Very nice! Here in the US it's National Library Week. Do you have something like that in the UK?
Your Latest Thrift/used Book Store Finds
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Today the mailman delivered a beautiful hardback 1st of The Magic Wagon by Joe Lansdale. Book and dj are in near perfect condition, which is nice as it is an ex-library copy. Got it from thriftbooks.com
A nice 1932 clothbound E.A. Poe collection, The Poems and Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (still trying to establish a date on that one--the only date I can find in the book is 1896, but I don't think that can be right), and a copy of The Year of the Flood (Atwood)--I loaned my copy to someone and never got it back. $1/ea.
Just curious. Who's the publisher of your Wilde? Is it Modern Library?
It is. I finally nailed down a date: 1950
It's in near perfect condition, but no dust jacket. Nice little book! I have a weakness for old books.
That book in perfect condition could easily sell for about 25 bucks, maybe 50ish to a collector. Great find!It is. I finally nailed down a date: 1950
I just now saw the part about the missing dj. That makes a huge difference to a collector. That being said, I'm going to check if it was published with a dj.
So let's stick to the 20-25 buck neighborhood.
Still a great find and a wonderful book in its own right.
The Poems and Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, No Dust Jacket - AbeBooks
Sorry... I love researching books. Didn't mean to jump the gun.
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M-O-O-N - That spells Nameless
I don't think so. We have a few different special days to celebrate/encourage reading, especially for kids. A lot of schools tell kids to dress up as a character from a book or comic on world book day. This sadly gives stupid parents a chance to try to out do each other, and one kid turned up as Christian grey.
Schoolboy's Christian Grey costume banned from World Book Day event | Books | The Guardian
No problem- - I love booksSo let's stick to the 20-25 buck neighborhood.
Still a great find and a wonderful book in its own right.
The Poems and Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, No Dust Jacket - AbeBooks
Sorry... I love researching books. Didn't mean to jump the gun.
It's too bad that it's not the 1932 edition: that one is going for $120!
That's a cool idea! Peculiar parents aside, I bet kids here would love that.
My daughter's elementary school did that. I remember she was deciding between Eloise and Junie B Jones as a superhero, but hell if I can remember which she chose.
Plumbed the depths of the Goodwill book aisle, came up with:
Norman Mailer, The Armies of the Night
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Peter Straub, Floating Dragon
Norman Mailer, The Armies of the Night
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Peter Straub, Floating Dragon
Arcadevere
Gentle Lady From Brady Hartsfield Defense Squad
i've spend my time when i was still in highschool, finding this book ;___;
now i'm kinda jealous
Today at Value Village I found a dvd of 'Divine Madness' by Bette Midler. It was filmed way back in 1980 and this is the show that I saw her do live at The Paramont Theater in Seattle! Good Lawd, has it really been 36 years????????????????? Anyhoo, I'm going to watch it tonight and laugh my *ss off!!
Is this the
one where Katey sagal was one of the Harlettes?
Oh, yes! Before she became 'Peg Bundy'!!
So I watched the movie and looked thru the credits- Katey is not one of the Harlettes. She must have left right before this tour to start on her own Hollywood career. But, it was still a great movie- makes ya laugh and makes ya cry! Bette is really a true talent!
So here's the run-down for the last week:
'Black Berets' original paperbacks vol. 1-5 by 'Mike McCray' a.k.a. Michael McDowell. All from thriftbooks.com, all less than $5 each. I'm hoping to get the entire series (there are 13 in all) as I want to have another experience reading something by McDowell that I haven't read before.
'Black Berets' original paperbacks vol. 1-5 by 'Mike McCray' a.k.a. Michael McDowell. All from thriftbooks.com, all less than $5 each. I'm hoping to get the entire series (there are 13 in all) as I want to have another experience reading something by McDowell that I haven't read before.
Bought a hardcover third printing of Thinner in fairly good condition. Have an extra hardcover BCE in acceptable condition I would be happy to gift to someone. PM me your address if you are interested.
Not exactly a thrift store/used bookstore find but...when I travel I like to leave a book or two behind at the hotel I'm staying, especially if the hotel has a bookcase; I'm doing this as part of bookcrossing....last weekend I got a book called The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate Mosse, and left two other books by Anne Rice in its place. It sounds promising - an old house, ghosts, and taxidermy of course.