I'm beginning to think Montreal is the place where books go
to die, at least for a while. Most of those books you mention
I remember seeing remaindered all over the place. British,
American, French -- Blue Murder, Black Lizard, Zomba Press,
Dennis MacMilliam, etc., etc.
-- great stuff, brand-spanking new, priced to own. And then
there were all those funky old used American paperbacks from
the forties, fifties and sixties -- Dell, Gold Medal, Crest,
Graphic, etc. -- that nobody was much interested in (Quebec's
mostly French-speaking, remember) going for a quarter or so.
How could I resist?
Which explains how I could now build a house out of my TBR
pile.
Of course, now, with the internet, everyone knows what
everything is worth, or think they do. Bargains are still out
there, but they're harder to find. Books worth maybe five
bucks that I used to get for a buck or so are now being
offered on ABE for twenty.
Sigh.
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