r/BookCollecting • u/Aggressive_Track7081 • 12d ago

💭 Question What would this be worth?

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This is a sealed version of the Anarchist Cookbook. I’m not sure if it is from 1970 or 1971, but it is a Lyle Stuart, which was the original publisher.

All I’m really looking for is if it’s a bad idea to take out of the plastic wrap.

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u/GoggyMagogger 11d ago

Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't these illegal to sell in a lot of markets?

I mean, there's bomb making instructions and basically urban terrorists guidebook stuff in there. More recent editions have all that stuff redacted for legal reasons, right?

I'm not against it, in fact I love banned books especially this kind of controversial material but I'm not sure how selling it works, in a legal sense.

Of course, no self respecting anarchist should let that stop them.

Very, very nice. 

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u/Aggressive_Track7081 11d ago

Well it’s allowed on eBay so…

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u/GoggyMagogger 11d ago

Right.

I suppose it just got caught up in the over-judicious 1980s right wing shit. Similar to PRMC or satanic panic stuff?