My Pennies and Freemans numbers

[Red Riley]

I found mine (2nd edition) in mint condition in a second hand bookshop in Lewes.

£2.50

I then bowled down the (considerable) hill to the Harveys brewery, chuckling all the way and celebrated with 3 pints of Armada piped straight from the vat.

It was how days out are supposed to be.

And you criticized me for drinking ESB! Must have been a nice view from the gutter...

[£400 for a Penny ?]

As I expect you well know, Sir, it takes a bit more than 3 pints to have me rolling in the gutter.

Especially with an almost mint copy of Freeman to protect.

Oh, and I had a bag of crisps as well - soaked almost all of it up.

[1949threepence]

I found mine (2nd edition) in mint condition in a second hand bookshop in Lewes.

£2.50

I then bowled down the (considerable) hill to the Harveys brewery, chuckling all the way and celebrated with 3 pints of Armada piped straight from the vat.

It was how days out are supposed to be.

£2.50 for a Freeman. That's what good days are all about

Actually your stroke of good fortune prompted me to look on Amazon, just on the off chance, and I found one, apparently "like new", for just £19.95, from a UK based source. So I've ordered it. Bit more expensive than yours, but still pretty good value.

here it is

Received today, and apart from slight dulling and fingerprinting of the dust jacket, I'd agree with "like new".

Considering how much they go for now, it was a surprise to see the original purchase price printed as £13.95. Even allowing for inflation it would be nowhere near as high as the prices now asked, and secind hand books normally depreciate in value.

[azda]

I paid 41 pounds for a 1st edition Michael Marsh Gold Sov Book from fleabay