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26 Sep, 2012
2012-9-26 1:58:41 PM UTC
Another over priced ex-Library copy

(Super Rare - The Old English Exodus by J.R.R. Tolkien-hardcover w/dust jacket $544.95)

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Seller: carpdiem
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Ended Oct 1, 2012
This item ended more than 90 days ago
6 Apr, 2016 (edited)
2016-4-6 11:20:12 PM UTC
These definitely seem to be getting cheaper, finally (although they might have a little way to come down still). I picked up a near-fine unread copy (only issue is that the "Exodus" lettering on the spine has faded from orange to yellow) for $118 on eBay. Quite possibly the only book I will buy this year, so I'm happy enough at the price paid.

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11 Apr, 2016
2016-4-11 1:27:37 AM UTC
Nice find Stu!
11 Apr, 2016
2016-4-11 6:44:14 AM UTC
Yeah. Was glad to find it. It seems like there should be plenty of them out there, really, even if half (at a guess) ended up in various libraries. I expect there will be plenty of them floating about with pages removed to disguise their library origins at some point.

I don't normally bid on auctions in the US or ones that use the Global Shipping Program, but I made an exception for this one, which was in Utah (and spent quite a bit of time making sure the seller packaged it properly in an appropriately sized flat rate box with internal padding, rather than a padded envelope). eBay still opened it, but at least they didn't repackage or do any damage. I figure if you overpack or under-pack, you are screwed when it comes to GSP auctions. That said, it arrived very quickly (less than a week).
11 Apr, 2016
2016-4-11 11:04:56 AM UTC
I bought a copy many years ago - so long that I can't even remember whether it was on eBay, Abebooks, or some other online portal - from someone who had only listed the title and the editor. I paid a good price (for me, not for him); he then took ages to send it to me, and I was worried that he had realised what he had, and sold it to someone else for a higher price. But it turned up in the end.

- wellinghall
3 Apr, 2019
2019-4-3 3:46:38 AM UTC
There's a copy of Old English Exodus on AbeBooks right now for $500 - more than I am willing to pay, but perhaps someone here really wants it.
3 Apr, 2019
2019-4-3 4:18:52 AM UTC

Urulókë wrote:
There's a copy of Old English Exodus on AbeBooks right now for $500 - more than I am willing to pay, but perhaps someone here really wants it.

Pretty steep pricing for one of these.
2 Nov, 2019 (edited)
2019-11-2 4:33:54 PM UTC
2 Nov, 2019
2019-11-2 6:43:06 PM UTC
Very expensive for an ex-library copy:/
2 Nov, 2019
2019-11-2 7:05:12 PM UTC
About norm isnt it ?
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