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I just bought a book on eBay from a book dealer, monkfish2 - "The Curious
Mongoose" - of Cleveland, OH. Based on the number of books sold I assumed them to be a reputable book dealer. To make a long story short I bought a book purported to be a 1st edition in "excellant" condition. What I got was a book club edition (no MSRP on dust jacket, black instead of grey spine, & 20% thicker that it was supposed to be. In addition this book absolutely reeked of tobacco smoke. From now on I'll stick to specialist search engines to find the books I want. I use & recommend AddAll.com. -- Robert Harmon (remove Z from address to respond) Not meaning to sound sarcastic, but do you *really* expect that to apply to eBay listings? Bubba the seller has no idea what professional book dealers consider first editions. All he knows is that the book is a first edition "'cuz it sayz sew rit 'chere" and points at the copyright page . And shouldn't he? eBay has no information that I can find anywhere about when to apply the "special attributes" like first edition, and there sure as heck is no information on distinguishing different printings or editions. I'm just impressed that the listing included number line information... that's more information than many sellers bother with. Bill |
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