Yeah, but there are still good deals to be found. I got a very fine copy of
a first edition of Of All The Bloody Cheek this weekend for three bucks at
my local used bookstore.
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:14 PM, jacquesdebierue <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com <rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com>, Nathan
> Cain <IndieCrime@...> wrote:
> >
> > I once came close to scoring a first printing of one of Stark's "Score"
> > books, "Sour Lemon" I think it was, on Ebay for a song. The bidding
> started
> > at less than a buck. Unfortunately, word got out in the last day or so
> and
> > the price got run up to about $75 bucks or so. Too rich for my blood.
> >
>
> At that point, the words "photocopy" or "scanner" start to sound good.
> Unless one wants the book for other reasons than to read it, if course.
> Unfortunately, libraries have gotten rid of t lot of good stuff. I bought
> some old Westlake books at library sales, books that had been taken off the
> shelves. I'd better not get started on that.
>
> Best,
>
> mrt
>
>
>
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