Collected Books: The Guide to Identification and Values. Allen OSB Ahearn

in the book that it is one of 500 copies. If the entry states “One of 26 copies” it normally means 26 copies were lettered A to Z. If the entry includes a quantity in parentheses “(200 copies)” it means it is known that there were 200 copies printed, but there is no indication in the book itself of this fact.

      ESTIMATED VALUES

      Please check the date on the title page carefully. If the entry herein does not have the date in parentheses “( )”, which specifically indicates the date is not on the title page, the date should be on the title page. However, there are cases where we assumed from our sources that the date is on the title page but it isn’t. So be aware of that possibility. Compare your book’s condition to the conditions listed below.

      All prices in this volume are for books in following CONDITION:

      Books published before 1800: rebound in the 19^th century unless otherwise stated. Copies in original bindings (even extensively repaired) or contemporary bindings would have a higher value.

      Books published from 1800 to 1849: rebound at some early date after the date of publication unless otherwise stated. Binding is clean and intact. The original binding would greatly increase the value.

      Books published from 1850 to 1924: in original leather, cloth (cloth-covered boards), boards (paper-covered boards) or paperwraps unless otherwise stated. From 1850 to 1889, the book is good to very good condition with only minor edge wear or loss but still tight and clean. From 1890 to 1924, the book is clean and bright with no loss or tears on the edges. Fine to very fine copies or copies in dust jackets from this period would bring more.

      Books published from 1925 to 1949: must be very good to fine with only minimal (if any) soiling. In original dust jackets (unless in wraps or a limited edition in slipcase) that is clean with only minimal soiling or fading and only a few small chips and closed tears. If the dust jacket is missing the value is greatly reduced (75% or more on fiction and 20% or more on non-fiction).

      Books published after 1950: a book from 1950 to 1985 must be fine in original dust jacket that shows only very minor wear, fading or soiling and may or may not be price-clipped. From 1985 until the present, the book and dust jacket should look close to new and the dust jacket should not be price-clipped.

      The dollar values shown are our estimates of the retail value of the book as outlined above. The estimated values are believed to be accurate, plus or minus 20 percent. This may seem to be a very wide range, but it is not unusual to see the same book in different dealer catalogs or at auction with that wide a range (or even wider) within the same year. If you prefer, you can consider the range to represent the difference in condition between a very good copy and a fine copy of the individual book. It is also not unusual for an absolutely mint copy of a book to bring twice the price of a very good to fine copy. On the other hand, copies with even minor defects might sell for as little as 50 percent of the values shown, worn and chipped copies (books and/or dust jackets) might only be worth 25 to 30 percent of the values shown, and books without dust jackets (after 1924) would normally sell for 15 to 25 percent of the values shown.

      The value listed for any particular title should be considered only as a guide. In some cases the books are truly rare, and the fact that we have estimated a price based on a catalog or auction entry that may have been years old does not mean this price is accurate. As many dealers will tell you, when you have found a book on their shelves for $500, that is listed in our guide for $300, “Go buy it from them.”

      COLLECTED BOOKS AND THEIR VALUES

      ALL books listed herein are

      FIRST EDITIONS/FIRST PRINTINGS

      OF THE INDIVIDUAL TITLES

      unless otherwise noted

      A

      A. Strayed Reveller (The), and Other Poems. London, 1849. (By Matthew Arnold.) Author’s first book. Dark-green cloth. One of 500 copies, most withdrawn soon after publication. $750.

      A., T. B. The Bells: A Collection of Chimes. New York, 1855. (By Thomas Bailey Aldrich.) Author’s first book. $350.

      ABBE, George. Voices in the Square. New York, 1938. (Author’s first book, although he edited his brother’s work in 1936). $100.

      ABBEY, Edward. Abbey’s Road. New York (1979). States “First Edition.” $500.

      ABBEY, Edward. Appalachian Wilderness. New York, 1970. With photographs by Eliot Porter. $200.

      ABBEY, Edward. The Brave Cowboy. New York (1956). $7,500. London, 1957. $2,000. London: Western Book Club edition, 1957. $750. Santa Barbara/Salt Lake City, 1993. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Kirk Douglas. In dust jacket and slipcase. $750. One of 500 copies signed by Douglas. In dust jacket. $200. One of a small number of copies signed by Douglas and marked for presentation. In dust jacket. $300. Trade. $100.

      ABBEY, Edward. Desert Solitaire. New York (1968). $1,000. Salt Lake City, 1981. $125. Tucson, 1988. $100.

      ABBEY, Edward. Fire on the Mountain. New York, 1962. $2,000. London, 1963. $1,000.

      ABBEY, Edward. Jonathan Troy. New York (1954). Author’s first book. $3,500.

      ABBEY, Edward. The Monkey Wrench Gang. Philadelphia (1975). $750. Edinburgh (1978). $150. Salt Lake City, 1985. Tenth Anniversary Edition. One of 15 copies signed and lettered (“A” through “O”) copies designated “Publisher’s Presentation Copy,” with signed print by Robert Crumb laid in. In slipcase. $2,500. One of 250 signed copies with signed and numbered print by Crumb laid in. In slipcase. $1,500. [There was an earlier version of the limited edition that was destroyed with very few surviving copies. Bound in black cloth with a red buckram slipcase.] Salt Lake City, 1985. Trade edition with added chapter. $125. Salt Lake City, 1985 [actually 1989]. Adds five full-page Crumb drawings, and two photos of Abbey and Crumb. $75.

      ABBEY, J. R. Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770-1860. London, 1953. One of 400 copies. $850.

      ABBEY, J. R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770-1860... London, 1952. One of 500 copies. In dust jacket. $1,000.

      ABBEY, J. R. Travel in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770-1860. London, 1956. 2 vols. One of 400 copies. $1,000.

      ABBEY, James. California. A Trip Across the Plains in the Spring of 1850. New Albany, Ind., 1850. 64 pages, printed wraps. $7,500.

      ABBOTSFORD, and Newstead Abbey. London, 1835. By the Author of “The Sketch-Book” (Washington Irving.) $300. Philadelphia, 1835. With copyright notices on both pages (2) and (4). $200.

      ABBOTT, Anthony. (Charles Fulton Oursler). About the Murder of Geraldine Foster. New York (1930). Author’s first mystery. $1,250.

      ABBOTT, Berenice. Changing New York. New York, 1939. Author’s first book. $2,500.

      ABBOTT, Berenice. Greenwich Village, Today and Yesterday. New York (1949). $750.

      ABBOTT, Berenice. The World of Atget. New York, 1964. $300.

      ABBOTT, Charles D. Howard Pyle, A Chronicle. New York, 1925. $250.

      ABBOTT, E. C. (Teddy Blue), and SMITH, Helena Huntington. We Pointed Them North. New York (1939). $300.

      ABBOTT, Edwin See A Square.

      ABBOTT, John S(tevens) C(abot). The Mother at Home. Boston, 1833. Blue cloth spine, tan boards. $200.

      ABBOTT, Lee K. The Heart Never Fits . . . Cedar Fall, 1980. Author’s first book. $100. Wraps. $35.

      ABDULLAH, Achmed. The Red Stain. New York 1915. (By Alexander Romanoff). Author’s first book. $450.

      ABE, Kobo. The Woman In The Dunes. New York, 1964. Author’s first book. (First translation).