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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manycats, post: 2697757, member: 13761&quot;]These limp-leather decorative reprints were all the rage in the wake of Roycrofter&#039;s success, from 1895 through the 19-teens - I&#039;ve got a Rubaiyat here published by Saalfield&nbsp; in a similar binding, circa 1919 according to the gift note inside. They are attractive and cheap to produce, since the binding is not complicated, though the Roycroft version had fancy silk endsheets is some versions. They are hard to date, unless there&#039;s a note inside - copyright law only requires original copyright date, not date of actual publication of reprints.</p><p><br /></p><p>Comparing the original edition to a reprint is sort of like comparing a picture in a magazine to an original fine art etching or lithograph. And Raptis is a high-end dealer, such as you might find in a tony neighborhood of London, so his prices will be at the top end of the market - but he&#039;ll HAVE the thing you&#039;re looking for, and you can rely on it being as described.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can search Abebooks using Crowell as the publisher and Limp Leather as a keyword to see some examples:</p><p><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&amp;bx=off&amp;ds=30&amp;kn=limp+leather&amp;pics=on&amp;pn=crowell&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;cm_sp=pan-_-srp-_-pics" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&amp;bx=off&amp;ds=30&amp;kn=limp+leather&amp;pics=on&amp;pn=crowell&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;cm_sp=pan-_-srp-_-pics" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&amp;bx=off&amp;ds=30&amp;kn=limp+leather&amp;pics=on&amp;pn=crowell&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;sortby=17&amp;cm_sp=pan-_-srp-_-pics</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And another version of the Tolstoi:</p><p><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=11139947059&amp;searchurl=pn%3Dcrowell%26bi%3D0%26ds%3D30%26bx%3Doff%26pics%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26kn%3Dlimp%2Bleather%26recentlyadded%3Dall&amp;cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=11139947059&amp;searchurl=pn%3Dcrowell%26bi%3D0%26ds%3D30%26bx%3Doff%26pics%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26kn%3Dlimp%2Bleather%26recentlyadded%3Dall&amp;cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title6" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=11139947059&amp;searchurl=pn=crowell&amp;bi=0&amp;ds=30&amp;bx=off&amp;pics=on&amp;sortby=17&amp;kn=limp+leather&amp;recentlyadded=all&amp;cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title6</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Value depends on a lot of things: interest in the text (middlin&#039; for Tolstoi), quality of illustrations, if any (often these were illustrated by collectible artists), quality and condition of the binding.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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