The found is lost

An antique store can be a veritable treasure trove of interesting and inexpensive items, or it can be nothing more than a load of over-priced junk. To be wandering through one of the former quality, and to find the very thing that would be most meaningful for you at that moment is quite satisfying. That is why I was so delighted to discover an early copy of Alfred Kinsey's, "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male," and one of "...Female" hidden among the vintage linens and glassware. Sadly, we recently passed on our controversial-and-rare-books fund to the federal government, and so I am reduced to forsaken coveting.