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Posted By: barrysloate

An 1888 first edition of Ward's book isn't worth a fraction of the $7500-8500 list price. Baseball books are typically marked up by rare book dealers at many multiples of their fair market value, in this case at least 4-5 times what it would sell for in a sports auction. Then they knock off 20%, and the uneducated buyer thinks he is getting a great deal.

Given that your book is a third edition and has some condition problems, I would say mid-hundreds would be a rough estimate.