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Still remembering my poor decision not to purchase a first edition of Djuna Barnes' first book from a Chicago bookstore in 1971 for $35 (now it would retail for $1000), I believe there's still a small chance I may pay $6 or less for a first edition of Nightwood at a church sale. After all I did buy a first edition in dust jacket of one of the volumes of Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage for $1 at an unitarian church bazaar pre-screened by a relatively knowledgeable dealer. Both authors can be overlooked. But if you want Nightwood in short order, competitive internet pricing based on precedent plus supply and demand keeps the dealers in line. On the basis of my assessment of today's price structure and the dealers who possess the item, I'd say Robert Dagg's prices of $500 with dust jacket and $150 without stand as the most considered and that one could be certain of receiving the items as described. Barry Alpert On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:07:55 +1100, Christopher C Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I paid six dollars for my first edition of Djuna Barnes Nightwood, >deciding I would like to read it again I found two copies, one for $150 >US and the other for $210 US. Now, if this isn't capitalist speculation >grown fat on excess superannuation funds sucked yet again from the blood >of working women and men, then I should start writing horror novels! )-: >Is there any money left in it?