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Acolyte, v. 3, issue 4, whole no. 12, Fall 1945
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BUILDING A LIBRARY THE ECONOMICAL WAY by Bob Tucker -o0o- The following may read like an advertisement, may appear to put me in the light of an undercover salesman for the several book firms mentioned, but believe me, I'm just being altruistic. I haven't a thing to sell and will gain nothing by the information given here. Rather, this is offered to those collectors who, like myself, are somewhat limited in the purchasing of books because a household budget has to be met first. And because this article provides one answer to the shark-like tactics currently employed by some fan-dealers with whom The Acolyte is warning. In a nutshell, I have found five book firms who offer books by mail order at greatly reduced prices. I've been buying from some of these firms for years and have learned that they deliver exactly what they advertise, or refund your money. This applies to brand new books, older books, reprint editions, and out-of-print items. The American Lending Library, Inc., Used Book Dept., College Point, New York handles used books almost exclusively. They are the parent company of a vast chain of lending libraries scattered in drug stories and newsstands across the nation. As the lending libraries return the books for whatever reason (badly used, dated, unpopular) the parent company sells them at 35[[cent symbol]], and issues an annual catalog around February of each year. Their current catalog includes the following at 35[[cent symbol]] each. I have loosely classified the titles for identification purposes. Humorous and light fantasy: The Ill-Made Knight, The Sword in the Stone, and The Witch in the Wood (T. H. White); The Devil and the Doctor (David H. Kellar); Laughter of Fools (Idabel Williams); Sam Small Flies Again (Eric Knight); Swoop (Don Prince); The Passionate Witch (Thorn Smith); and Impregnable Women (Eric Linklater). Time-travel: The Man Who Went Back (Warwick Deeping); Portrait of Jenny (Robert Nathan). Miscellaneous: Old Ugly Face (Talbot Mundy); The 25th Hour (Herbert Best); The Survivor (Dennis Parry); Dr. Cyclops (Will Garth); The Edge of Running Water (William Sloane. And at higher prices (49[[cent symbol]]): Eddie and the Archangel Mike (Barney Benefield); The Uninvited (Dorthy Macardle); The Thorn Smith Three-Decker. (69[[cent symbol]]) After Many a Summer Dies the Swan (Aldous Huxley); The Killer and the Slain (Hugh Walpole). ($1.29): I Am Thinking of My Darling (Vincent McHugh); Time Must Have a Stop (Aldous Huxley). Then there are two cut-rate new-book dealers in Chicago, each publishing annual catalogs: The Book Supply Co., 564 West Monroe Street; and The Clarkson Publishing Co., 1253 South Wabash, Chicago 5. Generally speaking, books which cost two dollars in regular shops may be had at from $1.69 to $1.75; $2.50 books at $1.98 to $2.15; $2.75 books at $2.19 to $2.29; and $3.00 books at $2.59 to $2.69. In addition are the various reprint series, running from 45[[cent symbol]] for the regular 49[[cent symbol]] editions to 85[[cent symbol]] for the $1.00 editions. When buying books from these two firms, it is advisable to weigh one against the other, for prices not only vary several cents but one firm pays the postage to you while the other does not. Probably one of the best bargains to be found here is the many-times-reprinted old favorite, The Moon Pool. Judging from published comment on the book, this is the Liveright third edition in which the name of the villain varies from Russian to German to Russiaon again. The -- 27 --
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BUILDING A LIBRARY THE ECONOMICAL WAY by Bob Tucker -o0o- The following may read like an advertisement, may appear to put me in the light of an undercover salesman for the several book firms mentioned, but believe me, I'm just being altruistic. I haven't a thing to sell and will gain nothing by the information given here. Rather, this is offered to those collectors who, like myself, are somewhat limited in the purchasing of books because a household budget has to be met first. And because this article provides one answer to the shark-like tactics currently employed by some fan-dealers with whom The Acolyte is warning. In a nutshell, I have found five book firms who offer books by mail order at greatly reduced prices. I've been buying from some of these firms for years and have learned that they deliver exactly what they advertise, or refund your money. This applies to brand new books, older books, reprint editions, and out-of-print items. The American Lending Library, Inc., Used Book Dept., College Point, New York handles used books almost exclusively. They are the parent company of a vast chain of lending libraries scattered in drug stories and newsstands across the nation. As the lending libraries return the books for whatever reason (badly used, dated, unpopular) the parent company sells them at 35[[cent symbol]], and issues an annual catalog around February of each year. Their current catalog includes the following at 35[[cent symbol]] each. I have loosely classified the titles for identification purposes. Humorous and light fantasy: The Ill-Made Knight, The Sword in the Stone, and The Witch in the Wood (T. H. White); The Devil and the Doctor (David H. Kellar); Laughter of Fools (Idabel Williams); Sam Small Flies Again (Eric Knight); Swoop (Don Prince); The Passionate Witch (Thorn Smith); and Impregnable Women (Eric Linklater). Time-travel: The Man Who Went Back (Warwick Deeping); Portrait of Jenny (Robert Nathan). Miscellaneous: Old Ugly Face (Talbot Mundy); The 25th Hour (Herbert Best); The Survivor (Dennis Parry); Dr. Cyclops (Will Garth); The Edge of Running Water (William Sloane. And at higher prices (49[[cent symbol]]): Eddie and the Archangel Mike (Barney Benefield); The Uninvited (Dorthy Macardle); The Thorn Smith Three-Decker. (69[[cent symbol]]) After Many a Summer Dies the Swan (Aldous Huxley); The Killer and the Slain (Hugh Walpole). ($1.29): I Am Thinking of My Darling (Vincent McHugh); Time Must Have a Stop (Aldous Huxley). Then there are two cut-rate new-book dealers in Chicago, each publishing annual catalogs: The Book Supply Co., 564 West Monroe Street; and The Clarkson Publishing Co., 1253 South Wabash, Chicago 5. Generally speaking, books which cost two dollars in regular shops may be had at from $1.69 to $1.75; $2.50 books at $1.98 to $2.15; $2.75 books at $2.19 to $2.29; and $3.00 books at $2.59 to $2.69. In addition are the various reprint series, running from 45[[cent symbol]] for the regular 49[[cent symbol]] editions to 85[[cent symbol]] for the $1.00 editions. When buying books from these two firms, it is advisable to weigh one against the other, for prices not only vary several cents but one firm pays the postage to you while the other does not. Probably one of the best bargains to be found here is the many-times-reprinted old favorite, The Moon Pool. Judging from published comment on the book, this is the Liveright third edition in which the name of the villain varies from Russian to German to Russiaon again. The -- 27 --
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