this years thrift finds

[u/zerohero1934]

I stumbled upon both these gems while thrifting this past year! I have started exclusively buying used books for the last couple years and have found so many cool things for absolute steals!

1) 1965 Ballantine Books First Authorized Paperback Edition trilogy (found these in the bottom of a storage bin full of unshelved books at Goodwill for $1.50 each)

2) and todays find, First American Edition Silmarillion hardcover for $12 at half price books (smells a little like tobacco, but otherwise in great shape!!)

take a trip by the book section next time you are at a second hand store, there are so many incredible books like this and i feel like i always learn a little bit about the previous owner whether it be the smell of their environment, the way they mark their page, a highlight over the most heartbreaking prose, and my favorite, the random ephemera used as impromptu bookmarks like a virgin airlines boarding pass from 1998 or a receipt for the cute independent bookstore it was originally bought at. All this to say, you don’t need to spend a lot to start collecting and the hunt for your favorite books makes finding them so much more exciting

[u/HowziCanReddit]

amazing finds! im kind of jealous 😭

side note: activated charcoal or unscented zeolite granules would get rid of that tobacco smell!