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Library Book Sale Yields Boxload of Spoils

Books donated to the Ector Canton Library must go through an acquisitions process. Those in too poor a shape to exist put on the shelf or those of which the library already holds multiple copies are donated to the Friends of the Library. On occasion, books removed from circulation considering of a lack of involvement in the title or outdated material are also passed on.

The Friends of the Library educates the public about the value of the library, encourages donations and runs the Book Nook. Located in the basement, with a small outpost most the main circulation desk on the 1st floor, the Book Nook offers books, magazines, software and audio/visual material for low prices.

E'er once in a while the Book Nook hosts a really proficient auction. Such was the case this past Friday when I was able to purchase 35 books —  all I could fit in a smallish paper-thin box — for six dollars.

I didn't find any treasures which could fuel an ebay-based get rich quick scheme, just I did manage to lay concur on some keen books.

There'southward An Anthology of Famous American Stories (1953) published by Random Firm nether the Modern Library, Literature: The Human Experience (1990) from St. Martin's Press, The NPR Interviews 1995 past Robert Siegel and Eleven Plays of William Butler Yeats (1976) from Collier Books. I must confess an absolute ignorance of Yeat's plays. The volume is heavily marked with notations, but in otherwise fine shape.

I scored four National Geographic'south, ii Cliff's Notes (b0th published years before my birth) and a volume of poetry — John Scott's Treasured Volume(1967) past Oak Tree Press. It's a faux red leather, slipcased edition. A adult female has written a note to her female parent on the inside front cover.

In that location's a copy of The Cross and the Switchblade (1962) past David Wilkerson which I already had, just this one is in much amend shape. Information technology'due south a special not for resale, student edition with the Pat Boone moving picture embrace. This re-create once belonged to Teen Claiming in Midland, TX. I also picked upwardly Rembrandt(1961) past Gladys Schmitt and four books of a six volume history of Thomas Jefferson — Jefferson the Virginian, Jefferson the President: Get-go Term 1801 – 1805, Jefferson the President: Second Term 1805 – 1809 and Jefferson and his Time: The Sage of Monticello past Dumas Malone. Tell me if you know where I can observe volumes two and iii.

I picked up eight reference works, including The Reader's Assimilate Great Encyclopedic Lexicon (1966), The Concord Desk-bound Encyclopedia (1982) — a three book slipcased fix associated with TIME — and the Practical English Handbook (1965) from Houghton Mifflin Company. The handbook lists and defines proofreader's marks and gives advice and exercises on correcting writing mistakes. The gold logo on the textile cover incorporates a cross which has been repeatedly rubbed by someone's finger.

I found a Signet Classic paperback of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane among the children's books, and saved a copy of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and i of Ray Bradbury'due south The Illustrated Man, both from Runted Books and with 50 cent and 75 cent cover prices respectively. I also grabbed a Dover Thrift Edition of Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage (1990). I tin can't pass up Dover Thrift Editions.

There'southward Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor. It'southward a good condition Viking copy (1985), sans grit jacket, which one time belonged to William N Adams of Murrysville, PA. At that place'due south a late 50s/early on 60s hardback of Physician Zhivago published past Pantheon, a complete text version of The Talented Mr. Ripply by Patricia Highsmith from Reader's Digest, John Le Carre's The Looking Glass State of war from Coward-McCann, Inc (these former two I picked up out of curiosity) and Rex Stout's Champagne for 1 published by Viking. The dust jacket of this Nero Wolfe novel is severely discolored, just salvageable. The peak edge of the pages is a champagne color, and the cover is an nearly feminine pinkish with black ink.

It's not a bad booty for six bucks. I'thou sure information technology will bring me many, many hours of pleasurable reading and years of pride in my drove.

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