Thread Name: A Few Recent Finds (including Cotton Kingdom)... From: j b krygier <jbkrygie@removed> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 22:40:03 -0400 Anyone finding interesting MLs out there? I had quite a dry spell finding MLs in used book stores until recently. A new small (very small) used book store opened up a few blocks away from home. I did not expect to find much, but got a copy of Stowe's <Uncle Tom's Cabin > and Bradford's <Of Plymouth Plantation > both VG with VG DJs. These two were $3.50 each. I know the Stowe is not that scarce, but it has eluded me. Also, for some reason, the copies on eBay tend to get bid up. I have found maybe 3 copies of Bradford in the past, but they all had pen marks and writing in them (must have been used for college classes). The big find was a VG/VG copy of Olmsted's <Cotton Kingdom. > Not price clipped and no remainder mark. The pages are still lightly stuck together, so it must not have been read. Paid $15. Not exactly a BL in DJ for 50 cents, but still a good deal. Nice to know that scarce MLs are still to be found out there. ------------------------------------- From: Scot Kamins <kamins@removed> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 08:52:17 -0700 In a recent e-mail, jbkrygie@cc.owu.edu said (in part): >The big find was a VG/VG copy of Olmsted's <Cotton >Kingdom. > Not price clipped and no remainder mark. >The pages are still lightly stuck together, so it must not >have been read. Paid $15. Not exactly a BL in DJ for >50 cents, but still a good deal. ::GASP!:: $15 for one of >THE< toughest post-B&L ML's? I would SAY it's a good deal!!! I too have been dry as of late, but I haven't really looked. Now that I think of it, I've been so busy with other projects (setting up a couple of Web sites, the DJ project, and so on) that I haven't been to a bookstore in months. I hardly even look on eBay. But that will change soon. :-D ------------------------------------- From: GOODBOOKS@removed> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 00:07:10 -0700 (PDT) You got to be kidding,The Cotton Kingdom is a real find at that price!! I have the volume in my collection and it's the only copy I have ever come across. I too was once a new kid on the block and, when I picked up my B&L copy of John Uhl I thought little of it. (has anyone ever read that book?) True ,their are people like Sharon and Henry out there who have copies of hard to find ML's that seem to fall to them from Heaven but they tell you that."they work at it" I "work at it" like Hell and am lucky to find a copy of "Cyrano" -------------------------------------