TREASURE ISLAND RARE FACSIMILE EDITION 1992

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TREASURE ISLAND RARE FACSIMILE EDITION 1992

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TREASURE ISLAND RARE FACSIMILE EDITION 1992

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Don't know how rare - good value this is? I haven't come across many.
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Published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1992. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.


Hmm. Hen's teeth are rare but I wouldn't pay £40 for a set. Mind you, if you like the look of the book....
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Moonraker wrote:Hen's teeth are rare but I wouldn't pay £40 for a set.
You might if you were a hen needing dentures. :mrgreen: (Seriously, I wouldn't pay that for a "rare facsimile" either.)
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£40 is far too much! I paid £7.50 for a mint copy in March 2015.
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And took Chick out for a night on the tiles with the change from a tenner, no doubt! :D
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Moonraker wrote:And took Chick out for a night on the tiles with the change from a tenner, no doubt! :D
It was two nights on the tiles, Nigel. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Yes - £40 for that is way too expensive in my view - although its a good way to get the original style wrapper, I guess - usually at a much cheaper price. I have a copy of this facsimile book in excellent condition for £4 in a charity shop about 10 years ago. The only thing I dislike about it is there's a barcode on the back...so not exactly a 'facsimile' then!! :roll:
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I don’t like the barcode either, Rob. :cry:
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You'd have thought, in facsimile editions, they would put the barcode on an easy to peel sticker, so it can be removed, as they do with the facsimile Rupert annuals.
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I agree totally!
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Many thanks for all for the info about the price. I had no idea if that was a bargain or not.

Has anyone ever seen an original 1942 edition priced more than this one??? Seems a bit steep?

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And then the shipping is £15 lol! :lol: :roll:

No - never seen a first edition that expensive...but then again I tend not to focus in on things if they are in four figures!
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Rob Houghton wrote:And then the shipping is £15 lol! :lol: :roll:
Mind you, that's shipping from Australia to the United Kingdom, since the seller is in New South Wales. If you want even bigger figures, AbeBooks' "convert currency" option tells us £7,397.94 in Australian dollars would be $13,038.34. :mrgreen:
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