"Ex-Lib"category : Are their differences?

I recently purchased a first edition of Bradbury's _The Martian Chronicles_.
It's an "ex-lib" copy, since the front free endpaper is stamped: "Editorial
library copy do not remove from office must be returned to library." But, since
it's a first edition, first binding state with vg dj, I was happy to buy it at
about 60% of what such a copy might have brought if it didn't have the stamp.

I'm wondering if collectors make distinctions between publisher or newspaper
"file" copies, which this copy may be, and regular library copies? The former
may have experienced less handling than the latter. My copy does not have any
checkout card pockets, and on the whole is in pretty good shape.

Thanks in advance for any feedback,
Mike

I would be interested to have a publisher's file copy of a title by an
author I collected. I would *not* be interested in an ex-library copy,
which is usually abused or defaced in several ways.

"MTSaler" wrote in message
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I recently purchased a first edition of Bradbury's _The Martian
Chronicles_.
It's an "ex-lib" copy, since the front free endpaper is stamped:
"Editorial
library copy do not remove from office must be returned to library." But,
since
it's a first edition, first binding state with vg dj, I was happy to buy
it at
about 60% of what such a copy might have brought if it didn't have the
stamp.

I'm wondering if collectors make distinctions between publisher or
newspaper
"file" copies, which this copy may be, and regular library copies? The
former
may have experienced less handling than the latter. My copy does not have
any
checkout card pockets, and on the whole is in pretty good shape.




In an old post, I made these points:

The relevant distinctions that I can find in the authorities and in my
experience are these:

(1) Circulating vs. noncirculating libraries/collections: the former less
desirable, the latter less objectionable.

(2) External vs. internal only library markings: ditto.

(3) Ex-library fiction vs. ex-library (scholarly) nonfiction: ditto.



William M. Klimon
http://www.catholicbookcollector.com

In article ,
(MTSaler) wrote:

I recently purchased a first edition of Bradbury's _The Martian Chronicles_.
It's an "ex-lib" copy, since the front free endpaper is stamped: "Editorial
library copy do not remove from office must be returned to library."
But, since
it's a first edition, first binding state with vg dj, I was happy to buy it at
about 60% of what such a copy might have brought if it didn't have the stamp.

I'm wondering if collectors make distinctions between publisher or newspaper
"file" copies, which this copy may be, and regular library copies? The former
may have experienced less handling than the latter. My copy does not have any
checkout card pockets, and on the whole is in pretty good shape.

Thanks in advance for any feedback,
Mike

Just an opinion here, but when I assess values, a publishers' file copy
has just enough cache that it would NOT detract from the value (at least,
not much if at all) as otherwise assessed by its condition, whereas even
the smallest lending library marking dashes a book's value.

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