MGblues Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I've wanted one of these little books for a while, especially since the image is permanently engraved on my back now, but never ran across one till yesterday on Amazon. I found a 1st edition in it's box, plastic wrapped and signed for $129.00. I don't have it in my hot 'lil hands yet, of course, but for that amount I had to pull the trigger. Sound too good to be true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I always look at bookfinder.com for books because if there's a copy of a book for sale sonewhere on the Internet, chances are you can find it through there. Anyway, they have listings for a few copies of the Rock of Ages book and it seems like you got a pretty good deal on it, but not so good of one that I'd be suspicious that it is "too good to be true" or anything like that. MGblues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGblues Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Cool, Bookfinder is how I found it in the first place. Graeme 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnPorter Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 It's a great little book; damned glad I bought it at retail. $129? Yikes. jayessebee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan S Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Ya kno, David McNair at CTC is a specialty book guy, buys and sells books, first editions, rare old pieces, like that. He might be someone to bear in mind if you find yourself looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 It's a great little book; damned glad I bought it at retail. $129? Yikes. It seems like a lot of the Hardy Marks books go for $$$ once they're out of print. @Pugilist paid over $100 for the Flash From The Past book (the original, not the revisited one) because she wanted a tattoo based on one of the EC Kidd dragons in there and just figured that buying the book is part of the cost of the tattoo. It's a reminder not to sleep on that stuff when it's available. gougetheeyes, eisen777, CultExciter and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylegrey Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Shit I sold mine for 30 quid a while back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGblues Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 The $129 I paid was on the low end of what the other available copies were going for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irezumi Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 with any luck it will have a tattooed piece of paper in it, but thats a long shot abees, kylegrey and MGblues 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waverly Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I have the tattooed one and the regular and I don't know if I would part with the regular one for $129.00. It was a struggle to buy it back then at the regular price! ian, hogg, irezumi and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnPorter Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I never saw any of the 'tattooed prints'... next time you have it out, would you consider snapping a picture? - - - Updated - - - I remember wanting to buy the deluxe version when it came out, but I was young and poor. Hah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGblues Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 The book came today. Looks like it's never been opened. @irezumi @ShawnPorter No "Tattooed print", but the autographed note to the previous owner makes up for that. ;) Dan S, Graeme, irezumi and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waverly Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Here is the one from my copy. [/img] chrislj54, kylegrey, tatB and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGblues Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 AWESOME ^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan S Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 The book came today. Looks like it's never been opened. @irezumi @ShawnPorter No "Tattooed print", but the autographed note to the previous owner makes up for that. ;) Outstanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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