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questions about book value
I have a rather unusual book, a copy of Thomas Hardy's Return of the Native
signed by the author (not by the illustrator). I have tried to find a valuation for this book but have had no luck. The provenance is good, Hardy autographed it for my Aunt in England before WW II. The volume was published by an American pirate publisher (Collier) and is thus even more unusual. Any suggestions? Cj |
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In article , "Wire" wrote:
I have a rather unusual book, a copy of Thomas Hardy's Return of the Native signed by the author (not by the illustrator). I have tried to find a valuation for this book but have had no luck. The provenance is good, Hardy autographed it for my Aunt in England before WW II. The volume was published by an American pirate publisher (Collier) and is thus even more unusual. Any suggestions? Cj Provenance would have to be more specific. Was your aunt a Mormon missionary or Avon representative out knocking on doors in Dorset, or was the old gent being dollied about from bookstore to bookstore in Manchester? Did she bring the cheapest possible edition all the way from America with the explicit intent of insulting a geezer, or did they run into each other at random at a tiddlywinks tournament & it was the only edition she could lay hands on in a hurry? And most important of all, would "before WWII" be round about 1929 to 1938? -paghat the ratgirl -- "Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher. "Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature. -from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers" See the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com/ |
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I never thought of Collier as a pirate publisher. Reprint publisher,
yes, but pirate? By the way, Peter Fenelon Collier did do a reprint with no date. Guesses range from late 19th C to 1910. Copies of it unsigned by the author seem to have minimal value. Francis A. Miniter Wire wrote: I have a rather unusual book, a copy of Thomas Hardy's Return of the Native signed by the author (not by the illustrator). I have tried to find a valuation for this book but have had no luck. The provenance is good, Hardy autographed it for my Aunt in England before WW II. The volume was published by an American pirate publisher (Collier) and is thus even more unusual. Any suggestions? Cj |
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