I found this copy of James Clavell’s Tai-Pan in a second hand bookstore, my signature on the flyleaf says I bought it in 1986 and the tag price on the front cover says I bought it for P36. It’s in terrible condition today after I’ve read it oh, so many times. I’ve also loaned it to a cousin (she still says to this day that I started her on the road to reading) who bought a copy of Noble House afterward and loaned it to me after she had read it.
All of that happened in the 80s. So what’s my dilapidated copy of Tai-Pan doing on the coffee table? I bought my own copy of Noble House recently and re-read it after more than two decades. It started an itch so I’m reading Tai-Pan again. I’ll need a lot of scotch tape to finish it. Whole sections just keep falling off.
i have soft copies of Tai-pan and Noble House and may just read it after you wrote in your top 15. i want kasi a book, not an e-book. iba ang feeling when you hold the book in your hand
Both are worth buying. And keeping. And re-reading.
I retired to the Manila area a few months ago. I was wondering what the best places to get quality used books are? I like mostly classics. Thanks for the post on Tai Pai_I read it many years ago.
Look for “Booksale”. You’ll find them in most malls. They’re either stalls on the aisles or small shops. There is one in Eastwood, in Greenhills, in TriNoma…
You’ll need not just a ton of scotch tape to keep the pages of your Tai-Pan book from falling out. You can bring your book to places like the UP Shopping Center (or some other accessible places to you) where book binding is offered. By having it bookbound, you can be sure that your children or your apos may even get to read and enjoy the book.
The pages are brittle already. I’m not so sure if thye can withstand bookbinding.
How sad…:(
K lang. Love ko pa rin si Dirk Struan hehehe
hi ms. connie,, may i share po that books with brittle pages should be airconditioned or keep in a colod area.. and when holding it you should wear a gloves(yun pong tela) para hindi mapunta sa book or pages ng books ung acid ng kamay natin.. tapos dapat mo non-acidic na scotch tape ang gamit.. hehe.. wala lang po nashare ko lang po.. sayang naman po kasi yung boo..
Thanks, Em. I’m suddenly reminded of “National Treasure” and the Declaration of Independence.