--- scott64b <
s.kime@comcast.net> wrote:
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Ed Lynskey
<e_lynskey@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I picked up Carter Brown's LAMENT FOR A LOUSY
LOVER (good
> noir
> > title)(NAL, 1960). I've never read anything by
this author.
> Is
> > Carter Brown a pseudonym? I spot a Boucher
blurb on it.
> >
> > On something else, I notice the listed price on
this
> paperback
> > is 65 cents, published in 1960. Didn't the
first paperbacks
> > appearing after WW II cost 25 cents? I wonder
when the
> price
> > escalated by 10 cents (say by the
mid-1950s).
> >
> > How did the book costs escalate with the
passing years. For
> > instance, I'm reading a Helen Reilly book that
cost 75
> cents,
> > published in 1971 (IIRC, minimum wage was $1.60
in 1971).
> So, a
> > wage earner worked for less than a half-hour to
purchase a
> > paperback to read.
> >
> > Ed
>
> I pulled out my copy published in 1960....S1856, it
is stated
> on the
> cover as for 35 cents. Not sure where the 65 cents
is coming
> from.
> Maybe from Canada, but I do not think it would be
that
> different in price.
No, you're correct. The cover price on mine states 35 cents.
Sorry for the mistake.
Ed
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