Darwin Origin of Species Third Edition Seventh Thousand ballpark value?

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haven't a clue about this stuff just found in cabinet...

Charkes Darwin On The Origin Of Species Third Edition (Seventh Thousand) from 1861

Imagine it's worth a few quid just want to know what to accept from a rare books guy if he makes an offer

Thanks in advance for any tips

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shot of cover

F1ngers

Sells for £3750 apparently.
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=5945488607&searchurl=tn%3Dthe+origin+of+species%26amp%3Bpics%3Don%26amp%3Bsortby%3D1

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Holy Crap : - )

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don't know anything about categorizing it's condition, thanks man cheers, the spine is almost fine a bit scuffed but hownever at least I know not to take a fiver right? :-)
thx mill

mikehn

F1ngers wrote: »

Sells for £3750 apparently.
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=5945488607&searchurl=tn%3Dthe+origin+of+species%26amp%3Bpics%3Don%26amp%3Bsortby%3D1

Thanks, you just got me a couple of hours peace and hopefully the attgic being tidied.
I showed this to my son and asked him if he remembered the book that he was so interested in a couple of years ago. It was Darwins journal (during the voyage of HMS BEAGLE round the world) I told him I would split the proceeds if he could locate it and he is now burrowing away in the attic. What he doesnt remember is that the wife has in in the bookcase in the sitting room. :D Its one way of getting him to do a bit of tidying up.
Unfortunatly its an edition published by the Minerva library of famous books dated 1889 so we wont be getting rich on it.
Nice one" Be like Nutella" and thanks "F1ngers".

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hahaha that's gas
I remember writing down an easy to understand version of natural selection on about 6 a4 pages for me da when I was about 14 just after it clicked with me how it worked so he could bring it on a business trip and I quesitoned him about it when he got back and was surprised he got it... I used Rabbits hearing as the trait. Still have it ha

Let's see how natural selection treats me in the underworld of rare book dealers that I plan on navigating on Monday... no doubt they'll chew me up like a schmuck lol (unless me da passed his 'wileyness' trait on to me....have me doubts:)

Judgement Day

Some of the UK dealers might be worth a shout but bear in mind that the prices shown on Abe are what the dealers would like and they may sit unsold for years.

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nice one

yeah prob gona take a hit in that I want to sell it pretty much straight away to the highest bid I get from a dealer here just want a ballpark fig in me head so you're right I gotta keep in mind they want to sell on and make a handy 20/30% or whatever it is, on what they give me, that's the game I suppose. Thing is the asking prices go from like 2000-12,500 depending on cond and I don't know how to rate it... I'd say in my technical opinion that it's 'ahem kinda alright to goodish'

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suppose I can learn about how to rate a condition of a book on the tinternet.... that and heart surgery

Judgement Day

Good luck anyway.

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(...walks out of shop holding a score with a confused face.... then jumps like cheerleader 'yaaay money for a pint!')

Diddley Squat

Is there a good chance that you have other books of value in the same collection.
I would imagine this was quite an expensive book in its day

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actually weird you ask I just noticed an awesome one today which I'm right now researching (saw it there before but didn't bother coz it's dickens) but have since seen it's quite rare actually
Charles Dickens
The Uncommercial Traveller
1861
I really think it's a first edition as it's Roman Numerals ' MDCCCLXI ' = 1861 which is year of first edition. I mean it looks exactly like first eds I've seen online in last hour, the purply cover and it's in good nick too, bar fading on the covers, I'll link pics here for a gander.