![]() Such facsimiles are generally not rare and are valued as used books. Reprinting important texts in typographic or photographic facsimile is a common and inexpensive means of producing a previously printed text. Illustrated textbooks printed before 1850 are also sought after, as are early examples that instructed students about topics now studied, such as the place of African Americans, women, or immigrant groups in society. There is a market for early American primers (for example, the Eclectic Reader of William Holmes McGuffey), although prices vary considerably depending on the edition and condition. Old schoolbooks and college textbooks fall into the category of second-hand books with a few exceptions. Complete sets of encyclopedias published before 1800 also have some market value, and single volumes proportionately less. The eleventh edition (1911) of the Encyclopædia Britannica may be one exception. Since encyclopedias are published and purchased for the currency of their information, obsolete editions of modern encyclopedias have little monetary value, whatever the historical interest of their articles. Exceptions include editions published by fine presses or those with historically significant editors, which may be valued by collectors or libraries for that reason. Such editions may be offered in special bindings and may even be limited and signed, but they are seldom rare. When authors become popular and well established, publishers often issue collected editions of their works. Early Shaker tracts, for example, are considered important and may be quite rare, resulting in greater demand and higher prices. ![]() Great quantities were printed as cheaply as possible, making them both less scarce and less attractive to collectors. ![]() Like Bibles, many other types of religious books, such as hymnals and other worship books, collections of sermons, and books of religious instruction were intended for wide circulation. Most Bibles that contain handwritten genealogical or other family information do not have market value, unless the families or individuals were famous. Certain important editions of the Bible, however, are collectible: the earliest printed Bibles dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the 1611 printings of the first authorized English (King James) version and a variety of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century oddities such as the “Breeches” Bible, the “Vinegar” Bible, and the “Wicked” Bible, which have some misprint or peculiar wording. Because they are so common, most Bibles have no significant monetary value. No single work has been printed more often than the Bible.
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