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The earliest printed book in the list is a Southern Song annotated woodblock edition of the Book of Tang printed c. 1234. The first book to achieve a sale price of greater than $1 million was a copy of the Gutenberg Bible which sold for $2.4 million in 1978.
The term "first trade edition," refers to the earliest edition of a book offered for sale to the general public in book stores. For example, Upton Sinclair 's 1906 novel The Jungle was published in two variant forms.
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The first editions printed by P.F. Collier & Son in three separate styles of bindings were first offered for sale on October 13, 1909. [ 7 ] The collection was marketed so as to advertise in all the principal magazines published in the United States resulting in a combined circulation of almost 3,000,000 for the initial marketing effort.
It's called Mystery Pier Books, and it sells rare first-edition books. The shop is co-owned by Franklin's husband and son. Among the bookstore's most passionate fans are Michael Caine, Julia Louis ...
As new means that the book is in the state that it should have been in when it left the publisher. This is the equivalent of mint condition in numismatics. Fine (F or FN) is "as new" but allowing for the normal effects of time on an unused book that has been protected. A fine book shows no damage. Very good (VG) describes a book that is worn ...