Only doing a separate blog post on this to illustrate a few points about bookselling and collecting.
Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code. Doubleday, 2003. First edition hardback (price of $24.95 on flap, “First Edition” and “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” numberline on copyright page), a near Fine copy with owner blindstamp on front free endpaper, in a Fine- dust jacket with a small crease to bottom corner of front flap.
The multi-million bestseller. At one point people were getting big bucks for first printings. This copy? I bought it for $2 from the “Nostalgia Bargain” section of a Half Price Books.
Sic transit gloria mundi…
Tags: Books, Dan Brown, First Edition
Let me get this straight. You PAID two dollars for this? They didn’t pay you the two dollars to take it?
Aw, everyone’s down on ol’ Dan but at least he’s well paid for the snobbish abuse. A competent but not great thriller writer, he is a good idea man and it you like his brand of pulp, he knows how to keep a story moving. This is a good read (certainly worth two dollars!) though not as good as his best, Angels & Demons.
I remember finding a 1st of The Bridges of Madison County near its peak popularity. Then it was going for about $400, I held onto it to long and ended up getting $100 for it (I paid $2). I see it these days for about $2.