Official Price Guide to Books, 5th Edition (Official Price Guide to Collecting Books) [Paperback]

Marie Tedford (Author), Pat Goudey (Author)

Book Description

Series: Official Price Guide to Collecting Books | Publication Date: March 8, 2005

Books are some of the oldest and most distinguished collectibles—the newly revised, fifth edition of The Official® Price Guide to Books reflects the current marketplace with new books and prices!

•This guide prices everything from rare signed first editions of The Wizard of Oz to today's Harry Potter blockbusters.

•Contains information on popular genres, care and repair, research resources, Internet sites, dealers, and auction houses.

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About the Author

Marie Tedford started out in the book business as a scout in Rochester, New York. She is a writer of nonfiction and has written children's books for an educational publisher. Marie is a general bookseller in Underhill Center, Vermont.

Pat Goudey, Marie's daughter, has worked as a newspaper reporter and has her own editorial service's company, the Editorial Resource Center, in Warren, Vermont.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: House of Collectibles; 5 edition (March 8, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375720979
• ISBN-13: 978-0375720970
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #987,030 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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42 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're a book collector or bookseller, you need this book, January 30, 2006

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Steve Weber "author of "BARCODE BOOTY: Ho... (Northern Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Official Price Guide to Books, 5th Edition (Official Price Guide to Collecting Books) (Paperback)

This book's extensive guide to collectible book pricing is fascinating and valuable in itself, but what I enjoyed even more was the numerous interviews with longtime book dealers. These interviews, sprinkled throughout the book, provide a keen insight into today's out-of-print bookselling and collectibles market. Of course, the experts disagree on some points, but that is all part of the fun -- you get to decide what makes the best sense for you, and apply those ideas to your own book-hunting adventures.

This guide also thoroughly covers genre collecting, the care and repair of books, and includes a glossary and references to many additional sources of information.

So whether you're a book auctioneer, bookshop owner, an online dealer, or simply a lover of collectible fiction or nonfiction treasures, I'd recommend that you read this book from cover to cover and put it on your shelf for future reference. When I read this book a few months ago, I found myself underlining a few paragraphs on nearly every page. It will give you a finer appreciation of how the Internet has opened up a whole new world of possibilities for book collectors and dealers alike.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Official Price Guide to Books, 5th Edition (Official Price Guide to Books), October 24, 2007

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Graham S. Bell "G.S.B" (Australia) - See all my reviews
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As a book collector I was disappointed with this book. The text was generally informative but I found the collectible book listing unreliable vis;
The author Patrick O'Brian was spelt O'Brien and his first book "Master and Commander" (the most valueable in the series) not even listed.Also a number of collectible authors of modern 1st's were not listed.

Little things like this jaundiced my view of the efficacy of the publication.

A much better book is "Guide to First Edition Prices 2008/9 R.B Russell.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Guide - But needs more non-fiction titles, May 12, 2007

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Skip McGrath (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

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I sell used books on eBay and bought this to bring with me when I go to estate and garage sales. I tend to find and make more money with Non-fiction and this book is heavily weighted to fiction. But it's a pretty good resource none the less.