[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']I stopped in the newest Goodwill to open in my area today and I found a 4 pack of books from the one publishing company. They had copyright stamps in them from 1890, 1894, 1900 and 1932.
They were reproductions of certain stories and I have the distinct feeling they were legitimately 120 years old.
The price for all four: $2.99
But seeing as how I didn't know whether or not they would sell quickly if I listed them someplace I decided not to get them.
I've learned my lesson since that copy of the Transformers 1986 movie soundtrack that I paid $4 for that unless it's something I intend on using I'm better off NOT buying it.[/QUOTE]
Old books are the sort of thing you don't want to fool with unless you do your research. There's a ton of books from the 1900s to 1920s on Amazon that sit at the 4 million sales rank and have low sales values--many people will just buy the reprints or the kindle editions.
Anyhow, you might want to do a google search on "antiquarian books" or head over to places like abebooks to check up on the values of the 1890, 1894 editions. I know offhand that certain early editions of the Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, and Charles Dickens works can be worth a sizable amount of cash, but I'd figure one would have to plug them into a specialized collector's market in order to make the sale.
http://www.biblio.com/search.php?author=frank+l+baum&title=&keyisbn=&rare_books=on
Here's a useful website for searching rarities (turned up many Frank L. Baum titles, i.e. The Emerald City of Oz--it would be nearly impossible to get a accurate value for this one based on Amazon due to zillions of reprints).