"How happened your Majesty to be made of tin, and still be alive?" "That," replied the tin man, "is a long story." "The longer the better," said the boy. "Won't you please tell me the story?" “If you desire it," promised the Tin Woodman, leaning back in his tin throne and crossing his tin legs. "I haven't related my history in a long while, because everyone here knows it nearly as well as I do. But you, being a stranger, are no doubt curious to learn how I became so beautiful and prosperous, so I will recite for your benefit my strange adventures . . . ” #LFrankBaum #TinWoodmanofOz • • • #socobooks #usedcollectibleunique #southcongressbooks #oz #baum #tinwoodman #beautifulandprosperous

In between customers, how we spent our #Halloween . . . 🥕🐇 🎃 • • • #socobooks #usedcollectibleunique #southcongressbooks

Steph’s post cracked us up. One of the books was acquired here at #SoCoBooks but sadly, the pajamas were not. Wait, wouldn’t Agatha Christie spell them “pyjamas”?? #Repost @stephmariet ・・・ You’re telling me you don’t wear your Agatha Christie PJs while reading your vintage-edition Agatha Christie books? 🧐 Yes, I’m that extra. 📚 • • • #socobooks #usedcollectibleunique #southcongressbooks

When it comes to book titles, it’s hard to beat “Zombie Baseball Beatdown” . . . • • • #socobooks #usedcollectibleunique #southcongressbooks #paolobacigalupi #sports #horror #zombies

“It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste of collecting shells than to be born a millionaire.”#RobertLouisStevenson Happy Monday! • • • #socobooks #usedcollectibleunique #southcongressbooks #shell #hughstix #margueritestix #rtuckerabbott #hlandshoff

Yellow we were born and yellow we will stay! #Repost @yellowmahalo with @make_repost ・・・ #yellow #bookstore #austin 📚 🙏🤓

Never not on it. • • • #socobooks #usedcollectibleunique #southcongressbooks