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Valuation Required: "Black Island" (Spanish) with the interior pages upside-down

Henry
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#1 · Posted: 25 Jul 2012 20:46
I have recently acquired a 7th edition 1981 copy of the Spanish version of The Black Island.

The binding is upside down, thus that when the book is opened at the front, the back page appears, upside down. I was wondering if anybody has an approximate value for a book of this kind???

Thank you for your help.

Moderator Note: What you have may be a curiosity, but it is unlikely to be valuable in any real sense of the word; such errors do happen, but they tend to detract from, not add to, the worth of the item.

Had it been a rare edition in and of itself (for example, the 1952 English-language Casterman Unicorn or Rackham), it would have had some value, as a collector may never otherwise see that version, and a defective copy might be the only time they found it.

However, a mis-bound copy of those early books would attract a lesser, not a greater, price, as it would be thought of as defective.

If you were very lucky you *might* get the cover price, but it's unlikely. Just keep it, and look on it as a curiosity.

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