posted on June 22, 2001 09:08:27 PM new
Hi Rob...Thanks for additional info...Yup, my book checks out on on points so I guess I've got the "real deal." Appreciate your comments/insight. And it's still Friday here! Cheers...
posted on June 22, 2001 10:25:42 PM new
Hello all,
I felt the need to post in this topic. I just read the entire thread and noticed that the issue of BCE imprints did not get addressed again as to the question of types. There seemed to be some question of whether or not a small dot is a BCE imprint. It is.
Case in point: I bought a copy of James A. Michener's Return to Paradise without a dustjacket. (Wanted the book) The dealer that I bought it from had it marked as a first edition and wanted $15 for it. This book was originally published by Random House. On the back of the board, there is a small dot about the size of a pencil point. What makes this noticable, is that it was stamped in green ink on a cream color board. You would not know the book is a BCE, unless you knew about the dot. Everything else is identical to the first. The book is from 1951. Very hard to find a true first of the book in fine condition with dustjacket.
So, yes there are bookclub editions out there with just a dot for a imprint. They may only be older as usually newer BCE's have a square or circle for an imprint.
I've been collecting for many years and still don't know everything that there is to know about every book and never will. It is too large for anyone person to know everything.
I've said it before on this board and I will say it again, know what you have before you try to sell it. Don't sell it if your not sure. The person that buys it may be very upset when they open the box and find a BCE instead of a true first.
posted on June 22, 2001 10:47:26 PM new
Also, I just started to place "links" to web pages of information on the books I sell. Seems to help out some as well.
Rick
In the begining, God created the heavens and the earth.
posted on June 23, 2001 12:22:52 AM new
Just a thought....
Booksellers need to be aware of the huge difference between a FIRST EDITION and a FIRST PRINTING. Best sellers can have numerous printings of a First Edition, and still technically be a First Edition. Check number lines where applicable and make sure it goes to at least 1.
For example I have a First Edition of Gone Witt The Wind. But its a sixth printing that is only worth about a tenth of the first.
