Monday, June 20, 2011

The Collectibility of Publisher Proofs


Salon takes a stroll down the (expensive) rows of uncorrected proofs.

From the introduction...

If you thought the hardcover edition of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" was expensive at $35, you may be in for quite a shock. Online bookselling service Abebooks recently scoured their partner stores' inventories for rare review copies of literary masterworks; here we've highlighted ten of the most interesting items they found, from vintage Potter to Michener's "Tales of the South Pacific." We've added salient details -- including, of course, price.

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