Our local authority have just begun to sell off their unwanted books online now for bargain prices- you can sign up for e-mail updates according to your preferences.
I am not sure if this has been rolled out nationally yet- but it usually happens when one of them has some success with raising funds this way and I thought this might be of interest to any other voracious readers out there, looking to save money. cheap books = heaven
The list I just received from mine is pretty diverse, as an example;
Title: My Name is Michael Caine
Author: Billson, Anne Price: £1.00
Description: Muller 1991 HBK. With photographs from the Kobal Collection
Title: Rosa Luxemburg
Author: Nettl, J. P Price: £5.00
Description: 2 Vols. OUP 1966 HBK. Rosa was one of the most important figures in the development of Marxism.
Title: Jack The Ripper in Fact and Fiction
Author: Odell, Robin Price: £7.00
Description: Harrap 1965 HBK
Title: Edward 1
Author: Prestwich, Michael Price: £1.00
Description: Yale University Press 1997 PBK
Title: Holstein Papers
Author: Von Holstein, Friedrich Price: £15.00
Description: 4 vols. of the memoirs, diaries and correspondence of Friedrich Von Holstein. CUP 1955 HBK
Title: Millennium of Family Change
Author: Seccombe, Wally Price: £1.00
Description: Verso 1992 HBK
Title: Westminster Hospital: Two Centuries of Voluntary Service 1719-1948
Author: Langdon-Davies, John Price: £1.00
Description: John Murray 1952. Illustrated (B/W & Colour)
Title: Some Early and Later Houses of Pity
Author: Hobson, John Morrison Price: £5.00
Description: Routledge 1926 HBK. Illustrated
Title: Red Cross Story
Author: Wood, Emily Price: £1.00
Description: Dorling Kindersley/Red Cross 1995. HBK. Illustrated
Title: His Majesty the King 1910-1935
Author: Associated Newspapers Price: £5.00
Description: His 25 year reign in sepia pictures. Associated Newspapers c1935 HBK
Title: Hardy
Author: Seymour-Smith, Martin Price: £2.00
Description: Bloomsbury 1994 HBK. Illustrated. Biography of Thomas Hardy
Title: Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise
Author: Eyman, Scott Price: £1.00
Description: Simon & Schuster 1993. HBK.
Title: Ernest Maltravers
Author: Lytton, Lord Price: £1.50
Description: G. J. Howell & Co. c1911. HBK. Original binding. Illustrated.
Title: Carpathian Castle
Author: Verne, Jules Price: £3.00
Description: Arco 1963. HBK
Title: Secret of the Island
Author: Verne, Jules Price: £2.00
Description: Dent Date? HBK. Everyman's Library. Illustrated
Title: Claim on Forty Mile Creek
Author: Verne, Jules Price: £3.00
Description: Arco 1962. HBK
Title: School Health Service
Author: Leff, S & Leff, V Price: £1.00
Description: H. K. Lewis & Co. 1959. HBK
Title: One Step in the Clouds: an Omnibus of Mountaineering Novels and Short Stories
Author: Salkeld, A & Smith, R (Compilers) Price: £1.50
Description: Diadem Books 1990. HBK. 1056 pages
Title: Better Back Book
Author: Bean, Constance A Price: £0.75
Description: Anaya Publishers 1989. PBK. Some diagrams
Title: Country Child: an Illustrated Reminiscence
Author: Dudgeon, Piers (Editor) Price: £1.50
Description: Headline 1992. HBK. Illustrated anthology of rural childhood.
Title: Aromatherapy for Babies and Children
Author: Price, Shirley & Parr, Penny Price Price: £0.50
Description: Thorsons 1996. PBK. Some B/W photographs
Title: Flings Over Fences: The Ups and Downs of Gay Kindersley
Author: Rhoderick-Jones, Robin Price: £0.50
Description: Quiller Press 1994. HBK. B/W photographs
Title: Judi Dench: With a Crack in Her Voice
Author: Miller, John Price: £0.75
Description: Orion 1999. PBK. B/W photographs
Title: Darwin
Author: Desmond, Adrian & Moore, James Price: £2.00
Description: Michael Joseph 1991. HBK. Illustrated
Title: Racing World of Damon Runyon
Author: Runyon, Damon Price: £0.50
Description: Constable 1999. HBK. Selection of short stories
Title: Frost Dancers: a Story of Hares
Author: Kilworth, Garry Price: £0.50
Description: HarperCollins 1992. HBK
Title: Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes
Author: Lynch, Tony Price: £0.75
Description: Stanley Paul 1995. HBK. Illustrated
Title: Gracie Fields: the Authorized Biography
Author: Bret, David Price: £1.00
Description: Robson 1995. HBK. B/W Photographs
Title: Drucker: The Man Who Invented the Corporate Society
Author: Tarrant, John J Price: £0.75
Description: Barrie & Jenkins 1976. HBK
Title: So I Shall Tell You a Story: Encounters With Beatrix Potter
Author: Taylor, Judy (Compiler) Price: £1.50
Description: Frederick Warne 1993. HBK. Illustrated
