I'd have to guess that the absence of a 1913 dust wrapper wouldn't be too unusual.

That would make the dust wrapper particularly rare.

I recall a dealer advertising, in the 1990s, for copies of The Hobbit 1st edition. He was willing to pay £1,500 for one in its dust wrapper, but only £300 without it. Those numbers are much higher now, but the descrepancy remains.

Another example would be 'The Man with Two Left Feet' by P.G. Wodehouse. It was at number 93 in B&MC's 100 most valuable books of the 20th century. They reckon £4,000 in dust wrapper, perhaps £400 without. But then, in their article they had to show a picture of the 1933 U.S. edition because the dust wrapper on the U.K. first edition is so incredibly rare they couldn't find one to photograph. Yet number 4 on that same list is Fitzgerald's 'Great Gatsby' in dust wrapper at £50,000. They found one of those to photograph.

Hmmmmm.

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