It came as a big surprise to me that the clothbound early reprints of the Reynal & Hitchcock edition of THE LITTLE PRINCE are worth real money, with or without their dustjackets. This, however does not include the tan cloth-patterned boards issue that was issued as the book club edition [and frequently mistaken for cloth].
A book that is the bible for Technical Analysis for Investors that is very hard to find is the First Edition 1948 of "Technical Analysis of Stock Trends" by Robert D. Edwards and John Magee. Chris
Please note that the "Illustrated Modern Library" format is a different series from the regular "Modern Library" format, which also had illustrations. Same publisher and all, just another marketing ploy.
Satnrose, thanks so much for starting this thread. Shortly after I read your tip on Tasha Tudor, I found this book and was very pleased with how well it did.
Hello all and a good day to you........
I really like this thread and keep coming back.....Thanks again Satnrose.........
I have been searching for info on many uncommon books and use many engines to locate info.......
Addall is good, but I must say that Bookfinders.com does have many titles that I can not find anywhere else.....
I thought I would mention this as this thread is in finding unusual books......
Have a great day......
Jedi
This thread is potentially worth thousands of dollars to each and every one of you. I suggest you get out a piece of paper and write down all of the titles/authors above and put it in your pocket and take it out and study it when you're sitting on the john. Or something.
You can thank me by clueing me in on sleepers I may not know of.
The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Horse and His Boy
The Magician's Nephew
The Last Battle
h-rose--I think it is relative. One might very well pass this book up at a yard sale for a dime or quarter or even fifty cents. But for 5 minutes of time listing, one could turn it around for $24.00. For me, that is a good return on my investment. It is a book that "looks like nothing."
I think what this thread proves is that most books published in the last hundred years look like nothing if you don't know what they are. The question is what does a book that looks like something look like? Other than leather bound books or limited signed books, everything looks like nothing. Hollowayd mentioned a Baum book, in another thread, published under one of his many psuedonyms. A great example of a book that looks like nothing is Sinclair Lewis's first book, Hike and the Aeroplane, published under the psuedonym Tom Graham. Most would pass up a jacketed copy at an FOL for $10.
