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PRICING of MEDIA ITEMS


Most of the media items listed on VistaBooks Encore at VistaBooks Online are like new even though they may not have a recent publishing date (these dates are shown in most cases). These are inventory hitems held on the VistaBooks publisher/distributor's shelves but never sold--such as small quantities that were left over when fllling a bookstore order. If not like-new, condition is described. And pricing of t;hese is mostly at a discount off the original retail price.

Other books and media items such as those on VistaBooks VINTAGE include a range of extinsic factors such as pubication date, edition and printing sequence, and availability or rareness, plus comparable recent sales if any. Additonal criteria in pricing include intrtinisc factors such as condition, internal notations if any, whether signed or inscribed by author or notable prior owner, relevance of subject matter to a field, pertinence to today. Thus, there are more intrinsic factors than extrinsic in pricing a VINTAGE item and prices for the same title can and do vary widely. There is even another factor on the willingness of a seller to accept offers depending on how the item is to be used and cared for by the potential buyer. And by the seller's willingness to part with a personal item at a lower price rather than await for a higher one that would overcome resistance to loss of a treasured item. Is it any wonder that prices vary widely even for items that are otherwise much the same extrinsincly?

Describing the conditon of special materials is a thus partly an art and, although word-based standard terms have been desecribed for doing this, such standards may be defined differetly and applied with differing interpretations. And therefore if an item is not as we described it, please report same before returning--for an adjustment, return for exchange or credit or refund. Our aim is to find good homes for these items and we want you to be pleased with your selections just as we want to be pleased with our sale. Although we do not encourage below-lising price offers, we undersstand that sellers have their own priorities and that offering prices will vary with ttime and possibly since an item was listed (this can go the other way, too). Your offer may be countered with a revised listing at a higher price as we reconsider factors.

Yes, it is an art to price a book that is out-of-print, rare, and/or collectible. Searches on specialized listings of such books often reveal a wide range of prices for the same printing of a book, often without the information needed to compare otherwise similar copies. To complicate, a book that is listed as a single item may get sold and no longer be available for price comparisons. Thus it is likely that some of the prices we have established based on searches of a certain date are no longer valid, having gone up or down. And valuations can change in the future, too. So, if you feel our price for an item of interest to you is priced incorrectly, let us know and we will reconsider (email vistabooks encore). All are also invited to query for information on any aspect of a book, and this is open especially to dealers.

Both buyer and seller are also challenged by the fact that most rare/collectible items offered are single copies and subject to being sold at any time.

Describing tne conditon of a book--and understanding the definitions, which are necessarily subjective--is another of difficult aspect to communicate. To help, there are semi-standard definitions used in the antiquarian book world. Our descriptions attempt to follow them. For our and your reference, guidance on this topic is provided here from another website, noting that other dealers might have other interpretatons.

FOR OUT-OF-PRINT/RARE/COLLECTIBLE BOOKS--
Prices found on internet searches are shown;
these have influenced the prices on VistaBooks Encore.
Titles are listed in Order #:
click on underlined 4-letter code below to view items on that page, then scroll by alpha to item
(if no underline, no entries)

This listing is under preparation; only a few entries have been made so far. We hope to do more.

  • ACAD    ACOM    ACPU    ADDI    AIRM    ALAS    ALNO    ALPI    ALPR    AMAL    AMBI    AMCA    AMTR    AMWE    ANCI    ANWO    APMC    ARCO    ARNO    ASCR    AVON    AWAN

  • B&LP    BACK    BADL    BALA    BANY    BARN    BARR    BEAM    BECK    BECR    BERT    BIBE    BIMO    BLDO    BORE    BOWK    BRAD    BRCA    BUEG    BUFR

  • CABR    CACA    CADP    CALA    CALA    CAMB    CAPR    CAPR    CARS    CASI    CAXT    CEAR    CHAT    CHER    CHIL    CHOC    CHRO    COHICOMC    COMS    CONS    CONT    COPU    CORD    CORU    COUN    CREA    CRLA    CROW    CYJO

  • DAHO    DARW    DAWN    DECR    DELO    DEST    DETO    DINO    DODE    DOEA    DOME    DWYE

  • EAKI    EPPU    EXMA    EXPO

  • FAGU    FAOF    FARC    FILT    FLSP    FNPM    FOHI    FOUN    FRAM  

  • GEMG    GISM    GLAC    GLHA    GLPE    GOHI    GOWE    GRAR    GRBA    GRCA    GRMW    GRTE    GRWE

  • HAHO    HARO    HAWA    HEDY    HIST    HOLI    HOME    HOMI    HOMO    HONO    HORW    HPBO    HUTC

  • ICSB    IDEA    INMA    INMA    INPU    ISHE    ISRO

  • JABA    JALM    JENE    JOHN    JOMU

  • KAMP    KCPU    KEEC    KEEN    KEHU    KELS 

  • LASI    LIBR    LILO    LOOM    LYBU    LYON 

  • MACA    MACM    MAFE    MCGH    MEMA    MERI    MISC    MLPU    MLPU    MOCK    MOON    MOPR    MOSE    MOSP    MOTR    MOUN    MUNA    MUNM

  • NAGR    NASG    NEVA    NOLA    NOMA    NWIA

  • OCEA    OHIO    OMNI    OUTD

  • PAIS    PASE    PEFO    PELI    PELI    PERS    PHIL    PIHI    PIIS    PILG    PION    PLDE    POSO    PRHA    PRUE    PUBE    PUGW    PUHO    PUTN

  • QUAR

  • RAHO    RAMC    RECR    REGA    REHO    REWE    RIGR    RIIN    RODA    ROHO    ROMN    RORI    RUNN

  • SAND    SCAR    SCAR    SCRI    SEQU    SHOR    SIER    SIGN    SISC    SMIN    SOCO    SOPM    STAC     STGR    STOE    STWO    SUFI    SUNS    SWAL

  • TECT    TENS    TESL    TESP    TEST    TFHP    THRO    THSH    TIMB    TIOG    TITS    TOMA    TOUC    TRIL

  • UARI    UNCA    UNCO    UNEM    UNIL    UNIV    UNMI    UNMN    UNNC    UNNM    UNNV    UNOK    UNOR    UNTE    UNTN    UNWI    USED    USGB    USGS    UTEN

  • VIKI    VISD    VIST    VOYA

  • WASA    WATE    WEGU    WERE    WESA    WEST    WETR    WHSM    WIAC    WIAD    WIAD    WINC    WIRI    WIWO    WOAS    WORK    WOWI 

  • YALE   YELL    YOCO    YOPC

  • ZION    ZZBT    ZZBW    ZZPM    ZZSU    ZZTB    ZZXS

 

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