$14. You’ve most likely observed aircraft before, so here is a chance to read about observing aircraft. This book is small, perhaps a snug fit in a back pocket, or inside a cap. Illustrations are about what you’d expect–various aircraft with a decided emphasis on planes. Very few (or none) images of helicopters, spaceships, hang gliders; nor are there many (none) photos of hot-air balloons, which have always seemed a rather dangerous–and completely unnecessary–vehicle.
$22. Maybe you didn’t even know there was a regular Raphaelite dream, let alone a pre-one. Not sure if that’s an image or a stain beneath author’s name. Anyway, this one is definitely not recommended. But sure, we’ll deliver it. We will probably give you a free gift because we feel bad about you buying this unfortunate title that’s not even in good condition (see note above about possible–likely–stain).
$31. It’s weird. You’re weird. No illustrations–and seriously, take a hard look at the image on the cover and ask yourself if you’d really want any more.
This book ships with another select title chosen at the publisher’s discretion, which likely means something that would otherwise not sell on its own merits.
$35 for this tattered, first Argentine edition. Personally, I wouldn’t buy this for $35, but you might. Orders of this magnitude receive a free gift though temper your expectations because it’s not going to be anything special.
$19. En Roc és un jove drapaire que vaga per una ciutat plena d’objectes abandonats, tal com tu—lector d’aquest relat—vagues per la vida, intentant donar sentit a aquest món ple de coses perdudes i oblidades (al cap i a la fi, és així com has acabat aquí, en aquest lloc web). Un dia descobreix ferralla que, un cop muntada, forma un petit robot. En Roc el repara, i tots dos es fan amics (no pas amants, que és un llibre per a infants). Junts exploren aquest món trencat i complicat i mostren als altres el valor del reciclatge, la creativitat i l’amistat. Ai las, tu no seràs tan afortunat.
$20. Coffee table book if you have a very tiny coffee table (think child’s tea set). Modest Urgell i Inglada painted sad scenes which perhaps will make you feel better about your own life (unless, like Urgell, you hung around cemeteries and wrecked landscapes). Images in this book are decent–the grays and blues, much like that sailboat in disrepair on the cover. Seemed like a loner, though was an art professor, influencing many other Catalan artists. Some considered his work proto-modernist (and by “some,” we mean no one in particular, which in turn indicates we are out of our depth in this description).
$14. Unsolved mysteries of the sea AND shore? Doesn’t that cover just about every possible mystery? I suppose that excludes outer space, but outer space is inherently mysterious. For instance, FRBs. Frequent Radio Bursts are signals originating in deep space and no one knows how they are transmitted, nor where they are transmitted from. Or how about dark matter as a mystery? Try looking up that one and prepare to get your mind blown. In any case, this hardcover volume is modestly-sized and sturdy enough to take on your next adventure, erotic or otherwise.
$45. A 6-time All Pro, O.J. “The Juice” Simpson was an electrifying running back for the Buffalo Bills (and in the twilight of his career, the San Francisco 49ers). Notoriously difficult to tackle, Simpson amassed 13,378 total yards from scrimmage and was distinguished as the NFL’s most valuable player in 1975. Prior to his NFL career, Simpson starred for the
City College of San Francisco, vanquishing rival Long Beach City College in the Prune Bowl. After the season, Simpson transferred to USC, where he lead the Trojans to the national championship. While at USC, Simpson also won several individual accolades, including the Maxwell Award and the coveted Walter Camp Award.
$40. This has a clearly visible sticker indicating that this book is a library reject. If that’s not enough to dissuade you, there’s a ¢25 sticker on it too. But let’s see if anyone bites.
Book itself seems remotely interesting if one is curious to learn more about the tenor of the nationalist yet anti-Soviet attitude cerca 1972. Otherwise we recommend a hard pass.
$21. One would assume that if you had even the slightest interest in the Noh Theater of Japan, or Ezra Pound for that matter (let alone an interest in both), then you would already have a copy of this text and would have no desire to purchase this raggedy copy. But here we are. Marginalia is utterly illegible, though it appears exclusively in the afterwords by William Butler Yeats.
Not for sale, still reading.
$45. A featured title of “The Young America Book Club,” so you know this one slaps. Color image on cover looks good from say twenty paces–no more. Old, yellowing pages. Inside is inscribed by–hand on heart–Dick Brown. Buy this for $45 and consider yourself a supporting member of Hardcopybooks.com
