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