Parker Books

[Bill Murphy]

The Parker Story is being sold in scratch and dent form by the publisher for about $250, new without slipcase. The early Baer pair is collectable and sells for $120, I think. The Baer combined edition is common and easy to find at $60. The Peter Johnson book can be bought for $20 with the first edition selling for a few dollars more. I welcome comments and corrections from other posters. I'm just trying to give some help to the original poster. Yes, people want these books and they can be sold, no problem. However, if you go on ebay and search "baer parker" you will find that I may be very wrong. I think the sellers offering the two books, volume one and two of Baer is about on the money, but the seller offering the later combined book at $125 is dreaming. There is a Deluxe, padded cover version of the Volume 1 Baer that is more valuable than the hard cover Volume 1. If you have all Baer volumes with the reprint of the 1895 catalog, get back to us, because that is very valuable.

[Autumn Daze]

Bill, I bought the Baer padded 2 volume set with the salesmans catalog signed and numbered several years back for $300.00 if I remember right.I think you're spot on about the other two book's.

I thought Daniel was selling the "scratch and dent" volumes for $200.00. I could be wrong though.

[Wild Skies]

I recently gifted a blemished set w/o slip case of The Parker Story which I purchased through the Double Gun Journal and paid $195 including the shipping. Upon inspection of the books I couldn't detect what was wrong with them to classify them as blems--they appeared perfect to me.