Is A Signed Book from The writer Or Inscriptions Of A former Owner of value?
The connection of a book with a former owner may contribute to its value, depending upon how well renowned the former owner is and how significant the book was in reference to this individual.
Discovering a twentieth-century book signed by the author is rather common. Authors habitually made promotional tours nationwide signing copies of their books, and their signatures solely don’t have much importance.
Autographed copies still carry more value for dealers than unsigned copies, however. While attempting to decide the value of an author’s autograph, remember that books are signed for various reasons. From degree of interest these are:
* books signed as part of a publicity event, (good)
* copies inscribed by request of the owner, (better)
* copies of a book inscribed and presented by the author. (best)
Initial Indications That A Book Represents Collectible And Perhaps Even Invaluable
Numerous publisher’s express a lot of information on the copyright page.
The copyright page will have information about when the book was published, who’s name the copyright is in and other details.
Sometimes the copyright page will have a statement that the book is a “First Edition”. But, even then you cannot be certain that it is a first edition! Sometimes it’s a second printing of a first edition (tricky, huh?) which in not a “true” first.
Some publisher’s use a “number line” to denote the edition of the book. The number line would look something like this if it was a second printing:
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Or like this if it was a ‘true’ first printing:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Or sometimes they arrange the number sequence between odd and even like this:
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
Or you might find a number line that includes the years the edition was published like this:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 85 84 83 82 81
In the above cases the “1″ being present on the number line would indicate that it is a first edition, usually.
Beware of the fact that some publishers will identify a “true” first edition with a “2″ starting on the number line and the statement “First Edition” taking the place of the “1″ on the number line.
Other publishers, such as Putnam & Grosset (Children’s) will use letters instead of numbers such as:
a b c d e f g h i j k
The “a” being present indicated the book is a first edition or a first printing.
You should also be aware that many books have been published by book clubs, and as such are not collectible. Book club editions are made of inferior materials and are usually lighter weight than books produced by the original publisher and lack a price on the dust jacket.
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