The University of Texas Libraries generally does not appraise books but we can help patrons find resources that will give rare book price information.
The two standard published reference works that will contain information, such as past auction records, are:
Recommend that patrons contact rare and out-of-print book dealers in their area. The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America has an online searchable directory of member booksellers (http://hq.abaa.org/books/antiquarian/databases/bookseller_search.html).
For further information on questions about rare books and book values, the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Rare Books and Manuscripts Section web page "Your Old Books" gives more details (http://www.rbms.info/yob.shtml).
Local Austin Area appraisers: