Sunday Oxfam and a Penguin Special

I've started doing Sunday morning shifts at the shop at Mark's request. They've had a bit falling out with one of the volunteers, which is very rare. Apparently, he's suspected of dipping into the till, a definite no-no, so was asked to leave (Mark reckoned he had a gambling habit, centred on slot-machines).

John was there as well, part of his "tortoise" strategy to Michelle's "hare", I'd imagine. He'd put aside another special and knocked the price down as it was damaged:

S14!! from 1938. Mowerer was an American foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News (his brother was the editor at the time) and was in Germany at the last pre-war election, in 1933, writing dispatches criticising Hitler and the Nazi's. Naturally, they threw him out, so he didn't end up becomming as famous as Shirer, but he did get around a bit, as this book shows. The damage is on the cover: the inner front leaf has come loose and has been either cut or carefully torn, but is included with the book, pretty much intact otherwise.