Where to find rare book prices? [merged]
02-10-02, 01:19 PM
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Rare/Old Books
Does anyone know anything about rare (or at least old) books? My mom gave me a bunch of old books and she said some of them were valuable, but I don't really know anything about old books - I've read most of them but in much newer editions. Or maybe if anyone knows a web site that could help, you could tell me.
Here's a list:
Volumes 3,4 and 5 of My Bookhouse first printing (1920+1921) by Olive Beaupre Miller
The Grapes of Wrath I think its the eighth printing - 1939
Hard Lines by Ogden Nash, first printing 1921
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, first printing 1965
There are also some really old paper backs, but none of them look like much.
Here's a list:
Volumes 3,4 and 5 of My Bookhouse first printing (1920+1921) by Olive Beaupre Miller
The Grapes of Wrath I think its the eighth printing - 1939
Hard Lines by Ogden Nash, first printing 1921
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, first printing 1965
There are also some really old paper backs, but none of them look like much.
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02-11-02, 08:03 AM
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I just checked my favorite online used book resource -- bibliofind -- and discovered that it has been assimilated by Amazon (surprise). When it was independent, it allowed you to search by condition and edition. Much of that functionality is now lacking, but it would probably still be a good starting point.
http://www.bibliofind.com
The first edition of In Cold Blood is probably pretty valuable, particularly if it's in good condition. It's also a hell of a good book.
http://www.bibliofind.com
The first edition of In Cold Blood is probably pretty valuable, particularly if it's in good condition. It's also a hell of a good book.
02-11-02, 01:59 PM
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First editions are the most desired collectable. Unless the book was/is something very special I'm not sure that anything after a first edition is that valuable?
Find a used bookstore in your sity and call them up.
Also, check this out: http://www.vintagelibrary.com/df.cfm?id=106
Find a used bookstore in your sity and call them up.
Also, check this out: http://www.vintagelibrary.com/df.cfm?id=106
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I checked ebay, just for an idea of valuableness, and was pretty disappointed - it looks like the new editions of these books cost more than the original ones are worth. Of course, that is just ebay. Depressing though - that original literature isn't more valuable.
02-11-02, 02:49 PM
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Well, if you really want to sell them for big bucks on Ebay, check the books again...you may find that they have been "signed by the author" (cough cough).
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Originally posted by ziggy
I checked ebay, just for an idea of valuableness, and was pretty disappointed - it looks like the new editions of these books cost more than the original ones are worth. Of course, that is just ebay. Depressing though - that original literature isn't more valuable.
I checked ebay, just for an idea of valuableness, and was pretty disappointed - it looks like the new editions of these books cost more than the original ones are worth. Of course, that is just ebay. Depressing though - that original literature isn't more valuable.
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I was once looking for a reading copy of certain Darwin book, and ended up buying a hundred year old copy for less than the price of a new one. (Of course, it wasn't a 1st edition of Origin, that'd set me back around $15,000).
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For a comparative pricing site -- ie. what other used booksellers are letting them go for, you can check out www.abebooks.com
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Originally posted by Darren Garrison
I was once looking for a reading copy of certain Darwin book, and ended up buying a hundred year old copy for less than the price of a new one. (Of course, it wasn't a 1st edition of Origin, that'd set me back around $15,000).
I was once looking for a reading copy of certain Darwin book, and ended up buying a hundred year old copy for less than the price of a new one. (Of course, it wasn't a 1st edition of Origin, that'd set me back around $15,000).
I'd hate to think what those were worth
(The items that got me were Mozart's Requiem and a 1939 Polish telephone book)
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Where to find rare book prices?
is there a site out there i can go to to find values for rare books? my grandmother has a ton of old, rare books that i would like to find the value of. thanks.
