Penguin books for sale
Nigel Burwood
it in a week for less than a weeks wages (bus driver.) They are ubiquitous
and can be found in second hand bookshops. In our shop you cant spit without
hitting one. And what a bore to list each one individually on ebay. Nigel
Any Amount of Books
56 Charing Cross Road,
LONDON, WC2H OQA England
> From: smoc...@aol.com (James)
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> Date: 21 Nov 2001 12:23:16 -0800
> Subject: Penguin books for sale
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> For Penguin Collectors;
>
> I currently have 170 Penguin paperbacks, varying from fairly good to
> very good condition, and dating from 1937 to 1960. Would like them to
> go to someone who is into them, as a lot of time was spent building
> the collection up.
>
> they are currently on auction on ebay; rather than give a huge list,
> you can see them on the link below
>
> http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=tumble_dumb
> le&include=0&since=-1&sort=2&rows=25
>
> Thanks for your time
>
>
> James
Jon Meyers
> Why did it take so long to build a collection of 170 Penguins? You could do
> it in a week for less than a weeks wages (bus driver.) They are ubiquitous
> and can be found in second hand bookshops. In our shop you cant spit without
> hitting one. And what a bore to list each one individually on ebay.
Not only that, but this nutter listed each and every author & title in all the
descriptions, so if one were (as I was) running searches on names or keywords included
on his extensive list, you'd turn up all 170+ auctions every stinkin' time.
--
Jon Meyers (who's hoping Nigel doesn't actually allow spitting in his shop)
"In the sphere of thought,
absurdity and perversity remain
the masters of the world,
and their dominion is suspended
only for brief periods." --Schopenhauer
Matthew Montchalin
|Why did it take so long to build a collection of 170 Penguins?
Probably employing a modicum of taste, no doubt. Not all Penguins
are always in print.
|You could do it in a week for less than a weeks wages (bus driver.)
|They are ubiquitous
Well, I'll agree the "Penguin" trademark is ubiquitous, and can almost
always be found on books in any bookstore. FWIW, books that bear the
"Penguin" trademark are usually either written well, or read well.
|and can be found in second hand bookshops. In our shop you cant
|spit without hitting one.
Well, sure, but it takes a lot more work to spit on them all at once.
Jon Meyers
> ...books that bear the
> "Penguin" trademark are usually either written well, or read well.
Ergo, the well written ones are the least read and the badly written are the most
read? That would explain the bestsellers lists.
--
Jon Meyers
Matthew Montchalin
|"Matthew Montchalin" wrote...
|> ...books that bear the
|> "Penguin" trademark are usually either written well, or read well.
|
|Ergo, the well written ones are the least read and the badly written
|are the most read? That would explain the bestsellers lists.
Well, there's no explaining some choices. :D