I am the muthafuckin King of book finding
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it's not brilliant, but it's well worth a watch 
but I picked up an incredibly early copy of Paradise Lost for a quid, 10 years ago
Just checked - 1845 publishing date
And it's actually The Poetical Works of John Milton with A Memoir and Seven Embellishments
T & P
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Someone I know once picked up a first edition copy of the first John Le Carre book, complete with its dusjacket, for 50p from a charity shop.
He sold it a few days later for £4,500.
This was a few years ago before abebooks.com became well known. Most charity shops do check online now to see if they happen to have a valuable item in their hands before the put it for sale.
ETA: that poses a moral question in itself. He knew the book was worth a lot (though probably not four figures) when he spotted it. Should have he alerted the charity shop instead?
I think that's worth a thread in General...
He sold it a few days later for £4,500.
This was a few years ago before abebooks.com became well known. Most charity shops do check online now to see if they happen to have a valuable item in their hands before the put it for sale.
ETA: that poses a moral question in itself. He knew the book was worth a lot (though probably not four figures) when he spotted it. Should have he alerted the charity shop instead?
I think that's worth a thread in General...
Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
If anyone has a copy of Green's 'A Groatsworth of Wit (Bought with a Million of Repentance)' I would be interested........
)My husband has not one, but two of http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Boo...bert+elford&sts=t&tn=devil%27s+guard&x=38&y=9
Except one is missing a page near the end, I believe. That one he picked up at a second hand bookstall about 25 years ago, the full and intact one my Dad had, that my husband begged him for. ~As I remember, on our first date ....
I must remember to tell him to put them somewhere safe .....
Except one is missing a page near the end, I believe. That one he picked up at a second hand bookstall about 25 years ago, the full and intact one my Dad had, that my husband begged him for. ~As I remember, on our first date ....
I must remember to tell him to put them somewhere safe .....
"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, and in the middle, you see the blue center-light pop, and everybody goes ahh..."
Jack Kerouac, On The Road (first Edition).
I got given that and I am gonna sell it one day for around £500 unless you want to do a straight deal now?
Jack Kerouac, On The Road (first Edition).
I got given that and I am gonna sell it one day for around £500 unless you want to do a straight deal now?
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
"Jack Kerouac, On The Road (first Edition).
I got given that and I am gonna sell it one day for around £500 unless you want to do a straight deal now?
Okay, we'll trade - you can have my picture of Dogs Playing Pool - providing you throw in Cristiano Ronaldo as well
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
There's a weird border between 'second hand' and 'old' books. I'm mildly fastidious about some second hand books and library books - y'know, the odd stain, bogie, pube etc. Somehow though when all that crud develops into mould and part of the cover breaks off, it officially becomes characterful and antiquarian.
Similarly, an inscription from someone on the occassion of their son's Confirmation in 1927 seems to carry more weight than 2007 infant crayon scawl on the flyleaf...
Similarly, an inscription from someone on the occassion of their son's Confirmation in 1927 seems to carry more weight than 2007 infant crayon scawl on the flyleaf...
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Every month or so?
half hours browse onc morn once night, minimum. The place looks mint
half hours browse onc morn once night, minimum. The place looks mint
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
I am dead lucky, I have one of the biggest second hand book shops in the world just up the road from me. I spend hours there every month or two:
Made famous by this:
where's that? Toon?
Used to be a massive one at Barnard Castle which closed a few years ago.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Ta. At least there's something else to put them on the map other than bumming dolphins (or was that Amble?)
