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26 Oct, 2017
2017-10-26 4:33:55 AM UTC
"Rare White Spine"!

I guess one man's UV damaged trash is another man's collectable treasure
29 Oct, 2017 (edited)
2017-10-29 10:39:57 AM UTC
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Seller: coverarebooks
(3128)
Ended Jan 12, 2018
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O my
A first impression - despite emails to this seller he/she refuses to amend !
29 Oct, 2017 (edited)
2017-10-29 11:10:45 AM UTC
If someone buys this, then they will notice the photoshopping that has taken place on the impression page, when they get the real book, very dodgy indeed, from looking at when the book was lent out by the library (1959), then I think it is probably the 6th Impression.

Having spent a bit more time looking at it, I don't think it has been photoshopped but that the Impression page has been altered to make it look like a 1st Impression, you can tell it is not a real first impression by items that are not correct for the 1st Impression.
29 Oct, 2017
2017-10-29 7:12:53 PM UTC

Trotter wrote:
If someone buys this, then they will notice the photoshopping that has taken place on the impression page, when they get the real book, very dodgy indeed, from looking at when the book was lent out by the library (1959), then I think it is probably the 6th Impression.

Having spent a bit more time looking at it, I don't think it has been photoshopped but that the Impression page has been altered to make it look like a 1st Impression, you can tell it is not a real first impression by items that are not correct for the 1st Impression.


Almost certainly has just been modified by scraping away the paper fibers.
8 Nov, 2017 (edited)
2017-11-8 2:45:32 AM UTC
A "TRUE 2nd PRINTING"... true (mind you). The seller has thoughtfully included in the listing a picture of the copyright page showing a number line ending with '7'.

eBay item 282725395654

edit: Looks like the listing was updated; now it's a TRUE first edition, second printing.
8 Nov, 2017
2017-11-8 9:40:59 AM UTC
True reprints are really hard to come by...

BH
10 Nov, 2017
2017-11-10 6:50:27 AM UTC
Does this look like reprints swapped into one of the original outer slipcases? That's what it looks like to me.

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Seller: bananheltendk
(139)
Ended Nov 19, 2017
This item ended more than 90 days ago
21 Nov, 2017
2017-11-21 1:20:48 AM UTC
Someone with more money than sense (or shilling).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/bfl/viewbids/18 ... nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565
3 Dec, 2017 (edited)
2017-12-3 9:14:09 PM UTC
IT'S CHRISTMAS!!

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Seller: julianrobertsbooks
(1800)
Ended Dec 3, 2017
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BH
30 Dec, 2017
2017-12-30 10:12:09 PM UTC
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Ended Dec 30, 2017
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Fairly awful copy for the money. It is like buyers do zero research...
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