[dhosek]

My big find was a fair-condition copy of Graham Greene’s retracted second novel in a secondhand bookstore in Canada for CDN20. It’s not in collectable condition, by any means. The spine is angled and the dust jacket is missing, but just the opportunity to read this (not that good, to be honest) book and the delight of finding a copy that I could afford were a joy for me.

[OJFord]

Do you think it was mispriced then, even given its condition, or did they know exactly what they had? Just wondering if you mean it was a steal, or that the price was right but still rare to find?

[dhosek]

I think it was mispriced, but not necessarily by a lot. I bought an ex-library copy of Greene’s withdrawn third novel a couple years ago (rebound as was a common practice with library books in the first part of the twentieth century) for $300 so I’d guess that the book should have been at least $100 back then (collectable editions of the book typically sell in the thousands).