Thursday, October 30, 2008

Rare Books for Sale!

Hey! I have books for sale! As always, there are books I take in trade which are coming in daily. Check out the store or stop in and say "hi!" if you already have.

I have a rare book called When We Dead Awaken: A Dramatic Epilogue in Three Acts by Henrik Ibsen, copyrighted 1900, published by Herbert S. Stone & Company, Chicago, IL., translated by William Archer. It is a small hardback, aproximately4 1/4" x 7" and is part of The Green Tree Library Series. The owner's name is inscribed in the front cover, but otherwise a Good copy. Beautiful green with gold gilded lettering, top gilted, printed by R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company, Lakeside Press, Chicago, IL. price: $250.00

I have what I consider another little gem, It is called Keep America Singing, "published by the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. to preserve the flavor, traditions, and some principal records of progress during the Society's first ten years...in order to encourage further progress and preservation." ( from from page) Dec, 1948. It is an ex-library copy marked "Salvage". There is moderate edgeware bt a very clean, tight copy overall. Price:$25.00


"In the beginning of a change,
the patriot is a scarce and brave man,
hated and scorned.
When his cause succeeds however,
the timid join him,
for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
-Mark Twain

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