Book Fair? Fair enough!
No route card yesterday, just a simple trip over to Gerrards Cross to see what bounty could be found at the monthly Book Fair held there.
It always amazes me that secondhand books are so damned expensive. A small booklet from the 60s, with a cover price of 3/6d, with an ex-library stamp, in not wonderful condition for £4.50? Total madness IMO. Speaking to a couple of sellers, they seemed united in the view that the business in general was slowing down, and suffering from libraries dumping large quantities of books onto the trade at high prices.
Two anwers to that: If you're not selling, reduce your prices! And don't accept the high prices set by libraries disposing of their books. Simple huh?
Anyway, despite all that we bought several books: a couple of Pevsners (incredible high prices considering their commonality), some AA booklets listing Ancient Sites and a biography of Mrs Beeton.
On the way home, I added a couple of village sign photographs to the collection, from Farnham Common and Farnham Royal and we took the long way home through Rickmansworth and Watford.
It always amazes me that secondhand books are so damned expensive. A small booklet from the 60s, with a cover price of 3/6d, with an ex-library stamp, in not wonderful condition for £4.50? Total madness IMO. Speaking to a couple of sellers, they seemed united in the view that the business in general was slowing down, and suffering from libraries dumping large quantities of books onto the trade at high prices.
Two anwers to that: If you're not selling, reduce your prices! And don't accept the high prices set by libraries disposing of their books. Simple huh?
Anyway, despite all that we bought several books: a couple of Pevsners (incredible high prices considering their commonality), some AA booklets listing Ancient Sites and a biography of Mrs Beeton.
On the way home, I added a couple of village sign photographs to the collection, from Farnham Common and Farnham Royal and we took the long way home through Rickmansworth and Watford.
posted by Alan S. | 09:38
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