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MaimedJester t1_iydlhrh wrote

Reply to comment by Parzzzzival in Found an old edition of ‘The Count Of Monte Cristo’ in a second hand book store. by Parzzzzival

Here's a fun adage for book keepers evaluation: if the author was dead by the time it was published the edition you have isn't worth much.

I stumbled upon a a copy of The Mint by T. E. Lawrence he signed as Shaw and I recognized the raitity of that at an estate sale and have no fucking idea how someone let that go through but I guess nobody freaking heard of Lawrence of Arabia's other novel and his preferred pen name post war.

But yeah Long story short if the author was dead by the time this edition was published it's not a collectors item..

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Parzzzzival OP t1_iydlsdx wrote

That’s a really good way to judge it, thank you :). And oh my, did you buy it?

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MaimedJester t1_iydnaee wrote

Yeah I had to buy a bunch of Robert Graves and Remarque first editions that were included with the set so I overpaid for them to get my hands on that particular copy. There's not even a bluebook value on a signed copy of the Mint because that's far into Lawrence's depression/mental illness days of his life before the motorcycle crash.

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