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non collector. interesting book
Hi there I don't usualy frequent this newsgroup but I thought this
newsgroup could shed some light on some books I came across The books in question are special commemorative editions of a famous British author, there are fourteen titles in the collection of which only 500 copies were made, so that's 500 sets of 14 books. now the part where I need some assistance I have came across 4 books from the collection however these are printer's copies or pre-production samples and therefore the books are not numbered. A complete set of the books (14) is valued at £2,500 so my question is this, are the books I have worthless because they were never officially released ? |
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Not easy to say without the name of the author!
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"Dolph" wrote...
Not easy to say without the name of the author! I'm guessing Trollope. -- Jon Meyers (To reply, lose your way) |
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Dolph wrote:
Not easy to say without the name of the author! ASD I was trying to keep it as vague as possible but obviously that's not an option so ... Roald Dahl "limited commemorative edition, Jonathan Cape London 1991" (published on the seventy-fifth anniversary of his birth) special binding, gold leaf. they are supposed to be numbered from 1 to 500 these are NOT .. there are also no dust cover's. |
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Well the authors name was certainly critical. Actually you can probably
knock a =A3 1,000 of the price you quote for the original limited edition set. Im sure the books you have would be of interest to a Dahl collector but as to value well the only way you would determine that would be to put them on a well known auction site or contact a Dahl specialist dealer and see what they offer. I would have thought something in the region of =A3 50 each but that is merely a guesstimate.=20 ASD |
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Dolph wrote:
Well the authors name was certainly critical. Actually you can probably knock a � 1,000 of the price you quote for the original limited edition set. Im sure the books you have would be of interest to a Dahl collector but as to value well the only way you would determine that would be to put them on a well known auction site or contact a Dahl specialist dealer and see what they offer. I would have thought something in the region of � 50 each but that is merely a guesstimate. ASD Thanks for your reply and time as I've always said "something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it" even if they were worthless I would probably enjoy reading them again. |
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