121123 • Thrift Store Finds

I paid full price for these as it was a Monday, but they were still all very cheap considering what they would cost from anywhere else… especially Amazon, where the shipping for each book costs more than a book from this thrift store! A bonus: Most of these are only a few years old; meaning, somebody paid full-price for them, not too long ago. Usually, newer books have access to more information than older ones do, often due to newly opened archives and other new sources, which leads to different perspectives and new conclusions.

I like both old books and new ones, but I don’t like paying full-price! These wouldn’t have lasted long if they had made it to Saturday, which is half-off day, and when I’m usually there. Basically, I got twelve really good books for the price of just over one new one!

One has to wonder where these came from, though. Did someone pass away, and their books were taken to the thrift for easy disposal? Is this one of those wackos who reads a book, and then gets rid of it? Did these find their way to the thrift because of a bad divorce? Who knows. But whoever had them last, had good taste!

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