James Bond Casino Royale Paperback

James Bond Casino Royale, early edition.

Take a look. Good condition, selling cheap.

http://www.freewebs.com/xxstuff/jamesbond.html

Limited Edition???? Ha ha ha - total rubbish they were printed and
reprinted in millions.

Rare???? Ha ha ha dumpster fodder.

Spam............ Yes!

Advice: Never try and bull**** experts and believe me there are some on
this board. (me excluded)

"Football Fan" wrote in message
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James Bond Casino Royale, early edition.

Eh ?

quote

The book featured here is one of the early prints from 1964

/quote

From the long list on the back of the tite page -

16th printing 1964
17th printing 1964
18th printing 1964
19th printing 1964
20th printing 1964

and those are just the paperback printings.


Take a look. Good condition,

If that what you describe as "good condition" then I wouldn't want
to see the state of your living conditions at home.


selling cheap.

You've gone to a lot of trouble over something that's worth about
20p. I'd just stick to what you know, if I were you.


michael adams

"....playing high stake poker ...."

Poker????


B

Ha. Ok so it's not super duper rare. But surely it is still worth more
than 20p.... maybe
2pounds? 20 pounds?


michael adams wrote:
"Football Fan" wrote in message
ups.com...

James Bond Casino Royale, early edition.

Eh ?

quote

The book featured here is one of the early prints from 1964

/quote

From the long list on the back of the tite page -

16th printing 1964
17th printing 1964
18th printing 1964
19th printing 1964
20th printing 1964

and those are just the paperback printings.


Take a look. Good condition,

If that what you describe as "good condition" then I wouldn't want
to see the state of your living conditions at home.


selling cheap.

You've gone to a lot of trouble over something that's worth about
20p. I'd just stick to what you know, if I were you.


michael adams

Football Fan wrote:

Ha. Ok so it's not super duper rare. But surely it is still
worth more than 20p.... maybe 2pounds? 20 pounds?

Asking prices on ABE are from $1 to $20:

http://tinyurl.com/kuh66

The higher-priced copies are unlikely to sell. Your copy appears to be
in "very good" condition (in booksellers' terms, "good" = "not very
good", and "fine" = flawless; "very good" is somewhere in between). The
lowest asking price on ABE for a copy described as "very good" is $2. I
think most UK charity shops would probably price it at between 50p and a
quid.

BTW, rec.collecting.books is a forum for discussion of issues relating
to bookcollecting. Your second post is more on-topic, but "for sale"
notices generally don't promote much discussion and are considered "bad
form" in this newsgroup (http://www.massmedia.com/~mikeb/rcb/#2).

John
http://rarebooksinjapan.org

"Football Fan" wrote in message
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Ha. Ok so it's not super duper rare. But surely it is still worth more
than 20p.... maybe
2pounds? 20 pounds?


John has answered the value question for you.

Just to show I wasn't putting you away over the condition,
here's a copy nearer to good condition - except for the crease
on the top right and the slight wear at the top of the spine.
As you can see, none of the hinge down the spine is worn away,
as it is on yours, and the front corners remain sharp.

http://i10.tinypic.com/4g7wq4m.jpg

Oh and I payed 3/6 for that one, in 1964. To read.

The paper on most early Pan paperbacks is starting to turn
brown now. Occasionally it's possible to find the odd crisp
copy of an early Pan knocking around in charity shops where
the paper is still nearer white. That would be what a collector
would be looking for, when paying top dollar for a desirable
edition. Which this one sadly isn't.

I don't actually collect Pan myself only Penguins and Pelicans
but I can seldom resist books in exceptionally good conditions
going cheep, cheep, cheep.




michael adams