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

On 27 Mar 2006 18:26:59 -0800, wrote:

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


Why settle for a measerly $100, Lawrence?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lonesome-Dove-La...QQcmdZViewItem

Or package it with a fake signature and...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Larry-McMurtry-S...QQcmdZViewItem


Michael :-)

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

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