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Post Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 1:24 pm 
 

Hello everyone, while working on rebuilding my lost collection of my youth, I ended up with two copies of 5th print runs of the A D and D MM.  They both read Advanced D & D on the spine.  This site reads "Spine:
"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" in white lettering (altough a copy has been spotted with "Advanced D&D" instead)
States "by Gary Gygax" for 5th print runs.  So my question is...is the version i have worth anymore than the version that spells it all out on the spine?  Or are these rather common?  Any advice is appreciated.  Cheers!
  

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 2:45 pm 
 

welcome back!


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Post Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:21 pm 
 

Thanks so much!  Good to be back my friend.
  

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Post Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:28 pm 
 

Hi, I don't think the value wouldn't be any different. A.l the fourth "editions"/printings (and on) are very widely available. There's a little bump in price on a 3rd printing depending on the condition, but it's really the 1st two printings that are the more valuable versions
  

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Post Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:38 pm 
 

Thanks for your response.  I did not know if a bunch with the alternate wording had been found at this point or if they were considered rare.  I appreciate your thoughts.
  

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Post Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:57 pm 
 

The alternate-wording version is quite a bit more rare.  It's just not any more valuable.

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Post Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:29 pm 
 

Very good. Thanks!
  

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Post Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:29 pm 
 

Every time one of these threads pops up, I get excited.  Aha!, I say to myself.  Maybe my 20th print whatever really IS worth something!!

Sadly, this has not happened.  Yet.

:)


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