Friends of the Public Library Book Sale
Where I live, October is THE month for book sales and fairs. I went to a book sale this weekend at a public library in a nearby small town. The first time I went was on Friday and made out like a cheesy bandit! SO many out-of-print books! I didn't pay over $1 for anything and some specially-priced books were even half price! Swell!
My friend Nathan called the next day and I told him about the sale and that everything would be half price on Sunday (it was the last day of the sale). We decided to go again on Sunday and we both found some great stuff (again). This time around, my purchases totaled a whopping $5. I collect all sorts of books (some of which I will be talking about in more detail as I get them read), but have a special affinity for old medical/anatomy books (illustrations), 70's lifestyle/pop culture books and children's books that have great illustrations. Well, I found all three!
• The Art of Bidu Sayao © 1957. LP
• Moods in Music: Music for Reading © 1958. LP
• The Harmonicats in the Land of Hi-Fi (In Long Playing Microgroove!). LP
• Sound Blast: The Sound of Tomorrow Today! LP
• Mario Lanza: The Student Prince © 1960. LP
• Exotica Vol. III: The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny. LP
• Living in Oblivion:The 80's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 © 1993. CD
• At Wit's End by Erma Bombeck © 1967
• McCall's Giant Golden Make-It Book by John Peter © 1953
• The Complete Book of First Aid by John Henderson M.D., F.A.C.S © 1955
• Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello © 1990
• Men: An Owner's Manuel by Stephanie Brush. © 1984
• US Weekly Magazine: Justin Timberlake © 2004
• People Magazine © 1988
• The Three Stooges: Curly by Joan Howard Maurer © 1985
• Entertaining at Home by Marguerite Patten © 1965
• Loving the Single Man: How to Meet Him, Understand Him, Love Him by Maggie Rajouane © 1976
• The Official Fonzi Scrapbook by Ben Davidson © 1977
• Calendar Cats: The Complete Collection by K. Kliban © 1981
• Jukebox Saturday Night by J. Krivine © 1977
Sunday Visit: (not pictured)
• The Story of Hollywood by Barry Norman © 1987
• The Works of Andre Gide by Jean Hytier © 1967 (Gide wrote one of my favorite plays: The Immoralist. Being a BIG fan of James Dean I remember being intrigued with the fact that this was the first play he ever performed in and in particular that it was a play with a gay theme)
• Mystery at Shadow Pond by Mary C. Jane © 1969
• The Seance by Joan Lowery Nixon © 1980
• Circus Heroes and Heroines by Rhine Kirk © 1972 (filled with beautiful color images of old circus posters/banners)
• Your Body Wonderful by Robert J.R. Follett © 1961
• Man's Body: An Owner's Manual by David Heidenstam © 1976
• The Films of Paul Newman by Lawrence J. Quirk © 1974
posted by Kirkkitsch @ 6:00 AM
2 Comments:
I would absolutely lose the plot around so many books... I made a recent post on my blog, "Book Binge, Write Purge" about my absolutely whoreyness when it comes to books... I just wouldn't be able to stop myself, oui?
Mais oui! Trust me, Sungoddess, I hear ya! My heart rate goes up when I see book sales like this. I dunno what it is, but I prefer USED book sales compared to new book sales. I think their appeal is two-fold: [1] They already have a history of ownership and [2] you just can't find new books with the same "soul," if you will, as today's new books. Don't get me wrong, I still love to browse at places like Border's, but used books definitely have the upperhand.
My rule of thumb: If it doesn't have a barcode, it's a plus!
Thanks for stoppin by!
-Kirk :)
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