Please look at the list of books below. If interested in any of them, please email me first at MystAvalon@aol.com and let me know which book(s) so I can check the inventory to make sure we still have it for sale. Please put “collector books” in the subject line.
These are books from my own collection. Some are rare, hard to find, used, out of print, signed, etc.
No refunds, no personal checks. Cashier’s check or money order only.
Collectible Book List / Approx. Value
Hot Collectibles, such as:
1) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/ J. K. Rowling/ Mary Grandpre' / 1st edition, NY July 2000, SIGNED by author on front page, ISBN 0439139597, 10987654321 0/0 01 02 03 04, Printed in U.S.A. 56, no ads in rear, beautiful! Mint condition, $425.00
2) Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter / Galadriel Waters & Prof. Astre Mithrander / Limited edition, SIGNED by authors in glitter pen, UNCORRECTED PROOF #79, ISBN 0972393609. 1st edition, $159.00
3) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / J. K. Rowling / Mary Grandpre / 1st Printing, second state. 19.95 price, #37, Year 2 on spine. Error pg. 332. June 1999, 1st edition. $83.00
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Plus historical classics and other collectibles, such as:
11) The New England Tragedies / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow / 1868, Ticknor and Fields, Purple cloth boards, worn and faded in spots. Faded inscription inside, torn page in front. Binding still tight, pages strong. $142.00
12) Son of the Endless Night / John Farris / Previous owner stamp on several pages, book vg and dj slightly bumped., 1985, $33.00
13) Death Quest, #6 of Mission Earth Series / L. Ron Hubbard / No dj. Red spine, blue boards. Gold embossed signature on front. First printing. First edition. Like new. $56.00
14) A THIEF OF TIME / Tony Hillerman / Co. 1988, $45.00
15) The Wizard of Oz / L. Frank Baum and adapted by Deidre S. Laiken / $18.00
16) Four Plays: The New Poor, Scandal, The Silver Fox, the Mother Woman / Cosmo Hamilton / April 1924 / Good tight pages and binding. Some smudges and small stains. Name inscribed. Erasure. $77.00
17) Earth Is Room Enough / Isaac Asimov / 1957, $51.00
18) The Road To Gandolfo / Michael Shepherd (Robert Ludlum) / $78.00
19) The World's Progress as Wrought By Men and Women in Art, Literature, Edu., etc./ Under supervision of William C. King / 1896 / $62.00
20) Red Dragon/ Thomas Harris / $35.00
21)POLICE EVIDENCE LIBRARY (PART ONE) CASE INVESTIGATION / Consulting Editor: William W. Turner and the Editorial Staff of the Bancroft-Whitney Co. / $31.00
22) Parnassus On Wheels / Christopher Morley / 1917, 1925/ $37.00
23) Woman and the Priesthood / Rodney Turner / Signed by Author / $45.00
24) The Spy Who Came In From The Cold / John le Carre’ / 1963 / $43.00
25) New Peerless Webster Home Office & School Dictionary / Edited by Joseph Devlin, M.A. / Leather/ 1932 / $55.00
26) The Nostradamus Traitor / John Gardner / $24.00
27) The House of Tavelinck / Jo van Ammers-Kuller / Translation by A. v. A. vanDuym and Edmond Gilligand. Decorations by Allan McNab. Stamps, markings. $29.00
28) The Crucible of War, Western desert 1941 / Barrie Pitt / 1989 1st edition, ISBN 1557782326. Slight bumping to dj. / $117.00
29) The Juror / George Dawes Green / $40.00
30) Court of Foxes / Christianna Brand / $14.00
31) India: The Inside Story / Frank C. Chookolingo / No dj. Signed, "EVA AND FRANK CHOOKOLINGO." Previous owner name inside. Erasure. $51.00
32) The Double Jinx Mystery (Nancy Drew #50) / $6.50
33) The Invisible Intruder (Nancy Drew #46) $6.50
34) The Body / Richard Ben Sapir / 1983 / Name inside front page, erasure marks. Dj bumped, chipped. Price tag remnants. $69.00
35) The Solace of Open Spaces / Gretel Ehrlich / SIGNED by Author. Slight wear, creasing, wear. / 1986 / $105.00
36) Double-Wolf / Brian Castro / Name inside, slight foxing , erasure inside front cover. / $41.00
37) The Glass Menagerie / Tenessee Williams, paperback / $10.00
38) Physical Anthropology 7th Edition / Philip L. Stein & Bruce M. Rowe / $51.00
39) Hop On Pop / Dr. Seuss / $14.00
40) Dumbo, the Flying Elephant / Disney / $18.00
41) Dumbo The Flying Elephant / Disney / $21.00
42) Donald Duck and The One Bear / Disney / $14.00
43) Bambi Gets Lost / 1941 / $20.00
44) PATH OF FIRE AND LIGHT (ADVANCED PRACTICES OF YOGA) / Swami Rama / $21.00
45) INITIATION BY THE NILE (TEACHINGS GIVEN IN THE GREAT TEMPLE OF ATLANTIS) / Mona Rolfe / $24.00
46) The First Eagle / Tony Hillerman / $16.00
47) BEST-KNOWN AND BEST-LOVED TALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD A CHILD'S BOOK OF STORIES - $15.00
48) Victim of the Aurora / Thomas Keneally / $51.00
49) The Outer Mongolian / David R. Slavitt / $36.00
50) Precalculus: Functions and Graphs, A Graphing Approach / Larson Hostetler Edwards/ $29.00
51) Dr. Falke of Harley Street / Sidney Fairway / 1933 / $32.00
52) The Celestine Prophecy / James Redfield / $68.00
53) The Queen of the Damned / Anne Rice / $22.00
54) Portrait in Brownstone / Louis Auchincloss / $29.00
55) Of Mice and Men / John Steinbeck / 1937 / VG "Loosely," p9, corrected version. No dj / Covici Friede / Tan/oatmeal colored boards. Book stamp inside back cover, erasure. Tear to back cover inside. Slight foxing. / $350.00
56) Strong for Potatoes / Cynthia Thayer / Dj bumped, chipped at top of spine slightly. SIGNED by author. / $37.00
57) Jurassic Park / Michael Crichton/ Like New / Second printing before publication. Looks new, unread. $29.00
58) Inside Outside / Herman Wouk / Ex. Library, usual stamps, discard. Erasure inside front cover. $31.00
59) The Voyage Out / Virginia Woolf / $9.00
60) The Shivering Sands / Victoria Holt / Erasures and writing in ink inside front cover. Otherwise book looks great. No dj. / $21.00
61) THE SILVER FLUTE / Lida Larrimore / $11.00
62) Penguins Have Square Eyes / Patrick Trese / 1st Ed / 1962/ $19.99
63) Penguins Have Square Eyes / Patrick Trese/ 1st Ed / 1962 / Presentation copy to Hugh Downs, inscribed and signed by author. Smudging on plastic cover. $265.00
64) The Vision / Dean R. Koontz / Like new / $37.00
65) MCGUFFEY'S NEW FIFTH ECLECTIC READER / $15.00
66) In High Places / Arthur Hailey / $11.00
67) The Rainmaker / John Grisham / $19.00
68) The Funhouse / Dean Koontz / $23.00
69) Debt of Honor / Tom Clancy / $11.00
70) White Fang / Jack London / 1933 / $18.00
71) THREE CAME HOME / Agnes Newton Keith / 1947 / $19.00
72) The Dead Zone / Stephen King / Co. 1979 / Book like new with slight smudges to cover and small dent on spine. Dj bumped and worn. . $110.00
73) Of Mice And Men / John Steinbeck / 1938 / Soiled boards, cracked spine. Erasure, name plate. $29.00
74) Forth Into Light / Gordon Merrick / $19.00
75) Perfect Freedom / Gordon Merrick / $19.00
76) One For The Gods / Gordon Merrick / $19.00
77) In The Twinkling Of An Eye / Sydney Watson / Co. 1918 / No dj. Covers and spine bumped, rubbed. Erasure. Inscription inside front cover. Foxing. / $21.00
78) The Spy Who Came In From The Cold / John le Carre’ / Co. 1963 / Pink stain on edge, small address label inside front cover, erasure. / $42.00
79) The Secret of the Old Clock, Nancy Drew Mystery Stories / $6.50
80) The Bungalow Mystery, Nancy Drew Mystery Stories / $7.00
81) The California Raisins, Raisin' The Roof / $5.50
82) The Gumby Book of Numbers / $9.50
83) The Gumby Book of Colors / $6.50
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