Second hand books I've bought

The most depressing side of charity shop books is seeing your favourite treasured book on the shelves for peanuts.

You wouldn't be too depressed round here. The cheapest paperbacks in the local Oxfam are £3 now and hard backs will likely cost a tenner. And they are not in pristine condition by any means.

Just read on the local FB group that Oxfam only accept books that are less than 8 years old as they have to pay to get rid of older books.  Maybe they should try selling them for less.

Another reason to boycott Oxfam. In Salisbury they have a rather posh bookshop, I've only been in once, unlikely to go in again.  It's such a shame old books aren't valued. As a young working woman I worked in town. On the corner at the end of the street was a secondhand bookshop owned by Jim Smith.  Paperbacks were stacked in shelves from floor to ceiling, crammed into several rooms of his own house. He would accept any books as long as you took away some.  He also wrote and illustrated childrens books.  I even found one for sale. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186736922630