There are three types of people who come to visit the "ghost market" of the antique city of Shangdu: collectors, second-hand booksellers and "book lovers". Among the "book lovers", there are www.biquge.info teachers, especially teachers and students. At least in the ghostly shadows, Lin Yi saw either gray-haired scholars or students with immature faces, and only one of them was too old to sleep, and the other was young and energetic.

At this time, Lin Yi left the first bookstall to pick up the leak and continued to walk forward. It is a straight, east-west, not wide path, flanked by bookstalls, with very limited access to pedestrians. After walking a few steps, I heard a woman's shouting in the darkness: "Dump the goods!" 5 yuan a piece! Pick ...... anywhere."

5 yuan a book in the commercial capital antique city "ghost market" is not the cheapest, the cheapest stall price is 2 yuan a piece, if book friends have the time and patience, there are often unexpected surprises in the pile of books.

Lin Yi followed the woman's shouting and walked over, only to see that she was throwing books out of the iron bookcase behind her, while still shouting loudly, the shouting attracted a lot of people, Lin Yi squeezed in, there was a pile of old books on literature, history and philosophy on the ground, several copies of "Chinese Philosophy" published by Sanlian Bookstore Publishing House in the eighties are very conspicuous, Lin Yi picked up a book and flipped through it, there are almost all the articles written by top people in contemporary China, such as Liang Shuming, Zhang Dainian, Ren Jiyu and so on. Lin Yi was overjoyed in his heart, and was about to take them all, but a gray-haired book hunter with a searchlight tied to his head put a copy of "Chinese Philosophy" in his hand on the pile of books and said, "It's a pity, it's not all!" ”

Only then did Lin Yi discover that "Chinese Philosophy" was a series of books, with only the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, tenth, and eleventh volumes, of which the sixth series still had binding errors.

Seeing this, Lin Yi also gave up this set of books, you must know that it takes more energy and effort to match books than to buy books, not to mention that these books have a large print run, and they are not scarce books, it is okay to look at them, but they do not have much collection value, not to mention that Lin Yi was also enthusiastic just now, and when he remembered that he bought this tome and went back, not to mention anything else, it was very uncomfortable to just carry it.

Thinking about this clearly, Lin Yi continued to flip through the gold rush mentality, a 1963 edition of "Selected Philosophical Essays of Chinese Dynasties" edited by Song Yuanming by Zhonghua Book Company; Philosophical Dictionary - History of Chinese Philosophy Volume by Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House; Selected Teaching Materials on the History of Chinese Philosophy by Chung Hwa Book Company; Zhonghua Book Company's "Essays on Buddhism in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties"; Shanxi People's Publishing House's "Thinking of the Old and the New - Ren Jiyue's Self-Statement"; A Brief Commentary on the Four Books Collection, published by Social Sciences Press......

For Lin Yi, most of these are ordinary philosophical and academic books, and the prices are also very cheap, at most four or five yuan a copy, which belongs to the dry goods in the big road, at least it can squeeze out some reading value.

These books are not Lin Yi's favorites, but the old book-shoppers who put down the books just now actually lost one of Lin Yi's treasures, so he picked up one, and did not miss a single one, all of them were picked up and hugged in his arms, looking at the cautiously worried look, for fear that others would snatch them.

Seeing him like this, Lin Yi had to sigh, radish and cabbage have their own love, but others who don't want them are regarded as treasures, different concepts, different values; I also guessed that this old man might be a scholar, and no matter how bad he was, he was also a teacher, because only these two kinds of people would like such professional books, but they couldn't stand it.

"Let's go, it looks like this bookstall is full of big goods, and there are no books I need." Just when Lin Yi thought that there were no good goods in this bookstall, and he was about to leave with nothing to pick up, his eyes suddenly lit up, but he was attracted by a hardcover book that looked like a small dictionary pressed against the pile of old books.

To be precise, what attracted Lin Yi was the small and cute nature of this book.

Lin Yi was not particular about the binding of books before, but later he learned that the binding of a book can determine its value.

Yes, on the basis of the edition belonging to one edition and one printing, the scarcity of printing, and the masterpieces of famous artists, the collection value of a book is also determined by its own book binding.

If nothing else, why do so many people like the new literature of the Republic of China? The simplest and most direct point, the cover design and binding of the Republic of China book are really distinctive, and can even be described as "beautiful". Among them, the most representative are Lu Xun's translation of "The Symbol of Bitterness" in 1926 and Xu Zhimo's "Self-Section" in 1928. The cover beauty of these two books definitely represents the highest level of cover design in the Republic of China.

In fact, the great writer Lu Xun has always attached great importance to the binding and cover design of books, such as his masterpieces "Weeds" and "The Scream", etc., he has participated in the cover binding design. In 1981, Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House published a hardcover art book "Lu Xun and Book Binding" for Mr. Lu Xun's contribution to book binding for several years.

This book is embossed hardcover on the cloth, protective cover + special protective cover, selected 74 book shadows of the Republic of China, Mao Dun inscription, Qian Jun preface, priced at 25.00 yuan, no specific print quantity.

The book won the Honorable Mention at the 1989 Leipzig International Book Art Fair in Germany, and is now sold for between 400 --- 700 yuan among collectors who like the subject of binding.

It is precisely because of this understanding that Lin Yi has a sense of intimacy when he sees this thick little book, and he wants to "play with it".

Many book hunters are still looking through those 32-page books, perhaps this book is too "long" like a dictionary, so that it is ignored by many old experts.

At this time, Lin Yi picked it up, and when he saw it, it was not a dictionary, but a photocopy of Zhongzhou Ancient Books Publishing House--- "(Classification) Couplet Treasure House".

The title page indicates that it is issued by Shanghai Guangyi Book Company; The content is all couplets, and the classification is extremely detailed, and there are countless ancient and modern famous couplets. From both of these perspectives, it is definitely a good couplet reference book. Looking at the copyright page, only 10,000 copies were photocopied in 1989.

10,000 copies may be a little larger for an ordinary book, but for this kind of special reference book, the print run is very small, after all, China has a population of 1.4 billion, and among such a large population, the amount of 10,000 is too small.

What's more, this book is small and cute, with a dark green cover, imitation of the Republic of China's binding, coupled with the perfect appearance and the characteristics of credible hand play, which made Lin Yi fall in love with it immediately.

Lin Yi took it in his hand and asked the female stall owner unhurriedly: "How much?" ”

The stall owner just glanced at it and said, "It's all five dollars a copy." ”

Lin Yi nodded, and handed over five yuan, and the woman glanced at him, "Just pick one." ”

Lin Yi glanced at the bookstall and said: "No way, hobbies are different." ”

Look at the old book-shopper who hugged a lot of old books is also checking out with the female stall owner, he has a total of 13 books, a total of 65 yuan, and he will grind if he can discount 5 yuan, come to an integer of 60 yuan, 66 or 6 Shun. The female stall owner said: "This price is already the lowest, at most give him a discount of 2 yuan." The two were still arguing for two or three yuan for a long time, and Lin Yi had already left the used bookstall with the small book worth almost 150 yuan on the Internet.

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Two bookstalls picked up two "small leaks", although it was not ecstatic, but in this cold and windy "ghost market", Lin Yi also found a little comfort, and finally gained a little, he didn't get up so early in vain, did he.

Looking at other book hunters, they also have a lot of gains at this time, many people are carrying woven bags that are full, compared with Lin Yi's only two books in his hands, they can be said to have a lot of loot.

In particular, Lin Yi found that when he bought this "Couplet Treasure House" just now, he missed a big one, and it seemed that he had brought some good classical literature and paperback grids, so that a bookseller could order it all. Then as soon as he pulled out dozens of records from his bag, the vendors in the other market asked for them all without looking at them. It's really a flash of light, and the battle is over.

But what surprised Lin Yi was that in fact, the "battle" was not over yet, and the person who bought the grid just now had wrapped up several old photo albums from this vendor, and the price was quite low. At this time, everyone surrounded this vendor, waiting for him to open another box of treasures he brought, but he didn't know what to gamble on, he just didn't open it, and let everyone get away from it.

Lin Yi doesn't play records, nor does he play photo albums, but he also knows that these things are also very hyped now, not to mention anything else, a single record that is a little better in the Republic of China can be sold for thousands, or even tens of thousands, for example, a 78-turn old record "Song of Youth" with "Golden Voice" was sold for 30,000 yuan.

In terms of photo albums, the Republic of China, aid to Korea, and the Cultural Revolution and the self-defense and counterattack war against Vietnam are the most valuable, often an old photo of the Republic of China period can be worth hundreds of yuan, and celebrities are even more treasures, with prices ranging from tens of thousands. The period of aid to Korea and the Vietnam War is also very precious, several books are starting at twenty or thirty yuan, the Cultural Revolution has a long time, and there are many old photos, but they are not as expensive as the first two, and now they basically start to jump up from three or five yuan.

A group of people with miner's lamps on their heads, or flashlights in their hands, pointed at the vendor.

The vendor seemed to be caught cheating and raped, his expression was very hesitant, he finally didn't hold back, everyone watched, opened the box and took out a few decks of playing cards, vaguely only saw the words "red panda", another person said to the vendor, how many you have, take it out, I want it all, the vendor seems to be reluctant, so he took out 7 or 8 sets, and hid a set, which was found by the man, and finally handed it over obediently.

Lin Yi only then found out that there are all kinds of things to play on this "ghost market", and even who would have thought that even the most common "playing cards" in the past have become collectibles, and the price is not low, like this "Red Panda" poker in the fifties, a set of 1800 yuan......

For the first time, in addition to old books, Lin Yi saw a broader collection market. (To be continued.) )