I sent a message well explaining the issues as you already did and also letting the seller know that people are/will be reporting him/her if the listing isn't altered or taken down. Maybe that will shake something loose but I doubt it.

Edit: The seller just wrote back and said they will take the listing down and also that they were not too happy about the messages

Berelach wrote:
Edit: The seller just wrote back and said they will take the listing down and also that they were not too happy about the messages

So this is the description

An item that has been in the family for 4 generations.

They must be having new generations every 10 years for this to be true.

I am told it is a first edition book but the first page is missing. A collector would know what edition it is straight away.

As collectors, we did know which edition it was, and it is not a first edition.

The values for this book seem very varied so I would be open to discuss its potential value (so please send any offers across or questions for discussion)

They asked for advice on value, and they were told it is worth nothing.

It’s a phenomenal book and if it could be restored would probably be worth a substantial amount of money but as explained I am not a specialist in books. Thanks for looking.

It would still be worth zero if it is was restored.

People don't like getting caught out telling porkies. And the "An item that has been in the family for 4 generations." statement is demonstrably untrue (either a genuine mistake or a deliberate attempt to mislead). I know which I think it was...

This is why you should not use stock images

https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/9724 ... nt_CM%26cm_ite%3Dreadmore

Strange.

Seems to be a clone of "The Tolkien Bookshelf" books

https://affiliates.abebooks.com/c/9724 ... ited%2BNumbered%2BEdition

See other books from the seller. Same story.

dunedain Do you still have this copy for sale or did the Abebooks seller buy it from you?

A really interesting lot! (Exceptional price)

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Lotto di Libri J.R.R TOLKIEN, letteratura inglese RARI

192615681857

Seller: aste4566

(95)

Ended Aug 4, 2018

This item ended more than 90 days ago

Thanks for the heads up, I've been out of town for a couple of days, and didn't see the conversation. I just checked it out this morning and have contacted Abe and the ABAA, which I really doubt they belong to the ABAA. I'll update as I find anything out, but they appear to have hijacked my listings, all the way down to the items number. I didn't dig deep enough to see if they had anything other than mine, but will when I get a chance.

They do appear to be a member of ABAA, you can see them on the ABAA website, https://www.abaa.org/booksellers/details/hayden-fandetta-rare-books

Perhaps their account has been hijacked & trashed too?