This was the craziest book sale I’ve ever been to. I had to wait outside for an hour to even get in! There were people in the line who had been there since 5AM when the sale didn’t even open until 9AM!
These are obviously my kind of people.
The haul:
5 of those fill in gaps in our series collection, 1 is a hardcover upgrade of one of pog’s favorite books, and the rest were random “oo, this looks good” pickups. All purchased for $1.00 each and all hardcovers.
My amazing score of the day was a complete collection of the Junior Classics, in perfect condition and valued at $150, purchased for $10. Dude, that is what we call an investment. I’m not sure I’ll be willing to share these with our children. >.>
Not shown are the 20 or so modern Cricket magazines I picked up for $0.10 each, to add to my collection of original 1970s editions.
Total spent: about $25. Sweet.
2 responses to “Pogle let me go to a used book sale at the public library.”
Reminds me of the days when beanie babies were big >.>
What’s the deal with that junior classics set? I was expecting them to be titled things like “Oliver Twist” and “Gulliver’s Travels” and such. Collections of short stories as opposed to novels or what?
These are a 1955 printing of the series. They are collections of traditional folklore and other tales, which is why I wanted them (I collect mythology and folklore books). If you google “junior classics” you’ll actually find some of the books available via Project Gutenberg and such, but with the amazing illustrations these are definitely irreplaceable by ebooks.