NP: GR=$$$

[kelber at mindspring.com]

No offense to TRP, but if I had that kind of money to throw around, I'd probably spend it on Mindless Pleasures.

laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
>Sent: May 1, 2006 1:41 PM
>To: kelber at mindspring.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: NP: GR=$$$
>
>I will admit to hving paid $125 for a 1st ed. of The
>Crying of Lot 49 (clothbound, with dustjacket and
>everything) in decent condition ca. 1990 (I've since
>seen 'em going for $600 or so, so ...).  But, for
>better or worse, I'd just received an inheritance, so
>...
>
>Bookfinder --> http://www.bookfinder.com/ has listings
>for 1st ed. HC GRs running from ca. $450 to  ca.
>$45,000 (those latter ones allegedly being signed by
>the author), so ... 
>
>--- kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>
>> I was in the Strand bookstore in NYC the other day
>> and noticed that they were selling a first addition
>> of GR, hard-covered, pages looked kind of yellowed. 
>> Price: $1500.  Hard to understand who would pay that
>> much.  I don't get the impression that the people on
>> this list could afford that.  Wonder how they
>> arrived at that price.
>> 
>> Laura
>> 
>
>
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