The OF Blog: Father's Day Used Book Porn

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Father's Day Used Book Porn


This might be one of my best quality hauls from any of my visits to McKay's over the past two years.  Two Easton Press leatherbound editions ($25 each) and a Library of America edition ($20) alone were $70, but I probably could have paid $140 for all three if I had bought these new (each appears as new as if I had purchased them at a regular bookstore).  Add to that the fifth issue of McSweeney's for $9, lower than any of the prices I see on Amazon, and I feel as though I've been fortunate with these books.  The Morrow was only $2, so that's just a throw-in bonus.


To round things off, here are some other bargains.  The most expensive item here was the $6.50 I paid for the Kafka; all but two others were $2 or under and two were under $1.  Nice, especially considering that I traded in $62 worth of books and only had to pay $51 for the entire lot.  Most, if not all, of these books will be read over the next few months. 

Any of these particularly appealing to you?

2 comments:

Chad Hull said...

Wasn't Amerika unfinished at Kafka's death?

Paul said...

I too will be interested in hearing your thoughts about Amerika... I for one was singularly unimpressed.

And about Phèdre, which is wonderful.

 
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