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In August 2010, Stephen King dominated the Fiction Top 10 with an ARC of Night Shift coming in at #1. Another writer who placed more than once was Robert E.
Howard whose Arkham House science fiction publications The Rarest Solomon Kane Wandering Star and Skull Facecame in at #4 and #5.
Napoleon (Taschen) topped the non-fiction
list with both recent and titles over a century old filling in the rest. A 1878 Chess Strategy, by Sam Loyd, a pair of 1880s Alice in Wonderland
and an 1880s Dr. Thorne, by Trollope were among the older titles on the non-fiction list. If you are scratching you head at a Trollope novel listed as Books >
Nonfiction, you are not alone. In the Antiquarian and Collectible category, a 1655 Don Quijote de la Mancha lead the pack at $20,000, followed by a book of hours,
a 1475 Cicero title, a Vince Lombardi 1st edition, and a Shakespeare second folio of Romeo and Juliet.
eBay
Fiction Top 10
August 2010
| #1 |
$5,384.40 |
Stephen King - Rarest ARC / PROOF - NIGHT SHIFT - NEL |
| #2 |
$1,699.00 |
George Martin Collector's Edition Books (Reduce Price*) |
| #3 |
$1,500.00 |
The Secretary of Dreams by Stephen King LETTERED STATE |
| #4 |
$1,499.99 |
Robert E. Howard THE RAREST SOLOMON KANE WANDERING STAR |
| #5 |
$1,249.95 |
SKULL FACE ROBERT E HOWARD HANNES BOK ARKHAM 1ST HC DJ |
| #6 |
$1,000.00 |
THE STAND COMPLETE & UNCUT KING NEW SIGNED#823 LIMITED |
| #7 |
$899.98 |
Fante, John. Ask the Dust. Stackpole Sons, 1939 |
| #8 |
$850.00 |
Stephen King's Secretary of Dreams Matching Set ..#703 |
| #9 |
$789.99 |
The Convict by James Lee Burke (1985, Hardcover) |
| #10 |
$749.95 |
HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND HODGSON BOK ARKHAM 1ST HC DJ |
The UK seller sold "the rarest Stephen King ARC / Proof." After 4 bids, it sold for $5,384.40.
#2
A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin
250576956755
The 3 Collector's Edition books in the Song of Fire and Ice Series were opened only once. Signed and numbered, they sold as a BIN.
The the condition described as brand new, this 1st edition, signed copy is 1 of 52. It sold after a single bid for $1,500.00.
#4
The Savage Tale of Solomon Kane
Robert E. Howard
370423986225
Described as "1 OF ONLY 50! MOST LIMITED STATE! MINT!" the book sold for $1,499.99 after a single bid.
The Arkham House 1946 publication in very good condition is a 1st edition, part of the 1st printing of 3004 copies.
Sold at $1,000 after 1 bid. "the complete & uncut 1st limited expanded signed edition #823 out of 1200."
10 bids took the 1939 book to $899.98.
#8
Secretary of Dreams
vol. 1 and vol. 2
Stephen King
230513801174
The New Zealand seller listed the 2 volumes in brand new condition.
When asked why the listed called the book both "very good" and "like new," the seller replied, "I'm selling it for a family member he called it very goood. I think
it is in mint condition."
#10
House on the Borderland
William Hope Hodgson
140433363220
The 1946 Arkham House 1st edition was 1 of 3014. It sold as a BIN.
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Non-Fiction Top 10
June 2010
| #1 |
$2,250.00 |
Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon BOOK Taschen NEW Sealed OOP |
| #2 |
$1,325.00 |
Chess Strategy - Sam Loyd - 1878
|
| #3 |
$1,190.00 |
PETER LIK 25TH ANNIV. BOOK, BRAND NEW lEATHER BOUND |
| #4 |
$1,150.00 |
Henri Cartier Breeson The Decisive Moment 1952 |
| #5 tie |
$1,100.00 |
ALICE IN WONDERLAND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS 1883 1884 RARE |
| #5 tie |
$1,100.00 |
Handbook of Nitride Semiconductors and Devices by Hadis Morkoc (2008, Hardcover) |
| #7 |
$1,050.49 |
BRITISH GAME BIRDS AND WILDFOWL Morris, Beverley R |
| #8 |
$995.00/td>
| DOCTOR THORNE. A NOVEL [COMPLETE IN THREE VOLS.] |
| #9 |
$975.00 |
RARE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AUTOBIOGRAPHY - c.1943 - SIGNED) |
| #10 |
$950.00 |
CROSS & COCKADE JOURNAL VOL.1-5 w/Indexes & Vols 6-16 |
#1
Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon
The Greatest Movie Never Made
Stanley Kubrick
250659667464
The 2009 Taschen publication in brand new condition sold as a BIN.
#2
Chess Strategy
A Treatise Upon the Art of
Problem Composition
Samuel Loyd
330459402142
The seller described is as "rare original edition of Sam Loyd's famous work." The auction attracted 78 bids to close at $1,325.
The leather-bound volume is described as in "mint condition."
The 1952 Verve Editions publication is described as a 1st edition in "superb condition" in a good condition dust jacket. It sold as a Best Offer.
#5 tie
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
and
Through the Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll
270616272002
After 39 bids, the 2 1883 volumes in acceptable condition sold for $1,100.
#5 tie
Handbook of Nitride Semiconductors and Devices
Hadis Morkoc
9783527407972
Sold as a BIN, the 2008 hardcover tied for 5th place.
#7
British Game Birds and Waterfowl
Beverley R. Morris
360284096018
Another BIN purchase, the 3rd edition volume in very good condition was listed by a UK seller.
A surprise entry in the non-fiction category, the 1858 Trollope novel in 3 volumes sold for $995.
#9
Frank Lloyd Wright
An Autogiography
Frank Lloyd Wright
280539094603
The signed 1943 th printing sold for $975.
#10
Cross & Cockade Journal
Vols. 1-5 with indexes
Vols. 6-16
370337132174
The Society of World War I Aero Historians dating from the early 1960s sold for $950 as a BIN
eBay
Antiquarian & Collectible Top 5
August 2010
| #1 |
$20,000.00 |
1655 Original DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA QUIXOTE RARE |
| #2 |
$11,600.00 | 1507 BOOK OF HOURS PRINTED AND ILLUMINATED ON VELLUM
|
| #3 |
$8,990.00 |
1475 CICERO, Epistolae ad Familiares, INCUNABULA |
| #4 |
$8,500.00 |
Run to Daylight: signed by Vince Lombardi First Edition |
| #5 |
$7,700.00 |
Shakespeare SECOND FOLIO 1632 Romeo and Juliet 4 Plays |
#1
Don Quijote de la Mancha
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
290407604823
The Spanish seller listed this 1655 work with little description.
Described as an "extremely scarce post-incunabula edition of a wonderful Parisian Book of Hours," the auction attracted 34 bids and brought the Italian seller $11,600.
#3
Epistolae ad Familiares
Marcus Tullio Cicero
200502909108
Listed by a US seller, the book sold for $8,990 after 37 bids.
A signed 1st edition of Lombardi's 1963 book was listed in very good condition in a near fine dust jacket.
#5
[Four plays plus the preface from William Shakespeare's Second Folio]
William Shakespeare
360214598849
Listed by a US seller, the 1632 volume sold for $7,700.
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