First Edition Book Search - Guide to Pricing

I have added a quick search box on all of our author information pages - there is a link to each author we feature at the bottom of the http://www.modernfirsteditions.info/ home page.

Most people want to know what their books are worth, whether a book they have seen is good value and to get rough price estimates. The First Edition Book Search searches over 100 million books from over 13,500 book dealers and gives a great guide to what certain book dealers are asking.

On the same page there are also links to ebay.

Here are a couple of examples from the search - both from authors I have in my collection: Louis De Bernières and V S Naipaul. Unfortunately I do not have Captain Corelli's Mandolin but I do have Red Dog which I picked up for 50p ($0.95)

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Captain Corelli's Mandolin & Günter Weber's Confession (ISBN: 0436201585)
Bernières, Louis De
Bookseller: YGRbooks (Zürich, CH, Switzerland)
Price: £ 1772.55 US$ 3,280.98

Book Description: London, United Kingdom: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd and Tartarus Press, 1994, London, United Kingdom, 1994. Cloth. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Cloth. Signed by Author. First Editions, First Printings. Both volumes are as new. The Mandolin signed and dated ("1994") by the author on the title page. The Confession No. 61 of an edition of 100 copies, signed and numbered by the author and printed on Zerkall paper in 2001. The complete Corelli, and what a great book it is: simply wonderful! CHF 3'500. This item is part of our Catalogue 5: 100 Key Books, a copy of which you can order from us at YGRbooks. Signed by Author.

http://www.modernfirsteditions.info/louis%20de%20bernieres/

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Mr Stone and the Knights Companion Naipul, V. S.
Bookseller: modern-ISM (Playa Del Rey, CA, U.S.A.)
Price: £ 556.46 US$ 1000.00

Book Description: Macmillan, New York, 1964. Cloth. First U.S. Edition. 8vo. A clean, attractive, lightly used ex-library copy. I would rate the book Near Fine without the library markings (some fading to the pink dye on the top edges). The Fine DJ has no library markings, stickers or paste and was well-protected by a mylar cover. The $3.50 price is present at bottom of front flap. There is a small piece of tape placed inside at the spine crown for reinforcement but there are no wrinkles or tears. The only flaw to the DJ is some minor bleed through from the tape. Scarce in any condition. Naipul is a recent winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Bookseller Inventory # 003739


http://www.modernfirsteditions.info/v%20s%20naipaul/

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