Posted by Willem on July 01, 1999 at 14:31:45:
In Reply to: Re: Dark Side of the Moon - Scarce? posted by Chris Ryan on July 01, 1999 at 11:29:33:
: John -
: I was the person who sold the copy you are talking about, and I was very appreciative of the bid :) I was, however, very surprised that it went that high (although Jerry Hewett told me it would probably go over $200).
: I have gotten a lot of requests from Vance fans who are trying to find a copy of this book, particularly from outside the US, and I don't see it offered for sale very often. I know that it is scarce, but I haven't a clue as to why. The print run wasn't any smaller than usual for U/M offerings.
: If anybody else has any speculation for why it's so scarce, I would be interested in hearing it.
: BTW - Nick, eBay is one of the larger on-line auction operations, and I've found, to my wife's dismay, that it is also a very good way to get rid of a lot of otherwise useless cash :)
I have no real clue, but reality is that this one is not offered on ebay in years and also the paperback edition is seldom seen.
None of the ABE booksellers have had this book on sale for more then a year.
many other Vance books where reprinted many times . this one has one HB and one Pb edition.
Maybe the collection is so attractive that people do not part with it.
i have only pb but would not sell it as the collection has stories not easily found in other collection.