[78-L] Books and Prices

[Geoffrey Wheeler]

Recently on the List, I mentioned the Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Jazz 
Concert book by Jon Hancock. The price from Fred Cohen’s Jazz Record 
Center in New York City is $39.95. The price from Amazon.com starts at 
just under $200 and goes up to $500.

Every so often, I check out Half Price Books in my city. Today, I 
bought a new copy of New Orleans 1960 by William Claxton and Joachim 
Berendt, published by Taschen. Price: $3.98. Many other art and 
photography books are as low as that, and most no higher than $19.98 
for something with an originally high cover price. They also carry 
jazz, blues, folk, and pop CDs at cut prices.