Turning Trash into Treasure: Recent Awesome Acquisitions from 2nd & Charles

I've blogged previously (and here) about my discovering what may well be the coolest used bookstore in the universe. I recently made a couple of more trips and amassed quite a haul!

Back when I was selling on ebay regularly, I ended up with quite a number of books I really couldn't do much with. I might buy a box of a 100 or so books for $20, having to take the good with the bad. I would then end up selling about 30 for maybe $100, then getting rid of another 30, which weren't worth putting up on ebay, at a local paperback swap. Those latter I would trade for books I needed to complete a series or author collection, which could then be sold.

So, the final 30 or so, would end up in storage. After ebaying for a few years, I amassed quite a collection of dead inventory, that was hard to get rid of. Hardcovers, in particular, were a problem. The nice people at 2nd & Charles were more than happy to take most of that stuff off of my hands and my storage room is now mostly free of Oprah Winfrey biographies, non-collectible Inspirational books from the 1950's and the like! And I was able to turn all that unwanted detritus into some really, really cool stuff!!!

Score!!! I now have three PH's. One for me, one for Jillena and one for the table! I want to get a back-up DMG. I only have one and while the binding is solid, the cover has collected one hell of a lot of wear, over the years.

I already had #'s 3 and 6. Now, I just need to find #7 and my series will be complete!

I've been looking for this Gene Wolfe book! It's a 1st edition, but it's missing the dj. The picture was printed onto the boards, though, which is nice.

I've never read Merritt, but Scott of Huge Ruined Pile, as well as others have recommended him, highly! I'm looking forward to reading this.

Red Sonja, baby! Another series I've been looking for! I just need to find #'s 4 and 6, now!

No idea if these are any good, but there was no way I was going to pass them by!

This is a collection of essays on Conan and S&S literature in general. There are several articles by Fritz Leiber, along with de Camp, Poul Anderson and others.

I've been wanting to read Farmer's World of Tiers series, for a while! I had an older BCE HC with half the series and was looking for it's companion volume, but found the 1 volume omnibus instead! I traded the old half HC in a couple of days later.

I've never played a Warhammer game of any sort, but my Black Library fiction collection is becoming quite respectable. I started collecting these, after seeing my dad's BL collection and thinking "Man, those would look really cool on my bookshelf!"

But, I used to have Bloodbowl! My copy of the game is long since lost, but I hope to enjoy this Graphic Novel.

Don't laugh! The HC omnibus is scarce!

Another author I know a lot of folks don't like. :) I enjoy Donaldson, though, especially the 2nd Chronicles. The Wounded Land is a VG- 1st/1st copy. I'm usually rather picky about condition when buying used books, but that particular book is scarce, usually going for around $40 on ebay, so I was willing to settle. I just need to get the latest book in the 3rd chronicles and my hardcover Covenant series collection will be up to date.

I read the first chapter of the first book of this series, a couple of years ago. I was interested enough to decide to pick it up, one day. 2nd & Charles has a couple of copies of the Eberron Campaign book and I almost bought one. But, I was all like "Will I ever DM 3e again? Nope." Still, I might go back and get it. If I like it enough, I could always convert it.

I've got two of Gary's Gord books, now. The Ru Emerson was picked up, simply because it's the Keep on the Borderlands!

My dad can have his copy of Devil Without a Cause back, now.

I found this in their free bin! The cover is separated from the text block, but the map is present and it's otherwise in great shape! I probably won't even bother re-gluing it! The Historical Campaign Sourcebooks are amongst the few 2e items I'm really interested in collecting. I now have the Vikings and Celts and hope to use them for a second attempt at an Alternate Earth campaign, one day.