There might not be that much demand. My understanding is that a good printing of a book will only make money back in pretty large amounts; if there's only a thousand weirdos in the world who want to buy it (and I'm one of those thousand), it'll only barely break even, if that.

Actually, I'm wrong, there is a newly published version that costs under a hundred bucks.

The first edition is expensive. The current edition is ~$90 for a full color hardcover (expensive but not ruinius if you really want it)

I think this is sort of just what publishing looks like for super niche books. Academic books are a rip off for other reasons too, but they also have the issue that only a very small number of copies are expected to sell, smaller runs means comparatively bigger overheads, means more expensive books.

Just wait until you see an original print of the nice and accurate prophesies of Agnes nutter or the bugger all bible …