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0:00:04 > 0:00:09- Some years ago, I was in debt - because I'd been drinking heavily.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12- I had a tax bill to pay - but no money to pay it.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15- I had thousands of books...
0:00:15 > 0:00:19- ..some first editions, - some signed by the author.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23- I sold all my books.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25- I sold them for 375.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31- After that, - I stopped reading for some years.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37- About two years later, I went - to a bookshop in Blaenau Ffestiniog.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41- It felt as if one book - was drawing me towards a shelf.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45- It was a copy of In Cold Blood - by Truman Capote.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50- I took it off the shelf - and saw that it was my copy.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56- A friend of mine called Gordon - had given it to me on my birthday.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59- It was inscribed, - "Happy birthday, Jon."
0:00:59 > 0:01:01- That was my copy.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08- After finding my own book, - I started to read again.
0:01:10 > 0:01:16- As I was reading, I realized - how much money I'd lost on the deal.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19- I sold so many books - for so little money.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- Two big white vans - turned up to take them.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24- My friends, if you like.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- All the stories - I'd enjoyed over the years.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- Then, about five years later, - I went back to the first bookshop.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38- The one that bought my books - for 375.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- In one corner, - I found a copy of the novel...
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- ..A Glastonbury Romance - by John Cowper Powys.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- A valuable first edition.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- Inside the front cover - was the sale price, 50p.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55- I bought it, then sold it - for not far short of 1,000.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- There was some fairness, - and I'm still reading.
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