Thread: How book prices have changed
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Old 06-17-2014, 08:39 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by crich70 View Post
True, but $1.30 must have been a fortune to spend on a book back in 1914. To get in a movie house back then was probably still 5 cents at most. Of course people made a lot less money at their jobs back then too. A sandwich in a restaurant from around that time was either 5-10 cents. Of course I wonder how many books from around 1914 are still in good shape too. They didn't use acid free paper back then I'm thinking either.
I have a number of paperback books that I bought in the early to mid 70's that cost well under a dollar, brand new. There has been quite a bit of inflation in the past forty years with a lot of things, not just books.
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