Some bragging of my own:
In Copenhagen the annual Peter Grosell sale in the Holy Ghost Church
just ended. It has been described as the best garage sale of the world.
Previous years have yielded finds spanning from a 1595 vellum bound
theological treatise to Kierkegaard, Andersen and Hamsun first editions
in the original languages and Wyndham's Day of the Triffids in UK first
ed. with dust jacket.
This year there was a uniform price of 100 Kroner (16 dollars) for each
book on the first day of the sale. Among the books I found were two
limited numbered editions of Samuel Beckett - Assez and Bing - and the
1744 ed. of Butler's Hudibras, first ed. with the Hogarth prints.
Bindings very worn and one board detached, but text and prints pristine,
looks like the two volumes have never been read. All 16 plates present.
One of the later days with a uniform price of 20 Kroner ($3.25) a volume
I found three vol.s of Walter Scott's Tales of the Crusaders, 1825 first
ed. and even the last day with a price of 5 Kroner a volume (about 80
cents) yielded Albatross paperback editions of Steinbeck and Hemingway
from the thirties in fine unread condition - usually valued at more than
$100 on ABE.
On the way from the sale to the railway station I passed a small
antiquarian shop with a stall out on the sidewalk and found a 1927 first
ed. of Don Marquis' Archy and Mehitabel, complete with dust jacket, for
$10 - present price on ABE about $250.
Arne
John A. Stovall wrote:
>
> On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 03:10:53 -0500, "Scrooge" <knappr.RemoveThis@winco.net>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"John A. Stovall" <johnastovall.RemoveThis@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >news:3e5jf0drd88ff4tqqotg66svs4lpsbohna@4ax.com...
> >> While at a Genealogical Society meeting at a local library, I picked
> >> up two books for 2 dollars. Both have the standard ex-library
> >> mutilations but still seem to good finds for the price.
> >>
> >> First edition _One Hundred Years of Solitude_ Gabriel Marquez (makes
> >> me wonder why a library would deaccess one of the great novels of the
> >> 20th Century and a copy with very little wear only checked out 13
> >> times)
> >>
> >
> >I just picked up a copy of this too. ExLibrary stated First Edition on the
> >copyright page, but on the last page (before the endpaper) there was a
> >number line 70 71 72 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 . I think this translates to the third
> >printing of the first edition. Still a nice find, but needless to say I was
> >a little disappointed.
> >
> >I do hope you got a true first.
>
> Looks like I've got a second printing. My line is
>
> 70 71 72 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
> *******************************************************
>
> "Norton I., Deo Gratia, Emperor of the United States
> and Protector of Mexico, being desirous of allaying
> the dissension's of party strife now existing within
> our realm,do hereby dissolve and abolish
> the Democratic and Republican parties, and also do
> hereby degree the disfranchisement and imprisonment,
> for not more than ten, nor less than five years, to
> all persons leading to any violation of this
> our imperial decree. Norton I.
> Given at San Francisco, Cal. this 12th day of
> August, A.D. 1869"
>
> Norton I.
> Emperor of the United States
> and Protector of Mexico 1859-1880
> --San Francisco Herald, August 13, 1869<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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