Hi urldapurl,
Your book sounds lovely, I wish I could see it.
Of course it is impossible to appraise a book without having it in
hand, but I can give you a good estimate of its present market value
(that is to say, how others are pricing a copy but not necessarily the
price you will fetch). You haven't included many details, but I will
assume:
The spine is leather or calf skin.
The boards are made of Olive Wood with a red hue.
Published in Jerusalem by either Simini or Ephtimios Freres.
The flowers are on one page and the multilingual captions are on the opposing page.
It was a small souvenir item, popular at the time.
Following are seven copies of similar publications. As you can see,
there are little differences and only you can decide what you actually
have in your hand. However, they will give you an excellent feel for
how to price your book (perhaps $60), depending on the condition. To
view more, go to Abebooks and type "Flowers from the Holy Land" in the
title field.
http://www.abebooks.com/
1) Flowers from the Holy Land
Jerusalem, Ephtimios Freres, 1910s. Small lands/cape format book with
wooden (looks like live) covers, front cover with wooden inlay,
leather spine glued on, 12 sheets inside of dried flowers pasted down
onto card. A tourist gift item, quite charming.
Price: US$ 41.39
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=57659658
2) Freres a.G. edit.:
Flowers from the Holy Land.
Jerusalem, circ.1920. hand carved olive wood book of flowers and sepia
views of Palestine. Inlaid covers Stamped Jerusalem in English and
Hebrew. Spine scuffed. Tape repair to endpapers. 10 pages of pressed
flowers and views. G+.
Price: US$ 55.49
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=228596192
3) Olive Wood Album.:
Flowers From the Holy Land.
Bethlehem, circ 1920. Remembrance of the British Soldiers Conqueror of
the Holy Land. Olive Wood Album 170 x 120mm of 12 pages with pressed
flowers and coloured views of Palestine. Most of the flowers are in
good condition.
Price: US$ 55.49
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=251076768
4) Olive Wood.:
Flowers from The Holy Land.
c.1920. In Remembrance of the British Army Conquerors of the Holy
Land. 9th December 1917. Album of Pressed flowers and photo views, in
Olive Wood album. Vg.
Price: US$ 64.74
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=83672578
5) Olive Wood.:
Natural Flowers From The Holy Land.
Jerusalem c.1900. Olive wood album c160 x 110. Inlaid decorative cover
with Jerusalem in Hebrew and English. 12 pages of pressed flowers with
text . G+.
Price: US$ 64.74
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=83672580
6) N. DE SIMINI
Flowers From the Holy Land
Jerusalem 1935 First Edition NF/ No date - circa 1935. Olive wood
beveled boards. Jerusalem cross on the front cover and "Jerusalem"
stated on the rear board. 12 chromo-lithographs of the holy land with
12 plates of dried flowers and plants from the Holy Land. A scarce and
interesting item.
Price: US$ 75.00
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=93027233
7) auteur inconnu
FLOWERS FROM THE HOLY LAND - FLEURS DE TERRE SAINTE - BLUMEN AUS DEM
HEILIGEN LANDE -
reliure bois in-32, dos toile bleu-marine décorée à froid, titre dans
un encadrement sur le premier plat, herbier de 12 planches avec
serpente, début vingtième siècle Jérusalem Atallah Georges Frères
Editeurs, rare et complet - bon état -
Price: US$ 113.99
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=203509633
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In regards to who may be interested in purchasing your copy, you could
take it to your local used book store and see how much they will offer
(probably 20%-40% of their selling price), you could try selling it on
eBay, or there are a few book sites available for single items.
1) iOffer: 5% for sale of $25-$99:
"Selling on iOffer is fast and easy and doesn't cost anything until
your item sells. Simply list your item and state your Asking Price.
Don't know what it's worth? Don't worry, let the buyer Make an Offer."
http://www.ioffer.com/tour/sellerTour/quicktour2.jsp
2) Bibliophile: completely free:
http://www.bibliophile.net/en/sell-books/sell-books-details-en.htm
3) Choosebooks: 10% commission: they can process credit cards for you:
http://www.choosebooks.com/info_general_5.jsp
4) Biblio.com: 15% Commission: they can process credit cards for you:
"A guarantee on your monthly fees. We will bill you for your monthly
fee based on the number of books you list, or 15% of your net sales
through biblio.com - whichever is less. In other words, if you don't
make money, we don't make money."
http://www.biblio.com/sell_books.html
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Be careful when you describe your book - all defects must be noted and
the information on the title page and copyright page is very
important.
General info about books:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl3645602210d&dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=ISO-8859-1&selm=jI0Hb.2971%24rZ6.1763363%40news3.news.adelphia.net
Book Collecting Terms Illustrated:
http://www.mywingsbooks.com/
IOBA Book Terminology:
http://www.ioba.org/terms.html
IOBA Book Condition Definitions:
http://www.ioba.org/desc.html
I hope this helps. If you have any questions, please post a
clarification request before closing/rating my answer and I'll be
happy to respond.
Thank you,
hummer
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