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<p>[QUOTE="toozie21, post: 425470, member: 9044"]All good points. I actually wasn't expecting to see it pay off my car loan, but that would have been nice <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />. I was 1) interested in a ballpark price, and 2) making sure that it wasn't some sort of rebound book issue (I figured unlikely, but I was having trouble ruling it out). Until today, the only thing that led me to believe that the book existed was that it was cited in one or two other books. Otherwise, I a was very confused.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not a book guy, but I was amazed by Ellis (and his many pen names) and his book catalog. Dude liked to do some typing!!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a pretty similar set to the ones we've been talking about: <a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=13146783497&searchurl=yrh%3D1910%26fe%3Don%26yrl%3D1890%26pt%3Dbook%26bi%3Dh%26ds%3D30%26bx%3Doff%26pics%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26kn%3D%2522history%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bunited%2Bstates%2522%26an%3Dellis%26recentlyadded%3Dall&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=13146783497&searchurl=yrh%3D1910%26fe%3Don%26yrl%3D1890%26pt%3Dbook%26bi%3Dh%26ds%3D30%26bx%3Doff%26pics%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26kn%3D%2522history%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bunited%2Bstates%2522%26an%3Dellis%26recentlyadded%3Dall&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image1" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=13146783497&searchurl=yrh=1910&fe=on&yrl=1890&pt=book&bi=h&ds=30&bx=off&pics=on&sortby=17&kn=%22history+of+the+united+states%22&an=ellis&recentlyadded=all&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, I know that just because someone //wants// a price, doesn't mean that it is //worth// that price. My set is 8 volumes, but in worse shape. Mine was limited to 500 copies, but if there is no major value in the author/book, I don't really think that that will play into things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="toozie21, post: 425470, member: 9044"]All good points. I actually wasn't expecting to see it pay off my car loan, but that would have been nice :). I was 1) interested in a ballpark price, and 2) making sure that it wasn't some sort of rebound book issue (I figured unlikely, but I was having trouble ruling it out). Until today, the only thing that led me to believe that the book existed was that it was cited in one or two other books. Otherwise, I a was very confused. I am not a book guy, but I was amazed by Ellis (and his many pen names) and his book catalog. Dude liked to do some typing!!!! This is a pretty similar set to the ones we've been talking about: [URL]https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=13146783497&searchurl=yrh%3D1910%26fe%3Don%26yrl%3D1890%26pt%3Dbook%26bi%3Dh%26ds%3D30%26bx%3Doff%26pics%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26kn%3D%2522history%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bunited%2Bstates%2522%26an%3Dellis%26recentlyadded%3Dall&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image1[/URL] Of course, I know that just because someone //wants// a price, doesn't mean that it is //worth// that price. My set is 8 volumes, but in worse shape. Mine was limited to 500 copies, but if there is no major value in the author/book, I don't really think that that will play into things.[/QUOTE]
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