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Post Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 2:15 pm 
 

I've just recently gotten into collecting some of the older DnD books and found this website which is a great resource. I've found two books in particular so far. A double signed 1st/1st of Deities and Demigods and a true first edition PHB. I think I've identified everything, but wanted to make sure so I've included all the relevant pictures. Paid $50 and $30 respectively which seems decent, but I know condition matters a lot and both have seen their fair use especially the PBH. Overall they're pretty decent, just a lot of scuffing on the covers. The PBH has all the reference sheets in the back. I've included a link to an image gallery: https://imgur.com/a/9v2bB0r
  

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Post Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 8:15 pm 
 

Very nice!

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Post Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:06 am 
 

That's a good price on the D&D, excellent price on the PHB, IMO.

Both have quite a bit of cover wear, I would grade them as Good without seeing them beyond the pictures. IMO, the signatures don't materially affect the value one way or the other in this case.

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Post Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:38 am 
 

Thanks for having me.

That's more or less the conclusion I came to, so it's nice to have it verified. My local used bookstore just got 2 collections in and I've been picking through it all. Up till now I've mainly just collected Planescape stuff so I've had to do a lot research. That lot also included a first printing DMG inscribed by Gygax, but they priced that at $600 which seems excessive. The one other interesting item was a first edition City State of the Invincible Overlord for $75. Seemed more or less complete, with the pink mailing card and all. How good of a price would folks say that is? There's little recent eBay history to go off.
  

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Post Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:03 am 
 

Piffy wrote in New collector's ADnD finds:Thanks for having me.

That's more or less the conclusion I came to, so it's nice to have it verified. My local used bookstore just got 2 collections in and I've been picking through it all. Up till now I've mainly just collected Planescape stuff so I've had to do a lot research. That lot also included a first printing DMG inscribed by Gygax, but they priced that at $600 which seems excessive. The one other interesting item was a first edition City State of the Invincible Overlord for $75. Seemed more or less complete, with the pink mailing card and all. How good of a price would folks say that is? There's little recent eBay history to go off.


I think that is a semi-ridiculous price for the DMG, they are charging a premium for the signature. Not sure about CSIO, but that seems like a decent price - check out the Judge's Guild subweb elsewhere on this site, there is more information on printings and what it includes, etc. Based on pricing info there, $75 would be pretty good, condition depending.
  
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