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Rare Books Uncovered

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For book lovers, this is a hidden pearl. The book is delightful and precious. I cannot stop reading these amazing stories which are described with a delightful words.

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I loved this book. Reading books like this one reminds me of why I love books. Everyone hopes they will have the same experience as we're related by the author

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A most wonderful book, unless you're of a jealous mindset. In just snappily portraying instances when a few dozen book traders have found the holy grail of something unique and priceless, or just forgotten about and very valuable, the book shows the fun to be had in succeeding at your chosen hobby to the max. It felt like it needed a snappier edit at times, with a surprising amount of sentences that read as a little woolly, considering it's an updated reprint of an earlier book, but it's a wonderful tome to dip into now and again. It does raise one issue, without really getting to grips with it, when one buyer speaks of disliking paying full whack at a store for something, knowing the dealer's profit will be huge. But in finding a million dollars in the 50 cent bins, almost all the entrants here are fleecing the people they buy from in exactly that same way. Still, with this kind of profit – and profit in messing about with books! - these people are the kind I'd like to join. And if you can't beat them, or join them, then these pages are the ones to console yourself with. While the updating hasn't worked (some entrants are of the "currently, in 2015…" ilk) the book itself certainly does. Four and a half stars.

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I will be unable to review this book, as I work on a Kindle. My apologies for requesting it then having to back out.

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