Die 10 teuersten Verkäufe über AbeBooks im Januar 2008

(Preise in US$ - ich habe die Artikelbeschreibungen nicht übersetzt.)

1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - $12,874
First edition copy signed by JK and dust wrapper panels signed by the cover artist Cliff Wright. The first issue has a misaligned text block 'burnt (drop) so much' p.7, which is corrected in the subsequent issues. The publisher says that the errors were spotted early during the print run and amended. The vast majority of the first edition are second issue.

2 Specimens of British minerals selected from the cabinet of Philip Rashleigh by Philip Rashleigh - $12,754
Cornish landowner Philip Rashleigh formed one of the most outstanding early collections of mineral specimens (housed in the Royal Cornwall Museum at Truro) This work describes his best specimens

3 Peter Beard - Collector's Edition by Peter Beard - $10,808
Published by Taschen in 2006 this is one of a limited number of collector’s copies signed by the renowned photographer.

4 Sexual Inversion by John Addington and Havelock Ellis Symonds - $7500
From 1897, the earliest full-length study of homosexuality and the lives of lesbian’s and gay men to be published in English or in an English-speaking country.  Way ahead of its time the book revealed that homosexuality was not a disease but a way of being.  This copy signed by Ellis on the title page

5 Memories on the Affairs of the Jesuits by C.P. Platel - $5698
Entirely reworked and much enlarged edition of the crushing attack on the Jesuits by Abbot CP Platel, pseudinym of Norbert Parisot, or Father Norbert (1697-1769). Published 1766, Signed by P. Yver, 5 volumes.

6 Letters from Mr. Charles Gottlieb of the Windisch by Karl Gottilieb Windisch - $5044
First French edition of the book "Briefe über den Schachspielen of Hrn. Von Kempelen" published in Basel in 1783, describing the famous chess playing automaton created in 1769 by the Hungarian engineer of Wolfgang Kempelen.   The automaton, nicknamed “Turk” for its Persian clothing was described as an artificially intelligent robot, however it was eventually proven to be hoax involving a man hidden in the suit.

7 Recueil général des anciennes lois françaises by Jourdan, Decrusy & Isambert - $4663.97
The general digest of the former French laws is a rare set of corpus of ancient Germanic and French laws in charge between 420 and 1789 compiled by Jourdan (1791-1826), Decrusy and François André Isambert (1792-1857). Published 1821-1833 in 29 volumes.

8 The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne - $3924
First Edition, First Impression of this 1928 children’s classics, in which Tigger makes his appearance and the game Poohsticks is invented.

9 Miroir de la Bonne de la Mort tire passion by David de la Vigne and Romeyn de Hooghe - $3699
French illustrated edition of "The Good way to Die". The impressive pictures of Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) show the sick and dying, the suffering of Jesus in mind, including one biblical quote, and a behavioral statement.

10 Hortus Kewensis: or a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew by William Aiton - $3602

Comments

[Kommentiert von: Redivivus]

Könnten Sie nicht eine solche Liste auch für den Deutschsprachigen Markt machen?

[Kommentiert von: Udo Göllmann]

Vielen Dank für Ihre Anregung und Ihr Interesse! Wir überlegen derzeit, in welcher Form und wie häufig wir vergleichbare Informationen zugeschnitten auf nationale Märkte veröffentlichen können und werden Sie hier auf dem Laufenden halten.