That Unexpected Find

While out and about a day ago, I decided to stop by an old book store in Sparks. “The Book Gallery,” has been on North Rock for most of the last quarter century.

Once inside I started browsing the ‘Mystery’ and ‘Western’ section of the story. I’m always looking for a book I haven’t read by Louis L’Amour, Elizabeth Coel or Tony Hillerman.

Barring my ability to find anything by the three authors above, I generally turn to the ‘Classics,’ searching for books by Jack London or O. Henry. And every once in a while, I’ll find something that I had no idea I was looking for.

Case in point: A small book of poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson. What makes this so unique to me is that the book, “A Child’s Garden of Verses,” was published in the year 1900, six short years after his death.

The binding is in very good shape, though it does show signs of being handled. But it is the lithograph art work through out the book that makes this four-dollar purchase so remarkable.

For me — this is a wonderful find.