Expert: Maria - 9/27/2009

Question
Hi Maria, I just ran into a book I picked up many years ago,
It is a hard cover of Maurice Magre's Messalina Roman Temptress.
The book has 215 pages with a purple sleeve and a drawn picture of Messalina on it.The Inside says:

The first edition of Messalina:Roman Temptress
issued for subscribers, consists of a printing of nine hundred and sixty copies numbered from 1 to 960, and a printing of two thousand copies numbered from 961 to 2960. This copy is number  1210 ( the number 1210 is written in ink )

copyright 1929
copyright, canada 1929
by Louise Carrier & co Ltd

The jacket design is by
Peter Sefton Purdey
adapted for reproduction by
Pierre Saint - Loup
The typography is by
Samuel Aiwaz Jacobs

Printed in the United States of America at the Stratford press inc
in the city of New York

I would like to know if this book is worth anything,Thank you very much for your time
- Justine -  

Answer
Hello,

Actually I am an expert in Italian, Latin and Ancient Greek Literature, not in the value of a book from the point of view of its economic value, i.e. its current market value.

Anyway, you can go to the site below where the only one second-hand copy of “Messalina, Roman Temptress” by Maurice Magre (Hardcover), Publisher: Louis Carrier & Co (1929) has a price which starts from $100.88.

http://www.amazon.com/Messalina-Roman-Temptress-Maurice-Magre/dp/B001OL93HK/ref=...

So, I’m sorry, but I cannot help you more.
Best regards,
Maria