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<p>[QUOTE="mmarco102, post: 9795764, member: 8289"]Picked this book up yesterday for 1.99<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />, wow, what ever happened to .50 books.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> After finding it on Abe books I was amaze what it was selling for, even newer ones. “Victory in my Hands, by Harold Russell.</p><p><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=Victory%20in%20my%20hands%2C%20Harold%20Russell&sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&ds=20" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=Victory%20in%20my%20hands%2C%20Harold%20Russell&sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&ds=20" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=Victory in my hands, Harold Russell&sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&ds=20</a></p><p>Only this book was printed in Copenhagen, Denmark…<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> dag-nab-it, if only I knew someone that could read Danish. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /> [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> Well that aside it appears first editions were in 1949 and I believe my book was published in 1950, which might make it a first in Europe. But The Roman numerals read MCMIL(which is not a date) 1950 would be MCML. WHERE AM I going wrong? MCMLI is 1951 but that’s not what’s printed.</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Not sure why I bought a book I can not read. Duh! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, thank you for looking.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]485767[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485768[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485769[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485770[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485771[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mmarco102, post: 9795764, member: 8289"]Picked this book up yesterday for 1.99:), wow, what ever happened to .50 books.:hilarious: After finding it on Abe books I was amaze what it was selling for, even newer ones. “Victory in my Hands, by Harold Russell. [URL='https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=Victory%20in%20my%20hands%2C%20Harold%20Russell&sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&ds=20']https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=Victory in my hands, Harold Russell&sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results&ds=20[/URL] Only this book was printed in Copenhagen, Denmark…:woot: dag-nab-it, if only I knew someone that could read Danish. :p [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] ;) Well that aside it appears first editions were in 1949 and I believe my book was published in 1950, which might make it a first in Europe. But The Roman numerals read MCMIL(which is not a date) 1950 would be MCML. WHERE AM I going wrong? MCMLI is 1951 but that’s not what’s printed. ‘Not sure why I bought a book I can not read. Duh! :wacky: Anyway, thank you for looking. [ATTACH=full]485767[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485768[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485769[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485770[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485771[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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