Mike Harding book, incomplete.?

[Mrtrout]

Saw this on eBay, the guy who owns it has removed five pages and framed them to keep. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A-Guide-...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
S.

 

[3lbgrayling]

S.I'm getting from the description that you on purchase are getting the framed pages as well as the damaged/mutilated book.???

Jim

 

[wobbly face]

Copied from ebay:

A Guide To North Country Flies And How To Tie Them By Mike Harding Hardback 2009. The descriptions and pictures are lost in book form so I’ve framed my favourites Perfect Father’s Day/ Birthday gift for the fly fisherman in your family Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class.

 

[Mrtrout]

S.I'm getting from the description that you on purchase are getting the framed pages as well as the damaged/mutilated book.???

Jim

I don’t think so Jim, I messaged him and he said they were for his bureau for future reference, bit strange to spoil a book like that then ask £100 for it? I might be wrong though?
S.

 

[4wings]

Currently the asking price for a whole book is £300 to £350 from Amazon, ABEbooks.

 

[Mrtrout]

Currently the asking price for a whole book is £300 to £350 from Amazon, ABEbooks.

Yes but they never sell, people see those and suddenly think theirs are worth mega bucks, but been a couple on lately for £60 and haven’t sold.
S.

 

[benisa]

I have a copy so whats it worth ( what someone will pay ?)

 

[Mrtrout]

I have a copy so whats it worth ( what someone will pay ?)

£25, double what you paid.
S.

 

[vital]

I bought my copy from Coch Y' Bonddhu books less than ten years ago, in hardback, for less than £30, if memory serves me right. Perhaps the one referred to in the thread opener is a first edition/ author signed/ or something else that makes it unique? Otherwise, its a rip-off!
(Never was much good at Welsh spellings).

 

[wobbly face]

Bought mine an age ago for £14.99, original price and brand new with NO PAGES RIPPED OUT.

 

[ejw]

Same as Wobbly Face, wouldn't pay more for it.
I did notice on a previous post, that the book was actually worth less if it had Mike's signature in it ?

 

[eddleston123]

Sounds like a bit of a 'rip off' to me!



Douglas

 

[wobbly face]

Sounds like a bit of a 'rip off' to me!



Douglas

Yep, all five pages.

 

[york1e]

There is better books available for fly reference.

 

[Fishtales]

It has been relisted at a (not very) lower price.

 

[Spider]

So my unmutilated signed version is worth maybe 30 quid??

 

[wobbly face]

So my unmutilated signed version is worth maybe 30 quid??

I think that might depend if anyone wants a signed copy or not. What ever happened to signatures (autographs) being valuable???

 

[Mrtrout]

He relisted it at a lower price and he’s now got a bid of £50.
S.

 

[jaybeegee]

He relished it at a lower price and he’s now got a bid of £50.
S.

Ha, you’ve been auto corrected S...I wondered what on earth it meant!

 

[Lewis Chessman]

He relished it at a lower price and he’s now got a bid of £50.
S.

Is that urban slang for 'spiced it up a bit'?