Loads of new (old) ones in Oxfam today, picked up Ken Smalls book about Op.Tiger disaster - opened it up when I got home, its been signed by the author as well, bonus! £1. Happy to pay as the moneys for charity. Pete. Got to be honest Pete, every copy in every charity shop, I have ever seen has been signed. I thought it quite good when I first bought my copy then I never stopped seeing signed copies! busy fella that Ken Small.
I have recently been thinking that the charity shops of late have had a right load of rubbish on the miitary book front so when I went into my local one today I was expecting the same little or nothing, but to my surprise I found two books Sandhurst-a tradition of leadership, large format book with a cover price.............of £45! and Swastika over Paris- the fate of the french jews. I paid £3 for the two as this shop always sell their books BOGOF when you make a find it pays off
I have recently been thinking that the charity shops of late have had a right load of rubbish on the miitary book front so when I went into my local one today I was expecting the same little or nothing, but to my surprise I found two books Sandhurst-a tradition of leadership, large format book with a cover price.............of £45! and Swastika over Paris- the fate of the french jews. I paid £3 for the two as this shop always sell their books BOGOF when you make a find it pays off No wonder you haven't got any room on your bookshelves!
Some of the prices of out of print books really do shock.............. as I mentioned here: It takes a lot to shock me, but.................. The other day someone contacted me regarding my late brother who had been killed over Nuremberg whilst serving in Bomber Command. The writer was the daughter of one of my late brother's crew and she had been delighted to see a previously unseen photo on the internet of her father, taken by me when I had attended a Squadron re-union. I have since been able to give her lots of info and photos but she was eager to obtain a book that had been privately published in 1996 that contained many photos and documents relating to the Squadron.. The book is called " On Wings of War- A History of 166 Squadron by Jim Wright". Before replying to her first letter I thought I'd look around on the internet to see if any copies of the book were available. I think I remember originally paying about £20 for my own copy. To my amazement I found that there were a few second hand copies for sale. The price....... wait for it ............... was £232 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As I said..... it takes a lot to shock me but £232............................ Blimey ! the thread itself was here: http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/general/21263-takes-lot-shock-me-but.html
No wonder you haven't got any room on your bookshelves! Cant help it Craig, I get withdrawl symptoms if I dont buy a book and I never found sod all last week but two today and two in the post since Monday, oh and two ATB books to come via Ebay
Cant help it Craig, I get withdrawl symptoms if I dont buy a book and I never found sod all last week but two today and two in the post since Monday, oh and two ATB books to come via Ebay I keep gazing longingly at Amazon's site.
Dont do it mate your go blind Yeah but what a way to go! I was supposed to go into Lincoln on Sat but that's been cancelled, I was dying to go into Waterstones!
I think this is why ebooks are getting more popular, especially for us folks who spend a lot of time at the computer. You don't have to deal with musty books from libraries or booksellers. Smashwords, for example, offers its ebooks in multiple formats, such as Amazon's Kindle. Here's a sample of one of their recently published books (and it just happens to be about a WWII general): http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/9682
I bought 3 books in a charity book shop yesterday, and was surprised when I got home to discover that they were a lot cheaper than the same books were on abebooks. For anybody in the Edinburgh area, the shop was Shelter in Raeburn Place, Stockbridge. They seem to have just received a large collection of military history books, mostly WWII with a few WWI, and a strong bias towards air warfare.
Was lucky at a Salvation army op shop and picked up 23 Westerns of a series that I have been reading at 50 cents a copy instead of 5+ dollars at second hand book shops. Hadn't seen one for years and these were like new. Buy a few war history from ABE books in England as I can usually land them cheaper than buying price in Australia. Shipping from America borders on the ridiculous, sorry ,is ridiculous. Cheers Rob
Got to be honest Pete, every copy in every charity shop, I have ever seen has been signed. I thought it quite good when I first bought my copy then I never stopped seeing signed copies! busy fella that Ken Small. Ah, yes, the late Ken Small! Most days in the summer you could find him in the car park at Slapton Sands parked next to the salvaged Sherman with a car bootful of copies of "The Forgotten Dead", which he would insist on signing for you. So it's the unsigned ones that are rare: probably why I saw one in an Oxfam shop for £2.50 last week.
anyone been here? are they any good? I couldn't find the shop but I was using an old Fook Hing street atlas so perhaps not surprising. I had tried to phone first but it was a wong number.
Back to the books peeps! today I have mostly been buying No Cloak No Dagger, first editon signed by the author cost me £5, on Abe £55-70 unsigned, courtesy of Oxfam.
It's unlike Oxfam to miss that, they seem to be very aware of ABE's prices these days. Even a fiver is steep compared to what charity shops used to charge.
To be honest the branch I found it in, one of their bookshops......... are quite good on prices compared to one 15 mins up the road who check any likely looking gems on the internet then price accordingly I was pleased also picked uo another that was a good price but the signed bok was the doosy
