I placed a bid on the signed Olympos. Might bid on one or two more tomorrow.
Your Latest Thrift/used Book Store Finds
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Yesterday the mailman delivered an unread large version Hard Case Crimes paperback copy of Binary by 'John Lange' aka Michael Crichton and a beautiful Dark Harvest copy of They Thirst by Robert McCammon. I was stunned when I opened it up and discovered that it is one of the signed/numbered editions! It doesn't have the slipcase but that's okay. I already have this book so it's going on Ebay. Got them both from thriftbooks.com Paid less than $9 for the McCammon!!! Woohoo!!!
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This thread is for all and any books purchased from thrift/second-hand stores... any authors.
Just got home from my weekend in Seattle. Scored lots of treasures! Here they are:
1- 1st hardback of The Speed Queen by Stewart O'Nan- this is a book about a woman on death row who wants Stephen King to tell her story. She writes part of it herself and then records the rest on cassette tapes. O'Nan had to change the title as per King's lawyers. The woman constantly uses titles of Steve's books in her narrative. Anyone read this?
2- 1st hardback printing of The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton. Only had a 5th printing for my collection. This was the last one I needed!
3- 1st trade paperback of Blaze by you-know-who published by Hodder & Stoughton.
4- 1st trade paperback of The Bachman Books by him again.
5- 1st trade paperback of The Stephen King Companion by George Beahm. This is the updated edition which goes up to The Bazaar Of Bad Dreams.
6- September 1971 issue of Playboy. It has a rare never reprinted story The Most Powerful Tailor In The World by Michael Crichton.
7- November 1978 issue of Playboy. It also has a never reprinted story by Jeffrey Hudson (Michael Crichton).
I was very excited to find those Playboy issues!
1- 1st hardback of The Speed Queen by Stewart O'Nan- this is a book about a woman on death row who wants Stephen King to tell her story. She writes part of it herself and then records the rest on cassette tapes. O'Nan had to change the title as per King's lawyers. The woman constantly uses titles of Steve's books in her narrative. Anyone read this?
2- 1st hardback printing of The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton. Only had a 5th printing for my collection. This was the last one I needed!
3- 1st trade paperback of Blaze by you-know-who published by Hodder & Stoughton.
4- 1st trade paperback of The Bachman Books by him again.
5- 1st trade paperback of The Stephen King Companion by George Beahm. This is the updated edition which goes up to The Bazaar Of Bad Dreams.
6- September 1971 issue of Playboy. It has a rare never reprinted story The Most Powerful Tailor In The World by Michael Crichton.
7- November 1978 issue of Playboy. It also has a never reprinted story by Jeffrey Hudson (Michael Crichton).
I was very excited to find those Playboy issues!
....and I KNOW it was for the stories my dear friend....
Thanks...I thought I made a post but when I looked it isn't here. It was probably either my internet or my browser. Both have been acting up on me.
I didn't know it wasn't! I buy copies of books of which I have a good copy, remove the dust jacket, then give the extra to a friend, turn it in for bookstore credit, or donate it to a thrift store if there's no other way. What's hard is when a jacket, instead of being attached to the cover by four little pieces of tape, usually frayed, yellowed and fairly easy to remove, is GLUED to the book! Just did this with two kids' books--had to peel the jacket loose from the end boards of the book, doing as little damage as possible to either jacket or book, then repair as much as possible inside the book end boards before passing the book on. HATE when they do that! At Christmas I had one kids' book where the jacket was literally disintegrating, held together by what was left of the plastic cover, but managed to preserve the main portion, put it on the rattier book for the kid, and took the better jacket on the better copy for my own collection. It's also the only book I've seen of which title on the book spine and jacket matched on one copy and did not on the other! Picture here:
With all your great finds in Spokane I may have to break down and visit Spokane!
I've read the Speed Queen. I don't remember it. Other than at the time, I thought it was a decent enough story and fun just for the Stephen King stuff.
There are a lot of used bookstores and many, many thrift stores in Seattle. I always go to the Goodwill on Dearborn- it's amazing! Biggest Goodwill on the west coast!
First run Misery in near perfect condition, $7
Never heard of this book. I REALLY want to read it! The hunt is on...
Yes, I read The Speed Queen but wasn't impressed. (I enjoyed the King connections but the whole idea was too gimicky, imo). His later books improved by leaps and bounds.
The only other one I read was The Night Country which was good but I knew what the ending was going to turn out to be.
This is the first of the three latest piles of books waiting to be either given away or shelved. (I have many from earlier.) I pick them up at library book sales and others around the area. The hardcover of "To Kill a Mockingbird" came from the hugest book sale I ever saw, held at the Pendleton Convention Center on October 9, 2015. I had been looking for a copy for some time. Saw an ex-library hardcover in a used bookstore in Walla Walla which was beaten to pieces. A man at a Boise bookstore told me when he got copies he never even put it on the shelf, just kept it behind the counter till someone asked for it, it was that popular. I had just made up my mind I would be lucky to even find a paperback and never would find a hardcover when I grabbed this one in Pendleton. I had to assume it was available as the library it came from must have just purchased a new copy to go with "Go Set a Watchman" when it came out. As it so happened, my audiobook on this trip was "To Kill a Mockingbird." I ended up not reading "Go Set a Watchman" following all the bad press but might still change my mind. I enjoyed finishing "To Kill a Mockingbird" on Halloween and watching the movie again after finishing the book. Of the other books here, those not from the Pendleton sale mostly came from thrift stores and yard sales. Some could have come from last year's AAUW sale in Walla Walla.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Could have been a brain fart - you're on more than one message board, right?
I get them sometimes when I walk into a room to get something
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Probably worth about 99 bucks (unless it was signed, then it would be worth megabucks!)