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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 265895, member: 1476"]IMO your volume has minimal/no value beyond decorative. Obscure author, later edition. (The book was first published in 1873.) The used book site abebooks.com has 167 hardcover copies listed for sale which is a good indication of lack of demand. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=hamerton+philip+gilbert&bi=h&sortby=17&tn=intellectual+life&cm_sp=pan-_-srp-_-hc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=hamerton+philip+gilbert&bi=h&sortby=17&tn=intellectual+life&cm_sp=pan-_-srp-_-hc" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=hamerton+philip+gilbert&bi=h&sortby=17&tn=intellectual+life&cm_sp=pan-_-srp-_-hc</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As a guideline, old doesn't correlate to valuable in book selling. And, for the future, abebooks.com has lots of helpful information for book sellers. Here, for instance, is their guide to book conditions. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/books/rarebooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/guide-book-conditions.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abebooks.com/books/rarebooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/guide-book-conditions.shtml" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.com/books/rarebooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/guide-book-conditions.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 265895, member: 1476"]IMO your volume has minimal/no value beyond decorative. Obscure author, later edition. (The book was first published in 1873.) The used book site abebooks.com has 167 hardcover copies listed for sale which is a good indication of lack of demand. [URL]https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=hamerton+philip+gilbert&bi=h&sortby=17&tn=intellectual+life&cm_sp=pan-_-srp-_-hc[/URL] As a guideline, old doesn't correlate to valuable in book selling. And, for the future, abebooks.com has lots of helpful information for book sellers. Here, for instance, is their guide to book conditions. [URL]https://www.abebooks.com/books/rarebooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/guide-book-conditions.shtml[/URL] Debora[/QUOTE]
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