In which I am possibly predictable

[brooksmoses]

The proprietor of a YouTube channel I watch every so often about restoring wagons and buggies and such has in his standard list of recommendations in the video descriptions a two-volume set of books about carriage building from 1892. Curious, I went looking to see what used copies went for.

There's the edition that he had linked to, which is a softcover reprint from 2004 that has both original volumes combined into one, and is still in print. For a little more money, there's also a hardcover reprint from 1981, similarly both original volumes combined.

And then there was also in that same price range an original copy of volume 2, described as being in fair condition due to a worn cover, but pages in good condition with no markings except "A child has crayon colored a few of the illustrations but within lines."

I was not actually planning to buy a copy; I was just looking. But I expect anyone who knows me will be able to predict what actually happened.

Comments

[julesjones]

You were very good and did not click "buy now".

So once you actually had it in your hands, how many illustrations *had* been coloured in? And I presume this will not stop you from buying a reprint edition so that you have both volumes.

[carbonel]

You decided that if you were going to buy an original copy, you wanted both volumes, so you bought that original volume 2 and then paid way too much for a volume 1 in rather better condition.