Some Good Luck

A couple of weeks ago I went with my friend Russian Dan to a cool little café called Moody Blues. They have great food, a cool vibe, and above all else, they sell books. Good books, actually. I picked up Julian Barnes’ Cross Channel, a 1960s hardcover reprint of Tropic of Cancer, an old Penguin Pocket Books copy of Faulkner’s Intruder in the Dust (which is what I’m reading now, actually; great little book), and a cheap hardcover reprint of The Reivers, also by William Faulkner. I paid five bucks Canadian for each book.

Except, the cheap hardcover reprint of The Reivers wasn’t a cheap hardcover reprint. It was a first edition in amazing shape worth about $125 US dollars. I am quite pleased by this find. I would be interested in hearing your stories of unexpected finds.

August

Writer. Editor. Critic.

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