<<Boy, I wish the used bookstores around DC were as
good as those where
Mario lives; I have yet to find a used vintage Goodis
(although I have
colected the John Evans/Howard Brownes). I am happy to have
gotten all
of the Black Lizard reprints, plus the recent Midnight
Classics (Serpent
Tail) reprint of Blonde on the Street Corner. Maybe they'll
do more, I
hope so.>>
I have found Goodis's and many other paperbacks from the
fifties and
sixties *precisely* when I haven't been looking for them. One
time I
bought an entire box at an auction for $10; it contained
nothing but old
Gold Medals, including obscure books by John D. MacDonald,
Gault, Dan
Marlowe, and other popular authors of that era. No-one bid
but me!
I had gone to this estate auction looking for old woodworking
tools,
which were all bid incredibly high by quite a crowd (an old
scythe in
very poor shape went for $50). More recently, I found Leigh
Bracket's
"An eye for an eye" in absolutely mint condition at a
Salvation Army
store - for 50 cents. The funny thing is that I had gone in
to donate a
bunch of clothes and assorted junk. Maybe there is justice
after all -
or a positive version of an eye for an eye.
I have also found that library sales are a good place to pick
up good
old stuff (and newer too, it's amazing how fast a lot of
books are
retired and how few donations actually end up in the
selves).
It does help a bit to know what's out there, but nevertheless
it's hard
on the neck and the eyes to have to look through tables and
tables of
stuff.
Regards,
MT
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