Books! Yum!

[1strangebird]

Went around to a few flea markets looking for new books today.  Had a list of things I was looking for (mainly Sherlock Holmes pastiche). was able to cross one thing off my list, and found some other delicacies as well...

1. The Seven Per Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer.  This is the one that had been on my list. I haven't read it before, though I have seen the movie. I am in process of reading all of the Sherlock Holmes canon at the current time, and am searching for things to read when I am through with canon.
2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. While I have read all of this book, I did not own it. I have no problem with reading online (though I do sometimes get headaches if I read too long), or with borrowing from the public lending library (I adore my public library!),  I do however prefer to have my own copies of books I am likely to read again.
3. Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes a collection from The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. This one was so cheap($1.50), and so pretty(green hardback with gold inlay), and has the added bonus of having "A Sherlock Holmes Atlas" in the back of the book, that I couldn't resist. The Stories contained within the book are from The Adventures of Sherlock Homes,The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes,and The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
4. The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss. I read this one a year ago. Lucifer Box  vs. Nazi's... \o/
5. How to Spell It: A Handbook of Commonly Misspelled Words by Harriet Wittels & Joan Greisman. It was $.96. I bought it for my oldest spawn, so that maybe she will stop saying..."Mom! How do you spell       ?".
6. Gay New York:Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940 by George Chauncey. This looks really interesting, especially if I ever start actually writing fic instead of just reading it...

edited to add a picture of the haul:.


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