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| | | Posts: 10433 | Location: Texas... time to secede!! | Registered: 12 February 2004 | 
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| Good find!
Was it half price books? I’ve found lots of great deals at the ones in Seattle and a few signed books for cheap. |
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| I have an account at a local half price book store that I have given names of authors and various books to be on the lookout for. A store clerk called yesterday PM to ask if I was interested in this book. My answer, of course, was indeed and will pick it up today AM. Going through the book at home I found it was dedicated to another and signed by Duncan Gilchrist. Not sure if the book store was aware of this. Great find. Reading this evening. MTG |
| | | Posts: 241 | Location: NW Montana | Registered: 22 March 2005 |
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| I’ve scoured Half Price and have not been that lucky. HPB is based here and one of their stores close to me is about the size of a Walmart. I’m not familiar with this book, but will look for it. I’m not big on collectors book, as I like to read as I go to bed and I’ll wake up with no idea where I had stopped and the book is shoved up my nose or something silly.
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| quote: Originally posted by MTGunner:
I have an account at a local half price book store that I have given names of authors and various books to be on the lookout for. A store clerk called yesterday PM to ask if I was interested in this book. My answer, of course, was indeed and will pick it up today AM. Going through the book at home I found it was dedicated to another and signed by Duncan Gilchrist. Not sure if the book store was aware of this. Great find. Reading this evening. MTG
That’s awesome. And good on them for actually calling you when the book came in. |
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| While at the book store to pick up Duncan Gilchrist book I also found “Hunting on safari in east and Southern Africa by author Aubrey Wynn-Jones. Illustrated by Andre de Villers. Very nice book of African animals, their territories, habitat and more. Along with their sizes, weights, habits and etc. Plus, in the dangerous game section it details bullet placement. Cool! Not that I will be returning to Africa, but one can dream. MTG |
| | | Posts: 241 | Location: NW Montana | Registered: 22 March 2005 |
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| I love signed 1st editions. I have quite a few. When I was married to my ex she always wanted to go antique shopping. In her case furniture. While I had to be there I perused the book sections. I bought a complete set of 1st editions H.Rider Haggard from the 19 teens for $40.00. I also found a 1943 copy of Mein Kampf in English for $5.00. I didn't buy it for the subject matter but for the fact that how many were published in English in 1943?
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