# Can you find this book on the cheap? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-find-this-book-on-the-cheap/552958 "2010-09-07T19:20:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-find-this-book-on-the-cheap/552958/1 "2010-09-07T19:20:20Z")
The [Codex Seraphinianus](http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2LOhaL/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus) looks cool and I’d like a copy, I just don’t have $400. Can you find it significantly cheaper? I don’t even care if it’s online or a ratty used photocopied edition. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-find-this-book-on-the-cheap/552958/2 "2011-03-21T15:35:19Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > The [Codex Seraphinianus](http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2LOhaL/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus) looks cool and I’d like a copy, I just don’t have $400. > > Can you find it significantly cheaper? I don’t even care if it’s online or a ratty used photocopied edition. I’ve been looking for the same thing myself. I don’t know why it’s so expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-find-this-book-on-the-cheap/552958/3 "2011-03-21T15:49:35Z")
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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-find-this-book-on-the-cheap/552958/4 "2011-03-21T16:03:23Z")
I only paid $75 for my copy, but that was a lot of money for me in the early '80s. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-find-this-book-on-the-cheap/552958/5 "2011-03-21T16:51:00Z")
[amazon.co.uk](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Codex-Seraphinianus-Luigi-Serafini/dp/8817013897%3FSubscriptionId%3D1NNRF7QZ418V218YP1R2%26tag%3Dbf-dt-home-21%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D8817013897) has it for the equivalent of $125. Even with shipping that’s a good price. Or is cheap ten bucks? Then, no. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-find-this-book-on-the-cheap/552958/6 "2011-03-21T17:13:16Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > I don’t know why it’s so expensive. Probably because it hasn’t had a U.S. edition published in nearly 20 years. And, based on the description of the book in the Wikipedia entry, I’m guessing that it wasn’t cheap when it was originally issued, either. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-find-this-book-on-the-cheap/552958/7 "2011-03-21T22:14:58Z")
I recall wanting a copy when it was first published, and not having the $35. Now I’m sorry I didn’t pick up a dozen of them! ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-find-this-book-on-the-cheap/552958/8 "2011-03-21T22:33:43Z")
Obviously I would never condone other people torrenting, but within 90 seconds of reading the first post I was able to see Demonoid has two copies, one at 205 MB pdf, and the other with fewer seeds, a cbr at 149 MB. I would imagine the OP has found one by now judging by the date, anyway…