I looked up the original print run for 'The Catcher in the Rye' and it was way smaller than I thought

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Wasn't there a story about a first edition copy being found in a school library? I remember reading that some librarian was just clearing out old books and almost tossed it. They ended up selling it for a ton of money to help fund the library. It really makes you look at every old book on a shelf differently. You just never know what's been sitting there for decades.

mark_hayes15h ago

My buddy found a first edition at a garage sale for like two bucks, the guy had no idea.

averymartin14h agoOG Member

That's wild, mark_hayes. Makes you wonder how many other cool things get sold off without the owner ever knowing what they had.