A copy of Troubled Asylum, second edition sold on EBay for $155 on Sunday. This reprinted book was first released as a hard copy in 1981. Resent prices for the hard copy version (1981) have reached selling prices of over $250. The book is a collation of archival documents about the Hospital’s history from 1827 til 1981.
There has been a call for the addition of the history post 1981 which includes the closure and total re-think of the mental heath and disability support systems and the resulting effects of such a change on the people who called Willow Court/Royal Derwent Hospital home and the staff and community that supported them through that history.
The original price for this book was $19.95 and is now considered rare in second edition and scarce in hard copy edition. Signed first edition copies are considered highly collectable.
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Please let me know if a copy becomes available of the troubled asylum
Sorry you just missed a first edition signed copy for $250-270, normally that one sells for much more. I always put a notice on our Facebook groups and page when I know of a copy for sale. That would be the best for the E bay and Gum-tree sales other than that i would suggest putting your name down at the second hand book shops and wait until one comes up for sale. If someone asks me to sale one I will go through a list of people who have requested until it is sold.
Cheers
Mark Krause