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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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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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BH
30 Dec, 2017
2017-12-30 10:12:09 PM UTC
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Fairly awful copy for the money. It is like buyers do zero research...
31 Dec, 2017
2017-12-31 4:31:09 AM UTC
Yeah, that looks like a really poor copy. One of the reasons I have (personal) issues with the official "good" condition - many people don't realize that "good" is at best a middling grade for book condition...
31 Dec, 2017
2017-12-31 5:08:24 PM UTC
But as a functional book & slipcase it's not in any way a "really poor copy".

For a collector it's certainly not very good. But it is ceratinly "good"!

BH
31 Dec, 2017
2017-12-31 6:11:42 PM UTC
Agreed! It definitely fits the technical definition of a "good" copy. It also fits most descriptions of a "poor" copy (for example here's wikipedia's: "describes a book that has the complete text but is so damaged that it is only of interest to a buyer who seeks a reading copy").

I'm not faulting the seller here. I am scratching my head over the bids though.
31 Dec, 2017
2017-12-31 6:41:09 PM UTC
It doesn't really fit any description of "poor". The book is in no way falling apart. Maybe I didn't look properly, but other than the sun damage & the inscription (neither of which are of functional importance), what exactly is wrong with this copy?

Bidding is nuts, I accept that.

BH
31 Dec, 2017
2017-12-31 8:12:06 PM UTC

Khamûl wrote:
It doesn't really fit any description of "poor". The book is in no way falling apart. Maybe I didn't look properly, but other than the sun damage & the inscription (neither of which are of functional importance), what exactly is wrong with this copy?

Bidding is nuts, I accept that.

BH

More just bad value, I think (the wonder was in the final selling price for a mediocre-at-best copy). Sun damage, a bit grubby and a very tatty slipcase. Better copies have been selling for much less in recent times. With all the faults this copy has, and given it is not an uncommon title, the buyer could have done much better with a little patience.
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