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eBay
Non-Fiction Top 10
August 2009

#1 $4,295.00 Hiroshi Sugimoto: Theaters, LTD Ed (w/ Photogravure Pr)
#2 $1,620.99. Mastering the Art of French Cooking Julia Child Signed
#3 $1,327.51 NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS 1st Blue Cover Edition Basic Text
#4 $1,051.00 EDWARD RUSCHA Thirty Four Parking Lots in Lost Angeles G
#5 $950.00 NEW TOPOGRAPHICS - ADAMS, BALTZ, ECHER, SHORE - RARE!
#6 $905.01 Dwight Eisenhower Mandate for Change Signed LTD WWII
#7 $875.00 Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child
#8 $870.00 Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies
#9 $865.56 Architecture & Modern Life-Gilbert Rohde's Copy-1st Ed
#10 tie $810.00 SIGNED 1st Ed. Audacity of Hope Pres. Barack Obama
#10 tie $810.00 Moon Walk by Michael Jackson, Autographed in Blue Pen

#1
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Theatres
Hiroshi Sugimoto
350226377544

The 2000 deluxe limited edition book was sold in new condition as a BIN.

#1
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Volume Two Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle, and Julia Child
200372643990

The 1st volume is a stated 1st edition, and the 2nd volume contains the signatures of both Julia and Paul Child. After 26 bids, the pair sold for $1,620.99

#3
Narcotics Anonymous
310161910426

Listed in good condition, the 1982 1st edition attracted 6 bids.

#4
Thirty Four Parking Lots in Los Angeles
Edward Ruscha
110421573132

The 1967 1st edition received 20 bids before selling for $1,051.

#5
New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape
Hiroshi Sugimoto
200332754640

Calling it an "extremely scarce 1975 George Eastman House Catalogue," the seller describes it as in like new condition and notes it was among the 2,500 in the edition.

#6
Mandate for Change
Dwight Eisenhower
300336262781

18 bids took the 1st edition in dust jacket to $875.

#7
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle, and Julia Child
180396848738

18 bids took the 1st edition in dust jacket to $875.

#8
Margin of Safety
Seth A. Klarman
280367942450

The copy, in very good condition, sold as a BIN.

#9
Architecture and Modern Life
Baker Brownell and Frank Lloyd Wright
130323736140

It's easy to buy a 1st edition of this 1937 classic. In fact, there are 6 copies available from $21 on Amazon today. What makes this copy different is it was previously owned by Gilbert Rohde, the noted American designer. It sold after 11 bids.

#10 tie
The Audacity of Hope
Barack Obama
110423661385

21 bids took the like new signed 1st edition to $810.

#10 tie
Moon Walk
Michael Jackson
120454247031

The signed 1st edition tied for #10.

By the Numbers

Note: Due to a tie, there are 21 listings
in the Top 10 Fiction and Non-fiction categories.

19 sellers were from the USA
2 sellers was from the UK
1 seller sold 4 books
17 books were published during or after 1950
4 were published before 1950
Seller feedback ranged from 36 to 131,950
3 purchases were BIN
2 purchases were Best Offer
16 listings were sold by sellers with 100% positive feedback
Feedback percentage ranged from 97.3% to 100% for sellers who had feedback
The oldest book was published in 1851.

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