SPRING BOOK SALE
​April 6 - 11, 2020

How does the entry line form? Beginning at 2:00 PM Monday, April 6th,  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 5 pm 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.

Science/Animals/Nature/Gardening:
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
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.
The Diary of Joshua Hempstead, A Daily Record of Life in Colonial New London, CT 1711-1758, pub. by New London  County Historical Society, 760 pages, like new, $25.

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:, 
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:
Discovering Corn Dollies, by M. Lambeth, 1985, small paperback, $3.
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Kids:
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:
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 always accepting book donations.
​See here what types we accept.