Junk Sales Across America and The Book Trade Gag
In Bethel Connecticut the AP Reporter notes tag sales garage sales and barn sales attract locals unloading attics and cellars. The piece highlights surplus books sold for 50 cents hardbacks and 25 cents paperbacks with playful fake author signatures to imply scholarly lineage.
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