tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post4669907705410866340..comments2024-02-18T19:36:43.844+11:00Comments on theatre notes: Bits and piecesAlison Croggonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-45617405056664261652008-10-03T16:00:00.000+10:002008-10-03T16:00:00.000+10:00Nah, it worked out to about $2 per book. I was a p...Nah, it worked out to about $2 per book. I was a poverty-stricken youngster too (and am now a poverty-stricken person of 'un certain age')On Stage And Wallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123174160610622544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-91997327250271855952008-09-29T19:24:00.000+10:002008-09-29T19:24:00.000+10:00"One of the many things I got there were brand new..."One of the many things I got there were brand new hardback copies of the Methuen Brecht edition."<BR/><BR/>You must have been rich if you were buying hardbacks when paying by the pound:-). I was a poverty-stricken youngster at the time and thought paperbacks were the way to go when buying by the pound....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-78622908386897654252008-09-29T19:15:00.000+10:002008-09-29T19:15:00.000+10:00Enjoying the new Masthead very much, e.g. M. Richa...Enjoying the new Masthead very much, e.g. M. Richards's Lost Children & P. Howard's The Construction of the Tomahawk. Thanks, Alison.<BR/><BR/>Ali (alizadeh)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-50676308754307427292008-09-29T19:12:00.000+10:002008-09-29T19:12:00.000+10:00That's the one. One of the many things I got there...That's the one. One of the many things I got there were brand new hardback copies of the Methuen Brecht edition. They also had tons of those old Soviet era Progress Press Russian classics. I still a complete Pushkin (including Mozart and Salieri).On Stage And Wallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123174160610622544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-51971980886049198122008-09-29T15:36:00.000+10:002008-09-29T15:36:00.000+10:00"6kg of books? Remember that bookstore chain ..."6kg of books? Remember that bookstore chain that sold books by the kilo rather than by individual price?"<BR/><BR/>I remember something like that, one large, almost warehouse size, venue that sold books. I think it was on or near the corner where the Anti-Cancer Council now has its Palatial Palace (corner of Rathdowne & Victoria). And it was so long ago I think they were selling Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-73938802644393091762008-09-28T14:11:00.000+10:002008-09-28T14:11:00.000+10:00And Dame Edna writes by the kilo...And Dame Edna writes by the kilo...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-1786701616806449582008-09-28T13:25:00.000+10:002008-09-28T13:25:00.000+10:00No, but there were those places that sold books by...No, but there were those places that sold books by the yard to grand country homes with big libraries. <BR/><BR/>I know because my luggage was 6kg heavier on the way home. Now the dilemma is where to put them. Shelf space has reached red alert levels in this house, and there's no more wall for more shelves...Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202906.post-8247106192420250372008-09-28T13:19:00.000+10:002008-09-28T13:19:00.000+10:006kg of books? Remember that bookstore chain that s...6kg of books? Remember that bookstore chain that sold books by the kilo rather than by individual price?On Stage And Wallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123174160610622544noreply@blogger.com