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Originally Posted by chocapic
Second hand booksellers can have interesting books, but it takes a lot of luck to find a particular one.
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As Gary Player famously quipped
'And the harder I work, the luckier I get...' 
The trick with secondhand book collecting is to be constantly looking. But in the UK, many secondhand bookshops are now closing ; they cannot compete with the internet.
For new books, like Col Hessler, I watch out for the best deal online. Amazon, for instance, can come up with some real surprises. Otherwise, in London, the 'remaindered bookshops' ( or 'book warehouses' ) can produce some amazing bargains in military history but again, regular visits are a must ; they sell out fast.
Generally speaking, dealers on 'Bookfinder' or 'Abebooks' are reputable ; I've bought many books this way and have never had a problem.
Business life isn't easy for the specialist publishers ; I think I'm right in saying that no-one ( publishers and most certainly authors ) gets to be a millionaire by producing this sort of thing. Most do it through enthusiasm.