Flea Market Score!!!

Mork_417 · 01-28-13, 09:07 AM

My girl friend is a flea market nut, and it's been a while since she has gone to one. So, I surprised her yesterday by taking her to one, you know, to earn points.

While wondering through the endless number of rows, thinking that my feet could not hurt any worse, i came across a massive library of used books.

So, i started browsing, and BINGO! I let out a small high pitched yelp, but she was no where to be found. Turns out, she had walked through the next row before realizing that I was gone, and she'd been talking to me the whole time.

I stacked up on about eight new additions for my personal collection, but these three i felt were the best find. Got the three for $14.

Harald_Lange · 01-28-13, 09:27 AM

What a great find

Bit of a win win situation there!

Onkel Neal · 01-28-13, 11:59 AM

Awww, yeah! I bet that was an exciting moment. Great find!

Sailor Steve · 01-28-13, 12:00 PM

Cool!

Herr-Berbunch · 01-28-13, 12:48 PM

Am I the only one who thinks we're missing out by not knowing the other five books?

Mork_417 · 01-28-13, 01:40 PM

LoL, here are the other ones i brought home. I'm happy with the whole find, but the first three I am Really happy about.

Thx guys.

AVGWarhawk · 01-28-13, 01:45 PM

Nice score.

Oberon · 01-28-13, 02:34 PM

Very nice score, all of them.

RickC Sniper · 01-28-13, 02:43 PM

WOW, nice find!

nikimcbee · 01-28-13, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FloppyRat

My girl friend is a flea market nut, and it's been a while since she has gone to one. So, I surprised her yesterday by taking her to one, you know, to earn points.

While wondering through the endless number of rows, thinking that my feet could not hurt any worse, i came across a massive library of used books.

So, i started browsing, and BINGO! I let out a small high pitched yelp, but she was no where to be found. Turns out, she had walked through the next row before realizing that I was gone, and she'd been talking to me the whole time.

I stacked up on about eight new additions for my personal collection, but these three i felt were the best find. Got the three for $14.

Congrats. I own the U-Boat War book and the War Patrol book.

The war patrol book has a great account of a deck gun attack. You'll really enjoy it, it's a great read.

Jimbuna · 01-28-13, 04:36 PM

A crackin result

Red October1984 · 01-28-13, 05:31 PM

My dad has a 1948 US Navy Bluejacket's manual in one of our bookshelves...I flipped through it and it was pretty interesting. I also have some old West Point Textbooks on WW1 and 2 that I got from a family member. I haven't flipped through those much...but antique stores and flea markets are some good places to find books.

Platapus · 01-28-13, 07:45 PM

Wish we had good flea markets in my area. The prices here are horrible.

Stealhead · 01-28-13, 08:05 PM

A great place to go for older books especially old military history books and old military manuals is a used book store.You might have to look around to find a good one but they are a great source for older books.Usually the prices are fairly reasonable and based on condition.

One of my favorite used book store find is a multi volume series of books about WWII covering the entire war.The title of my set is "Pictorial History of the Second World War" printed by WM. H. Wise & CO. I have seen similar sets published by different publishers(not sure if they are generally the same or not though).

I paid $45.00 for my set which is not bad for books published from 1944~1945 6 books in total.

You should always be on the look out for older books published by the Naval Institute Press because they typically only print a single run of a book and only reprint if demand is high enough.

Two good examples are "The Fleet Submarine in the US Navy"(only one run ever printed back in 1979) and "Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War".(has had a few reprints but last one was in 1995)

Dammit_Carl! · 01-28-13, 08:31 PM

Good find.

At one point, I swear I saw a book by Donitz (sorry no umlaut) or Raeder in an "Anitque," store which is where I generally find my goods nowadays.

1. I kick myself to this day for not buying that book. Seriously.
2. The older stuff is not getting reprints unless they are something seminal (sp? - looks dirty if I spelled it right); Run Silent, Run Deep no prob in finding it, I'd say. Memoirs of a Tibetan Submarine Captain will never see light after its first printing.

Other coolest book I've come across is a 1940-50ish Airman's Handbook, but I digress.

Buy the stuff if/when you find it as you may never see 'em again. Unless Subsim starts up a Library or something...

p.s. Fistbump on the flea market thing - my wife is a fantastic study and fan of antiques and our whole house is a flaming museum to a degree and she loves flea markets. She ain't keen on firearms (milsurp is my bag and hey, they're history right?) so I'm borked in that department and I loathe walking the aisles but one must show support to the spouses for obvious reasons.

01-28-13, 11:59 AM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Awww, yeah! I bet that was an exciting moment. Great find! __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

01-28-13, 12:00 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Cool! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-28-13, 12:48 PM	#5
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Am I the only one who thinks we're missing out by not knowing the other five books? __________________

01-28-13, 01:45 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Nice score. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-28-13, 02:43 PM	#9
RickC Sniper Undetectable Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,221 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	WOW, nice find! __________________ Support Subsim http://www.subsim.com/store.html

01-28-13, 09:27 AM	#2
Harald_Lange Ensign Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NY Harbour, Periscope depth. Posts: 235 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	What a great find Bit of a win win situation there!

01-28-13, 02:34 PM	#8
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Very nice score, all of them.

01-28-13, 04:36 PM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A crackin result __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-28-13, 05:31 PM	#12
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	My dad has a 1948 US Navy Bluejacket's manual in one of our bookshelves...I flipped through it and it was pretty interesting. I also have some old West Point Textbooks on WW1 and 2 that I got from a family member. I haven't flipped through those much...but antique stores and flea markets are some good places to find books. __________________

01-28-13, 07:45 PM	#13
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,365 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Wish we had good flea markets in my area. The prices here are horrible. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

01-28-13, 08:05 PM	#14
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	A great place to go for older books especially old military history books and old military manuals is a used book store.You might have to look around to find a good one but they are a great source for older books.Usually the prices are fairly reasonable and based on condition. One of my favorite used book store find is a multi volume series of books about WWII covering the entire war.The title of my set is "Pictorial History of the Second World War" printed by WM. H. Wise & CO. I have seen similar sets published by different publishers(not sure if they are generally the same or not though). I paid $45.00 for my set which is not bad for books published from 1944~1945 6 books in total. You should always be on the look out for older books published by the Naval Institute Press because they typically only print a single run of a book and only reprint if demand is high enough. Two good examples are "The Fleet Submarine in the US Navy"(only one run ever printed back in 1979) and "Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War".(has had a few reprints but last one was in 1995) Last edited by Stealhead; 01-28-13 at 08:19 PM.

01-28-13, 08:31 PM	#15
Dammit_Carl! Torpedoman Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: WNC, USA Posts: 115 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Good find. At one point, I swear I saw a book by Donitz (sorry no umlaut) or Raeder in an "Anitque," store which is where I generally find my goods nowadays. 1. I kick myself to this day for not buying that book. Seriously. 2. The older stuff is not getting reprints unless they are something seminal (sp? - looks dirty if I spelled it right); Run Silent, Run Deep no prob in finding it, I'd say. Memoirs of a Tibetan Submarine Captain will never see light after its first printing. Other coolest book I've come across is a 1940-50ish Airman's Handbook, but I digress. Buy the stuff if/when you find it as you may never see 'em again. Unless Subsim starts up a Library or something... p.s. Fistbump on the flea market thing - my wife is a fantastic study and fan of antiques and our whole house is a flaming museum to a degree and she loves flea markets. She ain't keen on firearms (milsurp is my bag and hey, they're history right?) so I'm borked in that department and I loathe walking the aisles but one must show support to the spouses for obvious reasons.

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