Do I have a 1st edition

SCOTT69SCOTT69 Posts: 1MI6 Agent
Hi, New to the forum and apologies if this is in the wrong place.

I have a hardback edition of 'Live and Let Die' which I believe might be a first edition. Quoting from inside cover " First published 1954. This edition first published by the Reprint Society Ltd by arrangement with Messrs Jonathon Cape Ltd 1956." The book is in good nick and still has its paper sleeve. Can anybody advise what it might be worth? Are there any specialists that deal in these?

Thanks

Scott

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  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,530MI6 Agent
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  • Mark HazardMark Hazard West Midlands, UKPosts: 495MI6 Agent
    I have one myself, it's just a book club variant. Probably worth (depending on how good nick it, and the dj, are in) between £3 and £10 (or less). Sorry, but it's not going to make a mint.
  • D_SomersetD_Somerset The Direct Orient-ExpressPosts: 20MI6 Agent
    I have one myself, it's just a book club variant. Probably worth (depending on how good nick it, and the dj, are in) between £3 and £10 (or less). Sorry, but it's not going to make a mint.

    Sorry, Mark, have to disagree with you on that one. Right now at alibris.com, there are 1st edition with dustjacket copies of LALD ranging anywhere from about £1500 up to over £18,000.-{
  • zencatzencat Studio City, CAPosts: 224MI6 Agent
    edited June 2008
    Yeah, it's a book club edition. "Reprint Society" is what tells you that.
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,630Chief of Staff
    D_Somerset wrote:
    I have one myself, it's just a book club variant. Probably worth (depending on how good nick it, and the dj, are in) between £3 and £10 (or less). Sorry, but it's not going to make a mint.

    Sorry, Mark, have to disagree with you on that one. Right now at alibris.com, there are 1st edition with dustjacket copies of LALD ranging anywhere from about £1500 up to over £18,000.-{

    I'm not sure if you mis-read the post from Mark Hazard or not....... it's not a true 1st Edition but a Book Club edition.

    Here's a few of these books from abebooks.co.uk - Live And Let Die

    Prices vary, as usual, and just because they ask for a certain price just be sure you really know how much it's worth before you buy it.
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  • D_SomersetD_Somerset The Direct Orient-ExpressPosts: 20MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles- yes, I did mis-read the original post, I missed the "Reprint Society" part. My apologies, Mr. Hazard...-{
  • MogsmumMogsmum Posts: 5MI6 Agent
    Sorry, but it's no first edition. As your dust jacket says, 'this edition first published by ...'. A true first edition is a first edition ever reprinted.

    As for value - it's always worth remembering that something is only ever worth what someone is prepared to pay for it.
  • Mark HazardMark Hazard West Midlands, UKPosts: 495MI6 Agent
    edited June 2008
    D_Somerset wrote:
    Sir Miles- yes, I did mis-read the original post, I missed the "Reprint Society" part. My apologies, Mr. Hazard...-{

    Accepted, no worries. {[]

    My copy has a receipt from World Books for 5/3 (that's 5 shillings and thrupence for those too young to remember) and 9d (ninepence) for despatch, 6/- (six shillings) in total (30p in todays money), to someone who lived/lives less than ten miles away from my present address. It cost me all of 70p.
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