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November 14, 2009

I SAW YOUR LETTER TO DAVID FLOWERS ABOUT JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS-1941. I HAVE ONE THAT MY DAD GAVE YEARS AGO. I AM NOW 80 YEARS OLD SO I HAD IT A LONG TIME.  COULD YOU
GIVE ME THE VALUE OF THIS BOOK?

THANK YOU            CHARLES F. SMITH

Charles,

Here is a 1941 edition of Janes.

Title:    Jane's Fighting Ships 1941 (Issued 1942)

Binding:   Hard Cover
Book Condition:   Good
Edition:   First American Edition
Size:   Oblong
Publisher:   New York The Macmillan Company 1942

Seller ID:   022735

Tear hinge weak, exposed signature in foreword; shelfwear.

Price = 76.50 USD

Price will obviously depend on how good a copy you own, and who out there wants it, and is prepared to pay.

You could put it up on ebay, and ask for people to put a price on it that they are prepared to pay. I am not a book valuer.

Regards,
Mac

Charles,

Here was  a copy available for US $8.

FIGHTING FLEETS - Critchell Rimington 1942
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            Title: FIGHTING FLEETS - Critchell Rimington 1942
            Condition: new
            Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
            Price: $8.00

Another copy on offer.

FIGHTING FLEETS 1942

RIMINGTON, Critchell

42452 New York. 1942. Dodd, Mead and Co. 5th Printing
(October 1942) of the March 1942 original. XII, 240 PP
plus 4A (Appendix added to 5th Printing), with tables, 18
b/w illust. (drawings, profiles, sketches) and 300 b/w
photos, index of ships, etc... Blue cloth cover, title in
blind on front cover and gilt on spine. Slight ageing of
paper on outside edges, o/wise a near fine copy. 22.5 x
17. A comprehensive picture of the ships and plans of the
fighting fleets of the world. This 6th printing of
November 1942 gives the ship casualties after 10 months of
US involvement in an appendix of 4 pages at back of book.
$50.00AUD

I repeat I am not a book valuer, so here is a vast contrast from US$8 to US$50.

regards,
Mac.

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