DMcNay Posted 5 December , 2005 Share Posted 5 December , 2005 (edited) Someone in the "What's the most you've spent" thread suggested this would be the next, so I thought I'd start it. What's the best bargain you ever got? Let's hear about those treasures you picked out in a charity shop priced at 50p... For me, a brand new copy of "The War The Infantry Knew" for £1.50. Non Great War related, I picked up a complete set of volumes of "The Black and White Budget" for £40 including postage. Let's keep this to things you've actually spent money on. Presents and things you got for nothing don't count. Edited 5 December , 2005 by DMcNay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 5 December , 2005 Share Posted 5 December , 2005 Actual cash money changing hands - 10p (or it might have been 50p) for a Manchester City Battalions Book of Honour (I refused to accept it for free off the old lady and she wouldnt take anymore). Other bargain - "Other Ranks" by W V Tilsley. Acquired whilst in a pub restaurant (with the knowledge of the staff, I hasten to add). So, either it cost me nothing or it cost the price of the meal for two. Either way, a bargain. And now with a good home. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernardmcilwaine Posted 5 December , 2005 Share Posted 5 December , 2005 mac i got a set of black and white budget for a fiver,even at 40 quid you still got a bargain its a very informative set of books,plenty of pics of other ranks,bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 8 December , 2005 Share Posted 8 December , 2005 Hi All Wear do you start I'v been collecting Manchester Regt Stuff since i was about 8 years old. And growing up near Ardwick Green Barracks I was fortunate to meet a lot of old Manchester Regt soldiers from WW1. as well as lots of my own family being in the Regt. 1. A pint of beer for a copy the Pals Book from a Manchester Regt Pal 2. £15.00 for a Pickelhaube on Tibb Street back in the days. 3. I must have a lot of trios that i never paid more then £10-15 for. 4. And the hours i spent with the old soldiers at Ardwick Green Barracks on a Sunday Drinking with Kingo priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hill 60 Posted 8 December , 2005 Share Posted 8 December , 2005 £4 for Edgar Wallace's Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces. I don't know the date of the book but there is a page in it for the owner to inscribe the names of friends and relations who served King and Country in the Great War - 1914-1915. A non-WWI bargain...24 volumes of Sir Walter Scott's works (printed in 1900) including Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate etc for £12 at a church book fair in October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMcNay Posted 8 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2005 Just remembered another one: an autographed copy of Lord Lovats autobiography found in a charity shop for £1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 8 December , 2005 Share Posted 8 December , 2005 I guess the 33rd Divisional MGC History, by Hutchinson. £25 at an antiques fair about 20 years ago: it seemed a lot at the time, but now..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbarchetta Posted 8 December , 2005 Share Posted 8 December , 2005 Bought 1st edition 'Life the Universe & Everything' (third Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy book) two weeks ago at a jumble sale for 50p that sold last night on Ebay for £200. Felt a bit guilty, so will be giving £50 to the British Legion (don't agree with organised religion, so couldn't bring myself to give it to the church I bought the book from!)... Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gericht 1914 Posted 8 December , 2005 Share Posted 8 December , 2005 "The HAC in the Great War" and "The 42nd East Lancashire Division 1914-1918", both original 1st editions with extras bought for a tenner for the pair (haggled down from £25!). D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dikke Bertha Posted 8 December , 2005 Share Posted 8 December , 2005 Hew Strachan's book on 1914 for 1p (yes one penny) on eBay. Of course there was postage. Spears book Liaison 1914 for 2.00 pounds. The Advance from Mons for 20p That is all I can remember now. I'll have to root in my bookshelves for others. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 9 December , 2005 Share Posted 9 December , 2005 I have to share armourersergeant's delight in a bargain set of HW Wilson "The Great War" - he was busy perusing the wonderfiul illustrations within seconds of picking up the first volume. Arm was last seen loading them onto the back seat of his car and wondering what Mrs Arm would say when she discovered that there were rather more volumes (13) than she might possibly have been led to believe and that they were rather larger than your average book. They came at a knock down price from an auction house in the street in which he grew up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hindoo Stan Posted 11 December , 2005 Share Posted 11 December , 2005 A tatty much loved 1916 copy of Robert Service, The Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, bought for 0.35p in a charity shop. Not an uncommon book, but what makes it most special is the inscription. " This book is the property of 2481 Trooper T Shaw. Lord Strathcona's Horse. 1st Canadian Cavalry Brigade. If borrowed please return." I now have a copy of his attestation papers. The book provides tangible remembrance and is very evocative. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Phillips Posted 11 December , 2005 Share Posted 11 December , 2005 Chris McCarthys 'Passchendaele - The Day-by Day Account, for £3.99 in a Dublin remainders shop two years ago. Apparently you can't get it now. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wienand Drenth Posted 11 December , 2005 Share Posted 11 December , 2005 The Monthly Army List for September 1919 which I bought via Ebay for less than 10 GBP. It was rather disbound and tatty, but now rebound it looks great. I was happy that it was helpful to several here at the forum. Cheers, Wienand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audax Posted 4 January , 2006 Share Posted 4 January , 2006 Two battered but complete Album Deluxe editions of The War Illustrated Volumes III & VI for 2p at a Church Fete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted 4 January , 2006 Share Posted 4 January , 2006 Mint condition "History of Cheshire Home Guard" for 50p at a car boot fair. Virtually unused, all the gilt finish to the Cheshire badge and book title are complete. Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarylW Posted 4 January , 2006 Share Posted 4 January , 2006 Medal Rolls 23rd Foot - Royal Welch Fusiliers Napoleonic Period that lists all those present at Waterloo, Officers, NCO's and other ranks with biographical details bought for a fiver in an Antiquarian bookshop and low priced 'cos it was water damaged, but still perfectly legible and readable (and if anyone wants a look up please PM me) Lots of interesting biographical detail for those listed, where and when born, occupation and where they attested/enlisted. Found some of my husbands ancestors in it and helped loads of others in various places Caryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Haslock Posted 8 January , 2006 Share Posted 8 January , 2006 '50 Amazing Stories of the Great War' bought for 5 or 10p about 30 years ago. Maybe not the cheapest in real terms but the greatest one because it started of the whole interest in WW1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 8 January , 2006 Share Posted 8 January , 2006 A few years ago I bought British Aviation Squadron Markings of World War I (normally priced at ₤55) from a UK bookseller, whose name resembles that of a South American river, at the bargain price of 55 pence. The postage was about twelve times the price of the book, but it was still a bargain! Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 8 January , 2006 Share Posted 8 January , 2006 A tatty much loved 1916 copy of Robert Service, The Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, bought for 0.35p in a charity shop. Not an uncommon book, but what makes it most special is the inscription. " This book is the property of 2481 Trooper T Shaw. Lord Strathcona's Horse. 1st Canadian Cavalry Brigade. If borrowed please return." I now have a copy of his attestation papers. The book provides tangible remembrance and is very evocative. Tim This post reminds me of a genuine "In Memoriam" card I once saw that read "...died fighting with Lord Strathcona's Horse". I couldn't help but raise a smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Byrne Posted 9 January , 2006 Share Posted 9 January , 2006 I just got a copy of Honours and Awards Navy Army and Air Force 1914-1920 nwhich deals with officer awards during this period. 980 pages for £15 and they only have one copy on ABE for £78.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMcNay Posted 12 September , 2006 Author Share Posted 12 September , 2006 Thought I'd bring this thread back to lifewith one I got on Saturday. At the National FamilyHistory Fair, I bought a copy of the Lloyds Bank War Memorial book for £3. The woman behind the stall then asked me if I wanted to buy the original book. £5 for the book, even if it was in terrible condition. Lucky I bought the book too, the scans on the CD are terrible quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Robertson Posted 12 September , 2006 Share Posted 12 September , 2006 "Montrose" by Ronald Williams brand new first edition for 95p was a stunner for me many years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 12 September , 2006 Share Posted 12 September , 2006 Marquis De Ruvigny Roll of Honour by The London Stamp Exchange. Leather bound De Ruvigny's produced in the 80's, limited to 100 copies. Way before N&MP version and far far better quality, not difficult, but a cracker of a book. And all for £10 Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halder Posted 12 September , 2006 Share Posted 12 September , 2006 Peter Barton's Battlefields of the First World War. £50 in the shops. £15 on the web. Result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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