Tucked in the middle of the coffee table books shelves was this poor sight of a book in a box. I stretched to reach for it. And when I finally took the book out of the shabby box and had a good look at it, I did a double take!
Marked down to $25 from its brand new price of $50, Booksale was selling it for P60! The box would need some restoration, but it was a deal I could not walk away from. And so I brought it home and assessed the damage it sustained from too much handling.
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| The bottom of the box was about to fall off |
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| The frayed edges of the box looked like it was nibbled on |
And so I took out the materials needed to restore it and make it worth its space in the bookcase containing the other books in my Stephen King collection.
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| Using strips of construction paper to cover the frayed edges |
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| Although it was not restored to its mint condition, the book now looks presentable :) |
But I was in for one last surprise. Since I was not aware that My Pretty Pony was published as a separate book (a large one at that!), I decided to Google it. Imagine my surprise when I found out that it was one of 15,000 copies issued as a trade edition!
And my copy is a first trade edition! Woooot!
Here's an audio version of the book as read by Jery Garcia of the Grateful Dead band:
Hello, sir! I saw you at Booksale one time:)
ReplyDeleteJan din tambayan ko eh! :D
They do carry unique items from time to time, at unbelievable prices too. And it doesn't surprise me that you got this good find for only P60. It seems that they base their prices on the physical quality of the book - condition, no. of pages, type of paper, - and not on its content. So it's quite common for me to pick up a good book at BOOKSALE while saying to myself, "what a steal!" :)
ReplyDeleteBy the way, it's nice how you restored the book.