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Valuation: "King Ottokar's Sceptre" English first edition

number1fan
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#1 · Posted: 18 May 2009 23:26

To anyone who buys first edition First edition in English in quite good nick Â£125 good price or far to much?

Harrock n roll
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#2 · Posted: 18 May 2009 23:53

I assume you're referring to the 1958 Methuen book, not the Eagle comics translation...

"Quite good nick" is a bit vague - I think I'd need to see it or have a fairly detailed list of its faults - but Â£125 sounds quite expensive.

I know this may not be a good indicator, but I bought a first edition of Ottokar for about Â£15 from ABE Books about 5 years ago. That was in good condition, no spine damage, fairly well read but not grubby, very minimal damage to the cover, just a bit scuffed at the edges and corners. OK, Â£15 was quite cheap and first editions have gone up in value a lot since, but I'd value my copy at Â£60-70 maximum today.

Maybe someone knows better than I, since I've not been following first editions on ebay for a while I'm not up on current market values.

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