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collectors or resellers, determining which ERB books are
truly a first edition is a challenge for a couple
reasons. Almost all ERB first editions from 1914 until
the 1930's lack any statement of "First Edition" as
such, listing the year of publication on the title page,
and, the copyright date on the back of the Title Page.
Books that bear the name "A.L. Burt" or "Grosset & Dunlap" on the spine of the book are NOT first editions, they are reprints. What is confusing is that these reprints use the same year of publication as the first edition, if shown, on the Title Page; they do not include the date of the reprint anywhere. Also, the copyright page will show the original publisher "A.C. McClurg" along with the original copyright date. In the 1930's Edgar Rice Burroughs started his own publishing company. Books published by his company will have "Burroughs" on the spine of the book. Almost all Burroughs published first edition books have the words "First Edition" on either the Title Page or Copyright Page. This purpose of this website is to
educate new collectors of Edgar Rice Burroughs First
Edition books by providing photo's, descriptions and
pricing information* of every book he wrote. Not only
is collecting Edgar Rice Burroughs first edition books
fun, they're also a good investment that through the
years have continued to increase in price. Many people e-mail who have reprint
edition Edgar Rice Burroughs book(s) wondering about
the value, but as I do not collect these I could not
say. I can say that these books are commonly sold on
ebay for $5 to $25 and some as high as $150 should a
nice dust jacket be included. Ebay has many ERB books
for auction at high prices but the asking price does
not represent the value of the book as few sell for
those prices. Check "Completed Listings" on ebay to
see what ERB books actually sell for. * ERBfirsts.com began a 3 year project on
Jan 01, 2002 which concluded on Dec. 31, 2005. Its
goal was to assign an order of rarity based on how
frequent each book sells at auction, and, to
include the approximate value for all the ERB
first edition books. Refer to the "F.E.A.S.T.
Reports" menu selection under the RESEARCH for the
results of this project. |
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