cheap buk books at bookcloseouts

[hoochmonkey9]

there's a lot of titles availible at bookcloseouts.com pretty cheap.
they are probably remainder copies.
I just came across them during my regular book hunting romps (I'm not affiliated with bookcloseouts).
http://www.bookcloseouts.com/default.asp?N=0&Nty=1&D=charles+bukowski&Ntk=Default&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&Dx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&Ntt=charles+bukowski&submit.x=27&submit.y=13

 

[mjp]

Dang, either those were really limited or lots of people went in and snapped them up. It looks like all the older Sparrow titles are gone now.

 

[MULLINAX]

Thanks a lot. All of my books by and about Bukowski, over 100, are either used, remaindered, ex-library or cheap paperback versions.

 

[mjp]

FYI and caveat emptor - I picked up a few of these that were sold as Black Sparrow, but they are Ecco remainders.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

well shit...can you return them? I've ordered from them before (mostly music books) but never had to return anything.

 

[mjp]

Nah, it was only $18, not worth the trouble to return. Just wanted to point out that they might list something as a Sparrow edition, but it's probably not.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

some more up now....
be warned, it may say published by BSP, but they are probably done by ECCO (see above)...

http://www.bookcloseouts.com/defaul...l&Ntt=charles+bukowski&submit.x=20&submit.y=6

 

[HenryChinaski]

anybody know if that living on luck is actually a hardcover?
what a dumb question. nobody would know. if it isnt i'm going to return it.

 

[Father Luke]

says it's hardcover

I had my cc stolen, so I'm waiting on a replacement,
and i can't buy anything. Nice huh?

 

[taxidriver]

What do you mean by saying that a copy of a book is a remainder? I don't think I've seen the term in the time I've spent reading about Bukowski's work here.

 

[hank solo]

A remainder is usually a book that was shipped to a bookshop but was unsold so returned to the publisher for resale or pulping. These books are usually marked in some way, such as by drawing across the page edges with a marker pen. So they aren't going to be perfect for the collector, but will often be cheap as a result.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

another big batch up.

again, same warnings apply: even if it says BSP, it's probably Ecco. and they may have remainder marks.

 

[LickTheStar]

I bought a bunch of books from Powell's website before I moved out to Portland and added an addendum at the end of my order to hold it if the books didn't say "Black Sparrow Press" on the spine... so I know the pain of finding a great deal, but getting screwed in the end...

Ah well, the hunt is the best part of the whole thing.