What is the cheapest and the most expensive single item that can be
ordered from the books section of amazon.com?

I'd only like to know about books that can be ordered from amazon.com
itself (not via their Marketplace/zShops sellers) - no "out of print"
items, please.  The answer must include the books' ISBN numbers.

Please note that book sets (containing several books that can also be
bought separately) does not count.

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Clarification of Question by blazius-ga on 13 Sep 2004 07:33 PDT

If there are several books costing 1 cent (or even nothing), it's OK
to tell me of only one of these.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 13 Sep 2004 11:29 PDT

Do magazines count...?

Industrial Robot [MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION]

Price:   $6,719.09  ($1119.85/issue)  
Issues:   6 issues/12 months

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Request for Question Clarification by googleexpert-ga on 13 Sep 2004 16:09 PDT

Hi blazius,
I would like to know if "special order" items count such as:
Title: Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons
(Transportation Studies)
ISBN: 2881247636
Price: 773.00

Also, what do you think of the following books?

Title:The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
ISBN: 0486403858
Price: 1.50

Title: Encyclopedia of Separation Science 10 Volume Set with Online Version
ISBN: 0122267702
Price: 3,197.95


Thanks.

-googleexpert

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Clarification of Question by blazius-ga on 14 Sep 2004 00:56 PDT

Magazines does not count, but special order books are OK. 
Encyclopediae (and other book sets) are OK if the volumes cannot be
ordered separately.  Only "real books count - no electronic titles
such as Tapper's book mentioned in the comments section.

As for the lower end of the price scale, please include any special
fees (like the "sourcing fee" for the "Old Mr. Toad" books) in your
calculations.

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Request for Question Clarification by googleexpert-ga on 16 Sep 2004 21:32 PDT

Do you want  Amazon links as part of the answer?

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Clarification of Question by blazius-ga on 27 Sep 2004 00:22 PDT

googleexpert,
sorry for not replying earlier - I have not recieved any notifications
from Google Answers about your clarification request (or of your
comment!) - I just recieved a notification of probonopublico's latest
comment (26 Sep).

Amazon links are not neccesary, but they won't hurt either.

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Request for Question Clarification by googleexpert-ga on 27 Sep 2004 06:01 PDT

Hi blazius,

Thank you for clarifying the question.
Just curious, from the prices posted in the last 2 weeks,
what is the cheapest and the most expensive single item from amazon.com
according to your criteria?


Thanks again.

-googleexpert

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Clarification of Question by blazius-ga on 27 Sep 2004 06:19 PDT

Googleexpert:
Your suggestions in the comments section are the best suggestions
(yet).  I would sccept them as a answer if noone has come up with a
better answer before the 12th of October.

Anyone posting an answer for this quiestion should (as usual) include
their search strategy.

I'll start the ball rolling ..

TAG Heuer Monza Limited Mens Watch

List:   $7900.00 
Amazon: $4995.00

Oops ... I don't think that this a book!

Sorry!

Thanks anyway, probono - I wouldn't mind suggestions of non-book items
in the comments section, but I'll only accept book items as an answer.

Here we go again:

Catalog of Current Law Titles Annual: 1984-1997 
by Peter D. Ward (Hardcover -- July 1, 1998) 

List Price:   $3,250.00  

Buy new:      $3,250.00  
 
Phew! It had better be good!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Unbelieveable!!! I  would never  have dreamed that a
book could be that expensive. I learn soooooo much here at good old GA
:)

Steph53

And then there's:


Worldwide and U.S. IT Outsourcing Services 2004-2008 Forecast: A
Potential Perfect Storm?
by IDC
David Tapper 

List Price:   $4,500.00

Do magazines count....?

Industrial Robot [MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION]

Price:   $6,719.09 Read more ($1119.85/issue)  
Issues:   6 issues/12 months

Wow.

At $1119.85 per issue, it better not have any ads.

All right.  I'm going to have to go with:

 
The Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition (20 Volume Set)
Leather Bound (2nd Ed)  $6,000.00

Pafalafa - I admire your efforts, but I cannot accept the suggestion
for the leather bound Oxford dictionary, as it is not available for
ordering.

Applications of the Mossbauer Effect 
by Yu.M. Kagan, I.S. Lyubutin (Hardcover - January 1985) 
	
Special Order

List Price:	 	$1,928.00 	
Buy new:	 	$1,928.00

It is available now (and is a book), but I'll keep on looking.

Another try: 

Electronic Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids
by Edward D. Palik, Gorachand Ghosh 

Search inside another
edition of this book 	
List Price:	 	$3,389.95 	
Price:	 	$3,389.95 & This item ships for FREE with Super Saver
Shipping. See details.
Availability: This title usually ships within 2 to 3 weeks. Please
note that special order titles occasionally go out of print, or
publishers run out of stock. These hard-to-find titles are not
discounted and are subject to an additional charge of $1.99 per book
due to the extra cost of ordering them. We will notify you within 2-3
weeks if we have trouble obtaining this title Learn more

Title: The Story of Hercules 
Price: 1.00
ISBN: 0486297683

You're right...no OED!  But they do have this one in stock (unless
someone purchases the one remaining copy!):

The Porphyrin Handbook, Volumes 1-10
by Karl M. Kadish, Kevin M. Smith, Roger Guilard, Karl Kadish 

Price:   $3,858.95  
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours
Only 1 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Title: Encyclopedia of Polymer Science & Engineering #22: Encyclopedia
of Polymer Science and Engineering, Set
Price: $5,250.00
ISBN: 0471865192

Here's a new book set priced at $13,000.

Being a set, it doesn't meet your criteria whether or not Amazon are
going to list it:

http://news.google.com/news?q=dictionary+of+national+biography&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=nn

But, wow, I thought you might like to buy a set anyway.

Go on, treat yourself!

Not to throw in a monkey-wrench or anything, but here's a
single-volume work (all 65 pounds of it!) that is pretty close to the
top of the list, I would think:


Helmut Newton's SUMO
by Helmut Newton 
 
List Price:   $5,000.00 


This is fun....!


pafalafa-ga

Oh, hell!

There's also:

40 Volume Set, Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 5th Edition
by Hans-Jürgen Arpe (Editor) 

Price:   $14,100.00  


And...it comes with ***free shipping***

Urp....single book...$10K....!


Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey Across the Last Himalayan Kingdom 

Price:   $10,000.00

Pafalafa: That's what I call a great book!  I wonder if amazon.com's
usual return plicy applies for this item... :-)