Amongst the gems I found this afternoon were TWO Harold Lamb Paperbacks.
Score!
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Seven for Saturday
One of the coolest things about this whole writing gig for me is the research part. Long before I started this venture I was a used bookstore crawler. I'm seldom happier than when I'm climbing through stacks of dusty books looking for a long forgotten treasure. Today we went and hit up one of Sacramento's larger used bookstores. I never leave that place disappointed,and such was the case today.
Amongst the gems I found this afternoon were TWO Harold Lamb Paperbacks.
Score!
Amongst the gems I found this afternoon were TWO Harold Lamb Paperbacks.
Score!
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The cover design and artwork for those Tarzan paperbacks must be by the same people who did the covers/art for the Richard Blade series, of which I've got about two dozen or so. Fun times. Those two Lamb books look awesome - I might have to scare myself up a copy if I can. Living in Boston, there's a good number of used bookstores to be found, and when I travel one of the things I always keep an eye out for (especially in small rural towns) is the lonely antiques & used books shops where many a long-unread gem has been waiting for me. Those places are always chaotic and messy, but that's half the fun, and makes finding something worth buying that much more satisfying. I could just dig through eBay and AbeBooks for what I want, but it doesn't compare to finding it on your own with a little investigation and elbow grease.
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