One that got away - and a couple that didn't

The price was just too much - for me, not for the book.

At the Avon (Connecticut) Public Library Sale this weekend, they had a signed,
first edition (two volumes) of Booker T. Washington's "The Story of the Negro"
in very good condition, for $200. I will probably think about not buying for a
long time.

On the plus side,

(1) a first printing of Arthur Miller's "Death of A Salesman", Viking, "first
published in March, 1949", for $1.00.

(2) a signed first edition from the Franklin Press of Joyce Carol Oates, "The
Mysteries of Winterthurm", for $8.

A good quality library sale. By far, most of the books are donated.


Francis A. Miniter