next1
Established
I received this book as a package when I purchased my M3. Is the "Leica M the advanced school of photography" by Gunter Osterloh 1987 edition. From the book I understand it's a first edition, in English. How much is this book worth? I would like to sell it.
Al Patterson
Ferroequinologist
Well, you could see what others have sold it for on eBay...
next1
Established
Could not find it on ebay as a completed transaction... I found it on Amazon but is not a first edition though.
plummerl
Well-known
Try www.abebooks.com, they have at least six first editions, from $72 to $320.
next1
Established
Thank you, never crossed my mind about this!
marke
Well-known
Next1, that's a pretty cool thing to get with your M3!
I have two versions of this book. One is the more recent one. I also got the same edition you have (first English) at the Chicago Camera Collectors show this past spring. It's in mint shape and I paid $30 for it. But I think it could easily sell for more.
Is this the same as yours?
I have two versions of this book. One is the more recent one. I also got the same edition you have (first English) at the Chicago Camera Collectors show this past spring. It's in mint shape and I paid $30 for it. But I think it could easily sell for more.
Is this the same as yours?
next1
Established
Yes, is the same! Mine says that is a first english edition from 1987.
maddoc
... likes film again.
I think that I have the same edition and the SN of the Noctilux on the cover is only 15 numbers apart from my copy of the lens. 
Very informative and helpful book, BTW. The answers to many questions posted in various Internet forums can be found in this book.
Very informative and helpful book, BTW. The answers to many questions posted in various Internet forums can be found in this book.
tom_uk
Established
This book is well-known for the pages becoming detached from the binding. In the cas eof my copy it's about 20 pages in the first section of the book. This reduces thevalue of the book quite considerably. But my main enjoyment of the book is just to read the old text.
The newer edition is also interesting, although it's quite clearly based on the same content as the older one, with updates and expansions.
The newer edition is also interesting, although it's quite clearly based on the same content as the older one, with updates and expansions.
kshapero
South Florida Man
Slight change of subject: Anyone picked up
Leica M Compendium: Handbook of the Leica M System?
Leica M Compendium: Handbook of the Leica M System?
peter_n
Veteran
I understand that a first edition that has intact binding is worth a few hundred dollars. I've seen the second edition priced at ~$300 already.
K
Ken Tanaka
Guest
Yes, I've had Eastland's book for several years. It's a nice little summary of the M system up until the M7.
next1
Established
Yaeee! Mine is for sale for $75 but has the same problem with the pages though...
antistatic
Well-known
I picked up my 1st edition copy in good nick with pages intact for ~US$80 last month at a camera swap meet.
Given that everyone here has paid less than $100, are there really people paying way more than that?
Given that everyone here has paid less than $100, are there really people paying way more than that?
peter_n
Veteran
Its the bookstores that are charging the $$$, especially the online ones. I wanted a Josef Sudek book of panoramas and was quoted up to $700 by several bookstores. Found it for $40 in a little Prague bookshop.
next1
Established
Are we going through a "Leica Bubble"? What's up with those prices?
peter_n
Veteran
The internet is convenient. If you have the money I think it's OK to spend $700 on a Josef Sudek book and it comes in the mail a few days later. When I think about it I probably spent more than $700 of my time finding a copy that cost $40.
tom_uk
Established
I thought the Leica M Compendium only went as far as the M6? - it's an early-90s book (well, mine is) so it's pre-M6TTL as well as pre-M7.
K
Ken Tanaka
Guest
That's actually what I meant, although my note was ambiguous.
My copy is first dated 1994 with the reprint dated 2001.