mike devon

Cheers - can we not delete posts..?

Oh thank you sir.

Do you you think my prices are about right..?

Hello SM - not sure what you mean..? Two different copies.

Pence: Nice copy. Absolutely raw. No retouching or trimming etc at all. Small stain and damage where price sticker had been. Pics taken in very strong side light - this has made the creases on the back cover look much more exaggerated than they are. Would benefit from a clean and press but this is a really nice copy. Any serious interest I can do more pics but these show all the wear. £600 UK freepost. Cents: Nice copy with mild colour retouching on cover creases. All wear is shown in these pics.Creases are partial subscription fold + others. Retouching is pro so creases only properly show if book is held at an angle to direct light like a window etcNo trimming. Very slightly misaligned top right.I can take more pics if any serious interest.Overall a really nice looking book - when bagged looks extremely nice.I don't know if anyone would agree/disagree but I think for general appearance a similar raw one would probably be around £1000..?£575 - frree post in UK. PayPal "goods and services" Postage £10 UK - overseas please ask Returns - would prefer no returns as I am happy to do loads of pics + forensic descriptions including musty smell if any etc etc - I've got 12 years perfect scores on ebay that I can show

Nice copy with mild colour retouching on cover creases. All wear is shown in these pics. Creases are partial subscription fold + others. Retouching is pro so creases only properly show if book is held at an angle to direct light like a window etc No trimming. Very slightly misaligned top right. I can take more pics if any serious interest. Overall a really nice looking book - when bagged looks extremely nice. I don't know if anyone would agree/disagree but I think for general appearance a similar raw one would probably be around £1000..? £575 - frree post in UK.

I don't know if anyone else would agree but I think 50s punch a bit above their weight in value against condition due to it being such a lovely cover + extremely hard to get in decent nick. Probably averagely no more worn than any other book but every little fault shows upe esp colour beaks.

Interesting cheers again everyone. I bought this to sell and I hope to do quite well with it. I've seen a pence copy with more wear go for over £700 GBP. I'd love an 8.5 or 9 to keep but no chance of that they're thousands.

Cheers so far chaps. Yeah I think a clean and press would help visually but I'm very tempted to leave as is so its completely raw. I don't know if others would agree..? I don't know if a clean and press would up the grade much..?

Cheers - seems a bit low. A bit lower than average..?

Cheers. I thought 6. What do you think it is that others are marking it down on..? Or what are your reasons for giving it a 6..?

Its not the same book as a few days ago its a pence one - that other one was cents.

Yeah - 'feel' is definitely a thing.

Well it matters to me with this one as I'll be selling it and I don't want to whack either myself or the potential buyer.

Absolutely. I think though sometimes photos can reverse flatter..?

Cheers for the input. Interesting. After seeing it in the hand I'd put it a bit above average - also I may be a bit biased

The damage to the price isn't tears - its where the glue from the price label has affected the printing ink. I think the book had been sold second hand from a bookshop at some point over the decades

Cheers again. I had it a bit higher at a 6 or so. In the hand its got 'niceness' (?) that the photos can't quite pick up - thats bearing in mind the flaws.

Cheers. No colour touch here this is a different copy. No resto at all. What would your unrestored grade be..? (This is a pence copy whereas the other one was cents.)

Not qualified..? Tiny overall area of colour touch on colour breaks and its more or less invisible. I saw the book before and after and I was like 'wtf' The colour touch if all squished together would be maybe 5 square mm - something like that.

Slight stain/damage where price label was removed. Damage is old it didn't happen when the label was lifted. I think this was prob resold at a second hand bookshop and may have had a couple of labels on and off in the past. Great cover gloss. Very clean and quite good whiteness on pages. I'd presumed it was a cents copy but overall I'm really happy with it. The stain on the price looks worse on the pics.

Cheers yeah fair point. That said I got my ASM6 from here and its amazing. This 50 I think may have discoloured staples so humidity a definite possibility.

Cheers indeedy. Looking at sold prices I hope to make a bit on it once label removed and cleaned and pressed.

Cheers for opining

Can you remember if there was still a bit of shine to the cover..? I noticed it too late on to get a condition report. Afterwards they told me its G+ but that seems very low.