MartH Posted 25 June , 2014 Share Posted 25 June , 2014 Assuming you meant 'without', Martin, then I'd refer you to Turner Donovan Catalogue no.30 where there is a picture of said book sporting it's vanishingly rare jacket. No I saw it in Gieger's Bookstore, next to the Ben Hur 1860. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 25 June , 2014 Share Posted 25 June , 2014 No I saw it in Gieger's Bookstore, next to the Ben Hur 1860. You must mean the 3rd edition with the duplicated line on page 116. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 25 June , 2014 Share Posted 25 June , 2014 You must mean the 3rd edition with the duplicated line on page 116. That or grapefruits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 25 June , 2014 Share Posted 25 June , 2014 Spoil sport! I suspect it may be the method employed by one of the contributors to my website. He has a superb collection of all the books you've ever wanted mostly in near mint dustjackets. He won't admit to it, but I'm sure he uses a time machine!If it's the person I think it is I have only managed to outbid them once on e-bay, and that cost me an arm and a leg but on the other hand (no pun intended) I must have cost them a few bob because I'm usually the underbidder on quite a few of their purchases and without me they would have had many more bargains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 25 June , 2014 Share Posted 25 June , 2014 I suppose we've all cost each other a small fortune over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkalotloudly Posted 25 June , 2014 Share Posted 25 June , 2014 "trust in me" {he says in a snake like voice} send me all your wants and I will keep an eye out for them ..........as long as i already have them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 25 June , 2014 Share Posted 25 June , 2014 I suppose we've all cost each other a small fortune over the years.Very true I expect, and I suppose we need some competition, it would be a dull hobby if it were all pleasure and no pain (he says through gritted teeth) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 25 June , 2014 Share Posted 25 June , 2014 I suppose we've all cost each other a small fortune over the years. I have some duplicates if you get some of my wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 25 June , 2014 Share Posted 25 June , 2014 I have some duplicates if you get some of my wants. Martin, your wants are so rare none of us are ever likely to find them. You'll get a really good feeling from filling the gaps in others collections though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 25 June , 2014 Share Posted 25 June , 2014 Martin, your wants are so rare none of us are ever likely to find them. You'll get a really good feeling from filling the gaps in others collections though. Nonsense, I have a lovely Official History of Combined Operations (1954) waiting for a Casualty and Medical Statistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 25 June , 2014 Share Posted 25 June , 2014 Nonsense, I have a lovely Official History of Combined Operations (1954) waiting for a Casualty and Medical Statistics. I only have a single copy of Medical Stats & it's ex-library so you wouldn't have wanted it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Tulloch-Marshall Posted 25 June , 2014 Share Posted 25 June , 2014 The Sword of the North: Highland Memories of the Great War How much would that be worth now - with a non-original dj but in vgc. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 26 June , 2014 Share Posted 26 June , 2014 The Sword of the North: Highland Memories of the Great War How much would that be worth now - with a non-original dj but in vgc. Tom 3 copies on ABE from £380 to £850 although the later is inscribed to Lloyd George. It's clearly a scarce book but these prices probably mean they won't sell very quickly so will always be easily available. Another case of dealers taking books out of the reach of average collectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkalotloudly Posted 26 June , 2014 Share Posted 26 June , 2014 If I was a dealer and did not sell a book within a certain period of time say 3/4 months I would be asking myself was I pricing it right? and react accordingly I cannot understand why some of these books having been listed for 2/3 years have not been reduced? perhaps just sheer laziness but it is a business to the person concerned and it requires attention. On a slightly different note All these books we are collecting, what do we all intend to do with them when we shuffle off this mortal forum? in the approaching years {hopefully in the dim and distant future but you never know!} I for one do not wish for mine to end up being sold for a cut price {I can tell you a story about that!! } on my part I shall type out some notes to my daughter with some ideas for her and also write some idea of the value of the individual books faintly in the inside cover at least it will give her some idea of what to expect, only sensible I think with an investment of 30,000 plus? anybody else have a other ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 26 June , 2014 Share Posted 26 June , 2014 I can remember some dealers bring the same books month on month to book fairs. They want a so called "fair price", and refuse to go below that. The internet has changed some things not for the better, since as has been said before they see a price online and believe it to be correct, even though it is the asking price not the selling price. Also supposedly super rare books are not that rare if there are 5 copies for sale online. It's still an inefficient market. I only have a single copy of Medical Stats & it's ex-library so you wouldn't have wanted it anyway. I still can't get over a man who clearly loves dust jackets/wrappers will accept ex-library books . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 26 June , 2014 Share Posted 26 June , 2014 I still can't get over a man who clearly loves dust jackets/wrappers will accept ex-library books .In the case of rare books like the Medical Stats volume it's a case of taking what you can until something better comes along. For me ex-library is preferable to a gap. Anyway, Martin, you don't need me to be chasing the same books as you.Barkalot - as we don't have any offspring I've often wondered what to do with the books after the grim reaper has called. Unfortunately he often calls in the guise of Dr. Altzheimer by which time it's too late to make any plans. I'd thought of leaving them to a library but I know from experience they're quite likely to sell them off when they need some cash. Maybe I'll just leave them all to Tom Donovan. He supplied a lot of them in the first place & at least they'd end up with the right people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkalotloudly Posted 26 June , 2014 Share Posted 26 June , 2014 although there are cost involved perhaps an auction seems the best option? trouble is you don`t know which dealers will be left when we shuffle off as a great many of those on the "blue list" from the 1990`s have finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 26 June , 2014 Share Posted 26 June , 2014 although there are cost involved perhaps an auction seems the best option? trouble is you don`t know which dealers will be left when we shuffle off as a great many of those on the "blue list" from the 1990`s have finished I use to know some dealers who will take your collection as job lot. Back to rare books have we established Eastern Siberia published 1920 by HMSO as one of the rarest GW books, or are we saying it does not exist? Has anyone out there seen a copy? The two references in the world cat, is the document prepared for the peace conference by Protheroe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 26 June , 2014 Share Posted 26 June , 2014 Don't know about Eastern Siberia. From a Descartian point of view if nobody has seen it then it doesn't exist. Todays post bought a book that might compete with it for rarity - A brief history of the 54th Field Ambulance - about which I can find no information whatsoever or trace any copies in any library including the BM & IWM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 26 June , 2014 Share Posted 26 June , 2014 Don't know about Eastern Siberia. From a Descartian point of view if nobody has seen it then it doesn't exist. Todays post bought a book that might compete with it for rarity - A brief history of the 54th Field Ambulance - about which I can find no information whatsoever or trace any copies in any library including the BM & IWM. Except John Keegan mentions it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 26 June , 2014 Share Posted 26 June , 2014 I have listed all my older books in an exercise book with the price I paid and the amount I would expect them to be worth and have added notes as to rarity, signed, jacket and so. It will be for the people who inherit them to decide whether to flog them to a dealer at a knock down price or take a chance with e-bay or sell them on Amazon at a decent price (if they sell). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 26 June , 2014 Share Posted 26 June , 2014 Except John Keegan mentions it.Did Keegan actually see a copy? If so where was it, or more to the point where is it now?BM. If you or any of my fellow collectors would like to leave your books to me they would be gratefully received. I could promise them a loving home on the South Coast, glass fronted bookcases, no direct sunlight & regular dusting. Duplicates, of course, would be flogged off immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 26 June , 2014 Share Posted 26 June , 2014 BM. If you or any of my fellow collectors would like to leave your books to me they would be gratefully received. I could promise them a loving home on the South Coast, glass fronted bookcases, no direct sunlight & regular dusting. Duplicates, of course, would be flogged off immediately. I guess that would mean you would be flogging most of mine off immediately then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkalotloudly Posted 26 June , 2014 Share Posted 26 June , 2014 no leave them to me!! he`s got too many already!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Black Posted 27 June , 2014 Share Posted 27 June , 2014 Surely the IWM wouldn't sell off rare volumes left to them? I'd have thought they were the first and best location for great war donations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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