My inbox is on fire today. Here is another doozy, a perfect specimen of how the barrier-free selling of books online has become the number one threat to traditional sane bookselling practices.
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“Where the Wild Things Are- by
M. SENDAK -HC, 1963, 1rst edition, rare, urgent quick sale only $2700- listed at $10,000 and rising currently- major profit opp!
VERY RARE COPY OF 1963 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE BY MAURICE SENDAK. ONE OF THE MOST COLLECTIBLE AND ELUSIVE CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF ALL TIME,
IT WAS PUBLISHED IN NY BY HARPER AND ROW. THIS FIRST EDITION IS MISSING DUST JACKET, IS IN CLOTH BINDING WITH SOME DAMAGE TO CORNERS AND SMALL TEAR IN CLOTH ON EDGING (see photo).
THIS BOOK HAS ONE OWNER, ORIGINALLY PURCHASED BY MY PARENTS OFF THE SHELF, SOME PENCIL MARKINGS ON FRONT AND BACK COVER MADE BY YOURS TRULY AS A CHILD.
EXTERIOR IS IN FAIR TO GOOD CONDITION, INTERIOR PAGES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION (as it has traveled from family bookshelf’s through 4 generations.)
THIS BOOK IS LISTED ONLINE IN SIMILAR CONDITION TO MY COPY BY DEALERS FOR BETWEEN $8000-13000, and as of today is a limited item and is listed at ABEBOOKs.com at $16,000, which is a $3000 increase in value since I checked a week ago.
I need to sell this IMMEDIATELY, or eviction proceedings begin on Friday. Am a final year graduate student and newly divorced mother of three very active children.
ONLY SELLING DUE TO FINANCIAL HARDSHIP UPON HEARING THAT THE MOVIE, “WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE” IS SET TO COME OUT IN THEATRES ON OCTOBER 16, 2009 AND IS DIRECTED
BY SPIKE JONES AND PRODUCED BY TOM HANKS.”
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