I have old novels such as "the Scarlet Letter",published 1892,by Nathaniel Hawthorne.What is it's value?
2007-02-09 09:36:49 · 11 answers · asked by revvskip 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
they are worth whatever the buyer will pay
2007-02-09 09:39:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I sell books on-line and often have to price books according to condition and competing offers.
You might want to check a few sites to see if there are other copies of the book you have already listed. Try www.addall.com or www.fetchbooks.info. They provide info for a number of different bookstores. You can also check eBay and Amazon.com to see if there are any offered there.
The last site mentioned might be a good place - never used it myself. You may want to go with an antiques dealer or rare book dealer if possible. Halfprice books has some older books for sale, but if you want a good price, I'd try to sell them myself AFTER you find out the worth. Halfprice is not a dealer in rare books.
Just because a book is old doesn't mean it's worth big bucks. Depends on edition, condition, dust jacket (if there was one), marks on it, signature and/or inscriptions and whether or not there are many copies. I know I've been bummed on occasion when I go to list a book that I'm sure is worth some bucks only to find someone out there has it priced for less than $1.
Hopefully you'll be able to find a collector and/or find the info you need to price right so you don't lose out.
Think of it as a treasure hunt. Books are a lot of fun and you might just have the edition someone needs to complete their collection.
2007-02-09 11:24:28 · answer #2 · answered by Isthisnametaken2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-17 06:17:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a really cool company and some great people work there:
http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/
They should be able to help you both online and by phone working out the value of the books you have. I'm not sure the fee they charge if you're doing an entire collection though.
Keep us posted on what the value of that Hawthorne turns out to be! -- Andy
2007-02-09 10:27:23 · answer #4 · answered by Andy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should go to the book store like Half Price Book Store and they will by the books from you. I have done it before and it is really good.
2007-02-09 09:39:56 · answer #5 · answered by Brainiac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antique Roadshow.
2007-02-09 09:39:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Antique road show!!! Or you could find a curator of historical books.
2007-02-09 09:44:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
forget book or list, no one pays it...www.bookfinder.com THEN DEDUCT ABOUT TWO THIRDS AS THESE ARE OPTOMISTIC RETAILS..THAT WILL GIVE YOU A REALISTIC WHOLESALE VALUE...if you want to sell retail then deduct about half for true retail.
2007-02-09 09:41:38 · answer #8 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1892!!!!!!!!WOAH THATS OLD!
go to the librarry and they would buy it from u or give u a good estimation
2007-02-09 09:39:50 · answer #9 · answered by abs of steel 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
compare prices on abebooks.com
It's how many booksellers set their rates.
2007-02-09 09:40:50 · answer #10 · answered by SnowFlats 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋