I found an ultra-rare book tonight at Half Price Books, albeit one of personal interest. Children With Glue was not only Shannon "Too Much Coffee Man" Wheeler‘s first book but also the very first book I ever edited! Published in 1991 by Blackbird Comics, the book never sold all that well (maybe 1000 copies) and a vast majority of the copies that did, often fell apart. Consequently, a book with the cover actually attached often sells in the neighborhood of $50. I only own two intact copies.
This evening, I found a copy with it’s cover attached for $2.48, half the original cover price of $4.95! That’s what’d you call a find.
Got some other good stuff as well. Couple of Hard Case Crime paperbacks, a few other graphic novels. But nothing that excited me as much as finding Children With Glue. I actually squealed a little. I actually got some odd looks from the other patrons looking at the graphic novels. (So a 5’11"/220 lb forty-something guy squealed a bit. Get over it.)
I love the hunt. Especially when I catch some big game!