Juri Nummelin:
> Since I live in this remote place of earth, the
bargains I have made don't
> necessarily interest you, being translations
[...]
I guess this corner of the world could be viewed as one big
bargain basement for our kind of literature, at least as far
as paperbacks are concerned. There is no collectors market,
so prices are low. The downside is that availability more or
less random, but whenever you find something interesting it
ususally costs 5 kr (55 cents) or 10 kr
($1.10). Obviously these prices are set out of convenience,
i.e. so you don't have to handle too many coins.
Speaking of bargains, I am hitting paydirt quantitywise right
now, since my favourite used book dealer has found an
enormous (tens of thousands of copies!) source of unread
Swedish translations from the '50s and '60s. I've picked up
between 30 and 40 titles at an average price of slightly less
than $1 each time I've been there recently and I can hardly
wait to get there again. Lack of shelf space is becoming a
problem, though.
The most expensive American originals I've picked up are Gil
Brewer's "Nude on Thin Ice" (Avon original) and "A Killer Is
Loose" (GM original). Both are in excellent condition and
cost me 20 kr ($2.20) each. Among those that cost me less
than $1 each are several Fredric Brown titles on Bantam, the
Dell mapback of "The Return of the Continental Op", John D.
MacDonald's "Soft Touch" and Charles Williams'
"The Long Saturday Night" (both GM orig.), "The Best of
Manhunt" (Permabooks), David Goodis' "Of Missing
Persons"
(Pocket Books), several William P. McGivern titles on Pocket
Books and a 1952 reprint of "The Hard-Boiled Omnibus".
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