Anyone know much about Books?

James_N · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:13

Hi

A friend of mine has got a book that she thinks might be worth something. The book is by PG Wodehouse and is called Something Fresh.

its a 5th edition reprint, printed in 1933 (think the 1st editions were printed in 1915 or something i think she said). Its in pretty good nick apart from a small stain on the front cover. Shes asked me if theres anyway i can find out online what its worth.

Google isnt being much help so I thought I'd ask here

Cheers

Sherbs · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:28

Ebay is a good idea, I found out ive got a full set of books over 100 in the set, worth £10-50 each.

Siliconslave · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:31

a friend used to sell first editions etc on the "market place" of a large online book shop (+ other stuff) not too sure if you can get pricing ideas from there, but it might be worth a look

Old Turkey · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:32

Have you tried abebooks? There maybe some copies listed there which would give you a guide price.

Bill101 · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:33

try putting the ISBN number into Google and see what happens, you should find a list of people selling that book which should give you some idea.Normally it's 1st editions that are worth money not the 5th in 15 years unless it's special in some way

Arcade Fire · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:34

Sequoia is the man you want to speak to.

stoofa · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:51

I'm not an expert or anything.
What is it that makes her think it might be worth something - sheer age?

It's just that unless the 5th Edition happened to have a run of say 100 because half the pages were mounted upside down or something similar then it just seems unlikely that a 5th edition would be worth anything major.

Borris · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:56

First editions seem to be going for £50 + (unblemished).

Your friend could probably get the cover price, if she's lucky.

[Edit]

Arcade Fire said:
Sequoia is the man you want to speak to.

I've come to the conclusion that Sequoia is actualy Hank Scorpio, president of the Globex corporation, and benign would-be world overlord.

But that's just me.

Overload · 3 Mar 2006 at 15:58

Done a search on Abebooks and one of the results were: "...1933. 251p blue cloth with black lettering to cover and spine, a little grubby but pages clean..." that was going for ~£8 inc £3p&p

James_N · 3 Mar 2006 at 18:19

seems its not worth much then.

Thanks for helping anyway guys