We will pay $5000.00...

Still up to my eyes in the material we acquired over the weekend. There have been some genuine gems in addition to the expected items we were seeking. At least two of the lots were "books on books" lots and one included some early catalogues and a 1936 "Illustrated Price Catalog of Old Books Wanted," by American Book Mart. The image shown here is a full page reproduction, note the "We will pay $5000.00 for every copy of this edition." They were offering $3.50 for a fine first edition of Joyce's, Ulysses. A First Folio of Shakespeare was also worth $5000.00...though the Second Folio was would only pay $250.00.

Among the bits I catalogued today that made me smile...A lovey copy of Three Young Rats illustrated by Alexander Calder. The problem with a book like this is that it is impossible to catalogue it without collating it...and it is impossible to collate it without "losing" an hour or so. More to follow on fun bits of this and that...