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***Mister Underhill*** · 10-09-2005, 12:51 PM

The best thing about a good used-book shop is the smell -- that musty, musky, ancient spice smell of aging books. I imagine the archives at Minas Tirith smell much the way my favorite used bookstore down on San Fernando smells.

There's also nothing like unearthing a buried treasure from the stacks, some old volume by a favorite author that's long since out of print. I have several old collections of Robert E. Howard stories and a handful of Max Brand westerns, each purchased for two dollars or less a throw.

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10-09-2005, 12:51 PM	#35
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	The best thing about a good used-book shop is the smell -- that musty, musky, ancient spice smell of aging books. I imagine the archives at Minas Tirith smell much the way my favorite used bookstore down on San Fernando smells. There's also nothing like unearthing a buried treasure from the stacks, some old volume by a favorite author that's long since out of print. I have several old collections of Robert E. Howard stories and a handful of Max Brand westerns, each purchased for two dollars or less a throw.