Friday, November 6, 2009

Books I've Bought: A Photo Essay

I love library book sales. I love used bookstores. I love thrift stores. Why? Cheap paperback books. I used to scour the thrift shops of the East Village for hidden romance treasures, certain in the knowledge that they knew not what they had. And indeed, they didn't. The following proves it.

Faro's

I bought this in a bookshop located in the upstairs of an old 18th century building in St.Ives, Cornwall, UK.  I can't remember how much I bought it for but I was stoked by the fact that at that time none of Heyer's books were in print in the United States.