Spring/Fall Book Sale - The Friends of Clapp Memorial Library

Spring/Fall Sales

SPRING BOOK SALE = March 26-31, 2012

Keep the donations coming......... so far we have:

Quite a few history WWII paperbacks

Over 1,500 Sci-Fi/Fantasy books from two private collections. Overflow from shelving in Room 3 will be shelved in the entry hallway.

Religion & Philosophy, and Poetry & Classics are FULL. Many Bibles.

Apprx. 200 Agatha Christie books

Below is a sampling only of special ribbon priced books.

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A History of Kitchen Gardening by Susan Campbell . Priced at $8
softcover, 2005
One Thousand Pointers for Stock Raisers, A Treatise on Twentieth Century Methods of Breeding and Feeding Livestock by H. O. Davis . Priced at $30
1906. Includes original letter from Sears, Roebuck & Co. that this is a free complimentary copy from them. 548 pages (last one is ripped, but all there).
The Wild Turkey Book, an Anthology by J. Wayne Fears, Ed. . Priced at $8
hardcover,1982

A Galaxy of Dazu Rock Carvings of China by Wang Qingyu, ed. . Priced at $7
hardcover, in Chinese/English
A Handbook of Ornament by Franz Meyer, revised by Hugh Stannus . Priced at $25
hardcover, 1924, with 300 plates containing about 3,000 illustrations of the elements and the application of decoration to objects
Andrew Wyeth, Memory and Magic by Anne Classen Knutson . Priced at $25
hardcover w/dj, clean , like new, 2005
Avedon Photographs 1947-1977. Priced at $50
hardcover. Dust Jacket is ripped across top front
Cheshire Inn Signs (Britain) by Joan P. Alcock . Priced at $10
softcover, 2008 author signed, clean, like new
Chords for the Tenor Banjo and How to Play Them by William Foden . Priced at $8
1920, softcover, written in both musical notation and diagram
Clay and Glazes for the Potter by Daniel Rhodes . Priced at $225
softcover, former owner's name written inside front cover, otherwise clean, 3rd edition, revised and expanded by Robin Hopper
Electric Kiln Ceramics, A Guide to Clays and Glazes by Richard Zakin . Priced at $15
2nd ed. hardcover w/dj, clean
Fairground Art, The Art Forms of Travelling Fairs, Carousels, and Carnival Midways by Geoff Weedon and Richard Ward . Priced at $20
softcover, 1981, European and American fairground art, 312 pages, clean, like new. Very Interesting.
The Art and Politics of Thomas Nast by Morton Keller . Priced at $15
hardcover w/dj/tears, 1968, clean

An English Wife in Berlin- A Private Memoir of Events, Politics, and Daily Life in Germany Throughout the War snd the Social Revolution of 1918 by Evelyn, Princess Blucher . Priced at $35
1920,hardcover
Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French the Joiner of Stratford, Connecticut by Mansfield Joseph French . Priced at $50
hardcover, 1940. 2nd edition #120 of 150. Indexed. This is NOT a reprint.
Bishop Chase's Reminiscences: An Autobiography, comprising a history of the principal events in the author's life to A.D. 1847 by Philander Chase . Priced at $40
1848, Two volumes (over 1,000 pages collectively), ex-lib. boards chipped and taped, but all pages intact
Joseph Hopkins Twichell, The Life and Times of Mark Twain's Closest Friend by Steve Courtney . Priced at $10
hardcover w/dj, clean like new, 2008
Memoir of the Life of Eliza S. M. Quincy. Priced at $100
Boston, MA 1861. spine torn and loose. First 24 pages loose - all there. 267 pages - gilt edged, green boards.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by Grant . Priced at $150
green cloth with gilt lettering and medallion, 1885, 2 vol, very good condition, previous owner's bookplate inside top left front board each volume
The Life and Work of Thomas Dudley - The Second Governor of Massachusetts by Augustine Jones . Priced at $40
1899, ex-lib, hardcover

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