{"id":4102,"date":"2009-06-02T16:49:02","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T21:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/?p=4102"},"modified":"2009-05-30T19:37:46","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T00:37:46","slug":"oa-handbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/02\/oa-handbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Collecting OA Handbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Knowledge<\/p>\n

Collecting OA Handbooks<\/a> is an interesting collecting field.\u00c2\u00a0 Most items are modestly priced.\u00c2\u00a0 The handbooks back to the early 1960’s can frequently be found on eBay for $10 or less in mint or near mint condition.\u00c2\u00a0 There are several ways to collect including every printing, cover changes, NOAC editions or whatever you desire.<\/p>\n

Once you get back to the 1950’s, the prices begin to creep up.<\/p>\n

As you might expect, the most expensive OA Handbook is the first edition.\u00c2\u00a0 One recently ended on eBay<\/a>, which is pictured below, since the eBay item is only available for a limted time.<\/p>\n

\"First
First OA Handbook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is purportedly a Hardcover version of this handbook, but I have never seen it.\u00c2\u00a0 Can anyone share a scan?<\/p>\n

———————–<\/p>\n

\n
\n
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.<\/dt>\n
H. L. Mencken<\/a><\/strong>
\nUS editor (1880 – 1956)<\/em><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Collecting OA Handbooks is an interesting collecting field.\u00c2\u00a0 Most items are modestly priced.\u00c2\u00a0 The handbooks back to the early 1960’s can frequently be found on eBay for $10 or less in mint or near mint condition.\u00c2\u00a0 There are several ways to collect including every printing, cover changes, NOAC editions or whatever you desire. Once you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32],"tags":[183],"series":[],"class_list":["post-4102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-checklists","tag-oa-handbooks","wpcat-32-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe0C4-14a","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4105,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4102\/revisions\/4105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4102"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=4102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}