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A Most Excellent Find
Date: 07-22-2007
By: diskojoe
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This past weekend, I went to a local used book store to dispose of a few books that I weeded out from my collection & to trade them for something more interesting, perhaps fillng some of my holes in my P.G. Wodehouse collection (another obsession of mine). This particular store wasn't one of those high-falutin' places, just a humble place in a strip mall with a Dairy Queen & a Red Wing Shoe store flanking it, a place where former best sellers go. I received a credit slip for my books & I went through the place. I did find two books by my fellow victim of the Witch City, Nathaniel Hawthorne and I was about to go to the cashier when I spied a book that was located in a glass case where the "better" books were. It was a hardback copy of Wanda Hickey and the sign said "J. Shepherd Autographed Copy $9.00". That's right, NINE B-U-C-K-S, $10-1. I said to the cashier "I'll take it!", while he went on about how one of his favorite movies was A Christmas Story. The book itself is a first edition in OK, but not perfect condition & Shep's signature is signed large on blue ink w/1971 below on the title page. Opposite the signature page is the following: "Happy Birthday Dad From the whole crew of "Shep" admirers at Honeybourne Hill J&H + Hjr, Pc, Ad, Br, Mr, MDad". This had to be one of my best book finds ever & I almost felt like I was at the book signing. I'm interested if anybody around here was any of the "Honeybourne Hill" admirers. |
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