New Used Books
Is the title an oxymoron?
From Half-Price Books:
The John McPhee Reader
David Copperfield
Hamlet
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
Nicholas Nickleby
From Big Brain Comics:
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Thank goodness I gave up that silly “I need to stop buying more books” vow.
Links are to available copies at amazon, not necessarily the edition pictured.
February 4th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
I always think of my used books as “new”! Granted, the used book store that I shop at tends to have many books that are in pristine/unread condition, so the whole “used” terminology might be somewhat of a misnomer in those cases. Even if a book is visibly worn when I buy it, I kind of like that too. It hints at it having had a long and interesting life before it got to me!
February 8th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
I worked in that used bookstore for a year, so learned a lot about used books, but maybe even more since then as a regular shopper. I always flip through the pages. I won’t buy anything that’s much marked or highlighted. I”ll also check to see if there are multiple copies on a shelf–sometimes one will be less expensive than another. I used to think hardcover was what I wanted for books I love for the durability, but as my gear-load increased with one then two kids, portability became a factor, too.