GR 1st edition, he thinks

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A local library is having this ongoing book sale. As the staff there will 
periodically kick books out, I idle on in from time to time    A few weeks 
ago, tilted there on the top shelf, I saw a copy of TP's GR.   I think this 
copy may be a Viking Press 1st edition (hard cover), but I'm not really sure 
how to tell if this is so. This book was never circulated.   It is in great 
shape.  A friend of mine is married to a librarian and he sez that sometimes 
books just stay on back shelves for years and never get mixed into the flow.  
No library markings whatsoever.   My pupils went dollar-sign-shaped the other 
day. An e-bay transaction for a mint condition copy of what-I-think-I-have 
went for 18 hundred big ones.  Swear to Tom, I bought this thing for 5 cents. 
  Guess I'll just keep reading my Penguin paperback edition, when I need a 
fix, until I find out for sure.
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