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Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 24 Dec 2017, 11:40
by pete9012S
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The softback is so much cheaper sadly:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listi ... d&qid=&sr=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 24 Dec 2017, 12:21
by Rob Houghton
I'd happily sell my paperback version, like the one above, for £200, Rajah! :-D

Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 24 Dec 2017, 13:02
by Rajah
Sorry Rob.I already have the paperback.It's the 1947 Brockhampton Press hardback that I am seeking

Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 24 Dec 2017, 13:49
by Rob Houghton
I did think so, lol! :lol: I'm not sure that anyone on here, if they happened to have an original edition of At Seaside Cottage, would be willing to part with it! :wink: Its drastically overpriced, in my opinion, for such a very thin inconsequential book!!

Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 24 Dec 2017, 17:24
by IceMaiden
pete9012S wrote:Image

The softback is so much cheaper sadly:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listi ... d&qid=&sr=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Oh I don't know Pete:

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Book ... d%2Bblyton" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

:shock: :shock: :shock:

Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 24 Dec 2017, 18:14
by Rob Houghton
It always shocks me a bit that At Seaside Cottage is so expensive. I know it has relevance as being the first book about Janet and Peter, but there's no mystery to solve, and none of the other Secret Seven members, so one can only conclude that its been made much of by collectors, who must go around selling the book to other collectors, who then sell it to other collectors! The general public would surely not be aware of its supposed significance! I presume only one printing of it was ever done, which makes it fairly rare.

Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 24 Dec 2017, 21:19
by Rajah
I agree with what you say Rob that there is no logic for the inflated asking price for the hardback of At Seaside
Cottage.I think it is down to what I would call ''Collector Obsession'' a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder As
a collector I understand it.By the way was your offer of the paperback for 200GBP made ''tongue-in-cheek'' I have seen it offered on Amazon and other places for as little as 4-95.

Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 24 Dec 2017, 21:45
by Rob Houghton
Definitely tongue-in-cheek! I was just replying to what you said about paying 'top dollar' ;-)

Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 25 Dec 2017, 01:40
by Courtenay
Gosh, we've got that Green Knight paperback somewhere back at my parents' house... we could be sitting on a fortune here. :twisted: :wink:

Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 25 Dec 2017, 02:18
by Rob Houghton
Bet you'll be searching for it when you go back to visit! ;-)

Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 25 Dec 2017, 11:45
by Courtenay
Yep. :mrgreen: Well, for all I know, we might have got rid of that one at some stage, but I'll see if I can find it, just out of wanting to re-read it — I know there were plenty of stories in that one that I liked, apart from At Seaside Cottage itself (which I found tremendously exciting as a child, because there's a beach a few miles along the coast from us with caves in the cliffs and you really can get trapped there by the rising tide, just like in the story!). If you're just looking to read "the original" Peter and Janet story and aren't concerned about having the first edition and original illustrations, the later version is well worth having for that AND a really lovely selection of other short stories too. But perhaps not for some of those, er, more extravagant prices out there. :wink:

Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 06 Feb 2018, 00:53
by IceMaiden
I'm not sure if you're still looking for this book, but I found this on ebay:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2373275889" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 06 Feb 2018, 06:37
by Rajah
Many thanks for the ''heads-up'' I got it in time.Not the best copy ever
but they are as scarce as hen's teeth.

Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 06 Feb 2018, 12:08
by IceMaiden
I'm so glad you got it Rajah :D . That's the second one I've seen now at that price, seems to be the going rate! I don't think you'd get a pristine copy, of the ones I've seen they all look in the same state especially on the spine.

Re: At Seaside Cottage in hardback 1947

Posted: 06 Feb 2018, 15:12
by pete9012S
Rajah wrote:Many thanks for the ''heads-up'' I got it in time.
Great news Rajah! :D

What's the next book you would like to find?