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Last Hurrah
Mar. 5th, 2011 01:34 pmPiece of Mind Books, despite having officially closed sometime in July 2010, has been having difficulty disposing of all of its inventory (including calendars, greeting cards, music, and various other items). This weekend, they're having what is hoped to be a final sell-off, at drastically reduced prices. I couldn't get there yesterday, but today I dropped by to help them with their little problem. Things had been pretty well picked-through, but I still came home with some decent purchases, for a total of $17.10.
Of their books, I picked up a used copy of de Camp's The Tritonian Ring; Lee and Miller, Crystal Dragon and Balance of Trade; the Bordertown shared-world anthology (I've read Emma Bull's Finder, and am mildly interested in learning more); a slim cookbook, of 20-minute-prep meals; and the purported 1845-1850 journal of Jean Lafitte. (The man who "discovered" it has also "discovered" a variety of letters by various historical personages; the handwriting in each of those letters, and in this journal, bears a suspicious resemblance to the discoverer's own.)
There was also a box of used LPs, which, out of curiosity, I checked out; I came away with half a dozen of them. $2 each is no bad price, even if they turn out to be a little scratchy. Details: The Hot Ones, a jazz anthology featuring, among others, Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton and Dave Brubeck; a Glenn Miller collection; two Tennessee Ernie Ford albums (one of which my folks had when I was a kid); Mannheim Steamroller's Fresh Aire V; and The Best of Roger Whitaker, which I bought for the sake of "The Last Farewell". The last two look to be in considerably better shape than the others.
Not a bad haul, I'd say.
Of their books, I picked up a used copy of de Camp's The Tritonian Ring; Lee and Miller, Crystal Dragon and Balance of Trade; the Bordertown shared-world anthology (I've read Emma Bull's Finder, and am mildly interested in learning more); a slim cookbook, of 20-minute-prep meals; and the purported 1845-1850 journal of Jean Lafitte. (The man who "discovered" it has also "discovered" a variety of letters by various historical personages; the handwriting in each of those letters, and in this journal, bears a suspicious resemblance to the discoverer's own.)
There was also a box of used LPs, which, out of curiosity, I checked out; I came away with half a dozen of them. $2 each is no bad price, even if they turn out to be a little scratchy. Details: The Hot Ones, a jazz anthology featuring, among others, Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton and Dave Brubeck; a Glenn Miller collection; two Tennessee Ernie Ford albums (one of which my folks had when I was a kid); Mannheim Steamroller's Fresh Aire V; and The Best of Roger Whitaker, which I bought for the sake of "The Last Farewell". The last two look to be in considerably better shape than the others.
Not a bad haul, I'd say.
