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1dinoboy
Anyone have a story about a great old book find?
Or, a real steal?
The internet makes it a lot easier, but some of my favorite surprises have come from just rooting around little, out-of-the-way used bookstores.
(you can omit details that would give away your book finding secrets...)
Or, a real steal?
The internet makes it a lot easier, but some of my favorite surprises have come from just rooting around little, out-of-the-way used bookstores.
(you can omit details that would give away your book finding secrets...)
2dinoboy
...ok...so maybe this wasn't such a hot topic.
It came to mind, though, when I was thinking of a stack of bound Scribner's magazine collections I found for less than ten dollars each, several years ago.
There was also a time I was completely broke and went into a Crown Books to look around. I found a signed and limited, boxed edition of "Dragon Moon" by Chris Claremont and John Bolton. There was no price on it so I asked at the front desk. They said "I don't know...two bucks?" I only had 1.80 on me at the time, so they gave it to me for that.
At the time it was a 40.00 book for 1.80 isn't such a bad deal....even if it hasn't gone up in price at all since then.
One time, down at the San Diego Comicon, I looked around some used book stores in the area. I ran across the first book Alan Lee ever illustrated (a Golden book of myths, if I remember right) I picked it up for 3.00 and went back to the con and traded it to Jim Vadebocoeur for some stuff of his I'd had my eye on.
It came to mind, though, when I was thinking of a stack of bound Scribner's magazine collections I found for less than ten dollars each, several years ago.
There was also a time I was completely broke and went into a Crown Books to look around. I found a signed and limited, boxed edition of "Dragon Moon" by Chris Claremont and John Bolton. There was no price on it so I asked at the front desk. They said "I don't know...two bucks?" I only had 1.80 on me at the time, so they gave it to me for that.
At the time it was a 40.00 book for 1.80 isn't such a bad deal....even if it hasn't gone up in price at all since then.
One time, down at the San Diego Comicon, I looked around some used book stores in the area. I ran across the first book Alan Lee ever illustrated (a Golden book of myths, if I remember right) I picked it up for 3.00 and went back to the con and traded it to Jim Vadebocoeur for some stuff of his I'd had my eye on.
3johnnyapollo
I've come across a few things along the lines of "good finds" but they don't really fit under the "Golden Age Illustrators" topic:
I was in a local comic shop that had just bought out the inventory of another fairly large shop - I always gravitate towards the trades. I found a hardcover s/n of Frank Stack's Dorman's Doggie and a hardcover s/n of the Art of Ken Kelly - got the Stack book for $10 and the Kelly book for $50. When I was looking over the Ken Kelly slip case I realized it was in gold foil - even though it was sealed I suspected it was one of the sketched editions that originally sold for $500 if memory serves (there was a normal s/n edition with silver foil). When I opened it I was pleasantly rewarded with a full figure of Conan inked on the front leaf.
I had the pleasure of being invited to preview one of the pre-eminent children's illustrated book collections in the Southeast, which was being auctioned off as the owner was going blind and felt they needed to be shared with those that could still view them. I ended up with about 30 books and spent an inordinate amount of money on them. Of those books I still have about 10 (I now regret selling/trading those other 20 - among them were several Frank L. Baum first editions, including Wizard of Oz and Adventures of Santa Claus, the latter being particularly rare). To see the amassed collection - several thousand childrens books, all first editions and illustrated, was something to see indeed.
I was in a local comic shop that had just bought out the inventory of another fairly large shop - I always gravitate towards the trades. I found a hardcover s/n of Frank Stack's Dorman's Doggie and a hardcover s/n of the Art of Ken Kelly - got the Stack book for $10 and the Kelly book for $50. When I was looking over the Ken Kelly slip case I realized it was in gold foil - even though it was sealed I suspected it was one of the sketched editions that originally sold for $500 if memory serves (there was a normal s/n edition with silver foil). When I opened it I was pleasantly rewarded with a full figure of Conan inked on the front leaf.
I had the pleasure of being invited to preview one of the pre-eminent children's illustrated book collections in the Southeast, which was being auctioned off as the owner was going blind and felt they needed to be shared with those that could still view them. I ended up with about 30 books and spent an inordinate amount of money on them. Of those books I still have about 10 (I now regret selling/trading those other 20 - among them were several Frank L. Baum first editions, including Wizard of Oz and Adventures of Santa Claus, the latter being particularly rare). To see the amassed collection - several thousand childrens books, all first editions and illustrated, was something to see indeed.
