April 24 - 29, 2023Limit of 30 customers at any one time in the book sale still stands. If the sale is at limit then numbered tickets will be given on a first come, first serve basis to those waiting in line.
Boxes and Bags DO NOT hold your place in line for entry at this sale. ONE TICKET PER PERSON. Your family member or friends must be present to get their own ticket. Numbered tickets for the entry line will be given out starting at 2:00pm. Then at apprx. 3:45pm the lineup will form (if not already) down the ramp for entry at 4pm. 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. Please hold your book donations until 2-3 weeks after the sale has ended on Apr 29. Please no encyclopedias, magazines, VHS tapes or readers digest condensed books. Leave donations on the left in the inside hallway downstairs near the basement door but do not block it or the hallway to the activity room. BELOW is just a sampling of special priced books ($4 and up) that will be shelved in the 'Like New' room/beside the cashiers. We have A LOT!!!!! ANIMALS/NATURE/GARDENING The Young Farmer's Manual, by S. Edwards Todd, 1862, hardcover, no dj, 459 pages, $50 The Hostapedia, by Mark Zilis, 2009, hardcover w/dj, clean, like new $50 Physical Geography by Archibald Geikie, 1885, small book, 119 pages plus ads, $25. ART/MUSIC We have more art books this time than last. The Photographic Art of Hoyningen-Huene, by William Ewing, 1998, softcover, $30. The Art of Lisbeth Zwerger, 2001, cardboard covers in plastic, $20. The Drawings of Paul Cadmus, intro by Guy Davenport, 1989, hardcover w/dj, $40 Black and White Palette No. 1, New Monochrome Graphics by Viction:ary, 2012, softcover, $55. Kinuko Craft Drawing & Paintings, edited by Nancy Berman, 2007, hardcover w/dj, like new $40. Anselm Kiefer , by Germano Celant, 2007, hardcover w/dj, like new, $100. Unexpected Journeys, The Art and Life of Remedios Varo, by Janet A. Kaplan, 1988, hardcover, w/dj, $95. Leonora Carrington, The Mexican Years, The Mexican Museum of San Francisco, 1991, softcover, like new, $50 BIOGRAPHY A Selection of Writings, by Lawrence Siddall, 2017, softcover, $15. Lives of The Signers to the Declaration of Independence, by Charles Goodrich, 8th edition, 1840, rough shape, but all pages beginning with the title page are intact. leather bound, worn gilt lettering on bent spine, $50. The Private Correspondence of Henry Clay, edited by Calvin Colton, hardcover, no dj, title page to page 18 detached, 639 pages, spine is taped, $25. Memoirs of Alfred Rosenberg, translated by Eric Posselt, 1949, hardcover, no dj, $95. COOKBOOKS Grand Livre de Cuisine, Alain Ducasse's Desserts and Pastries, by Frederic Robert, 2002, hardcover w/dj, clean, like new, $75. Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent, by Fannie Farmer, 1911, hardcover, no dj, 289 pages plue ads, $18. The Tasha Tudor Cookbook, by Tasha Tudor, 1993, clean, like new, $10 FASHION We have many books on this topic, both special priced in Children's Room and also shelved in Room 3 in Art. What Clothes Reveal, by Linda Baumgarten, 2002, hardcover w/dj, author signed, $50 Talking About Fashion, by Christian Dior as told to Elie Rabourdin and Alice Chavane, 1954, hardcover, no dj, taped newspaper articles in front and back has caused acid discoloration, $99. American Ingenuity, Sportswear 1930-1970s, by Richard Martin, softcover, like new, $25 A History of Men's Fashion, by Farid Chenoune, 1995, hardcover w/dj, $95 FICTION Several Valiant Brand New Graphic Novels. Many I have unwrapped from their plastic covers. Prices vary. HEALTH & MEDICAL Questioning the Status Quo, The BEGO Bremier Goldschlagerei Yesterday and Today, by Joachim Weiss, 2010, hardcover, $20 Repertory of the Homeopathic Materia Medica, by J. T. Kent, 2013, hardcover w/dj, $50. HISTORY More than usual quantity of Central American history. With Our Hands, The Story of Carpenters in Massachusetts., by Mark Erlich, 1986, hardcover w/dj, $7 Imperator, Waterland, Bismarck, by Peter Zerbe, 1999, hardcover, no dj, gilt lettering with image of ship on front board, gilt lettering on spine, like new, text is in German, $95 Vital Records of Dudley, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, ,1908, hardcover no dj, ex-lib, $15. Vital Records of Brimfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, by NEHGS, 1931, hardcover, no dj, ex-lib, $25. Rolling Stone, Issue #142-150,, hardbound, oversize, $30. When Silk Was Gold, Central Asian and Chinese Textiles, by Watt & Wardwell, 1997, softcover, $50. Foodways in the Northeast, by Dublin Seminar for NE Folklife, 1982, softcover, clean, $25. The Rough Riders, by Theodore Roosevelt, 1922, hardcover, no dj, 320 pages, $25. Encyclopedia of the Renaissance, All 6 Volumes, by Paul Grendler, hardcover, ex-lib, 1999, Set $150. How War Came, by Raymond Gram Swing, 1939, stated first ed., hardcover, no dj, $45. HOW TO Dame Curtsey's Book of Guessing Contests, by Ellye Glover, 1908, hardcover, $15 Stop Staring, Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right, by Jason Osipa, 2010, softcover, $20. How To Restore Your Ford Pickup, by Tom Brownell, 1993, softcover, $20 The American Woman's Home or Principles of Domestic Science, by Catharine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1869, hardcover, gilt lettering on spine and front cover, 500 pages, plus ads, $75. JEWELRY Many books are either shelved in special priced OR in Room 3 in Art Cut Steel and Berlin Iron Jewellery, by Anne Clifford, 1971, hardcover w/dj, $50. NON-FICTION Making Sense of Search and Seizure Law, A Fourth Amendment Handbook, by Phillip A. Hubbart, 2005, hardcover, no dj, clean, like new, $90. The Gospel of Wealth, by Andrew Carnegie, 1962, softcover, $15. Women Race & Class, by Angela Davis, 1983, softcover, $7 This Bridge Called My Back, Writings by Radical Women of Color, ed by Moraga and Anzaldua, 1983, softcover, $20 Elements of Geometry and Conic Sections, by Elias Loomis, 1861,leather cover, chipped on spine & edge, marbled page edges, 234 pages, $50 POETRY/PLAYS/CLASSICS Poems from Iqbal, translated by Kiernan, 2010, hardcover w/dj, $45. The Script of Jonathan Swift and other essays, by Shane Leslie, 1935, hardcover, no dj, ex-lib, $35. 22 Waverly Novels of Sir Walter Scott - 1824-1828, some sets are complete, others are not. $20 each volume, no matter condition. The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, by N. J. Richardson, 1979, hardcover, w/dj, $45. A History of Ancient Greek Literature, by Harold N. Fowler, 1902, hardcover, no dj, gilt lettering on spine, 501 pages., $10 Milton's Paradise Lost, Illustrated by Gustave Dore, 1885, White, Stokes & Allen, oversize, gilt lettering on spine and front board, 399 pages, front page is loose, $150. The Poetical Works of John Milton to which is prefixed the Life of the Author, 1852, hardcover w/gilt lettering on spine, gilt design on front and back boards and gilt page edges, hardcover, edges worn, 576 pages, $200. RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY Archaeological Study Bible, an Illustrated Walk Through Biblical History and culture, 2005, hardcover w/dj, clean, like new, $50. Franciscan Meditations, Vol 1-7 by Bernardin Goebel, 1961-64, hardcover, no dj, ex-lib, $175. |
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