tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post7199806708394572494..comments2024-03-20T23:54:23.673-07:00Comments on The Great Raven: SECOND HAND TREASURESSue Bursztynskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-6213867487893669922012-01-14T19:26:28.630-08:002012-01-14T19:26:28.630-08:00I haven't found the tidbits yet, but I have ha...I haven't found the tidbits yet, but I have had dedicated copies. One find I didn't mention was when I was in Israel some years ago and found, in a Tel Aviv secondhand shop, two Star Trek paperbacks dedicated by the author to an aunt. That must have had a story behind it! I'd like to think it was merely that Auntie really had no interest in Star Trek and turfed it out with other books when the house was looking overcrowded. I hope it was that and not, perhaps, the family doing it after she passed on.<br />At another bookshop, in Jerusalem, I found two ancient Galaxy magazines, with a serialised novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. I got two parts out of three and couldn't get the book till I was back in Oz!Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27643523.post-71856808415678512002012-01-14T19:05:32.591-08:002012-01-14T19:05:32.591-08:00I love secondhand finds, too, Sue, and believe it ...I love secondhand finds, too, Sue, and believe it or not I'm also the proud owner of a signed Charles de Lint chapbook! I bought it for a few dollars from a guy who was moving to Singapore, and had no idea that it was a signed, limited edition. :) <br /><br />Another thing that intrigues me is when people leave little tidbits in their books--book marks, train tickets and so on. Or when a book has been dedicated to someone--you do have to wonder what happened for them to give it up!<br /><br />(Stephanie @ Read in a Single Sitting)Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05393219358332207801noreply@blogger.com