List some good old books you've found at a book sale or used book shop.

[Sequoia]

"Night of the Hunter", by Davis Grub (1953). A most excellent thriller.

Posedian Adventure, The, by Paul Gallico (1969) (Scarier than the movie and better too)


Hannibal: One man against Rome , by Harold Lamb (1957) Bantam pb 1962

[joeybee12]

1. Ruggles of Red Ridge...

hadn't heard of it before.

[democraticinsurgent]

2. October Surprise

Just picked this up two days ago at the local Half Price Books for $1.00, hardback and signed by the author!

October Surprise by Gary Sick



Haven't read it yet, but looking forward to it.

[old mark]

3. I like to shop online at Abebooks. They have a network of dealers

in the US and overseas, and I have bought some Walter Mosley fiction recently - one of my favorite American authors lately.

Link to the Abebooks site: http://www.abebooks.com/

They have access to an incredible number of used books from cheap paperback reading copies to collector's editions.

I do my IRL book shopping at local thrift shops.

mark

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Original publications:

1. First English edition of works by Heinrich Heine (25 cents apiece. Eat your hearts out!)
2. Original publication of the Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie.
3. Original publication of Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt.
4. Original publication of "Brideshead Revisited".
5. Original publication of "1984" (American edition) WITH the jacket!

[aquart]

5. Honestly, I'm finding good old EBOOKS online.

All sorts of kicky stuff that's old and out of copyright from Gutenberg and other places. I walk around with an entire library on my iPAQ.

[BunkerHill24]

6. Biko

By Donald Woods. Many of you might of seen the movie 'Cry Freedom' which is based on the the true story of Steve Biko.

[FSogol]

7. "No Picnic on Mt. Kenya" by Felice Benuzzi & "The Main" by JohnTrevannian

and many more.

[Journeyman]

8. First editions: "Man of La Mancha," "Cass Timberlane" (Sinclair Lewis), and . . .

Why We Are At War by Woodrow Wilson. The latter still has the outer edge of the signatures (the printing forms) intact and uncut.

I believe I paid less than a dollar for each of the three.

[nalnn]

9. Orwell

I found a 2nd edition copy of Animal Farm a while back. In pretty good shape too! :)

[no_hypocrisy]

10. Welcome to DU, nalnn.

Now "bookmark" for your first post for posterity!

[On the Road]

11. "The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun"

by Sebastian Japrisot.

Very creative psychological suspense novel.

[democraticinsurgent]

12. lots of nice collectible finds here

i'd like to invite anyone who's into collecting and antiques over to the eBay/antiques/collector group:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=403

[Jim__]

13. Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus - William Anthony Granville - 1904

I bought it for 25 cents in a second hand book store on either 2nd or 3rd Ave in downtown Portland (late 60s or early 70s). One of the best math texts I've ever used. I don't have a picture, but wiki has a reference.

[BOSSHOG]

14. I'm always looking for old WWII books in used bookstores

Beckham's Books in New Orleans is a great place to sort through old books in a musty historic old setting. My most recent find is Black May about how the allies whipped the German Submarine Force in the Atlantic in May 1943

[Doris32r]

15. "The Scarab Murder Case"

by S. S. Van Dine...1929...A Philo Vance Story. The library book sale had the whole series, but I only bought one. Went to the coffee shop and started reading, realized how good it was and went back to the sale the next day to get the rest, but they were gone :( So I'm now in search of the rest of the series!

[JitterbugPerfume]

16. Leaves of Grass, Whitman 1940 edition

illustrated by Lewis C Daniel

The complete history of Chrysler Corporation 1924-1985

Hiroshima Joe by Martin Booth first American edition 1985 which I gave to Duer Oneighty , and it was returned to me(per his request) upon the event of his death.

[kalli007]

17. I bought an old book from a used bookstore that was interesting

not because of the book itself (Caleb West: Master Diver, by F. Hopkinson Smith 1898) but because it belonged to the Soldiers' Library and still has the handwritten check out card in the back.... check out dates from the 1920's....you can still make out a lot of the soldiers names and rank.

[Hestia]

18. The Enyclopedia of Knowledge for a $1 each - 19 of them, bought the 20th on abebooks

Also found some good old Rosicrucion books at used book stores.

[cdsilv]

20. The complete works of Rudyard Kipling.....

...at a garage sale years ago - had all of his kids stories as well as the Indian stories, barrack room ballads, poetry, american notes, Kim, the man who would be king, etc....

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