I’ve been duped

Well, I thought I was off to a good start with this new hobby of mine, buying and selling books. I was wrong. I got really excited when I picked up a very clean 1st ed. of James Michener’s novel, The Caribbean, the other day. Checking on various Internet book sites such as Alibris, ABEBooks, and elsewhere, led me to believe that I had made a good buy for it at $8. Trouble was, I didn’t notice a personal inscription from some previous owner. When I brought the book into two different used bookstores today, neither of them wanted more than $6 for it. I’ve been duped! Now I’m thinking, maybe I shouldn’t think I know very much just yet about these things; maybe I am not going to do as well as I had hoped with this hobby…Sigh.