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Spring Book Sale

The 2022 SPRING BOOK SALE is cancelled.  Hope to see you in the fall!
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How does the entry line form?
Beginning at 2:00 PM Monday, ___________,  the line will form outside the handicapped door on the ramp. First Come, First Serve. Boxes/Bags Do Not Hold Your Place in Line - YOU do.  Numbered tickets will be handed out at this time to form the 5pm entry line.  ONE TICKET PER PERSON.  Your family member or friends must be present to get their own ticket . At apprx. 4:45pm the lineup will form (if not already) down the ramp for entry at 5 pm.  This process enables you to wait in your car or go get a cup of coffee, etc and not have to stand in line for hours.

We have MANY books on woven carpets from all over the world.

Several Sotheby's Sale Catalogs
Once again a lot of World War II History books



Science/Animals/Nature/Gardening:
Vertebrate Life, by Pough and Janis,  hardcover text, 2019, $50.
Lyell in America, Transatlantic Geology 1841-1853, by Leonard Wilson, 1998, hardcover w/dj in plastic, $20.
Mind Over Magma, The Story of Igneous Petrology by Davis Young, 2003, hardcover w/dj, inscribed by friend, $50.

Art/Music/Architecture: (inc. landscape architecture)
Ceramics of Ancient Peru, by Christopher B. Donnan, 1992, softcover, $10.
Sofonisba Anguissola, The First Great Woman Artist of the Renaissance,  by Ilya Sandra Perlingieri, 1992, hardcover, w/dj (tear on bottom left), clean, $60.
de Young Selected Works, by Renee Dreyfus, 2005 softcover, clean, like new, $30.
Rose Painting in Norway, by Randi Asker,  1971, softcover, $4.
The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany, by Michael Baxandall, 1981, 2nd printing, softcover, $15.
Berkshire Bands, A Pictorial Reiew from 1884 to 1984, by Alan Grieve,1992, softcover, $25.
Drawings and Paintings of Kinuko Craft,  , 2007, hardcover w/dj, clean, like new, $40.
Maxfield Parrish, The Masterworks, by Alma Gilbert, 2001, 3rd ed., hardcover w/dj, oversize, $36.
Ansel Adams In the National Parks, 2010 hardcover, clean, like new, $10.

​Biography
Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of  Independence, by Charles Goodrich, 1840, hardcover, worn, spine loose, $50.
Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman, by W. Fletcher Johnson, 1891, pictoral hardcover, $20.
Massachusetts Agricultural College, The Index, 1917,  hardcover green suede w/gilt lettering, spine loose, $10.
The University of Texas Yearbook, The Cactus, 1927, hardcover, $50.
The Diary of Alice James, ed. by Leon Edel, 1965, hardcover, w/dj, $15.
Canoeing Journals of James S. Cawley, 1915-1919, softcover, $10.
Recollections of My Mother, Mrs. Anne Jean Lyman, by Susan I. Lesley, 1899, hardcover, no dj, gilt lettering on front and spine, $85.
Burke, People and Places, by Eamonn Bourke, 1995, softcover, $10.


Cook Books/Diet:
Malaysian Cakes & Desserts, by Rohani Jelani, 2001, softcover, $3.
Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book by Mary J. Lincoln, 1900, hardcover, front board and spine loose, worn, $75.

​Adult Fiction:

History:
Rambles in Greece,
by J. P. Mahaffy, 1900, hardcover, w/gilt lettering and design on front board, $20.
Felkin's History of the Machine Wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufactures, by Stanley Chapman, 1967 reprint, hardcover, no dj, $25.
Pictorial History of the Great Civil War., by John Laird Wilson, 1881, hardcover, $60.
Focusing on Victory, The Story of Aerial Photography at War (WWII),  by H. T. U. Smith, softcover, $45.
Frontier Crossroads, the People of Newport, VT, by Emily Nelson, 1978, hardcover w/dj, $25.
The Day the Whistles Cried, the Great Cornfield Meet at Dutchman's Curve, by Betsy Thorpe, 2014, softcover, $9.
Massachusetts Memories, UMASS Amherst History, by David & Lynne Adams, 2008 softcover, authors inscribed, $12.
Historic Hampshire in the Connecticut Valley, by Clifton Johnson, 1932, hardcover, no dj, $15.
The Conservative Rebel, A Social History of Greenfield, Massachusetts, by Paul Jenkins, 1982, hardcover w/dj, $15.
Southampton (MA), Newtown on the Manham, Southampton Bicentennial Committee, 1975, hardcover w/dj, clean, $50.
Robinson Crusoe USN, as told to Blake Clark, 1945, hardcover, no dj, ex-lib, worn, $12.
West Springfield, Massachusetts, A Town History, by  Esther Swift, 1969, hardcover no dj, $40.
the Great Trail of New England, The Old Connecticut Path, by Harral Ayres, 1940, hardcover w/torn dj, $50.
Fall River Massachusetts. A City of Opportunity 1912, by Fall River Trade and Industry Assn., hardcover, no dj, $10.
Statesboro (GA) A Century of Progress 1866-1966,  Leodel Coleman Ed., 1969, softcover, oversize, $10.
The Negro in Colonial New England 1620 - 1776, by Lorenzo Greene,  2010 reprint of 1942 ed., softcover, clean, like new, $28.
Tracing Old Homes, by Jeanne Everett Hemenway, Williamsburg, MA, 1996, hardcover, author signed, $18.
Quabbin, A History and Explorers Guide, by Michael Tougias, 2002, 1st ed., softcover, $10.

How To:
The Art of Living in Australia, by Philip Muskett, softcover, no date, has recipes , $25.
Nelson Valves Catalog,L & K, hardcover, $25.
Caucasian Carpets and Covers, the weaving culture, by Wright & Wertime, 1995, hardcover w/plastic covered dj, $25.
​Discovering Corn Dollies, by M. Lambeth, 1985, small paperback, $3.
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Kids:
The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels, by Arthur Scott Bailey, 1921, hardcover, first pages loosey goosey, worn, $6.
Herdboy of Hungary, by Alexander Finta, 1933, hardcover, no dj, $9.
Almost As Good As A Boy, by Amanda M. Douglas, 1900, hardcover, no dj, $5.

Non-Fiction:
Other Men's Minds,
by E. Davies, 1888, hardcover w/gilt decorated front board and spine, bad place on outside bottom of back board, $50.
The Seven Purposes, An Experience in Psychic Phenomena, by Margaret Cameron, 1918, hardcover, no dj. ex-lib, $45.
2000 Sublime and Beautiful Thoughts, compiled by James Harvey, 1897 hardcover no dj, $12.
From A Girl's Point of View, by Lilian Bell, 1897, hardcover, no dj, ex-lib, $20.
A Sanskrit Grammar, Including both the Classical Language and the Older Dialects, or Veda and Brahmana, by William Dwight Whitney, 1896, hardcover, no dj, ex-lib, $15.
Caucasian Carpets, by E. Gans-Ruedin, 1986, hardcover w/dj, $35.
Parker's Astrology, by Julia & Derek Parker, 2009, softcover, $20.
Yoruba-English/English-Yoruba Dictionary, by Yai, 1996, softcover, $14.
Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942, by Kimes and Clark,  1996, 3rd ed., softcover, $25.

Poetry/Plays/Classics:
Beauty and the Beast and Tales of Home, by Bayard Taylor, 1872, hardcover, no dj, $35.
High Tor, by Maxwell Anderson, 1937, hardcover, w/dj, $7.
Nabokov's Pale Fire, by Brian Boyd, 1999, hardcover w/dj, $15.
The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Porter  & Coates, $35.
Poems of Wordsworth, ed. by Matthew Arnold, Crowell & Co., gilt design on spine and front board, $15.
Seven Icelandic Short Stories, ed. by Asgeir Petursson,  1960, hardcover, w/dj, $8.
The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918, ed., by Arthur Quiller-Couch, hardcover w/dj, owner's name stamped on bottom  edge of pages, $10.
Don Quixote, illus. by Dali,, hardcover w/clear wrap, Modern Lib., previous owner's name and date inside front board, $99.
A Memoir of Jane Austen (also Lady Susan) by J. E. Austen Leigh, 1882, Bentley & Son, London, 364 pages, cream colored, gilt title on spine, $99.

Religion/Philosphy:
The Optimist's Good Night, compiled by Florence Hobart Perin, 1922, hardcover, no dj, $12.
Lincoln Diocese Documents 1450-1544,  by Early English Text Society, 1914
ex-lib,  hardcover, no dj. gilt lettering, $20.


Other

Schedule

Monday: 5:00-8:00pm
​Members Night only - memberships available at the door
Tues – Thurs:  10:00am-8:00pm
Friday:  10:00am-8:00pm
Senior Citizen Day (25% off ages 60+)
​Saturday:  9:00am-3:00pm​
​Half Price Day!
We are not accepting book donations at this time.
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Clapp Memorial Library
19 South Main Street
Belchertown, MA
​413-323-0417
Regular Hours
Monday: 10am-6pm
Tuesday–Thursday: 10am-7pm
Friday: 10am-6pm
Saturday: 9am-1pm
Closed Sundays
© Friends of Clapp Memorial Library
  • ABOUT
    • Board Members
    • Provided by Friends
    • Featured Friends
    • Current By-Laws
  • NEWS
    • Events Calendar
    • Newsletters
    • Meeting Minutes
  • GET INVOLVED
    • Membership
    • Donations
    • Volunteer
    • AmazonSmile
  • BOOK SALES
    • Spring Book Sale
    • Fall Book Sale
  • LIBRARY
  • CONTACT