books from this Seller] 4. Long Walk to Freedom Mandela, Nelson Bookseller: FLATSIGNED BOOKS (Nashville, TN, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 4889.00 [Convert Currency] Shipping within U.S.A.: US$ 3.50 [Rates & Speeds] Book Description: Easton Press, 2001. FLATSIGNED by Nelson Mandela Limited EDITION. First PRINT FINE condition Book with FINE condition Dustjacket of -- Long Walk to Freedom -- STILL SEALED in Shrink-Wrap! Published by: Easton Press, 2001. Bookseller Inventory # 3494 [Bookseller & Payment Information] [More Books from this Seller] 5. Long Walk To Freedom Mandela Nelson Bookseller: www.rareandsigned.com (LEEDS, WY, United Kingdom) Price: US$ 5015.80 [Convert Currency] Shipping within United Kingdom: US$ 5.93 [Rates & Speeds] Book Description: Easton Press, USA. Full-Leather. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This is an incredibly rare special edition leatherbound collectors edition of the autobiography "Long Walk To Freedom". Hand signed by Mr Mandela on the main title page. This edition is still sealed as issued by the publishers, with all documentation contained within. Includes original Mandela signed COA and certificates. Issued as a very low print. Presented in heavy green leather with embossed spine. 22kt gold leaf inlay to leather binding and endpages. This is a world class binding and only available via mail order for a very short time. One of the most famous political and humanitarian figures in the world. This edition is very heavy and contains many full colour and black / white photographs and maps / illustrations. Pristine condition and still sealed as new. This book is highly collectable and a surefired investment. Clean pages, tight binding, no defects at all with full 100% authenticity. Signed by Author. Private Press. Bookseller Inventory # 000032 123. SIGNED** RONALD REAGAN : An American Life (ISBN: 0671691988) Reagan, Ronald Bookseller: ODDS & ENDS BOOKS (Northridge, CA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 1500.00 [Convert Currency] Shipping within U.S.A.: US$ 4.00 [Rates & Speeds] Book Description: Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Hardcover. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 1ST PRINTING STATED (13579108642) number row, harback book FINE like new rm/dustjacket FINE new in brodart cover, BOOK is SIGNED by the 40th president of the united states "with best wishes" RONALD REAGAN (a great piece of history). Signed by Author(s). Bookseller Inventory # 40THUSA [Bookseller & Payment Information] [More Books from this Seller] 124. Where's the Rest of Me? The Ronald Reagan Story Reagan, Ronald, with Richard G. Hubler Bookseller: Time Tested Books (Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 1750.00 [Convert Currency] Shipping within U.S.A.: US$ 3.00 [Rates & Speeds] Book Description: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1965. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very nice copy of Ronald Reagan's autobiography. It is signed by Reagan on the front flyleaf and "honey" on the dedication page is scratched out for a handwritten "Nancy." Book has minor shelf wear and gift inscription on back of front flyleaf. DJ has minor edge wear. Time Tested Books has been located in the same place and owned by the same people for over 20 years. We have an excellent rep. We also have tens of thousands of titles in stock and are an open shop, so when in the Sacramento area, stop in. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 004095 [Bookseller & Payment Information] [More Books from this Seller] 125. Framed Matted B/W Photograph of President Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford, Richard Nixon Inside White House Standing in Office By Flag, SIGNED By All 4 on Individual Cards Mounted Beneath Foto, Marvelous Historical Piece Signed In Bold Black Ink by President Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford, Richard Nixon on Individual Cards Bookseller: Bluff Park Rare Books (Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 1950.00 [Convert Currency] Shipping within U.S.A.: US$ 5.50 [Rates & Speeds] Book Description: Unbound. No Jacket. Unbound. No Jacket. Signed by Author. 12 X 18 inches Black Framed, Photograph of Presidents Has minor Fade at top probably exposure artificial Light causing Gold Features to Faces VG- , Signatures are all in FINE Condition NICE & BRIGHT & CLEAR, All SIGNATURES GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC. Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 4549 [Bookseller & Payment Information] [More Books from this Seller] 126. Ronald Reagan: An American Life (ISBN: 0671691988) Reagan, Ronald Bookseller: Timothy R. Hill, Bookseller (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.) Price: US$ 3000.00 [Convert Currency] Shipping within U.S.A.: US$ 3.50 [Rates & Speeds] Book Description: Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1990, 1990. FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING. SIGNED ON PRESIDENTIAL BOOKPLATE. Fine in Fine dust jacket with one tiny crinkle to the bottom of back cover. Original price tag from Reagan Library covers rear bar code. Bookseller Inventory # 88 [Bookseller & Payment Information] [More Books from this Seller] "Jon Meyers" wrote in message ... Allison Turner- wrote: bookstore stated: Willow Arune wrote... As an investment, even buying pristine second-hand copies at a 75%discount on new - provided you could find them - it's doubtful if they'd work out very profitable in the long run... Spoken like a true novice. I laughed all the way to the bank after I paid $79 apiece for a bunch of Easton Press editions signed by Mandela and Reagan and then sold them for thousands apiece. The Easton Press put my son through Harvard. Well, perhaps it was the signatures, rather than the books themselves. Exactly: Guaranteed specimens of the signatures of world leaders. I would guess that the Mandela is genuine & a particularly tough find, but the Reagan is probably an AutoPen sig. --Jon Meyers |
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"bookstore" wrote in message ... As an investment, even buying pristine second-hand copies at a 75%discount on new - provided you could find them - it's doubtful if they'd work out very profitable in the long run as many purchasers will have kept them in pristine condition themselves, wrongly believie them to be an "investment". Spoken like a true novice. .... Er no. Spoken by someone who's detailed knowledge of both Presses is based solely on the information on their websites - neither of which make any overt reference, on the front page at least, to signed editions. By World leaders or anyone else. The general point about the investment potential of manufactured collectibles is valid enough, I believe. These books aren't imported in large quantities to the UK in any case. Maybe because the UK is relatively snowed under with genuine old leather in various states of decrepitude already, with Victorian Leather Sets by the yard all destined to fall victim to rot red. While nobody wants to emulate successful Victorians any more in any case. Except Oil Sheiks in tweeds. Nowadays those seeking to impress are more likely to purchase ever-larger plasma TV screens. And anyway we had the Heron Library - a seemingly never ending succession of truly excerable sets, bound in richly "decorated" (sic) "Skivertex" (sic)- an imitation plastic leather. i.e not even genuine plastic leather. Series of these were sold off of garish full page ads in TV Listings magazines, supplements and the like. .... I laughed all the way to the bank after I paid $79 apiece for a bunch of Easton Press editions signed by Mandela and Reagan and then sold them for thousands apiece. .... You've just inadvertantly given ammunition to dictionary-man, who apparently believes, despite manifest evidence to the contrary - no rich secondhand booksellers etc - that booksellers are unethical individuals who grow rich by preying on the unsuspecting and the uninformed. .... The Easton Press put my son through Harvard. .... The fact that you may have been too poor a bookseller, to be able to afford to do so otherwise, is maybe too subtle a point to impress the likes of dictionary-man I'm afraid. Let's just hope that in originally selling those signed editions to you for $79, those poor saps weren't depriving themselves of an asset which in future they could have sold to finance their 3 year old grandchild's eye operation. Thus saving their grandchild from a lifetime of blindness and misery. Or something like that anyway. michael adams .... |
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michael adams wrote:
[snip] These books aren't imported in large quantities to the UK in any case. Maybe because the UK is relatively snowed under with genuine old leather in various states of decrepitude already, with Victorian Leather Sets by the yard all destined to fall victim to rot red. While nobody wants to emulate successful Victorians any more in any case. Except Oil Sheiks in tweeds. Nowadays those seeking to impress are more likely to purchase ever-larger plasma TV screens. And anyway we had the Heron Library - a seemingly never ending succession of truly excerable sets, bound in richly "decorated" (sic) "Skivertex" (sic)- an imitation plastic leather. i.e not even genuine plastic leather. Series of these were sold off of garish full page ads in TV Listings magazines, supplements and the like. Where does the Folio Society rank in your bestiary? |
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The Easton Hardy Boys books (leather bound in illustrated slipcovers)
issued in the late 80s now sell for 5 to 10 times the issue price and are hard to locate (some turn up on eBay with out the slipcover at lower prices). Not a bad investment! Easton is now releasing several volumes of the original Tom Swift books in leather bindings at about $50 each, in which I have so far resisted "investing". .................................................. .. Bob Finnan The Hardy Boys Unofficial Home Page http://hardyboys.bobfinnan.com New & Out Of Print Books, Tapes, DVD's, CD-ROMs and More For Sale http://hardyboys.bobfinnan.com/amazon.htm .................................................. .. |
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"John Machin" wrote in message ... michael adams wrote: [snip] These books aren't imported in large quantities to the UK in any case. Maybe because the UK is relatively snowed under with genuine old leather in various states of decrepitude already, with Victorian Leather Sets by the yard all destined to fall victim to rot red. While nobody wants to emulate successful Victorians any more in any case. Except Oil Sheiks in tweeds. Nowadays those seeking to impress are more likely to purchase ever-larger plasma TV screens. And anyway we had the Heron Library - a seemingly never ending succession of truly excerable sets, bound in richly "decorated" (sic) "Skivertex" (sic)- an imitation plastic leather. i.e not even genuine plastic leather. Series of these were sold off of garish full page ads in TV Listings magazines, supplements and the like. Where does the Folio Society rank in your bestiary? As I said in my original post in respect of Easton and Franklin, having classic texts in a "deluxe" format, can prove useful for people looking for an acceptable copy of a much-loved text where originals are out of the question. As I said there, my own objection to Easton and Franklin is mainly to do with the modern leather bindings = which are more like leather coverings as I understand it - complete with fake raised bands. As I doubt these are as robust as traditional leather. One big plus with Folio Society books is the slipcase - which is usually still present in second-hand offerings and can make a significant contribution to maintaining pristine condition in books bought to be re-read over ensuing decades. Also the fact that Folio Society books aren't setting out to consciously mimic any other format, other than 20th century, cloth bound Private Press books gives them more legitimacy IMO. There are differences of opinion regarding the illustrations - both in general, for particular illustrators, and for particular titles. Apparently the cognoscenti rate the earlier letterpress editions rather more highly than the subsequent offset productions. As I never follow the market I wouldn't know if this translates into prices. And when exactly the changeover happened - maybe in the 80's. There's probably no better way of obtaining a nicely produced edition of say Jane Austen, than in a second-hand Folio Edition set. Which are as possibly as authoritative as the Oxford Standard Authors edition, although I wouldn't swear to it. Complete with slipcases there's 100's of years of reading of nicely printed, snow white pages there. As to subscribing rather than buying second-hand, that's another matter. michael adams .... |
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