J wrote:
On Jan 3, 7:45 pm, "Francis A. Miniter" wrote:
I found at Savers, a used goods store, this evening on the
way home, a first printing (1968) of the Grove Press edition
of the Marquis de Sade's *Juliette* , 1205 pages, with dust
jacket (with only minor defects) and light foxing to the top
edges (otherwise fine) and the first complete publication of
the work in America.


Does the increasing demise of old-fashioned second-hand bookstores
mean more goodies to be found by the dedicated hunter, do you think?
Or will more books simply be trashed?

Gack! I say this as I contemplate going back to look at what
appears to be a full set of leatherbound works of Robert Lewis
Stevenson. Yesterday, I got several books for $2 each--2 volumes
being from the 1700s. I also got some more expensive books, 1
being a geography book from the 1800s that contains the most
disparaging comments about almost every nationality....

--
Jean B.