Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) Newsgroups: net.books,net.sf-lovers Subject: Hardcover book value guide, SF especially Message-ID: <11442@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 17:26:24 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.11442 Posted: Tue Jul 9 17:26:24 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Jul-85 09:14:25 EDT Distribution: net Organization: USAMC ALMSA Lines: 26 Xref: watmath net.books:2030 net.sf-lovers:8643 A couple questions relating to the value (in terms of prices to collectors) of hardcover books: 1) I've seen paperback value guides, but about all I've ever seen covering hardbacks were reports of book auctions (stuff our local library's bibliography department had). Since I am particularily interested in the value of some SF hardbacks I have, and these cover everything since printing was invented and seem to neglect modern stuff, especially such looked-down-upon genres as SF, they aren't very useful. I believe some dealers publish catalogs, maybe in tabloid form (I have one old catalog in such a format), which might be useful as a price/value guide -- main problem is that they are not comprehensive -- just has what the dealer happens to have in stock at the moment. Would anyone recommend any particular dealers' catalogs for this purpose? So, can anyone recommend sources of values for SF hardbacks? 2) Are there any SF Book Club editions that are collectible/rare/etc. and therefore higher-valued than run-of-the-mill reading-copy prices? Or are any SFBC editions just worth a couple dollars or so? Thanks for any info! Regards, Will Martin USENET: seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or ARPA/MILNET: wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA