And it's written 'Edition: 1st printing'. This one has 'Book Condition: As New' and 'Dust Jacket Condition: As New', but it's also written 'Used'. Thanks for this great answer! I will surely buy my book on īut I have found three other books on which were not present in the list you gave me ( ) : fr), eBay is somewhat more flexible though I do not believe you can select preferences to wean out unapplicable search results, and the best is AbeBooks as it allows you to select for the Seller Location, as you can see here, so that by default a seller of an English language American science fiction book located in France would sell to a France buyer, you. Wait for answer.Īmazon used book sellers usually only ship within their target zone (USA for. If deadlocked, click on the Ask the Bookseller button (or the like) to request more details, including pics.

: make a Carl Sagan / Contact search in the Book category, like this one, for which you'll get fewer results but with the advantage you usually get pictures to verify quality.Ĥ. You can prove me right by making a search with everything logically filled in and a search like the one I suggest, and you'll notice the logical search is the one that will give you less or no results.ģ. Try not to specify that you want a Dustjacket, First Edition, or fill in the Publisher slot, as these slots are usually not filled in by the seller and it will skew your results. You can refine the Advanced Search by adding 'Simon' and/or 'Schuster' in the Keywords section. : make an Advanced Search for Carl Sagan / Contact / Hardcover, sort it by Highest Price first, like in this one, and read the descriptions of those costliest books that state they are in Fine or Like New condition, and when you get an handle on how good the best condition gets (because sometimes the best is horrendous).you start going down the list until you find the cheapest priced Fine or Like New with a similarly excellent description. Once you are sure there are no mistakes.you go on to the next steps.Ģ. the first edition) which gives you a few keywords like hardcover, 1985, Simon & Schuster, and allows you to see the cover art. In that example you select the first search result, checking that it is the right one (i.e.

You make sure of what you want to buy, through here. You usually end up buying what you didn't want.ġ.

As someone who's bought hundreds of books online, I suggest to use Amazon's used books section last, when all else fails descriptions are minimalistic or outright absent, no pictures are offered, and virtually no distinction is made between editions or even hardcover vs.

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