Leica Book Price a Mistake?

[graeme_hutton]

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Amazon.com: Used and New: Leica M: Advanced Photo School (A Lark Photography Book)

 

Surely a mishtake? I got this in Borders for about £15 a few months back.

 

Graeme

[peter_n]

Barnes & Noble is the same: one used at $500. They have it "out of stock" but it must in fact be out of print. That's nice because I have a copy here that I've hardly opened. Plus I have a copy of the original (1st) edition which is perfect. That book could be worth $1000+ if this version is suddenly worth $400 - $500. Suddenly that 24/1.4 is more-or-less paid for...

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[spylaw4]

It is out of print - which possibly explains the pricing. AFAIK there are no plans for a re-print even if one could guarantee sales of several thousand. £15 is a steal of a price for this gem, I paid £25 for mine..

[jaapv]

Hey! I've got two. One in German and one in English!

I'm rich!!!

A lot better than the stock market

[rsh]

I have this one and the old Morgan & Morgan Leica Manuel with the M5 on the cover. The latter is antiquated, but it is my favorite film reference book.

[Guest darkstar2004]

Wow.

 

I paid $40 American for my copy.

 

My philosophy of "Never sell off or trade away anything that says Leica on it" seems to be ringing true...

[Guest leica_mage]

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Do you know what insanity is? I have three of these, two bubble-wrapped, paid nothing for one and about 20 euros each for the other two.

 

I'll be giving the two new ones as gifts to some SLR people pretty soon as a result of this.

[arthury]

Wow, may be it was version 1.0 with aspherical elements in there and it was printed in Germany.

 

I looked at mine and it says "Manufactured in China" ... heehee

[robert_parker]

Hey! I've got two. One in German and one in English!

I'm rich!!!

A lot better than the stock market

 

...and just think...you could have got Gunter to sign them for you a few weeks back....

[Guest flatfour]

I can find 12 for sale at the moment at between £12 and £22

[jacksparrow]

it's just a reflection of the S2 price and its effect on all leica stuff

[ChadHahn]

I bought a copy a few years ago at a camera show. I bought this one and a copy of Helmut Newtons book with all the issues of his magazine.

 

I thought the HN book was going to be worth some money and the Leica book was going to be on my bookshelf. A used copy of HN was worth about the $6 I paid for it and the Leica book was worth a lot more than the $6.

 

Maybe I should have bought the Leica SLR book as well.

 

Chad

[dcoombs]

Note that these are third party sellers, not Amazon as it's out of print. This is their asking price, not a sale price unfortunately.

[bill]

The first one had a (deserved) reputation for spitting all it's pages out, In the dark days when there was no Forum, and very little printed material specific to Leica, it was held up as the Bible for M-enthusiasts and users alike. It's tendency to self-destruct made it rarer, and made mint copies all the more desirable.

 

I know - I had a loose leaf one.

 

Regards,

 

Bill

[andybarton]

This man is responsible for making some people think that right eye M shooting is the ONLY way...