Just celebrating a little.
I used to check out "Good Recipes for Hard Times" by Louise Newton, from
the local public library. Then it stopped being available for some reason!
There are a lot of very cheap, easy, and good-tasting recipes in there.
And now, in my own hands, is a copy that used to belong to a library!
Small world, isn't it?
I've seen copies of this little 131-page cookbook selling for up to $75
online, so getting one with a few grease stains for less than $20 is
well worth a little rejoicing.
Huzzah!

Karl S wrote:
> Just celebrating a little.
> I used to check out "Good Recipes for Hard Times" by Louise Newton, from
> the local public library. Then it stopped being available for some reason!
> There are a lot of very cheap, easy, and good-tasting recipes in there.
> And now, in my own hands, is a copy that used to belong to a library!
> Small world, isn't it?
> I've seen copies of this little 131-page cookbook selling for up to $75
> online, so getting one with a few grease stains for less than $20 is
> well worth a little rejoicing.

Indeed. The first place I always look, http://abebooks.com, shows 11
copies, and they go up to $125US. Yow. (Their cheapest is $35US.)

(A good bookmark for book lovers. International "brokerage" (I guess
you'd call it that) for booksellers all over. I've bought books through
their members a couple times and was very pleased with the results.)


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In article > ,
Karl S > wrote:

> Just celebrating a little.
> I used to check out "Good Recipes for Hard Times" by Louise Newton, from
> the local public library. Then it stopped being available for some reason!
> There are a lot of very cheap, easy, and good-tasting recipes in there.
> And now, in my own hands, is a copy that used to belong to a library!
> Small world, isn't it?
> I've seen copies of this little 131-page cookbook selling for up to $75
> online, so getting one with a few grease stains for less than $20 is
> well worth a little rejoicing.
> Huzzah!

My church has a used book sale every year. Members will donate books,
and items will be gleaned from the Friends of the Library book sale. I
have gotten some gems from these sales, including a couple Time-Life
Foods of the World volumes and a 1943 edition of Joy of Cooking. I
usually volunteer at these sales on Saturday mornings so I can case the
joint and set aside goodies before the used book dealers descend.

Cindy

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Karl S wrote:
> Just celebrating a little.
> I used to check out "Good Recipes for Hard Times" by Louise Newton, from
> the local public library. Then it stopped being available for some reason!
> There are a lot of very cheap, easy, and good-tasting recipes in there.
> And now, in my own hands, is a copy that used to belong to a library!
> Small world, isn't it?
> I've seen copies of this little 131-page cookbook selling for up to $75
> online, so getting one with a few grease stains for less than $20 is
> well worth a little rejoicing.
> Huzzah!

Congratulations on making it your own. I remember when I used to have
some favorite books that were always at the library, didn't need to own
them (especially if they were older and out of print!), could just go to
the library and check them out for the umpteenth time and then suddenly
they weren't there anymore. Did they get lost, were they stolen, sold at
their book fair? I'd think "What happened to MY book?" lol!But the joy
when you find that LOST book, eh? Kind of like the prodigal son coming
home. Oh, and at Amazon, there are 2 copies of this book for only a
little under $16 dollars. That's not too bad for a rare out of print
book. One book I was looking for for years used to occasionally pop up
for $75. I waited 4 years and finally got it for $13! Good thing I'm a
patient girl.

Melondy

Karl S wrote:
>
> I've seen copies of this little 131-page cookbook selling for up to $75
> online, so getting one with a few grease stains for less than $20 is
> well worth a little rejoicing.
> Huzzah!

Look he
http://www.addall.com/Used/

That site collects listings from several other databases,
including abebooks

The cheapest copy is $5.95

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:52:55 GMT, Cindy Fuller
> wrote:

>My church has a used book sale every year. Members will donate books,
>and items will be gleaned from the Friends of the Library book sale. I
>have gotten some gems from these sales, including a couple Time-Life
>Foods of the World volumes and a 1943 edition of Joy of Cooking. I
>usually volunteer at these sales on Saturday mornings so I can case the
>joint and set aside goodies before the used book dealers descend.

I love used book sales. Goodwill used to hold a big annual book sale.
I have collected about twenty Time-Life Foods of the World volumes,
Joy of Cooking, numerous church and Junior League cookbooks, The I
Hate to Cookbook and the Appendix to the I Hate to Cookbook, the I
Hate to Housework Book, Brilliat-Savarin's Physiology of Taste
translated and annotated by MFK Fisher, The Art of Cuisine by Henri De
Toulouse-Lautrec.

Tara

Melondy wrote:
> Karl S wrote:
>> Just celebrating a little.
>> I used to check out "Good Recipes for Hard Times" by Louise Newton,
>> from the local public library. Then it stopped being available for
>> some reason!
>> There are a lot of very cheap, easy, and good-tasting recipes in there.
>> And now, in my own hands, is a copy that used to belong to a library!
>> Small world, isn't it?
>> I've seen copies of this little 131-page cookbook selling for up to
>> $75 online, so getting one with a few grease stains for less than $20
>> is well worth a little rejoicing.
>> Huzzah!
>
Oh, and at Amazon, there are 2 copies of this book for only a
> little under $16 dollars. That's not too bad for a rare out of print
> book.
>
> Melondy


LOL!!! There WERE 2 copies at that price. Should have kept my mouth
shut. They are gone now. Cheapist is $35+ And those listed as only $5
at that other site are NOT the same book. They are another book that has
an excerpt from Good Times.

Melondy

Melondy wrote:
> Melondy wrote:
>> Karl S wrote:
>>> Just celebrating a little.
>>> I used to check out "Good Recipes for Hard Times" by Louise Newton,
>>> from the local public library. Then it stopped being available for
>>> some reason!
>>> There are a lot of very cheap, easy, and good-tasting recipes in there.
>>> And now, in my own hands, is a copy that used to belong to a library!
>>> Small world, isn't it?
>>> I've seen copies of this little 131-page cookbook selling for up to
>>> $75 online, so getting one with a few grease stains for less than $20
>>> is well worth a little rejoicing.
>>> Huzzah!
>>
> Oh, and at Amazon, there are 2 copies of this book for only a
>> little under $16 dollars. That's not too bad for a rare out of print
>> book.
>> Melondy
>
>
> LOL!!! There WERE 2 copies at that price. Should have kept my mouth
> shut. They are gone now. Cheapist is $35+ And those listed as only $5
> at that other site are NOT the same book. They are another book that has
> an excerpt from Good Times.
>
> Melondy

Yep, there WERE... I got one of 'em, I think! (Evil cackling laughter)

Karl S.

Mark Thorson wrote:
> Karl S wrote:
>> I've seen copies of this little 131-page cookbook selling for up to $75
>> online, so getting one with a few grease stains for less than $20 is
>> well worth a little rejoicing.
>> Huzzah!
>
> Look he
> http://www.addall.com/Used/
>
> That site collects listings from several other databases,
> including abebooks
>
> The cheapest copy is $5.95

I could be wrong, but I believe you have been sorely misled...
Could the $5.95 book be either "Not in stock" or possibly another book
entirely which contains an excerpt from "Good Recipes for hard times"?

Either way, I'm a happy man.

I've also discovered that balsamic vinegar is a good thing to sprinkle
on beef just before grilling. I imagine the rest of the world has known
that for several centuries, but I've just now discovered it. Heh...

Karl S.