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To: MississippiMasterpiece

One of the Keroucs was On The Road, found in a prison book sale in NH. They were purging the library, had boxes and boxes of books on the side of the road for $1.00 each.

Took months to determine whether it was the true first, Viking was a bit strange with the markings. Finally got definitive confirmation. Unfortunately, only in "good" condition with no wrappers.

Had most of Tom Wolfe (a signed Bauhaus To Our House), and most of the A. Huxley novels (a signed Island and a limited/numbered/signed Point Counter Point). The Leary stuff I mostly bought from Michael Horowitz in Petaluma, CA ... Winona Ryder's father! It was a while ago, but I think he's still selling collectible books.


29 posted on 12/18/2004 8:34:22 AM PST by angkor
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To: angkor
I collect copies of P.D. Ouspensky's, The Strange Life of Ivan Osokin . . . mostly to hand-out as gifts. The book itself was out-of-print until just recently, and my friends used to joke about how I was trying to corner the world market. (I always have maybe 3-4 copies in stock).

One day, I found a hardcover copy in stock at a used bookstore in the UK (on the internet). All the previous copies I had ever seen were paperback (Penguin?--yuck). Needless to say, I jumped on it . . . and opened the package to discover that someone had sent their Penguin to a binder and had it bound. The book itself is now in my permanent collection.

I was out maybe $15-20 bucks, but I learned that someone out there felt the way I do about this novel. Strange life.

35 posted on 12/18/2004 8:51:12 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: angkor

Leary was her godfather, so it makes sense her dad would have all those first edition Leary books. Lucky you!


80 posted on 12/20/2004 4:49:01 PM PST by mabelkitty (Blackwell for Governor in 2006!!!)
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