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Book hunting tips from a Secondhand Shopkeeper
Charles J. Shields, guidance coordinator at Homewood Flossmoor High School, shares quirks of secondhand bookshops in Chicago Heights run by Reinhold Pabel. He uses a vivid, instructional voice to describe how collectors identify valuable volumes, including scam and salvage cues, and highlights a Kerouac autograph as a prime example.
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Illinois Street
Chicago Heights
Reinhold Pabel
Pabel
Ezra Pound
Miss Haversham
Jack Kerouac
Charles J. Shields
Homewood- Flossmoor High School