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Post by ian on Jul 14, 2009 22:21:41 GMT
At one time I had a vast collection of horror books, took me over 10 years to build up.
Then real life and no cash grabbed me by the scruff of the neck and the selling of gear started.
Anyway... Enough of all that.
I started the library rebuild a few years ago and (pause) GOT THE SHOCK OF MY LIFE!
At one time the charity shops were full of the classic horrors, Everything from Herbert to Hutson to Guy N Smith. Where ther hell had it all gone? Nearly all the shops were now full of nearly new books selling at just a couple of quid less than WHSmiths and Borders.
So now, finding the books I once had, have become something of a rarity. i sure other folk are in the same boat so I thought I'd start a thread detailing my finds. In any other folk out there are having as much trouble as me then please join in.
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Post by ian on Jul 14, 2009 22:55:07 GMT
We went all over Shipley and Bradford today looking in every single charity shop. what a waste of bloody time, I didn't find anything, until!
We went into the last one. A small independent shop on Ivegate in Bradford i think the it's called Cancer UK or something like that. Anyway, I picked up Killer Crabs - Guy N Smith Spiders - Richard Lewis Damnation Game - Clive Barker A Bargain Bumper Triple Bargain - Guy N Smith (The Slime Beast / Bats out of Hell / The Sucking Pit) All four books cost me a whopping 2 of your English pounds.
Pleased.
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Post by steppedonwolf on Jul 14, 2009 23:07:39 GMT
Nice haul, sir.
The Bargain Bumper Treble is a real find, I've never found it anywhere.
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Post by ian on Jul 21, 2009 19:55:39 GMT
Thanks. I can't wait to get more cash so I can continue the hunt.
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Post by steppedonwolf on Jul 21, 2009 20:22:48 GMT
Cash ain't the problem. It's the corporate mentality behind some of the charity shops that means donations are 'sifted' for valuables and flogged to collector markets/eBay while all the John Grisham shite fills the shelves.
Going into an Oxfam bookshop is like going back in time to a Waterstones circa 2000.
Don't let that put you off, though. There are some cracking charity shops out there where some real finds slip through the net.
I wonder how the Garden House Hospice shop in Royston High Street (best charity shop ever in terms of rare books) is doing. Anyone been there recently?
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Post by ian on Jul 21, 2009 20:32:49 GMT
Good advice. Don't go into the mainstream charity shops, pointless. Nothing to see folks move along...
...to the cranky old charity shops found down forgotten back alleys.
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Post by darrelljoyce on Jul 22, 2009 19:13:13 GMT
Good advice. Don't go into the mainstream charity shops, pointless. Nothing to see folks move along... ...to the cranky old charity shops found down forgotten back alleys. Doesn't this go without saying??
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Post by ian on Aug 7, 2009 20:33:01 GMT
Two more exciting finds today!
Squirm - Richard Curtis. Devil's Coach-Horse - Richard Lewis.
First person to guess where I bought them get's a karma!
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Post by ian on Aug 11, 2009 10:34:22 GMT
So nobody wants a karma?
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Post by Dreadlocksmile on Aug 11, 2009 10:36:55 GMT
Nah...we're sick of your bloody Karma's!!! Smite smite smite...
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Post by Vaughan on Aug 11, 2009 13:37:19 GMT
How about:
A small independent shop on Ivegate in Bradford i think the it's called Cancer UK or something?
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Post by ian on Aug 11, 2009 17:53:24 GMT
Give that man a karma!
oh, I did.
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Post by ian on Aug 11, 2009 21:47:58 GMT
Ok, the shop is called Cancer Research UK. I went back today now it's only been a few days since I was last in so I didn't really expect to find much. I failed to find any gems but I did grab - Phantoms and Twilight Eyes by Koontz, cost me a whopping quid for both.
I think the 80's was a good era for Koontz, about mid 90's, his books seemed to get a bit soppy, like he was trying to get in touch with his inner self or something. Oh, his hair grew back as well
I also saw two Herberts in the 90's black covers but I left them.
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Post by steppedonwolf on Aug 11, 2009 22:12:31 GMT
Phantoms and Twilight Eyes - his best. Brilliant books.
I gave up with him after Hideaway. Dark Rivers of the Heart was a classic, such a hard act to follow, so anything following that was bound to be a disappointment.
Later, a (now ex) girlfriend gave me Fear Nothing, in a vain attempt to win me back to Koontzville.
Jesus God, it was bad. I haven't touched a thing he's written since.
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Post by Dreadlocksmile on Aug 12, 2009 9:04:56 GMT
I've only ever read 'The Bad Place' by Koontz. I enjoyed it, but wasn't entirely bowled over by the novel. I might have to dip my toe a little further soon.
Recommendations for a second novel of his to read anyone?
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