Old wine books

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Glad to help, WC!

We've got a chain of stores in this area called "Half-Priced Books" that buys and sells used books across the spectrum, and I visit every few weeks, looking for gems. The last time I was there, they had maybe half a dozen copies of old Broadbents; I'll go by and check, the next time I have to go into town. If they do, I'll pick up a couple and make 'em available.

Other than used bookstores, you might watch for sales by your local library, and by charitable organizations. In San Antonio each year, sales are conducted by the local chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), and by some sort of auxiliary of Brandeis University, as well as by the public library system with all of its branches. A common characteristic of those sales is "bargain day" on the last day, in which customers are allowed to stuff as many books as they can into a large paper grocery bag for a flat price of $5 per bag (up from $2 only a few years ago), with no limit on the number of bags per person. Our daughter thinks nothing of driving 175 miles each way to hit the AAUW sale each year, and gleefully stuffs the trunk and back seat of her car with grocery bags of books.