Why no hardcovers?

[David Morris]

You found a great bargain.  AbeBooks lists it (paperback) at about
$85.00.  I'm sure hardcovers are a fortune more.

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com> wrote:
> Slightly unrelated note I found a First Edition (softcover) Copy of
> Gravity's Rainbow for $6.00 at the local Half Price Books a couple of weeks
> ago.... still rather blown away by that...
> also I have hardcover M&D and AtD  (both 1st eds),
> dunno why they aren't as widely available these days, reckon they're just so
> damn'd expensive...?
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 3:26 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> These days I think hardcovers (of novels) are limited to first editions.
>
>