Cameron,I'd be happy to take all the books you didn't want off your hands ;)
Chris
> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 10:27:00 +0800
> Subject: Re: [OT-ish] First Editions
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
>
> > Hi everyone,Sorry I haven't been as active as I was on this list, but I
> > just got back from a deployment and I've bought a house. One of the tasks
> > that I've started on this weekend was getting all mine and my gf's books
> > in one place and sorting them and building bookshelves etc. The question
> > I'm wanting to ask though, is the relative importance of First Editions in
> > formats other then the hard cover book. I have a number of paperbacks as
> > well that are first editions, and I'm wondering if they have any inherent
> > value on the secondary market like the first edition in hard back. And
> > just in case anyone is wondering, I have seven of REFs in First Edition
> > hard covers, two of which I have signed. I also have 11 of his paperback
> > signed, but none of them are first editions. I also happen to have a first
> > edition of The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien. Thanks Chris
>
> Due to the space restictions of a growing family, I have boxes of Ray's
> (and other authors) paperback books that I tried to offload to a few 2nd
> hand book store some time ago... They didn't want to know me and I
> couldn't even give the books to them! So now I'm left with three options
> - give them to a charity book store, thow them out, or gift them to a
> fellow collector.
> To answer your question then, I don't think the paperbacks are worth much.
> The value is probably going to be sentimental (to yourself) only.
> Hopefully the value of your hardbacks are better. Unfortunately I also
> ran into the same problem with my duplicate 1st editions - no 2nd hand
> book store would touch them either (at any price)...
>
> cheers,
> Cameron
> Brisbane Australia
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