RWF wrote:
"oly" wrote in message
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There was a fellow who had scads of Hardy Boys (in tan-colored hard
covers) out at the flea market today. My guess is that they were
vintage 1946-1955. When I got around to reading the H.B. in the late
1960s, the covers were illustrated in color.

I've never followed these things. Is there any thing in that vintage
of H.B. that one should look for? The seller wanted $2.50 each,
probably could have bought the lot for less than that per copy.

Tan covered books without dust jackets are practically worthless.

As a bibliophile, I share the phobia about antiquarian books that lack dj.
But why is this? Numismatists have their cleaning issues, but why do book
collectors often pay more for a dj than for the book itself? There's gotta
be some deep, philosophical, psychological cause. 'Splain that one, if you
can.

James