It's saying "SOLD" and "0 available?? On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 7:36 PM, Kent Rasmussen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > After years of searching for a reasonably priced set of Gale's > two-volume facsimile manuscript edition of _Adventures of Huckleberry > Finn_/, /I was recently delighted to find the books available on eBay > for only $49 plus $6.23 for shipping. After buying two sets, I learned > that the dealer has at least two dozen more sets--all still in their > original shrink wrap. Just over 1,000 numbered boxed sets of the books > were issued in 1983 at a price of $250 per set. This edition, it should > be noted, does not include the manuscript pages that were discovered > during the early 1990s, but until a more complete facsimile edition is > published, the $49 price represents a terrific value. > > I have no connection with the eBay dealer other than that of a customer. > I am passing along this information in the hope it is useful to other > forum members. Here's a link to the eBay page: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Adventures-of-Huckleberry- > Finn-A-Facsimile-of-the-Manuscript-Vols-I-II-1983/183059093369?hash= > item2a9f2c1779:g:r28AAOSwux5YJfzA > > P.S. I should add that over the years, I've made four or five attempts > to buy the facsimile edition online at bargain prices. Until now, every > time I tried to do that I got the same cheap reprint edition of the > novel. I think that's because of a mix-up in the ISBN's. I mention this > because if you seen the facsimile edition listed anywhere for less than > $50, the listing is probably for that other edition. Inquire before you > buy. >