Thanks AUGUSTA, for the heads up on the Radin Book.
It is also one of my favorites. Probably because it was one of the first books I read on the Lizzie case. I always found it to be an easy read and a very good indroduction to the case, and that's if you ignore his theory of course.
But $100 dollars makes no sense, but it does not surprise me that some scrupulous dealer has put it out there. When I first began to collect books in my ignorance I purchased many rip offs such as this, till I found a collector/dealer that took me under his wing and warned me about such dealers. It's like fishing for them, who knows, you may get a bite. At times they do.
Edward Radins, "The Untold Story," in the antiqurian book world is a 15 to 25 dollar book, with 20 to 22 dollars being a fair asking price in good to very good condition.
If you look under book dealer listings on "abe.com," you will find 38 copies, in hardback, paperback, 1st, 2nd, etc editions, and including British Editions. You should be able to find a nice 1st edition copy for around 25 dollars, in very good condition with a very good dust jacket. If it is a reading copy that you are interested in, then a much cheaper copy can be had.
Being a collector, I would want to find the best condition copy I can find. Sometimes that dictates paying a little more. But copies on abe.com can be readily found for 15 to 20 dollars, and as you said, no one should pay much more for a decent copy.
On the other hand there is a copy listed for 5.50 in Poor condition. I would also avoid the other extreme in price and conditiion. It is a very sort after title and you may want to turn yours over on the market someday. Poor copies of any title are difficult to sell.
