At 06:19 AM 7/24/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Please excuse any duplication of this message.
>
>Has anyone had experience determining the value of books for insurance
>purposes?  The City of Ottawa Archives has about 400 books ca. 1940 to
>1997 from all over the world which were given as gifts to the Mayor of
>Ottawa.  Very few of the books have the original retail prices on the
>jackets and, of course, those prices would have been specific to the year
>published.  As well, many of the books are inscribed by the donators -
>usually other Mayors or authors.
>
>Is there a quick and easy way of determining a book's value?
>
>Thank you for your help.
>
>Carol (balancing-between-archives-and-museums) Hopp
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>Carol --

 Try these web sites, especially useful for out-of-print books:

     http://www.abebooks.com/
     http://daniel.interloc.com/
Michael Allen Rooks
Circulation Manager
John M. Flaxman Library
37 S. Wabash
Chicago Il 60603
(312) 899-5097 [x2023]
(312) 899-1465 fax