(urth) The Perils of Partnership

[Fred Kiesche]

Following up: If anybody would like one of these (as I get my actual real
live NEW copies that are NEW), let me know. Or two. Or all three. First
come, first served.

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Fred Kiesche <godelescherbach at gmail.com>wrote:

> Greetings:
>
> Just got my first three replacement copies of my missing Wolfe's:
> Innocents Abroad, Starwater Strains, and Strange Travellers--all short
> story collections in case any of the titles in these are on the May Is Gene
> Wolfe Shorts Month project.
>
> Annoyed as they are all ex-library books: which the Amazon "partner" did
> not mention in his/her description. I did not pay a lot, and these are all
> fine "reading copies", but given a choice between a ex-library book with
> stickers, mylar wrap and stamps and things inside...and a actual "new" copy
> without any of that, I'll choose the new one.
>
> Am I a cranky book collector or what?
>
> --
> F.P. Kiesche III  "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book.
> Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on
> being presented with Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.)
> Blogging at The Lensman's Children (
> http://theeternalgoldenbraid.blogspot.com/).
>
>
>
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-- 
F.P. Kiesche III  "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always,
scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on being
presented with Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.)
Blogging at The Lensman's Children (
http://theeternalgoldenbraid.blogspot.com/).
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