While listing a signed Franklin Library Edition copy of Drury's Advise and Consent this morning I noticed that reading copies, mass market copies and nearly all editions of this 1959 political novel are fetching $20 and up. Expect copies in hardcover formats, early printings and quality condition to fetch closer to $50, especially when selling via multiple outlets or in an Ebay store with Make an Offer.
This is a book I have come across hundreds of times in the field, and is one that I passed up most of the time because it seemed too common to be worth bothering with. Perhaps I am mistaken, but I think that the current values may be being influenced by the fact that there does not appear to be an in print version in any format.
Check the search results string here: Allen Drury's Advise and Consent Search Results on Amazon
For those of you who may be wondering where on earth I have been, stay tuned, as I have several exciting posts that I will be publishing in the coming week...
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Thanks for the tip! I picked up a couple of copies (one hardback in a fair dust jacket, and one paperback) and put them up on Amazon. My only concern is there seem to be an awful lot of cheap reading copies for as low as 99 cents - granted no dust jacket, but wouldn't that lower the bar a bit?
Hey there Chrissy. I did not happen to notice the cheap reading copies when I did the preliminary search, although perhaps I missed them! Do you have a link for us?
Sure, Kristian:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0006AW052/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1299201670&sr=8-1&condition=used
This is for the hardcover BOMC edition.
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