Mbdlevin@aol.com wrote:
>
> The best bargain story is not mine, but I heard it
from the man. ...
> Dennis McMillan bought a copy of The Hard-Boiled
Omnibus for something like
> $7 or $9. As soon as he had completed his
transaction, he showed the store
> owner the title page, which had been inscribed from
Shaw to Hammett. ...
I've had a couple notable finds though none as striking as
Dennis'. I once bought a copy of *The Smiling Corpse* by
"Anonymous" (AKA Philip M. Wylie) at a good will store for a
buck. No dust jacket and battered but still a rare find. And
back a couple years ago, just when eBay was just getting
underway, I bid on and won two or three Fred Brown titles. I
guess my inflated bid made the seller happy because as an
added bonus, he tossed in a beautiful copy of the
Lion-published softback *The Golden Gizmo* by Jim Thompson.
It was nearly mint with a supple cover, not a dent, scratch
nor seam on it.
Of course, a few months later I needed money for one of the
kids braces or a car payment or something, and auctioned
those and some other scarcities off at eBay. While I got a
very fair price, I've still been booting myself ever
since.
Ah, the lot of the struggling government employee . . .
-- jim roberts Freedom lies in being bold! http://home.earthlink.net/~jamesroberts mailto:jamesroberts@earthlink.net
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