benjoshua wrote:
Whew!  I hope I didn't cut out any other Acaeum folks.  Much of the bidding was by newbies.

I was in there too, but could not bid what it was worth anyway, so I quit early on.

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finally able to get the rules cyclopedia    not in great shape, but a fun find for me regardless....heard great things about it, and want to crack it open and read  



Jorge

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finally able to get the rules cyclopedia    not in great shape, but a fun find for me regardless....heard great things about it, and want to crack it open and read  

Jorge

Great book, and not a bad price (Fwiw, mine is in FAR worse condition!!) - congrats

Another minor find.



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The PHB is definately a 3rd print. The cover is solid with normal shelf wear. Remains of a price sticker, a slightly faded spine, and the fact the book was used as a writing blotter are the main detractors. Inside, the pages are very clean, with only a couple of minor stains and 'oops' marks, plus the owner's name in small red ink on the inside cover.



The surprise turned out to be the MM. It's a 4th print with red flyleaves. The inside is barely marred at all. The cover has a slightly faded spine, residue from a price sticker, and some 'indenting' like it had been stuck between rough surfaces and drawn out. None of the 'indenting' removed the cover material, though. Otherwise, it's very solid, with only a slight fraying of corners from shelf wear.



The rest are pretty plain items, but mostly in quite good shape overall. The owner did not make it a habit to write in his books... at least not on purpose. Still nice for $6 an item (inc. shipping).

SimperingToad wrote:Another minor find.


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The PHB is definately a 3rd print. The cover is solid with normal shelf wear. Remains of a price sticker, a slightly faded spine, and the fact the book was used as a writing blotter are the main detractors. Inside, the pages are very clean, with only a couple of minor stains and 'oops' marks, plus the owner's name in small red ink on the inside cover.

The surprise turned out to be the MM. It's a 4th print with red flyleaves. The inside is barely marred at all. The cover has a slightly faded spine, residue from a price sticker, and some 'indenting' like it had been stuck between rough surfaces and drawn out. None of the 'indenting' removed the cover material, though. Otherwise, it's very solid, with only a slight fraying of corners from shelf wear.

The rest are pretty plain items, but mostly in quite good shape overall. The owner did not make it a habit to write in his books... at least not on purpose. Still nice for $6 an item (inc. shipping).

Run your hand over the cover of that Player's Handbook.  It looks like one of the higher quality printings with the tougher, more elastic material over the cardboard.  Can you feel a light texture to the cover?

FormCritic wrote:
Run your hand over the cover of that Player's Handbook.  It looks like one of the higher quality printings with the tougher, more elastic material over the cardboard.  Can you feel a light texture to the cover?

It's a bit difficult to tell due to all the 'engraving' from use as a blotter, but the area near the spine does indeed have a texture.

Oh, and this is not one of those copies with shading on the reference sheets in the back.

Damn good buy for $30.

Not strictly RPG, but TSR & Dragonlance related. Just picked up a played once copy of Dragonlance the boardgame for just a few pence over £4 inc S&H!  Rather pleased with that considering their normal sale prices that I have seen...

I just completed my Dungeon collection with this issue.




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Finally!