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Young People's Library Format 3 (Series 202)
Some sellers just do not get it. This seller is one of them. They list Altemus books from time to time. Rarely are the descriptions accurate and the books are priced beyond "way too much".
Here is the description:
1898 GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES, RARE ALTEMUS FIRST EDITION
LARGER FORMAT, ALL 4 COLOR PLATES, NEAR MINT EXAMPLE!
US $147.50
The Images tell all.
1898 GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES, RARE ALTEMUS FIRST EDITION
Copyright on Title Page & Page Edges are tinged in green all around...First Issue Points. 5+" x 7-"
Reality testing. The one thing that this dealer has said correctly is " The images tell all".
This is what the images tell us. This is a third format Young People's Library book. This is determined easily by the spine. These books were published first in 1902. See: http://henryaltemus.com/series/series202F3.htm
The third format spine is shown below.
Altemus published this title first in 1898 in the Young People's Library in Format 1.
See: http://henryaltemus.com/series/series202F1.htm
That book is pictured below.
Between 1898 and 1902 this title was published in at least two different cover formats. They are shown below. The format 2 spine is seen below. Note these book covers are different from the seller's book cover.
So we can easily see that this title was published in several different formats prior to this seller's book. You wonder what "first edition points" this dealer is speaking about. Totally incomprehensible.
Now the bottom line: the price.
This seller's buy it now price is listed as $147.50.
Without a dust jacket this book is worth between $5-15. Quite a discrepancy.
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