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Getting more $$ from your Book Sale OR Is this Old Book valuable? By Cecelia Lawrence March 11, 2015

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Getting more $$from your Book Sale

OR

Is this Old Book valuable?

By

Cecelia Lawrence

March 11, 2015

Evaluation Criteria

Scarcity

Importance

Author

Edition

Condition

Age

Aesthetics

Association

Edition

First Edition

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2

Edition

First edition

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

(Third printing)

Edition

75 76 77 78 79 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

Edition

Condition

ConditionAs New

Fine (F or FN)

Very Good (VG)

Good (G)

Fair

Poor

Binding Copy

Reading Copy

Bowed

Chipped

Dampstained

Darkening or Fading

Edgeworn

Ex-library

Foxed / Foxing

Loose

Made-up Copy

Moldy/Mildewy

Price Clipped

ConditionRe-backed

Re-cased

Re-jointed

Shaken

Shelf Wear

Sunned

Tight

Trimmed

Unopened

Working copy

Worming or Wormholes

Other Descriptors used in Conjunction with the Grading Scale

Age

Aesthetics

Association

AssociationEdition

Aesthetics

Age

Author

Importance

Scarcity

Condition

Association

Online

Resourceswww.abebooks.com

www.alibris.com

www.qbbooks.com

CONDITION: FAIR.

ISSUES: Bumped

corners, water damage to

spine, rubbing, no dust

jacket

ESTIMATED VALUE:

$8.00

ASKING PRICE AT

BOOK SALE $4.00

What do we

do if the

Book

doesn’t sell?

1.You can lower the asking price and

try to sell the item at your next sale.

2.Set up an Sellers account online

with Abe Books or Ebay and sell it

yourself.

3.Utilize a service like BetterWorld

Books

Betterworld

Books

www.betterworldbooks.com

Questions?

Getting more $$from your Book Sale

OR

Is this Old Book valuable?

By

Cecelia Lawrence

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING!