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Official Price Guide to Books, 5th Edition
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List Price:
$18.00
Global Home Business Price: $25.00
Subject To Change Without Notice
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: House of Collectibles
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 002
EAN: 9780375720970
ISBN: 0375720979
Label: House of Collectibles
Manufacturer: House of Collectibles
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2005-03-08
Publisher: House of Collectibles
Release Date: 2005-03-08
Studio: House of Collectibles
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Editorial Reviews:
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Books are some of the oldest and most distinguished collectibles—the newly revised, fifth edition of The Official® Price Guide to Books reflects the current marketplace with new books and prices!
•This guide prices everything from rare signed first editions of The Wizard of Oz to today's Harry Potter blockbusters.
•Contains information on popular genres, care and repair, research resources, Internet sites, dealers, and auction houses.
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Summary: Official Price Guide to Books, 5th Edition (Official Price Guide to Books)
Comment: As a book collector I was disappointed with this book. The text was generally informative but I found the collectible book listing unreliable vis;
The author Patrick O'Brian was spelt O'Brien and his first book "Master and Commander" (the most valueable in the series) not even listed.Also a number of collectible authors of modern 1st's were not listed.
Little things like this jaundiced my view of the efficacy of the publication.
A much better book is "Guide to First Edition Prices 2008/9 R.B Russell.
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Summary: Pretty Good Guide - But needs more non-fiction titles
Comment: I sell used books on eBay and bought this to bring with me when I go to estate and garage sales. I tend to find and make more money with Non-fiction and this book is heavily weighted to fiction. But it's a pretty good resource none the less.
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Summary: Official Price Guide to Books, 5th Edition
Comment: The book is in excellent condition and I received it well packaged and quickly.
Customer Rating:
Summary: REVIEW OF OFFICIAL PRICE GUIDE TO GUIDE, 5TH EDITION
Comment: Honestly, I was a little disappointed with this book. I thought it would go more into depth about how to recognize an older valuable book. It was just a list of "valuable books, and what they sold for on the Internet."
I thought the book would explain how to recognize a valuable book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: If you're a book collector or bookseller, you need this book
Comment: This book's extensive guide to collectible book pricing is fascinating and valuable in itself, but what I enjoyed even more was the numerous interviews with longtime book dealers. These interviews, sprinkled throughout the book, provide a keen insight into today's out-of-print bookselling and collectibles market. Of course, the experts disagree on some points, but that is all part of the fun -- you get to decide what makes the best sense for you, and apply those ideas to your own book-hunting adventures.
This guide also thoroughly covers genre collecting, the care and repair of books, and includes a glossary and references to many additional sources of information.
So whether you're a book auctioneer, bookshop owner, an online dealer, or simply a lover of collectible fiction or nonfiction treasures, I'd recommend that you read this book from cover to cover and put it on your shelf for future reference. When I read this book a few months ago, I found myself underlining a few paragraphs on nearly every page. It will give you a finer appreciation of how the Internet has opened up a whole new world of possibilities for book collectors and dealers alike.
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