Huxford’s Old Book Value Guide

Third Edition

Collector Books/Schroeder Publishing Co., Inc., Paducah, KY. 1991. Hardcover with no dust jacket. 407 pages. (8¾ X 11¼). Introduction by ? A price guide for both hardcover and paperback. Many of the entries have a code like J2 which refers to a particular bookseller who is willing to sell his books to you. There is another listing of dealers willing to buy books on certain subjects.

Fourth Edition

Collector Books/Schroeder Publishing Co., Inc., Paducah, KY. 1992. Hardcover with no dust jacket. 368 pages. (8¾ X 11). Introduction by ? This is a price guide for hardcover and paperback books. It’s arranged alphabetically by author and then by title. The entries are in three columns. An entry would look like this: Heinlein, R.A. Starship Troopers. 1959. Putnam. 1^st ed. dj. EX. B13. $600.00. This interprets as: a bookdealer coded B13 has a hardcover in dust jacket, in excellent condition, for $600.00, if you want to buy it. At the end of the book, there is list of book dealers who will buy books from you. Some are looking for books on a certain subject. The next listing is of booksellers who want to sell you their books.

Sixth Edition

Huxford’s Old Book Value Guide Sixth Edition. Collector Books, Paducah, KY. (1994). Hardcover without dust jacket. 391 pages. (8¾ X 11¼). Introduction by the author. The listings are alphabetical by author and cover both hardcover and paperback. It does have a list of pseudonyms and a list of bookbuyers.

Ninth Edition

Huxford’s Old Book Value Guide Ninth Edition. Collector Books, Paducah, KY. (1997). Hardcover without dust jacket. 423 pages. (8¾ X 11¼). Introduction by the author. The book titles appear alphabetically by author and then by title. The pricing appears to be for individual books for sale by different dealers, rather than the book in general. The pseudonym appears once again and I notice that Ellison, Fearn, and Fanthorpe only have one pseudonym each. You could come up with at least twenty-five for each of these authors.

Thirteenth Edition

Scans and Commentary by Bob Gaines