Over the weekend I went to the coast, to a little town with less than 1,500 year-round residents, and we popped into the local library as we walked the town because they were having a book sale. It wasn't a very big library, so we looked through the entire place, not just the sale.
Sitting in the fiction section for anybody to check out was a first-print/first-edition of Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions. I made eye contact with the librarian who noticed me gawking at it from across the room. She chuckled as I held up the book and pointed at it. She knew. I'm sure she's seen that exact reaction from people many times before.
It wasn't in perfect condition of course, it was a public library book, likely has been for decades! But I was floored nonetheless, and now I'm curious what other gems you all have stumbled upon over the years.
by PsyferRL
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In my many years of being alive, I have yet to find a library that has a dictionary.
I bought a first edition copy of Player Piano at a book sale. It’s not high quality but it was $2.