Steam
21st May 2008, 09:43
Oh SO MUCH FUN! I love the book sale.
If you haven't been and you live in Dunedin, you must go.
I go at least three times.
First I visit when the doors open and the mass of people waiting outside rushes in, jostling each other to get to the books first.
Second visit is at 2am, when I am drunk, and the books seem more interesting. I usually come home with some very crap books at this visit.
The third visit is near the end, when it becomes really cheap, a whole box of books for a dollar. But all the good ones have been taken by then. And I'm hung over.
Starts at noon on Friday 23rd, ends 24 hours later.
This year I plan to pick up biking books and magazines, science fiction, kids books about space, and Buddhist books
``Last year someone picked up a mint copy of Edmund Hillary’s The Ascent of Everest for $4. He later sold the book – signed by both Sir Ed and Tensing Norgay -- for $1200.’’
The Regent Theatre sale is recognised as the biggest book sale in New Zealand. The only other annual sale that comes close is Wellington.
``Every year university students walked out with books in excess of $100 which they have only paid 50c each for.
First editions, old art books, and leather bound editions going back to 18th century will again be hunted down by book lovers.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Regentbooksale.jpg/250px-Regentbooksale.jpghttp://www.davidwallphoto.com/images/%7BC5CB2B2F%2D3F7D%2D4301%2DBB4A%2DC23C38D6DE0E%7D %2EJPG
If you haven't been and you live in Dunedin, you must go.
I go at least three times.
First I visit when the doors open and the mass of people waiting outside rushes in, jostling each other to get to the books first.
Second visit is at 2am, when I am drunk, and the books seem more interesting. I usually come home with some very crap books at this visit.
The third visit is near the end, when it becomes really cheap, a whole box of books for a dollar. But all the good ones have been taken by then. And I'm hung over.
Starts at noon on Friday 23rd, ends 24 hours later.
This year I plan to pick up biking books and magazines, science fiction, kids books about space, and Buddhist books
``Last year someone picked up a mint copy of Edmund Hillary’s The Ascent of Everest for $4. He later sold the book – signed by both Sir Ed and Tensing Norgay -- for $1200.’’
The Regent Theatre sale is recognised as the biggest book sale in New Zealand. The only other annual sale that comes close is Wellington.
``Every year university students walked out with books in excess of $100 which they have only paid 50c each for.
First editions, old art books, and leather bound editions going back to 18th century will again be hunted down by book lovers.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Regentbooksale.jpg/250px-Regentbooksale.jpghttp://www.davidwallphoto.com/images/%7BC5CB2B2F%2D3F7D%2D4301%2DBB4A%2DC23C38D6DE0E%7D %2EJPG