Lucky Child!

Subject: Lucky Child!
From: GUEST,Martin Ryan
Date: 23 Sep 01 - 07:38 AM

Sometimes you just get lucky. I walked into a bookshop in Galway yesterday and found a full set of the Dover edition of Childs "English and Scottish Popular Ballads" - for £30! Call it 35 dollars American. Jeez! It's in perfect condition - to the extent that I suspect it was sitting in a store somewhere since printed - never even opened.

Regards

Subject: RE: Lucky Child!
From:
Date: 23 Sep 01 - 07:59 AM

Oh, you are SO! lucky! Congratulations, Martin. Hope you will help supply some of the missing Child Ballads for us and Lesley.

Subject: RE: Lucky Child!
From: masato sakurai
Date: 23 Sep 01 - 11:04 AM

Really a lucky child! The original price was $13.75. I bought it for that. But it was more than 30 years ago.

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lucky Child!
From: SINSULL
Date: 23 Sep 01 - 11:07 AM

Wow! I rummage through dusty book shops and house sales hoping for just such a find. All I get is dirty. Enjoy!

Subject: RE: Lucky Child!
From: Art Thieme
Date: 23 Sep 01 - 11:18 AM

BALLAD LOVERS!!!!!

WATCH THE AUCTION HERE FOR AN INTERESTING ITEM SOON

Art

Subject: RE: Lucky Child!
From: Art Thieme
Date: 23 Sep 01 - 11:32 AM

Oh, MARTIN, congratulations---yes. A wonderful find. Here in the U.S. (at least in the middle of Illinois) book sales and garage/tag sales mean Harlequin Romance novels for lonely houswives. I wish mightily I was back on the road and could explore the wonderful used book stores in all the little towns I used to gig in --- where people still might read good stuff-------if they read at all except on their computers.

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Lucky Child!
From: Big Mick
Date: 23 Sep 01 - 12:51 PM

In every town and city I travel to, I always search out the book stores looking for this. Good man yerself, Martin. I am so happy that someone like you found this treasure. And I am positively green (what else?) with envy.

WARNING!! If Art puts up for auction what I think he is going to put up, prepare to bid mightily. I am going to be in the thick of it............LOL.

All the best,

Mick