I own a copy of Webster's Handy Condensed Dictionary Self Pronouncing. This dictionary's copyright date is 1919, and 1931, by Cupples & Leon Company. There are no pages ripped out or missing. I want to know what it's worth.
Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!
The latest date is 1931. It is less than 100 years old, so it is not an antique. At this time it is not worth much. You might want to save it for when it does become an antique.
Many people have old books they think are valuable and would like to sell. Most old dictionaries, references etc., have very little value, a few dollars at most. Encyclopedias dated after 1923 are essentially worthless but crafters may be interested for the old pictures. Libraries, Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc., receive donations of tons of old encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference books but send them to recycling centers or dumps as they cannot use or sell them.
You would be very lucky to sell it for $10 and that would have to be someplace like on Craigslist with no shipping involved.
It is a rare occasion that anyone has a use for a dictionary as the Internet is too easy and available to use. Spell checking almost did away with the common use for a dictionary and schools all use on line varieties.
Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!
