As a former on line book dealer, I can give you some hints about what to look for when searching bargain bins and Goodwill and yard sales for valuable books. The first is something to look out for when buying a "first edition". Book clubs will print their copies of the first edition and it may indeed say first edition on the inside cover. But if you take off the dust jacket and turn the book over, look down at the bottom right hand side of the cover. If there is a little indented dot there, this identifies the book as a book club edition. There may be nothing else telling you this is not a first edition, (sometimes the print font will differ from a real FI) and a disreputable dealer may try to pass this off to an unsuspecting buyer.
Also, with regard to the dust jacket? The condition of the dust jacket accounts for about 80% of the value of your book. No dust jacket? Don't pay collectible prices.
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