SOLD!
The World's Great Events (1948)- 10 volumes
Books titled The World's Great Events may sound boring, but written is this form they surely are not. These are not history books per se, but a gathering of descriptions, some told by scholars, but many written by people who were really there. Covering the earliest of times, up to the end of WWII, these writings are easy to read. As the preface reads, "This latest edition goes to press during a period when the future of the world is more doubtful than ever. Perhaps from these records of yesterday we may glean a better understanding of tomorrow." Unfortunately little has changed since then. So read these writings and ponder.
The books themselves are in wonderful condition- the bindings look new! Buy them for only $25. (They can be found under the card table.)
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
It's a Clive Cussler bonanza!
Just in...16 Clive Cussler hardcovers! Cussler fans, close some of the gaps in your collection of titles by someone who the New York Post calls "just about the best storyteller in the business." If you're new to this author and looking for some "spine-tingling" adventures (Chicago Tribune), look no further. Whether your hero's Dirk Pitt or Kurt Austin, we've got a terrific assortment -- all in excellent condition and at a bargain for just $3.00 each. (Or ask about a discount on the whole box!) Space is tight on the wall, so find them under the New Fiction table.
A glut of Grisham
Please come and take some of our John Grisham titles off our hands! Whether you prefer hardcovers or paperbacks, we've got 'em. Great legal suspense for snowy nights by the fire, or for that late winter vacation you've got planned at the beach. Find paperbacks on the fiction shelves; hardcovers on the fiction wall or on the new fiction table.
COMPLETE 14 Volume La Salle Law Library
A must have for new Associates! The Chicago La Salle LAW Library was published by La Salle Extension University in 1965. This 14 volume hardcover set appears to be brand new - some still in original wrapping. This indispensable set of law books was formerly known as American Law and Procedure. This is a systematic, non-technical treatment of American legal procedure. Besides being an invaluable research tool, these books will provide the perfect backdrop for your first inner office media interview! Internet price - $100. Houghton Book Shop price - $30!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency lives on:
Lovers of the writer Alexander McCall Smith- check out these newly received four books!
Blue Shoes and Happiness
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate*
Portuguese Irregular Verbs
The first three books are hardcover and in good to great shape, each priced at $2. The forth is in a trade paperback format, priced at $1. Look for them at the new fiction table..
(*FYI- lovers of actual chocolate, get it while you can. There is an embargo on chocolate from the Ivory Coast, and the last chocolate bean ship that will be allowed to dock has just done so. Hershey's has already said they will be raising prices, and Easter is over a month away. Of course for the people of the Ivory Coast that is the least of their worries.)
Blue Shoes and Happiness
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate*
Portuguese Irregular Verbs
The first three books are hardcover and in good to great shape, each priced at $2. The forth is in a trade paperback format, priced at $1. Look for them at the new fiction table..
(*FYI- lovers of actual chocolate, get it while you can. There is an embargo on chocolate from the Ivory Coast, and the last chocolate bean ship that will be allowed to dock has just done so. Hershey's has already said they will be raising prices, and Easter is over a month away. Of course for the people of the Ivory Coast that is the least of their worries.)
The Pocket University- **SOLD**
**SOLD** 26 volumes of The Pocket University,
Written in 1921, these small hardcover books cover most of the famous authors, as well as a lot of authors I have never heard of. Well, maybe you have heard of some of them, but I haven't. I started counting the number of authors in the index, and it was like counting railroad cars. I lost track after 50, and I had only gotten half way through the "B"s.
Of course there are plenty of well known names of prose, biography, and poetry, like Lincoln, Browning, Milton, and Stevenson. I was surprised to see how many women writers were included. This collection was ahead of it's time! In the final book are essays on reading, and a day to day guide on how to get all the material read in a year.
Enjoy this little "university" for only $60. ( It was $100 earlier) Look for it in it's own little box under the card table.
Written in 1921, these small hardcover books cover most of the famous authors, as well as a lot of authors I have never heard of. Well, maybe you have heard of some of them, but I haven't. I started counting the number of authors in the index, and it was like counting railroad cars. I lost track after 50, and I had only gotten half way through the "B"s.
Of course there are plenty of well known names of prose, biography, and poetry, like Lincoln, Browning, Milton, and Stevenson. I was surprised to see how many women writers were included. This collection was ahead of it's time! In the final book are essays on reading, and a day to day guide on how to get all the material read in a year.
Enjoy this little "university" for only $60. ( It was $100 earlier) Look for it in it's own little box under the card table.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Overflowing (still) with cheap VHS tapes (SOLD)
Did I mention cheap? They are only $.50 each.
Did I mention overflowing? There are boxes and boxes of them in the back hall.
Come on, those of you who still have video players, come and grab tapes of those movies you always wanted to see, but never got around to. These are the big budget movies, the independents, the musicals, the film noirs, truly something for everyone.
Come on, help us clear the hall. (Buy a bunch and we will give you a really GREAT deal!)
Pretty please?
Did I mention overflowing? There are boxes and boxes of them in the back hall.
Come on, those of you who still have video players, come and grab tapes of those movies you always wanted to see, but never got around to. These are the big budget movies, the independents, the musicals, the film noirs, truly something for everyone.
Come on, help us clear the hall. (Buy a bunch and we will give you a really GREAT deal!)
Pretty please?
Pulp paintings and movie stills
Just in:
Pulp Art, Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines, by Robert Lesser
182 over-sized pages of guns, monsters, and dames
This is the dramatic art work from those magazines of the 30s and 40s.
And is it dramatic, but surprisingly without hardly any blood.
( Those were the days.)
It can be yours for only $5. Look for it in the new non-fiction section.
Still Life, edited by Diane Keaton
These 62 formerly unpublished promotional color still photographs from the movies of the 40s through to the 70s are beautiful, strange and creepy. An Diane Keaton says in the intro, "There's something eerie about trying to recreate life with stuffed animals displayed in nice boxes." The people are real, but they don't look it. This book with the strange photos can be yours for $5. It too is in the new non-fiction section
Pulp Art, Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines, by Robert Lesser
182 over-sized pages of guns, monsters, and dames
This is the dramatic art work from those magazines of the 30s and 40s.
And is it dramatic, but surprisingly without hardly any blood.
( Those were the days.)
It can be yours for only $5. Look for it in the new non-fiction section.
Still Life, edited by Diane Keaton
These 62 formerly unpublished promotional color still photographs from the movies of the 40s through to the 70s are beautiful, strange and creepy. An Diane Keaton says in the intro, "There's something eerie about trying to recreate life with stuffed animals displayed in nice boxes." The people are real, but they don't look it. This book with the strange photos can be yours for $5. It too is in the new non-fiction section
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
History lovers: American Heritage sale
Did you know that back in the days of yore American Heritage magazines used to come in hardcover? The last half of these magazines has only black and white drawings, but the first half is filled with glossy pages of paintings and photos in wonderful color. (Can you tell which half of the magazine is my favorite?)
We are overstocked with hardcover American Heritage magazines of various dates ( from October 1957 to October 1970). They were originally priced at $2-3, but are now on sale for only $1! Ones not in good shape are out on the free shelves, but the good ones are lined up next to the Americana section of the US History section. They are in order of date, the later issues on the bottom. (I know that because I was the one to put them in order.) Come and enjoy!
We are overstocked with hardcover American Heritage magazines of various dates ( from October 1957 to October 1970). They were originally priced at $2-3, but are now on sale for only $1! Ones not in good shape are out on the free shelves, but the good ones are lined up next to the Americana section of the US History section. They are in order of date, the later issues on the bottom. (I know that because I was the one to put them in order.) Come and enjoy!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Cute little books!
These are the cutest little books- even though they are in really rough shape:
Mickey Mouse and the Pirate Submarine, by Walt Disney (1939) ($5)
Buck Rogers vs. the Fiend of Space- by Phil Nowlan (1940) ($3)
Will Rogers- by Jerome Beatty (1935) ($4)
Tom Mix's Tom Mason on Top- by James Braden (1935) ($5)
Nevada Whalen, Avenger: .A Western- by Jack Chambers ((1938) ( $2)
You can find these books in the glass case in front of the store.
Mickey Mouse and the Pirate Submarine, by Walt Disney (1939) ($5)
Buck Rogers vs. the Fiend of Space- by Phil Nowlan (1940) ($3)
Will Rogers- by Jerome Beatty (1935) ($4)
Tom Mix's Tom Mason on Top- by James Braden (1935) ($5)
Nevada Whalen, Avenger: .A Western- by Jack Chambers ((1938) ( $2)
You can find these books in the glass case in front of the store.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Odds and ends
Remember Lew Wallace? He wrote Ben Hur, but he also wrote the two volume The Prince of India. These books are in great shape, priced at $6 for the set, to be found in the classics section.
Winston Churchill and Harrow, collected by E. D. Chaplin, from the memories of his school mates and teachers at Harrow. This 101 page gem is only $5, and can be found in the biography section.
The Real Estate Educator, by F. M Payne. This small sized 246 page book is said to be "A Repository of useful Information for Ready Reference, especially designed for Real Estate Agents, Operators, Builders, Contractors, Manufacturers and Business Men". (So much for business women in 1915. Oh well.) Investigate it in the general non-fiction section, under "P" for Payne, and buy it for only $2.
The Story of Crisco, and A Calendar of Dinners with 615 Recipes Put out by Proctor and Gamble in 1920, Crisco is new, but "is being used " in an increasing number of the better class hotels, clubs, restaurants, dining cars and ocean liners." It has even "taken the place of butter and lard in a number of hospitals, where purity and digestibility are of vital importance". So now you know. And if you don't know how to use this new product, then there are 615 recipes to show you! Even if you don't want to cook with Crisco, you should read this book to learn how to tell the freshness of meat. For instance, do you know how old animals should be when they are killed? ( It was a different day. Especially as they make such an issue out of making Crisco in a sterile environment.) You can buy this interesting book for $2. Look for it in the cooking section.
Winston Churchill and Harrow, collected by E. D. Chaplin, from the memories of his school mates and teachers at Harrow. This 101 page gem is only $5, and can be found in the biography section.
The Real Estate Educator, by F. M Payne. This small sized 246 page book is said to be "A Repository of useful Information for Ready Reference, especially designed for Real Estate Agents, Operators, Builders, Contractors, Manufacturers and Business Men". (So much for business women in 1915. Oh well.) Investigate it in the general non-fiction section, under "P" for Payne, and buy it for only $2.
The Story of Crisco, and A Calendar of Dinners with 615 Recipes Put out by Proctor and Gamble in 1920, Crisco is new, but "is being used " in an increasing number of the better class hotels, clubs, restaurants, dining cars and ocean liners." It has even "taken the place of butter and lard in a number of hospitals, where purity and digestibility are of vital importance". So now you know. And if you don't know how to use this new product, then there are 615 recipes to show you! Even if you don't want to cook with Crisco, you should read this book to learn how to tell the freshness of meat. For instance, do you know how old animals should be when they are killed? ( It was a different day. Especially as they make such an issue out of making Crisco in a sterile environment.) You can buy this interesting book for $2. Look for it in the cooking section.
The environment and us, seen from a 1937 perspective
Our Environment:
How We Adapt Ourselves to It and It's Relation to Us, a two volume set by Carpenter and Wood (1937)
For $7 you can have the set, which are both in great shape.
How We Use and Control It, also by Wood and Carpenter (1940)
This one is only $2, as it is longer, but in good, not great condition.
Look for them in the biology section
How We Adapt Ourselves to It and It's Relation to Us, a two volume set by Carpenter and Wood (1937)
For $7 you can have the set, which are both in great shape.
How We Use and Control It, also by Wood and Carpenter (1940)
This one is only $2, as it is longer, but in good, not great condition.
Look for them in the biology section
Light of the World
Light of the World, or Our Saviour in Art
This over sized book from 1899 includes nearly 200 black and white prints of famous paintings of Jesus. You can buy it for $8, 1/3 the Internet price. Look for it on the pedestal by the art section.
This over sized book from 1899 includes nearly 200 black and white prints of famous paintings of Jesus. You can buy it for $8, 1/3 the Internet price. Look for it on the pedestal by the art section.
Have any burning questions regarding manners or etiquette?
Here are just the books to help you:
Etiquette for Everybody, edited by Miriam Reichl ($4) SOLD
Written in 1952, it is not too weird.
The Book of Good Manners, by Victor H. Diescher ($3)
Here in 1923 there are starting to be a LOT of rules.
Encyclopaedia of Etiquette, by Emily Holt ($2.50)
This is my favorite of the lot, even though it has some water damage. How do you say good-by to your guests in 1915? You ring for the butler to help "the guest in finding his coat... and to open the hall door." Are you a man going bicycling? Remember to wear your "waistcoat and knickerbockers." And if you are riding with a female, be sure to show "manly consideration for womanly timidity and inferiority of strength." But if it rains, and you are a woman, be sure not to accept an offer from a stranger to share an umbrella. But if you do, be sure to get his name so that a man of your family can visit him at home to thank him. The most useful advice from the book, at least for me, was the instructions on how to train servants. Now there is something I really need to know! Finally, be sure NOT to use "gas jets or electric lights" at dinner, as they are a "tasteless, tactless means of illuminating a dining room." This stuff goes on and on. Of course, even in 1915 not everyone worried about this kind of thing.
Here in 2011this stuff is fun to read. You can find these books in the home arts section. Enjoy!
Etiquette for Everybody, edited by Miriam Reichl ($4) SOLD
Written in 1952, it is not too weird.
The Book of Good Manners, by Victor H. Diescher ($3)
Here in 1923 there are starting to be a LOT of rules.
Encyclopaedia of Etiquette, by Emily Holt ($2.50)
This is my favorite of the lot, even though it has some water damage. How do you say good-by to your guests in 1915? You ring for the butler to help "the guest in finding his coat... and to open the hall door." Are you a man going bicycling? Remember to wear your "waistcoat and knickerbockers." And if you are riding with a female, be sure to show "manly consideration for womanly timidity and inferiority of strength." But if it rains, and you are a woman, be sure not to accept an offer from a stranger to share an umbrella. But if you do, be sure to get his name so that a man of your family can visit him at home to thank him. The most useful advice from the book, at least for me, was the instructions on how to train servants. Now there is something I really need to know! Finally, be sure NOT to use "gas jets or electric lights" at dinner, as they are a "tasteless, tactless means of illuminating a dining room." This stuff goes on and on. Of course, even in 1915 not everyone worried about this kind of thing.
Here in 2011this stuff is fun to read. You can find these books in the home arts section. Enjoy!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Mostly Baseball, but also Catholic history (and four Agathas)
1. We just got in a bunch of baseball books:
Take Me Out to the Ballpark, an Illustrated Tour of Baseball Parks Past and Present-
Take a look at this 128 page circular shaped (weird, eh?) oversized hardcover filled with pictures, facts and lore of 48 major league, minor league and negro league ballparks.
First came "round ball", then codified rules in the 1840s with games played at Madison Square Garden. Pushed out to the country, the first regular ball game was in Hoboken. The home team, the Knickerbockers, lost 23 to 1, but people still loved watching it. In 1858 someone got the idea that people might even pay to watch a game, but there was the problem of how to keep out the nonpayers... And so the first enclosed ballpark was built. Do you want to know more? Then for only $5 buy this book located in the baseball section.
The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of Baseball
by Jim Charlton (hardcover, 184 pages, priced at $3)
Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans:
Understanding and Interpreting the Game So You Can Watch It Like a Pro
(soft cover, 344 pages, priced at $2.50)
2. Also, are you curious about Catholic history?
Check out Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Catholic History, by Mathew Bunson -- SOLD
1008 pages long, including a massive index, this mint conditioned hardcover can be yours for only $5.
Look for it in the religion- Catholic section. (of course)
3. Now for those Agathas,
A 4 paperback set of Agatha Christie mysteries, still in unopened shrink wrapping, for $4.50. Look for them in the mystery section:
And Then There Were None
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Murder with Mirrors
Mrs. Mc Ginty's Dead
Take Me Out to the Ballpark, an Illustrated Tour of Baseball Parks Past and Present-
Take a look at this 128 page circular shaped (weird, eh?) oversized hardcover filled with pictures, facts and lore of 48 major league, minor league and negro league ballparks.
First came "round ball", then codified rules in the 1840s with games played at Madison Square Garden. Pushed out to the country, the first regular ball game was in Hoboken. The home team, the Knickerbockers, lost 23 to 1, but people still loved watching it. In 1858 someone got the idea that people might even pay to watch a game, but there was the problem of how to keep out the nonpayers... And so the first enclosed ballpark was built. Do you want to know more? Then for only $5 buy this book located in the baseball section.
The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of Baseball
by Jim Charlton (hardcover, 184 pages, priced at $3)
Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans:
Understanding and Interpreting the Game So You Can Watch It Like a Pro
(soft cover, 344 pages, priced at $2.50)
2. Also, are you curious about Catholic history?
Check out Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Catholic History, by Mathew Bunson -- SOLD
1008 pages long, including a massive index, this mint conditioned hardcover can be yours for only $5.
Look for it in the religion- Catholic section. (of course)
3. Now for those Agathas,
A 4 paperback set of Agatha Christie mysteries, still in unopened shrink wrapping, for $4.50. Look for them in the mystery section:
And Then There Were None
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Murder with Mirrors
Mrs. Mc Ginty's Dead
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