02-17-2021 10:05 AM
A couple of years ago the BSB collectively developed a list of the most valuable trade editions published since 1950.
Any significant changes or additions?
02-17-2021 11:46 AM - edited 02-17-2021 11:49 AM
Added Game of Thrones and inserted some price estimates.
Year | Title | Author | Low Range | High Range |
1972 | Watership Down | Adams, Richard | $ 1,500 | $ 4,500 |
1950 | I, Robot | Asimov, Isaac | $ 3,000 | $ 7,500 |
1951 | Foundation | Asimov, Isaac | $ 3,500 | $ 7,000 |
1962 | A Clockwork Orange | Burgess, Anthony | $ 6,000 | $ 12,500 |
1985 | The Convict | Burke, James Lee | $ 1,500 | $ 4,500 |
1985 | Ender's Game | Card, Orson Scott | $ 2,000 | $ 3,500 |
1969 | Very Hungry Caterpillar | Carle, Eric | $12,000 | $15,000 |
1961 | James And The Giant Peach | Dahl, Raold | $ 2,000 | $ 5,000 |
1964 | Charlie And The Chocolate Factory | Dahl, Raold | $ 3,500 | $ 8,500 |
1965 | The Three Stigmata Of Palmer Eldritch | Dick, Philip K. | $ 2,000 | $ 6,000 |
1968 | Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep | Dick, Philip K. | $ 4,300 | $ 8,500 |
1969 | Ubik | Dick, Philip K. | $ 1,500 | $ 4,000 |
1952 | Invisible Man | Ellison, Ralph | $ 3,500 | $ 6,000 |
1953 | Casino Royale | Fleming, Ian | ||
1954 | Live And Let Die | Fleming, Ian | ||
1955 | Moonraker | Fleming, Ian | ||
1956 | Diamonds Are Forever | Fleming, Ian | ||
1957 | From Russia With Love | Fleming, Ian | ||
1958 | Dr. No | Fleming, Ian | ||
1959 | Goldfinger | Fleming, Ian | ||
1961 | Thunderball | Fleming, Ian | ||
1962 | The Spy Who Loved Me | Fleming, Ian | ||
1963 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Fleming, Ian | ||
1964 | You Only Live Twice | Fleming, Ian | ||
1965 | Man With The Golden Gun | Fleming, Ian | ||
1963 | The Collector | Fowles, John | $ 6,000 | $ 12,000 |
1950 | If I Ran The Zoo | Geisel, Theodor | $ 3,000 | $ 5,000 |
1954 | Horton Hears A Who | Geisel, Theodor | $ 2,000 | $ 4,000 |
1957 | Cat In The Hat | Geisel, Theodor | $ 2,000 | $ 4,000 |
1960 | Green Eggs And Ham | Geisel, Theodor | $ 3,500 | $ 5,000 |
1956 | Howl And Other Poems | Ginsberg, Allen | $ 2,000 | $ 5,000 |
1954 | Lord Of The Flies | Golding, William | $ 6,000 | $ 9,000 |
1956 | Double Star | Heinlein, Robert | $ 3,000 | $ 6,000 |
1959 | Starship Troopers | Heinlein, Robert | $ 2,000 | $ 4,000 |
1961 | Stranger In A Strange Land | Heinlein, Robert | $ 3,000 | $ 6,000 |
1952 | Old Man And The Sea | Hemingway, Ernest | $ 3,000 | $ 6,000 |
1965 | Dune | Herbert, Frank | $ 4,000 | $ 6,000 |
1968 | Setting Free The Bears | Irving, John | $ 1,500 | $ 4,000 |
1959 | Haunting Of Hill House | Jackson, Shirley | $ 1,000 | $ 2,000 |
1962 | Cover Her Face | James, P.D. | $ 6,000 | |
1963 | A Mind To Murder | James, P.D. | $ 3,000 | |
1967 | Unnatural Causes | James, P.D. | $ 2,500 | $ 6,000 |
1955 | Harold And The Purple Crayon | Johnson, Crockett | $ 1,500 | $ 3,000 |
1962 | The Snowy Day | Keats, Jack Ezra | $ 3,000 | $ 5,000 |
1950 | The Town And The City | Kerouac, Jack | $ 3,000 | $ 10,000 |
1957 | On The Road | Kerouac, Jack | $ 5,000 | $ 10,000 |
1962 | One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest | Kesey, Ken | $ 4,000 | $ 10,000 |
1974 | Carrie | King, Stephen | $ 3,000 | $ 7,500 |
1962 | A Murder Of Quality | La Carre, John | $ 15,000 | $ 25,000 |
1961 | Call For The Dead | La Carre, John | $ 10,000 | $ 20,000 |
1963 | Spy Who Came In From The Cold | La Carre, John | $ 6,000 | $ 9,000 |
1960 | To Kill A Mockingbird | Lee, Harper | $ 25,000 | $ 50,000 |
1962 | Wrinkle In Time | L'Engle, Madeleine | $ 8,000 | $ 12,000 |
1961 | Phantom Tollbooth | Lester, Norman | $ 3,000 | $ 5,000 |
1950 | The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe | Lewis, C.S. | $ 6,000 | $ 10,000 |
1952 | The Natural | Malamud, Bernard | $ 1,500 | $ 5,000 |
1970 | 100 Years Of Solitude | Marquez, Gabriel Garcia | $ 6,000 | $ 8,000 |
1996 | Game Of Thrones | Martin, George RR | $ 1,500 | $ 3,000 |
1965 | Orchard Keeper | McCarthy, Cormac | $ 4,000 | $ 7,000 |
1970 | The Bluest Eye | Morrison, Toni | $ 2,500 | $ 5,000 |
1955 | Lolita (True 1st In 2 Vols) | Nabokov, Vladimir | $ 4,000 | $ 10,000 |
1952 | The Borrowers | Norton, Mary | $ 1,500 | $ 4,000 |
1971 | Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of Nimh | O'Brien, Robert | $ 2,000 | $ 4,000 |
1961 | The Moviegoer | Percy, Walker | $ 3,000 | $ 8,000 |
1963 | Bell Jar ('Lucas' Pseud.) | Plath, Sylvia | $ 8,000 | $ 12,500 |
1983 | Colour Of Magic | Pratchett, Terry | $ 2,000 | $ 4,000 |
1987 | Light Fantastic | Pratchett, Terry | $ 1,200 | $ 2,500 |
1995 | Northern Lights | Pullman, Philip | $ 1,500 | $ 3,000 |
1963 | V | Pynchon, Thomas | $ 1,500 | $ 4,000 |
1966 | Tragedy And Hope | Quigley, Carroll | $ 1,000 | $ 2,000 |
1957 | Atlas Shrugged | Rand, Ayn | $ 6,000 | $ 14,000 |
1959 | Goodbye, Columbus | Roth, Philip | $ 3,000 | $ 6,000 |
1997 | Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone | Rowling, J | $ 30,000 | $ 50,000 |
1998 | Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets | Rowling, J | $ 4,000 | $ 6,000 |
1951 | Catcher In The Rye | Salinger, J.D. | $ 8,000 | $ 12,000 |
1963 | Where The Wild Things Are | Sendak, Maurice | $ 8,000 | $ 12,000 |
1954 | Fellowship Of The Ring | Tolkien, J.R.R. | $ 15,000 | $ 20,000 |
1954 | The Two Towers | Tolkien, J.R.R. | $ 12,000 | $ 15,000 |
1955 | Return Of The King | Tolkien, J.R.R. | $ 8,000 | $ 12,000 |
1980 | Confederacy Of Dunces | Toole, John Kennedy | $ 3,000 | $ 6,000 |
1952 | Player Piano | Vonnegut, Kurt | $ 2,500 | $ 5,000 |
1961 | Sirens Of Titan | Vonnegut, Kurt | $ 1,500 | $ 3,000 |
1963 | Cat's Cradle | Vonnegut, Kurt | $ 1,500 | $ 3,000 |
1969 | Slaughterhouse Five | Vonnegut, Kurt | $ 2,000 | $ 4,000 |
1987 | Broom Of The System | Wallace, David Foster | $ 1,500 | $ 4,000 |
02-27-2021 08:23 AM
Love this helpful list ... thanks, Stan!
03-14-2021 03:23 PM - edited 03-14-2021 03:24 PM
@imagine.ink wrote:Love this helpful list ... thanks, Stan!
I just discovered a neat feature, where you can select a year from any of the past 565 Years of Printing History, and see the most valuable books published that year currently for sale on the internet.
For those so motivated, please step through the last 70 years and validate the accuracy of our list.