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Nice Little Brag
Saw a couple of Easton Press SF books (Bujold's Falling Free and
Sawyer's The Terminal Experiment) at $20 each on a swing-by of the nearest Half-Price Books yesterday, went home, priced them out, and came back to pick them up, plus scan the mainstream shelves I hadn't had a chance to peruse the other day, upon which I found a copy of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove. "Can't be a first," I thought, pulling it out and seeing no Pulitzer Prize sticker on the cover. "Can't be a first," I thought, opening it up and seeing a price on the dj flap. "Can't be a first," I thought, turning to the copyrightpage, and seeing the 1 n the numberline. "Can't be a first," I thought, turning to see if there was a embossed book club square on the back cover. There wasn't. Holy Molle! A First! (It even has trhe misprint on page 621, which I was unaware of until I came home to price check it.) A Near Fine only copy, with an owner'sblindstamp on the title page, but still a nice $100 find for $7.98. And friends who have read it tell me the novel itself is excellent. And that's why you check the titles which you know 99 times out of a hundred won't be a first, because on that hundreth time... Lawrence Person Lame Excuse Books Stock available online at www.tomfolio.com (searched by www.bookfinder.com), or at: http://home.austin.rr.com/lperson/lame.html |
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Nice Little Brag
Good scouting!!!
Doesn't it feel so good!!! I check the number line all the time these days. You never know... I seem to have luck with "Silence of the Lambs" - two first/firsts at this time. Willow "Jon Meyers" wrote in message ... wrote: Holy Molle! A First! (It even has trhe misprint on page 621, which I was unaware of until I came home to price check it.) That typo on p 621 has never been fixed, as far as I know, and still appears in later printings you can find new right now. The number line is all you need. A Near Fine only copy, with an owner'sblindstamp on the title page, but still a nice $100 find for $7.98. And friends who have read it tell me the novel itself is excellent. And that's why you check the titles which you know 99 times out of a hundred won't be a first, because on that hundreth time... Preaching to the choir, Lawrence. No matter how small the chance, I still look, especially if it's a book that I really like, which LD is. Nice find. --Jon Meyers |
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