great book store pickups...

[R MICHAEL]

Hello All I visited my local "half priced book store" today and found some great priced goodies.
the longest day by Ryan
the german generals talk by liddle hart
grenaders by THE kurt meyer
all for the unbelivable low price of $16.00. I am talking new books to boot!

These are just some of the fantastic books I have picked up at this book store

Does any one have a book store of this type that they visit?

[PZIV]

I have a Half Priced Books near me, but I haven't been over there to buy any books yet. I should go, but I have a lot of reading right now, so we'll wait until I'm done with all my books!

Good finds though Michael!

[R MICHAEL]

Mansel,
you should make a point to go. I have really picked up some nice books for low bucks. The good thing is you never know what they are going to have.

Other pickups have been;
Rendezvous with destiny 101st history
german army order of battle 1942

[Hussar]

I just had a similar successful trip myself, just this week. The half-price book store in my town is going out of business, so all the half priced books are half price. I picked up:

The German Army 1933-1945 by Mathew Cooper
Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life
Patton: A Soldiers's Life
The Reich Marshal (Bio of Goering)
Panzer Leader by Guderian
and The Buchenwald Report

All Hard Cover (Except Panzer Leader), for only $26.50!! At Border's I would have spent over $120 on these books, easy. And the best part is that it was my Dentist that told me the store was going out of business, after we were discussing the books 'Fly Boys' and 'About Face'. Probably the only pleasant trip to the dentist I've ever had, hooah.

[AndrewK]

I once picked up a great book entitled "Identification" from a Half Priced Books store for $5. It was printed in 1943 and served as a guide for US troops regarding the militaries of every country of the time, including some great illustrations of uniforms, insignia, and flags.

[Andy Harris]

I picked up a used Schiffer book on German Assault Guns at a book store in Tokyo for $15.

[W Petz]

I picked up some old books at the market in Rotterdam this morning. Very interesting books. I paid 15 Euros for them all

1. Voorschrift Velddienst DEEL I 18 Juni 1934 BREDA De Koninklijke Militaire Academie 1934
2. How to make Good Pictures - A Handbook for the everyday Photographer Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, NY Copyright 1941.
3. Until the Day Break by Louis Bromfield - The story of an American girl who matched wits with the Gestapo in occupied Paris published by Grossett & Dunlap New York copyright 1942
4. The Filibusters - The story of the Special Boat Service by John Lodwick Published by Metheun & Co LTD London 1947
5. Sailors of Fortune by Colin Mackenzie published by Holdert & Co Amsterdam - the story of a young man tuned down by the Navy & Army who joined the Merchant Marine and his exploits during the war Copyright 1946.
6. MONTGOMERY - A Biography by Alan Moorehead Published by Hamish Hamilton LTD London 1946
7. STEP by STEP 1936 - 1939 by The RT. HON. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, C.H., M.P.
8. Monsoon Victory by Gerald Hanley Published by Collins St James Place, London 1946 - The story of an East African Divisons advance down the Khabaw Valley to the Chindwin against the Japanese Army in Burma.
9. I've Lived Another Year - A journalists diary of the year 1941 by Eric Baume published by George G. Harrap & Co LTD London 1941
10. Nederland en Kolonien - Dutch Colonial Postal Stamp collecting booklet 1854 to 1939. Contains many original stamps with the earliest stamp being 1867.

[W Petz]

Andrew,

Is this the book you are talking about. Bill

I once picked up a great book entitled "Identification" from a Half Priced Books store for $5. It was printed in 1943 and served as a guide for US troops regarding the militaries of every country of the time, including some great illustrations of uniforms, insignia, and flags.

[W Petz]

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[W Petz]

Here is a close up of the Dutch Manual....never knew it existed until I found it at the Rotterdam Blaack Street market.

[W Petz]

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[AndrewK]

Andrew,

Is this the book you are talking about. Bill

Thats the one.

[R MICHAEL]

great finds Bill! Thanks for sharing
Mike