It appears that at least six forum members have purchased or ordered the books. The dealer tells me that he has run out of stock in his Detroit store but will get more copies from his long-term storage facility on Monday, unless it's closed for Presidents' Day, in which case he'll get the books on Tuesday. Meanwhile, he's hesitant to take orders before he has the books physically in his hands. If you don't wish to wait until then, you can write to the dealer (through the link on his eBay page) and ask to reserve a set. Meanwhile, I'll share the first note the dealer sent to me last week. When I discovered he was selling the books on eBay, I bought the first two sets and asked him if they had been recently discovered. Here's his reply: "In fact we did recently unearth a cache of those books. My father was the publisher of this title and as we are going through the warehouse of his substantial book collection we found several boxes of Huck Finn in like new condition. I know he liked to give them out to friends and acquaintances as gifts, long after the title was no longer marketed or sold. ... Dad offered staff books to use as gifts around Christmas time each year and so many copies found their way into local book collections (and sometimes on to dealer shelves)"