rolanni | Partners in Necessity Hardcovers

EDITED TO ADD: Thank you. The four books have all found worthy homes, where I trust that they will bring joy. Thank you.

Steve has been double- and triple-filling the bookshelves in his office for a good long while, and the other day he noticed that one shelf was beginning to bend, um, Rather Alarmingly. So, in his abundant spare time, he's been cleaning the books out. Just two minutes ago he brought four -- four -- of the Meisha Merlin original hardcover printing of Partners in Necessity into my office and asked if I thought anybody would want them.

Well, I said, I'll ask.

Now, here's the thing -- the good folks over at ABEbooks are selling PiN hardcovers, in a range from $68.50 to $325. No, I don't know what the guy who wants three-and-a-quarter's drinking either, but that's the range. You can check it yourself.

What I did was added up the five offerings at ABE and averaged the price, which gives us $138.50. Steve thinks the guy over in the corner with the solid gold book is skewing things high, so after some back and forth, here's what we came up with:

We have four hard-to-find, brand new, never-been-read, hardcover Partners in Necessity, not only a first edition, but of a very limited number that were case bound. The original cover price for the print-to-subscription hardcover, in Year 2000 Bux, was $50.

These four books are up for adoption at $100/book, plus $5 media mail shipping. If the buyer desires insurance and/or other shipping arrangements, we can talk. If you are out of the country, we will likewise need to talk. We will sign and personalize the book to the buyer's instruction.

As before: If you want to adopt, sing out in comments The first four folks* who speak up, with an email address where I can write to you and work out delivery details, win!

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*In the interests of getting as many books to as many eager readers as possible, we are only placing one book to a family.