It is another Sunday and I want to give my readers something to think about…..this Sunday it is books.
My daughter has always said that I was a bookworm basically because I have over 500 books and none of them fiction.
I bring this up because you may have a book that could be worth a bunch of cash….
A room without books is like a body without a soul,” Cicero once said, though he might not have known that those books could one day be worth serious cash.
If you look around your house, whether you keep your books on shelves, in stacks or stowed away in the basement, you may find a robust section of literature. A collection compiled over the years or from used bookstores can surprise you with what it’s worth. If a book sounds like a classic and has words such as “first edition” printed inside, you could be holding a small treasure trove in your hands.
The Dairy of Anne Frank
Saila Marcos, a content marketer at Biblio — the largest independent book marketplace for used, rare and out-of-print books — notes that this book can reach prices in the several-thousand-dollar range with certain criteria attached. It must be the Dutch forest edition of Anne Frank’s diary; and it must be the original title: “The Annex: Diary Notes 14 June 1942 – 1 August 1944.”
Buyers will know it when they see it because this book includes “illustrations of the place where Anne’s family was hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands and examples of the handwriting of the author,” according to Marcos.
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone
“The first edition of ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ typically commands a sale price of up to $20,000, and in some cases, even more, contingent upon the copy’s uniqueness,” Marcos said. With each passing sequel that was published — followed by a franchise of major motion pictures, stage plays and theme parks — the original novel only shot up in value.
“This phenomenon elevates the work to the most expensive in the entire series and positions it as one of the costliest books available on the market,” Marcos added.
There is so much more….check them out….
Most of them are fiction so that pretty much leaves me out of a fabulous payday….but maybe you have something….check out your books you could be sitting on a fat check.
Have a great Sunday and as always….Be well and be safe….
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
I’m pretty sure I don’t have any valuable first editions of anything. I have books stacked in my office room, and in boxes in the garage and the loft. If I live long enough, some might be more valuable once I am dead. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
I have many first editions but they are not fiction and I doubt many would appreciate them…..besides me. chuq
By definition I am not. My grandfathet was. His library amazed me. So many books.
I’d rather have the book than the money. That’s just me, though.
I had the most fun working at a college bookstore, and later, a retail one.
At the retail one, we could borrow the hardcovers and take any magazines past the expire date. We had to rip off the magazine front cover. I treated the hardcovers like a newborn.
At the college, we were able to use the “used” books for free if we were in the class. When times were slow, I spent time reading or browsing subjects I would never take. Once, I was browsing a subject and a student thought that I was taking the class. He became angry because he had to pay $60 for that book.
Space is limited now, so I don’t have as many books, and I’m sure the ones I have won’t be making bank. That’s fine.
Thanks for the fun Sunday read.
I am old like your grandfather so I respect and cherish books….I have books everywhere….have a good Sunday chuq
I know that I got a shit load of cash from selling some of my old comic books so I know what you are talking about.
I never collected comic books….read a few but never considered they would be worth a collection….silly me chuq
I am only have electronic library in my phone with few books.
I have over 500 books plus my Kindle account….so I have books everywhere. chuq
You are book worm.
I do love to read….have a good day chuq
Books and reading books were something normal Only in contact with other children I noticed that having/reading books was something out of the ordinary.
The book Annex of Anne Frank, my eldest sister had a copy, ofcourse in Dutch. Reading the diary was special because it was. I knew how it ended but I was still hoping it would end differently.
https://www.cobaatje.nl/a-57885846/literatuur/het-achterhuis-anne-frank-1965/#description
These days books are not as popular as they once were….I still buy books and read all the time. Have a great Sunday chuq
Both my wife and I go through books like crazy. There is a running joke in the family that sooner rather than later every flat surface in the house will eventually end up with a stack of books sitting on it. Somewhere in the family archives there are photos of the dog with books stacked on him while he sits there looking entirely too happy. In the evening you’ll find my wife sitting in a recliner with the cat on her lap, using the cat as a book stand.
These days most of the books I read are on the Kindle because for a time books were threatening to take over large parts of the house. They seemed to multiply by themselves. There are a huge number of free books available for the Kindle if you bother to spend the time to go digging for them, stuff from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. Stuff that is absolutely fascinating (at least to me) but which seems to have been forgotten about except by a few scholars. I love reading about explorers from that era, especially the books and journals they wrote themselves.
As a junkie I look looking at the foundation of American, years 1750-1812…lots of really cool stuff happened in those years. chuq