I got home yesterday evening from work to find the Sloth in a highly unusual and unexpected froth of excitement. After a while I worked out that he was actually saying book of the tarpon. Okay. Steady on. Sounded seedy, turns out just to be unfamiliar.
Know what a Tarpon is? Not me, either.
Turns out it has been lurking in the local charity shop by the book shelves and is now full of it.
The Book of The Tarpon for 50 pence. Hardback, no dustjacket. Good condition. Covers are inevitably worn particularly at top and bottom of spine. Paste down image on cover very good. Top edge is gilt, pages are otherwise uncut. A previous owner has written his name on the inside front cover. The hinges are slighty loose. Pages are inevitably age-coloured but there is very little foxing inside. It is the 1911 first edition and dealers are asking several hundred US dollars for copies in very similar condition.
Jammy bastard.
A tarpon is a fish, btw.
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