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Re: Sumner and Stillman Catalog

From: Brian Taves <btav~at~loc.gov>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:35:42 -0400 (EDT)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Considering that S&S have spent more than a decade in a concerted effort
to inflate the values of Verne books for their own sales, and that their
publications are for this goal, not scholarship of any kind, I for one
attach little lasting importance to this catalog--outside of some pretty
color pics.


Brian Taves
email: <btav~at~loc.gov>


Disclaimer--All opinions expressed are my own.


On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Mark Eckell wrote:

> Yes, it's a beautifully done catalogue. However, every volume listed is
> well beyond my capacity. I guess my collection is doomed to contain nothing
> but inferior copies. Who would have ever expected that the Evans editions
> could sell for so much.
>
> >From: "N Wolcott" <nwolcott~at~dsdial.net>
> >Reply-To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
> >To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>
> >Subject: Sumner and Stillman Catalog
> >Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:07:25 -0400
> >
> >A new S+S catalog of Jules Verne, Number 124 has just come out which in
> >addition to the listing and descriptions of hundreds of Verne books also
> >has a 24 page color insert with full color pictures of the covers of many
> >of the books described in the catalog. The descriptions also contain
> >interesting historical information on each book, much culled from the Jules
> >Verne Encyclopedia, and of course the prices indicate what a really good
> >edition might fetch. Although this information is on the internet, it is
> >nice to have it in hard copy to keep for later reference, as the books for
> >sale often disappear from the web as they are sold. Also now a number of
> >the Hetzel editions have been included.
> >
> >Norm Wolcott nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu
Received on Thu 27 Oct 2005 - 01:36:07 IST

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