Saturday, August 27, 2022

Fall Highligts: Children's Books

 MORE FALL BOOK SALE HIGHLIGHTS

Children’s Books

An ever popular category is children’s books!  Several that will be offered at our October book sale are highlighted below.

Beautiful editions of two classics: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson and Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.  Both volumes are illustrated by N.C. Wyeth and are part of Atheneum Books for Young Readers. $ 7 each.

 

 



 

 

 

A 1963 edition of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Wild Swans. Black and white illustrations. $25.

 

 

 

 

A Home for Tandy by Audrey and Harvey Hirsch with black and white and color illustrations throughout. $20.

 



 

 

And always a favorite are pop-up books. 

 

One pop-up book about birds is In the Air and Everglades—The Scientific American Pop-Up Book of Birds by Judy Marshall which describes a variety of birds and shows them, through pop-up illustrations, in their natural habitat.   $3

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

 

                  FALL BOOK SALE HIGHLIGHTS

It is never too early to begin highlighting books and other materials that will be offered at our October 20-23, 2022 book sale!  Over the next several months we will take a look at our various sale categories and sale offerings beginning with Collectibles!

COLLECTIBLES

No other category has so many diverse topic areas than collectibles. The assortment of books are very informative on specific topic areas often with dazzling color photographs and/or illustrations. Some offerings in October will include books on automobiles, Persian carpets, and Star Wars memorabilia.  You will also find comics and graphic novels in the Collectibles section.  See some of these October sale items below.  

Automobiles (and Motorcyles too!)

 Cadillac: 100 Years of Innovation, $4.00.

 


 

American Auto Legends: Classics of Style and Design, $4.50.





 

 

 

Roadside America: The Automobile and the American Dream, $4.00.



                                       


                                       Harley Davidson Sportster, $4.00.


     Persian Carpets

                             The Splendor of Persian Carpets, $6.00.


                     

Shown here are two of the many color photographs of these beautiful Persian carpets.

                                               


      Star Wars!

    The ever-popular collectible.

                           

                  Star Wars Scrapbook: The Essential Collection, $4.50.

 

      Graphics

Humorous fiction and graphic novels.

     

 

Jimmy Corrigan or the Smartest Kid on Earth, $4.50.

       

                     
                                                       

 

                              The Kingsman, $3.50.

              Habibi, $6.50.