Most you've spent on a book ?

happyhomer

The most I've ever spent is £30 on "The Modern Antiquarian" by Julian Cope (yes, him of Teardrop Explodes fame).  That was around 11 years ago and it seems that I got a first edition.  It's now out of print and is a bit more than that:

The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain : Including a Gazetteer to Over 300 Prehistoric Sites: Amazon.co.uk: Julian Cope: Books

I've got no intention of selling though as it still gets lots of use whenever we go away in the UK (it's always fun to spend a day stone circle hunting with the kids ).

Brian2000

Looking to expand my knowlege of web design so I think my books to buy will be aroung 20 or 30 pounds

Brian2000

No mate 3 for a £1, 20 for a fiver, although to be honest one guy while I was in ruined the deal by buying 60 books so the charity altered the 20 for £5 rule.


Still got that deal first though. Now 3 for a £1 stilll a good deal though.

ObeyOne

Now thats a book that quite interests me - as you say looks to go for more than the £30 you paid.

Is it worth it/any good??

Inked

The most I have spent is £50 on Art of The Matrix, currently trying to refrain from spending £75 and pre-ordering Jim Lee Icons signed hard cover

Theydon Bois

That looks good.....a sketch even a tiny one would have been better than a litho and I would have bought one as well...

happyhomer

I think it's a great book.  As a serious guide to ancient historical sites it's pretty informative, with the added bonus of Julian Cope's unique perspective on the world.  It works imo just as well as a "pick up and dip in occasionally" book, but usually when I've read about a particular area I want to go there to see the stone circles in the flesh, as it were.  Even though I've seen the book going for silly money I'm not tempted to sell it (I just realised my typo in the original post) as I still enjoy it after more than 10 years.

andrew markwort

About £300 on a very rare signed first edition (hard as it is to believe, it was a bargain). The daft thing is that because the book is now so valuable (about five times what I paid for it) I'm petrified of touching it, so I read a paperback copy of the same book instead.

cdavison27086

Look at this on eBay:

David Gemmell DRENAI TALES vol 1 , hand signed , h/b 1st Edition

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Paid £91.99 a few days ago for this and second best was my legend gn hardback @ just under £90

Theydon Bois

Was this a tinyurl link as its been filtered out. Post the proper link.