S&W Book by Neal & Jinks UPSIDE DOWN PRINTED

[model3sw]

Going through some items this AM I found an "as new" condition book "Smith & Wesson 1857-1945" by Neal and Jinks with equal quality dust cover.

If I wanted to sell this book what is the going price.

I understand there are less that 10 known to exist. Please correct me if I am mistaken.

Best Regards, Sal Raimondi, Sr.

PS: I also have a copy translated and printed in German. Those can be found if you look hard enough.

The "upside down" extremely scarce and hard to find version that i have is "as new" and signed to Roy Jinks as a gift to what seems to be a collector.

Then I have a dual signed 1971 revision I purchased at the 2017 Annual Symposium from LONG TIME a friend and fellow member.

Dual signed copies of any version of the original books 1966 and 1971 revision (If I have the years correct) are also VERY difficult to find.

 

[wood714]

Does it look like this?

[ame="https://www.amazon.com/Smith-Wesson-1857-1945-Robert-Neal/dp/1884849199"]Smith and Wesson 1857-1945: Robert J. Neal, Roy G. Jinks: 9781884849190: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]

 

[Kanewpadle]

Sal, just my thinking as I know nothing about the collectibility of such books.

I think that only a hard core collector would be interested. And convincing them that it's worth more than face value is up to you.

You never know with collectibles.

 

[ordnanceguy]

Hi Sal:

You have a copy of the hyper-rare Southern Hemisphere edition of Neal & Jinks. It was intended to be distributed only in Australia and New Zealand. That explains why it appears to you to be published upside down. Down under it reads right-side-up. Capeesh?

Happy New Year!

 

[mtgianni]

Is it in the proper box with an SAT?

 

[ACORN]

Who the heck will stand on their head to read it?

 

[Golddollar]

Hi Sal:

You have a copy of the hyper-rare Southern Hemisphere edition of Neal & Jinks. It was intended to be distributed only in Australia and New Zealand. That explains why it appears to you to be published upside down. Down under it reads right-side-up. Capeesh?

Happy New Year!

If it was in Spanish or Portuguese it would be the South American Edition.

 

[Chuck24]

It comes from years of flipping guns over to read serial numbers

 

[chiefbob81]

Gives you something to read while hanging on your inversion table!

 

[DWalt]

I assume you mean that the cover is upside-down vs. the page printing inside. Not knowing anything about value enhancement of such a book with that publisher's defect, I would guess it's not worth much (if any) premium over a normal book in the same condition. Or at least it would be quite difficult to find a collector who would pay any premium. After all, it's not a Gutenberg Bible.

 

[model3sw]

Does it look like this?

Smith and Wesson 1857-1945: Robert J. Neal, Roy G. Jinks: 9781884849190: Amazon.com: Books

Not at all. that's the R&R, 1990-ish reprint of the 1971 revision that you're referring to.

What I have is the 1966 original version of the first print where the entire core of the book with all the bound pages and printing are affixed upside down from the cover.

It is (or at least was all the years of my collecting) a cherished misprint of which almost all were destroyed.

I think Roy and a few members kept the misprint THAT WAS IT !!

If I am not mistaken, less that 10 copies. Anyone with factual knowledge of same, please advise.

 

[model3sw]

Hi Sal:

You have a copy of the hyper-rare Southern Hemisphere edition of Neal & Jinks. It was intended to be distributed only in Australia and New Zealand. That explains why it appears to you to be published upside down. Down under it reads right-side-up. Capeesh?

Happy New Year!

I wonder it the cylinders on the revolvers might follow the same rule as draining water and now your newly proposed thesis on the book pages.

Si, capisce ! ("Capeesh" is the Red Hook (dock area) Brooklyn, along with the "Five Points" section and lower east side of Manhattan dialect only).

Happy New Year and all the best to you and the family.

 

[model3sw]

I assume you mean that the cover is upside-down vs. the page printing inside. Not knowing anything about value enhancement of such a book with that publisher's defect, I would guess it's not worth much (if any) premium over a normal book in the same condition. Or at least it would be quite difficult to find a collector who would pay any premium. After all, it's not a Gutenberg Bible.

It was, the last time I checked, still a cherished collectible to the hard core S&W Collectors.

But then again, if someone doesn't know what it is ... then to that person if would be worthless until after it was properly researched.