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Origins Of Rare Books And Their Value.
A question often asked by those starting down the path of being a book collector is why the origin of a book affects the value. It would be very simple if all books no matter where they are published, USA, UK etc were all valued at the same price, however, this is not the case. The crux of the matter in respect of origin coupled together with respective value is normally the birth place and residence of the author of the book. For example a first edition book written and published within the UK by Agatha Christie will be more valuable than the same first edition book published at the same time within the USA or any other country. This being due to the fact that Agatha Christie was born, lived and the majority of her works were originally first published within the UK. The vice versa also applies: a USA First Edition by John Grisham will be more valuable than the same UK or another countries first edition. There is, of course, a variable to this formula. For example PG Wodehouse, born in the UK and a lot, mostly all, of his works were first published within the UK, however, in his latter years he lived in the USA, his later works being first published in the USA, therefore theses later works are more valuable than the UK first editions. So the simple formula to abide by when researching the books to buy for your collection is to ensure that you purchase your first editions from the respective country of the author of the book you are going to buy, this will ensure that in time to come your collection will increase far more in value than a collection just bought out of ease and without thought to value and origin.Further reading on book collecting and the buying and selling of rare and antique books are widely available on the internet.