SPRING BOOK SALE
​April 8 - 13, 2019

OUR CUSTOMERS ROCK!
THANK YOU ALL!
And a Very Special "Thank You" to all our patrons who held their donations in the trunks or backseats of their cars, in their living rooms, in their garage, etc., for weeks waiting for the library basement construction to be finished-you make our book sales happen.

How does the entry line form?
Walk down the ramp, and enter through the handicapped door. Beginning at 2:00 PM Monday, __________numbered tickets will be handed out to form the 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.



Animals/Nature/Gardening:
The Polar and Tropical Worlds, etc., by Dr. G. Hartwig, 1874, hardcover, no dj, marbled page edges and inside boards, $95.
The Heavens Proclaim, Astronomy and the Vatican, ed. by Consolmagno, 2009, hardcover w/dj, clean, $50.
Foibles of Insects and Men, by William Wheeler, 1928, hardcover, no dj, ex-Harvard library copy, $20.
A Report on the Trees and Shrubs Growing Naturally in the Forests of Massachusetts, by George Emerson, 1894, vol. 1, hardcover, this book has been wet, $75.
Oogenesis in Priapulus Caudatus Lamarck, by Arne Norrevang, 1965, softcover, $18.
The World of the Boxer, by Richard Tomita, hardcover w/dj, $10.
The Embryology of the Echiuroid Worm Urechis Caupo, by William Newby, 1940, hardcover no dj, $14.
Evolution of Instinct, Comparative Ethology of Hymenoptera, by Kunio Iwata, 1976, hardcover w/dj, $30.
Olfaction and Taste V, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium, etc, ed. by Denton and Coghlan, 1975 hardcover, no dj, $25.
Rare Vanishing & Lost British Birds,  by W. H. Hudson, 1923, hardcover, no dj., $7.
The Comparative Ethology and Evolution of the Sand Wasps, by Howard Evans, 1966, hardcover w/dj, $10.
Proceedings  of the International Symposium on the Biology of the Sipuncula and     Echiura, ed. by Mary Rice, 1970, hardcover, no dj, .$15.
Geology and Natural History of the Grand Canyon Region, by Four Corners Geological Society, 1969, hardcover, no dj, $20.
Relation of Shell Form to Life Habits of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), by Steven Stanley, 1970 hardcover, no dj , $50.
The American Palaeozoic Fossils, by S. A. Miller, 1877, hardcover, no dj, gilt lettering on spine, worn, $38.
Bores, Breakers, Wave, and Wakes, by R. A. R. Tricker, 1964, hardcover, w/dj, $15.

Art/Music/Architecture: (inc. landscape architecture)
Chopin and His World, ed. by Bellman and Goldberg, 2017, softcover, clean, like new, $15.
The Sound of Music Family Scrapbook w/DVD, hardcover, $85.
Time and Chance, autobio of Cyrus Baldridge, 1947, hardcover no dj, Author Dated &  Inscribed to Harold Swift, who was a member of the Board of Trustees of University of Chicago that Cyrus had attended. $75.
Gorey's Worlds, by Erin Monroe, 2018, hardcover, no dj, $22.
Love and Loss, American Portrait and Mourning Miniatures, by Robin Frank, 2000, hardcover w/dj like new, $9.
New Standard Ukelele Song Book, contains 200 songs, 1927, softcover, $15.
A Child's History of Art/ Architecture, by Calvert School, set of paperback (2004) and
Art Card Portfolio (spiral bound) , $15 set
African Beaded Art, Power and Adornment, by John Pemberton , 2008, softcover, $125.
Great Tapestries, The Web of History from the 12th to the 20th Century, by
Edita Lausanne, 1965, hardcover w/dj and slipcase, oversize, includes attached plates in text, $15.

​Biography
Behind Eternity, Holyoke Women Who Made a Difference, by Marcella Kelly, 1973, hardcover, no dj, $14.
A Reason to Believe, by Deval Patrick, 2011, hardcover, no dj, inscribed by author, $35.
Seppala, Alaskan Dog Driver, by Elizabeth Ricker, 1930, hardcover, no dj, $25.
South Carolina's Distinguished Women of Laurens County, 1972, hardcover w/dj, $10
A Directory of Massachusetts Photographers 1839-1900, by Polito & Steele, 1993, hardcover w/dj, signed by Steele, $75.
The History of the Pollard Family of American, by Maurice J. Pollard, 1961, hardcover, no dj, $65.
The Harris Family 1636-1883,(Thomas Harris in Ipswich Mass in 1636...through seven generatons by William Samuel Harris,, 1883, hardcover, loose pages and spine, ex-lib., 
Pilgrim's Way,, An Essay in Recollection  by Lord Tweedsmuir, 1940, hardcover, no dj, $25.

Cook Books/Diet:

​Adult Fiction:
New England Idyl, by Belle Greene, 1886, hardcover, no dj, gilt lettering on spine, $25.

History:
History of the Town of Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts...from 1761 to 1881,by Hiram Barrus, 1881, hardcover, no dj, ex-lib, $50. 
History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, etc., by ?, pub. Jewett & Co., 1879, hardcover, two volumes, ex-lib, $75.
Original Letters, Illustrative of English History; Including Numrous Royal Letters, etc., by Henry Ellis, 1824, three volumes, ex-lib., $150.
History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, The Catholic, of Spain, by William Prescott, 1858, two volumes, ex-lib., $100.
Britain's Toy Soldiers 1893-1932, by James Opie, 1985, hardcover w/dj, $17.
The Telephone In American, by AT&T, 1941, softcover, $18.
Historic Hampshire in the Connecticut Valley, by Clifton Johnson, 1932, hardcover w/taped spine, $14.
History of Hadley Massachusetts, by Sylvester Judd, 1976, hardcover w/torn dj, $20.
The History of the Woollen and Worsted Industies, by E. Lipson, 1921, hardcover, no dj,, ex-lib $25.
Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II, by Graham White, 1995, hardcover w.dj, $45.
A History of the Fire Department of Springfield, Mass., by Thomas Loorem, 1912, hardcover, no dj., $125.
French and Electric Blue, The Massachusetts State Police, A History, by William Powers, hardcover,  no dj or date, ex-lib, $85.
Passages From the History of Liberty,  1847, , ex-lib, gilt lettering on spine, spine broken, $75.
The Origin and Growth of the Boot and Shoe Industry in Holliston and Milford Mass, 1793-1950, by Ernest A. Bragg, 1950, hardcover, no dj, ex-lib. $75.

How To:
Guns, Ammunition and Tackle, by Money, Kephart, Carlin, Himmelwright and Keene, 1904, hardcover, no dj, ex-lib, $20.
5500 Quilt Block Designs, by Maggie Malone, 2003, hardcover, $25.
Practical Blacksmithing, , by M. T. Richardson, 1978, hardcover, w/dj, $12.
Swedish Weaving, edited by Thelma M. Nye, 1972, hardcover, w/dj,  $8.

Kids:
Ella;s Locket and What It Brought Her, by G. E. Dartnell, 1875, hardcover, w/paste down on front board, gilt decor on front board and spine., $20.
The Charm, an Illustrated Book for Boys and Girls  1860, hardcover, gilt lettering on front and spine, worn, $10.
The History of A Pin,  by E. M. S., 1862, hardcover, no dj, front board embossed and gilt design, $30
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, by Rachel Field,  1931, author inscribed and dated, hardcover w/plastic cover, $25.

Non-Fiction:
Pathophysiology, A Practical Approach, 3rd ed., by Lachel Story, 2018, hardcover, $35.
Essential Oils desk reference, by Life Science, spiral bound hardcover, $50.
Britains Toy Soldiers 1893-1932, by, James Opie, 1986, hardcover w/dj, $17.
Guns, Ammunition, and Tackle, by Money, Kephart, Carlin, Himmelwright and Keene, 1904, hardcover, no dj, ex-lib, $20.
Mechanisms of Taste Transduction, by Simon and Roper, 1993, hardcover, no dj., $35.
Triumph Spitfire Owners Handbook, Covers Mark 1, 2, & 3, softcover, $200.
Triumph TR2 & TR3 1952 1960, softcover, $5.
Fortune Teller, Dreamers' Dictionary, by Madam Le Marchand's, 1863, hardcover, pictorial paste on front cover, $30.

Poetry/Plays/Classics:
The Works of Aretino, 2 volumes, by Samuel Putnam,  hardcovers, no djs, spines darkened, ex-lib - $40.
The Excursion, Being a Portion of the Recluse, A Poem, by William Wordsworth, London, 1827, front board off, no spine cover, gilt page edges, $45.
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, by Lewis Carroll, 1891, hardcover, no dj, ex-lib, $125.
Dracula, Essays on the Life and times of Vlad Tepes, ed. by Kurt Treptow, 1991, Hardcover, w/dj, $100.
Kenilworth, A Romance, Vol. 2 (of 2 vol. set), 1827, leather, some gilt left on spine, spine cracked, $60.
The Ingoldsby Legends, by Thomas Ingoldsby, 1908, hardcover, 2nd edition, $7.
The Literary Reputation of Else Lasker-Schuler:Criticism 1901-1993, by Calvin Jones, 1994, hardcover, no dj, gilt lettering on front and spine, $35.
Your Diamond Dreams Cut Open My Arteries, Poems by Else Lasker-Schuler, 1982, hardcover, no dj, gilt lettering on front board and spine, $35.
The Wild Stage, Literary Cabarets of the Weimar Republic, ,by Alan Lareau, 1995, hardcover, w/dj, like new, $40.
Not an Essence but a Positioning, German-Jewish Women Writers 1900-1938, , by Martin Meidenbauer, 2009, softcover, $35.
.The Trumpet of Reform, German Literature in Nineteenth Century New England, by Sigrid Bauschinger, 1998, hardcover, no dj, gilt lettering on front and spine, brand new. $25.
​When the Sawflies Mate in Summer and other Alberta Poems,  by Henry Stelfox, softcover, author signed, $25.
Poems, by Walter Wingate, 1933, hardcover, no dj, $25.

Religion/Philosphy:
John Hale, A Man Beset by Witches, , by  Harris, Harris, Spiller, and Carr., 1992, softcover, author signed, $12.

Other:
The Gradual Speller and Complete Enunciator: by David B. Tower, 1845, Paste down on front cover is missing, water damage on first 30 pages,, 160 pages total., paste down intact on back cover., $30.

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.