Jon Atack - A Piece of Blue Sky

Martin Hunt, Thu 30 Mar 2000

From: martinh@islandnet.com (Martin Hunt)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Re: Jon Atack - A Piece of Blue Sky
Message-ID: <dyz44MdlgYEV092yn@islandnet.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:05:51 GMT

shy_david@nospam.org (Shy David www.xenu.net) wrote:

>On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 02:39:19 -0800, Martin Hunt <martinh@islandnet.com> wrote:
>
>> Atack, Jon A PIECE OF BLUE SKY: SCIENTOLOGY,
>> DIANETICS AND L. RON HUBBARD EXPOSED New York Lyle
>> Stuart / Carol Publishing Group. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7½" - 9½" tall
>> [1990]
>> [xiv], 428pp. First Edition. Binding is Hard Cover. Book # 011854 
>> US$ 225.00 Click here for more information or to purchase this book 
>> directly from David H. Gerber - Books, TX, U.S.A. 
>> 
>> Wow; to think I could have bought as many of these as I wanted
>> a year ago for $20 each!
>> 
>> A box of these would have made a nice little investment.
>
>What makes this copy worth US$225? Is it really that rare?

I keep an eye on the critical books; prices usually average:

$200 for Atack
$100 for Cooper
$50 for Kaufman
$20 for Malko

But they can swing wildly; I've seen Kaufman going for $100, and
Cooper going for $5. And you can forget about Vosper; it's never
for sale. Lamont, Miller, and Corydon fetch normal hardcover used-
book prices, $10 - $15.

And no, Atack isn't all that rare - it's just that no one is
selling their copy! Malko is far rarer, and some very rare
books only fetch a few bucks. I got _This is Life_ by Reg
Sharpe and _Scientology for the Millions_ for about $5 each.
For $100, you can get one-of-a-kind early items by unheard-of
authors about Dianetics or Scientology.

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