Welcome to Fifth
Avenue
Books!
We specialize in Time-Life collectable
books.
TIME
-LIFE-
BOOKS
We offer single books and
full sets!
Whether you’re looking for books to complete your
set or in the market for a complete set you’ll find what you’re looking for
right here. If you’re an avid collector, strictly first editionalist, or looking
to replace worn out copies used in a teaching environment we can help!
Need more
information?
Because this sight is set up for the collector we
are always looking for more information to add to our site to help our visitors
find what they are looking for, so
if you have a suggestion or find something that supersedes the information on
this site please feel free to contact us, we would love to hear from you.
Reading copies verses
collector’s
We have thousands of collectable books in stock in
various states of condition with prices to meet any budget or taste. Whether you
are interested in a certain subject and are looking for books to read and
condition/edition will not be an issue we have rated all of our books for easy
identification of condition.
READING COPY: About all it is good for.
Or, it may interest collectors or modern first editions who keep their pristine
copies on a shelf safe from prying hands but who may still want to read
Hemingway or Faulkner.
Reading
copies come in handy for research. a copy that shows heavy wear could be any edition
(1st, 2nd, 3rd…ect.)
All pages intacted and readable with cover damage,
may be a tear here or there, jacket missing, basically you read it and hide it.
FAIR/POOR: Worn and used. Cover soiled,
scuffed, evidence of repairs, shaken, perhaps a page torn here or there.
The book has definitely been around.
GOOD:
Obviously read. Perhaps the covers show moderate wear, a hinge is
cracked in front or back; some minor spine fading might be present, the
binding scuffed. Perhaps the book is even a little shaken, not quite as
tight as it used to be. All in all, the condition shows the book has been
around for a while and used. No really major defects.
VERY GOOD:
Definitely showing wear, but not damaged. Usually a clean, tight
copy. Most collectible books fit this category. Our opinion “Very Good” is
slightly bumped corners, slightly rubbed/scratched cover art, one or two small
tears to jacket no larger than a ¼” is considered within the parameters of a
very good condition description.
FINE: Nearly
new. In our opinion a “Fine” condition book may have been gently read with
no obvious signs of wear.
MINT:
As new. Right off the press. Our mint books will be just that. We do not
like to throw around the term “Mint”. A mint condition book in our opinion will
be one that is still sealed in the publisher’s original shrink wrap or still
contained in its original sealed shipping carton or a shipping carton that has
been opened by the previous owner and the book is in “Fine” condition would
still be considered “Mint”.
CONDITION RATING IS A
MATTER OF OPINION.
In an attempt to give the
best possible description of each book we may overlap condition terms.
“Good-Very Good” for example would indicate that the book is closer to “Good”
condition Than “Fine” condition and is not quite “Very Good” having a little
more wear than the person rating the book feels comfortable with in giving a
solid “Very Good” rating.
WE WANT YOUR BOOKS !
IF YOU LIVE IN THE METRO DETROIT AREA AND ARE INTERESTED IN
SELLING YOUR GENTLY USED BOOKS, DROP US A LINE!
Ask
about our trade-in program.
WE BUY
COLLECTIONS/LIBRARIES
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