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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jon L, post: 4415873, member: 64167&quot;]Salesmen&#039;s copies are just that, copies that salesmen show.&nbsp; Typically used by door to door salesmen or those showing subscription books.&nbsp; They are incomplete by varying degrees.&nbsp; Some are as you describe, others may be slimmed down editions that have only some chapters, sometimes with blank pages in between.&nbsp; They usually contain some great photos/illustrations, maybe a map, and gaudy title pages.&nbsp; The salesman typically showed off the volume as a teaser &quot;You get the COMPLETE book if you buy now...&quot;.&nbsp; He could also lend it to a perspective customer to review as no one would realistically keep/steal a very incomplete copy.&nbsp; Yours was not a &#039;lender&#039; copy, the salesman would record his orders in the volume.&nbsp; These types of book are uncommon but not valuable.&nbsp; As I&#039;m a history buff, I want the real deal, not a salesman copy.&nbsp; If the volume was not listed as a salesman copy, you have an argument to return it.&nbsp; Or you could keep it as a curio.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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