Hi, im after advice. I have a copy of The Hobbit 1961 13th impression which i want to sell. Does anyone know the value of it? It has no dust jacket, and the cover is a bit faded on the bind, but overall the conditions good and the pages are good with no marks. Iv looked at some copys to figure out the value, but i can only find copys with dust jackets. Im going to list it on ebay so i want to know what price to start it at too.
Thanks in advance

I think you can feel safe about having a very low start price for bidders. Pre-1970s (not to say pre-1980s!) copies of George Allen & Unwin The Hobbit hardbacks appear to be very much in demand right now, and your copy will likely reach a good selling price, even if it's missing the dustjacket.

I bought a similar copy of what you have, and payed around £20 GPB ca half a year ago (I really must start noting price/date of all my purchases, like the veterans around here!). I would suspect you could get a somewhat higher price right now.

Let us know if you put it on eBay, since it would be interesting to see the result!

Prices are starting to really climb on eBay & even jacketless copies are going for silly prices. Morgan is right: start it low (99p) & sit back & watch. You might get lucky. Don't worry too much about what it should be worth; make some cash on the back of these dreadful movies!

BH

My guess would be that if you started out bidding at 99 cents, it MIGHT sell for between $40-$100 dollars. I'm not sure that there are a ton of people seeking out that specific impression without a dust jacket.

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Searc ... 67&y=12&yrh=1961&yrl=1961

Do you think you could be any less specific?
(--that's a pretty broad range!)

BH