Advice on selling old books

pennyshahin_2

Hi , I've got a coupl of old books both in good condition they are bth by the author william Harrison Ainsworth the first one is GUY FAWKES or the Gunpowder Treason edition not stated published circan1890 (527690 don't know what that means.

The other same author is THE TOWER OF LONDON circa 1920 edition not published-hard back binding in publishers original slate green cloth covers,cheap paper browning,ppencil name and number to the upper paste down,no dust wrapper.
I'm going to sell them but don't now how much for would they be of any value?

Pembroke

Both books have listings on Amazon with various prices from about £20 for the Tower of London up to £499 for an 1849 edition of the Guy Fawkes book, with a more sensible 1890 edition at approx £30.

Have a look around the site to get a feel of the prices or look on http://www.alibris.co.uk/ for loads of different asking prices but don't expect them to sell too quickly.

The advantage of Amazon is that you only pay the fee when the book sells so you can list and leave and not pay an ongoing fee like you would on Ebay.

ETA: Don't forget if you're selling on Amazon they limit the amount that is charged for postage (to £2.75p) so if the books are big and heavy you will need to add extra postage into the price you want.

gethro

Pembroke wrote: »

Both books have listings on Amazon with various prices from about £20 for the Tower of London up to £499 for an 1849 edition of the Guy Fawkes book, with a more sensible 1890 edition at approx £30.

Have a look around the site to get a feel of the prices or look on http://www.alibris.co.uk/ for loads of different asking prices but don't expect them to sell too quickly.

The advantage of Amazon is that you only pay the fee when the book sells so you can list and leave and not pay an ongoing fee like you would on Ebay.

ETA: Don't forget if you're selling on Amazon they limit the amount that is charged for postage (to £2.75p) so if the books are big and heavy you will need to add extra postage into the price you want.

i think you will find that ebay limits how much you can charge for postage on books as well,i have a couple of old cook books from the 20s which my mum left me when she died,they are very heavy and thick but ebay will only let me charge something like £2.80 postage.

mobile48

The best site I used for valuing old or collectable books is:

http://www.bookfinder.com/

You will find both your books here match the publisher then description with the search results

The price is only meaningful if there are a number of sellers but this is normally the case. These are old book shop retail prices so when I value my books I divide by my own factor to obtain a price I use.