All 3 volumes eventually sold in the $50-100 range. The Very Good copy sold most recently for $62.05 during a Free Shipping promotion. The picture below was taken before I purchased my most recent digital camera, and before I learned some invaluable new photographing skills from Craig at Boothink
His wonderful series on photographing books can be found here: http://www.bookthink.com/0028/28pho.htm
Also, please note the genealogical nature of this volume (Before Germanna) and the specificity of the subtitle (The Ancestry of the Blankenbaker, Fleshman and Slucter Families), both of which are major bookselling flashpoints.
Although these books measure only 45 pages in length and were purchased for one quarter apiece, they pack a nice punch for their slim size. Keep looking in the nooks and crannies.
2 comments:
I've had great success with books like this. I also feel the weight of the book, more often than not, a heavy book will also have a hefty price (it is the paper quality).
Thanks for your input bookfiend:) I agree with you that many heavy books are worth a second look (the O.E.D. and quality catalogue raisonnes for example), excluding of course the garden variety coffee table books and the remainder copies of the Greatest Impressionist Works of Art.
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