Thursday, September 10, 2015

An Example of What Not To Buy

This seller on eBay [ http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-SUMMING-UP-BY-W-SOMERSET-MAUGHAM-FIRST-EDITION-1938-/251119251045?hash=item3a77dfae65 ] has 3 watchers fooled. This edition of "The Summing Up" is not a 1st edition, nor is it a 2nd printing. It is worth about $10-$15 maximum. I'll give this seller the benefit of the doubt and say that because he actually shows a photo of the copyright notice without the First Edition stated he doesn't know any better. But he's charging $350! The true 1st edition is the Heinemann 1st with a  rather plain, boring blue dust-jacket. I'll have a post about it sometime in the future.

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