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Some publishers specifically published limited editions/collectors editions of certain titles. For example, Bukowski collectors editions can fetch $1000-4000, with an inset painting you might get almost $10,000 and those were published in the 70s and 80s. If you can find something like that the seller doesn't know is rare then you could make a killing. Signatures also add to value. Condition is also king. You can have a rare first edition but if its in ratty condition and missing its dustjacket (or with the owner's name written in it) then its worth virtually nothing.
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Demicol posted:I have a seemingly old copy of the Finnish author Aleksis Kivi's (Lived 1834-1872) "Seitsemän Veljestä" (Seven Brothers)("Widely regarded as the first significant novel written in Finnish and by a Finnish-speaking author. Indeed many regard it still today as the greatest Finnish novel ever written.") that I got from my grandpa's house after he died. It's in perfect condition but I can't find any information on what edition or when it was printed on it. If you put in the data and then do an image search you might find images identical to your copy with data attached. Usually the colophon (book printing data) is on the back of the title page or on the last page of the book. This isn't always the case for older books. Many older books have the date on the title page. Alternatively you could take it to rare-book dealer. I presume you live in Finland and could get to Helsinki without a great deal of trouble. It does sound like a specialist volume. It would be worth getting it valued, even if you don't want to sell it, as you might want to get it added to your house contents insurance.
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