Doug,
Jan Still's books sold for around a hundred bucks new, and they are now unavailable new, except maybe the last one. $300 mark seems to be the going rate, IMHO those asking more are gougers, not collectors.
The hot pin test for the grips: heat up a pin point to red hot and apply it to a discreet place on the back of the grip. If the material is plastic of any sort, it will melt and smell like burning plastic. Bakelite would not melt, and it would smell resin-y, if at all. Molded copies of original grips would usually not have the holes threaded, as the threading would not allow their removal from a straightforward mold. If they are threaded, the molding system would have had a removable threaded stud to create the threaded hole.
Keep the pics coming!
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