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<p>[QUOTE="2manycats, post: 1571938, member: 13761"]Why doubt the evidence of eBay, especially if you see several sold (or worse, unsold) examples? It's true, there are bargains to be found there - sometimes. But not every cheap book is a hidden gem.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two other places to look are Abebooks and Amazon - no sales rank on Amazon indicates EXCEEDINGLY low demand, especially when there are seven (some hidden) for sale there at reasonable prices, two offered by dealers I know to be sensible. Of the several listed on ABE, a few are unsigned, or their sellers can't be bothered to check, and all but one are moderately priced.</p><p><br /></p><p>The letter is mildly interesting, detailing as it does this unorthodox sales method. The publisher is obscure - not one I recognize, not even as a 'subsidy' publisher - that is, one where the author pays the publisher to print the book, not the other way around; meaning that no publisher thought the book had much of a market - if that was true then, it's likely true now.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the provenance, meaning the history of ownership provided by the old bill, apart from the assumption that Mr. Tittensor probably had a HELL of a hard time in grade school, it adds no value - he appears to have led a quiet life as coach and carmaker at Chrysler after his time at the Tool plant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manycats, post: 1571938, member: 13761"]Why doubt the evidence of eBay, especially if you see several sold (or worse, unsold) examples? It's true, there are bargains to be found there - sometimes. But not every cheap book is a hidden gem. Two other places to look are Abebooks and Amazon - no sales rank on Amazon indicates EXCEEDINGLY low demand, especially when there are seven (some hidden) for sale there at reasonable prices, two offered by dealers I know to be sensible. Of the several listed on ABE, a few are unsigned, or their sellers can't be bothered to check, and all but one are moderately priced. The letter is mildly interesting, detailing as it does this unorthodox sales method. The publisher is obscure - not one I recognize, not even as a 'subsidy' publisher - that is, one where the author pays the publisher to print the book, not the other way around; meaning that no publisher thought the book had much of a market - if that was true then, it's likely true now. As for the provenance, meaning the history of ownership provided by the old bill, apart from the assumption that Mr. Tittensor probably had a HELL of a hard time in grade school, it adds no value - he appears to have led a quiet life as coach and carmaker at Chrysler after his time at the Tool plant.[/QUOTE]
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