Today has been a good day. Made the trek to Raleigh today, and picked up a number of automobile repair manuals I had been given. Probably 'bout $40-50 if I'd had to buy them. Hehehe
Then proceeded to my usual used bookstore, and traded in a few of them, for store credit. Then started checking what they had.
I've been told in the past, that as soon as they see me coming, they hide all the books on small steamboats, so didn't score there.
However, they did have a number of early Fine Woodworking magazines. Wound up with two of those, and one early The Woodworker's Journal, for one buck each. Hehehehe They still had about six Fine Woodworkings when I left.
Went thru the woodworking books, and they had a number of quite interesting books at very reasonable prices, but nothing I was interested in getting. Well worth checking at least weekly, as they have a pretty good turnover on them. They did have one as-new book, by someone with an obviously made up author name, Charles R. Self. I'm pretty sure it was by Norm Abram writing with a pen name, because none of the pictures showed a face, just arms and flannel shirts.
Did score on a really neat book, 600 Things to Make For The Farm And Home Vol III, for $4.95. This one is full of fascinating stuff, a lot of which I've never seen the like, and a lot I have. Sheds, dairy desk, masonry, tractor powered posthole digger, hay lift, brush beater, seed harvester, cutlery drawer, milk cart, several homemade lawn mowers, etc., etc. Absolutely fascinating, nicely done drawings for everything. I may never make any of the stuff in it, but it's a fascinating read anyway. It'll be a keeper. Printed in 1952, so they're taking it for granted the reader doesn't have a lot of fancy tools, and probably not a lot of money.
Got a few sci-fi books too. With the trade-ins, only paid $10 out of pocket. Well, gas money, of course. All in all, it's been a pretty good day.
Oh, yeah, it's the Reader's Corner, on Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC. I've been buying books from them since about 1980. If you go, mention, and they'll probably charge you more. LMAO
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