My neighbour gifted me this book because I thought it was beautiful. I originally intended to remove pages and frame them but now am wondering if it’s valuable and I should return it to her.
Her husband, a retired architect with severe dementia, bought it at a book sale at the University of Manitoba in the early 1970s. Does anyone have any ideas of how I could figure out the value of it?
Update/edit - I very much appreciate all the comments/advice. Clearly I will NOT be cutting it up. All pages are intact but the some are starting to deteriorate. I do very much much appreciate the suggestion of scanning some pages and printing them on vellum.
When I got it I assumed it was a reprint and not of any value but the quality of the paper and plate impressions made me rethink that. I will look for a rare book expert in Alberta and maybe suggest that my neighbour donate it somewhere(?) in her husband’s name.
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