someone got a good deal...

[jordan]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180546260690&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

i bid $95 and didn't beat the proxy bid (that was holding at around $50 with 45 minutes left), but i wasn't going to be home when the auction ended and didn't feel like getting into a bidding war with the proxy bid.

this is a nice book, though, and pretty uncommon. i would have had bill make a clam for it and been pretty dang stoked.

 

[mjp]

Sounds like the seller bought it in San Pedro or somewhere nearby. Looks pretty bumped up for a "never opened" copy, but a hundred bucks is still a good deal.

 

[roni]

"Subject: Humor" ???

 

[Purple Stickpin]

I'll post some photos when it arrives. I wasn't sure about the story, unless he bought it at Red's bookstore. And there does appear to be some corner ruffling that belies the "unread" claim. I did get the sense that the "original dustjacket" was quite beat up and it was a bit hard to tell the difference between pictures with and without the dust jacket.

Did Red or any other local sellers make DJ's for signed or limited wraps editions?

 

[chronic]

I think it might have come from my friends bookstore in San Pedro where Bukowski did a book signing. Sort of looks like his writing on the top corner. Congrats on the good deal.

 

[jordan]

sorry i kicked up the price, ps. i've done that to bill before too (and probably others on this forum).

 

[Purple Stickpin]

No worries Jordan - just the price of doing business.