Lucian Poll's Collection

[bookworm 1]

Nice indeed.

[TJCams]

Nice! I may go back and see if that second hand store still has those few books this weekend.

[Lucian Poll]

Back once again with some more hardback horror yielded from the second-hand bookshops and charity shops of Norwich:



Shadow Land is a UK first edition, though has seen its price snipped from the dust cover. The copy of Portent cost me less than a loaf of bread. Astonishing, though, then again, it's far from Herbert's best. No sooner had I bought Portent than I unearthed a larger format copy of the book in another shop, interestingly without a copyright page. (I couldn't see it had been ripped out.)

[Lucian Poll]

And here are those mid-term Uncle Steve's I promised earlier:



Can you spot the US copy?

[Lucian Poll]

Then I kind of went overboard with the Kings:



None of the books were any more expensive than Doctor Sleep, but, still, some were a step up from charity shop prices! I might have to plough through these Kings as a Goodreads challenge next year. I don't know how many I'd get through before craving another author, though!

[peteOcha]

And here are those mid-term Uncle Steve's I promised earlier:



Can you spot the US copy?

Rose Madder?

And nice haul!

[T-Dogz_AK47]

And here are those mid-term Uncle Steve's I promised earlier:



Can you spot the US copy?

Rose Madder is definitely the US copy. That is the Viking press 1995 first edition cover.

Nice haul by the way!!!

[Lucian Poll]

Thanks, guys. A quick shufti of the copyright page indeed reveals Rose Madder to be a US first edition. Cover price $25.95 (18 years ago). Purchased for £2. Again it'll be one of a squillion copies but still... £2!

[bookworm 1]

Love those books. Love library sales .

[Theli]

Nice grabs for a good price. I stocked up on SK hard covers at a book sale not that long ago, got a lot of first editions too.

[TJCams]

Next time I pop into the local Value Village I will browse the books again - had some like that last time, but never grabbed them.

[Lucian Poll]

Having gotten a load of books on the cheap of late, fate goes and slaps this bad boy in my way. How could I possibly resist?



Now the question is, do I break that seal and get a second copy for keepsies?

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Now that is an existential dilemma...

[Joe315]

Having gotten a load of books on the cheap of late, fate goes and slaps this bad boy in my way. How could I possibly resist?



Now the question is, do I break that seal and get a second copy for keepsies?

Nice, I just remembered I have this on order from Amazon. I may get a second to break the seal. Not sure yet though.

[Lucian Poll]

The bookshop had a copy already opened - I was hooked. It instantly reminded me of House of Leaves with all the scribbled notes in the margins, although I am assured it's not as messed up. (Pity.) The seal is there for good reason too, as the book is jam-packed with postcards, posters, charts and other little inserts. I can imagine many a browser spilling them all over the place (or nicking them).

But it does mean spoiling the thing to get at it. Cunning ploy for buying a second copy!