Wednesday, July 7, 2010
What Is Man?
A few recent acquisitions:
What Is Man? by Mark Twain. The Complete Works of Mark Twain, Volume XII. Harper and Brothers, New York (1917). 376 pages. $4.75.
Don Quixote, Part 1, by Miguel de Cervantes. Translated by Thomas Shelton. The Harvard Classics. P.F. Collier & Son, New York (1909). 545 pages. $1.50.
A reference work I can’t read, printed in Cyrillic in Moscow in 1963. Not a dictionary, not a thesaurus, but arranged alphabetically. 1,040 pages. $1.50.
The Jungle Books, Volumes 1 and 2, by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Aldren Watson. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York (1948). Vol. 1, 253 pages. $1.50. Vol. 2, 201 pages. $1.50.
Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benét, Volume Two (Prose). Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. (1942). 483 pages. $2.00.
Faulkner, O’Neill, Steinbeck. The Nobel Prize Library. Alexis Gregory, New York, and CRM Publishing, Del Mar, California (1971). Published under the sponsorship of the Nobel Foundation & the Swedish Academy. Contains presentation addresses, acceptance speeches, and author biographies. William Faulkner (1949 Prize): A Rose for Emily; As I Lay Dying. Eugene O’Neill (1936 Prize): The Emperor Jones; Homecoming. John Steinbeck (1962 Prize): In Dubious Battle. 375 pages. $2.99.
7.7.2010 #2
7.7.2010 #1 (poem)
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6 comments:
What great deals you have found once again. What lucky books to have been found and brought home by William who will care for them and give them a good home...
That he will. And they’re all in good condition....
Though all the aforementioned are great finds, the one aptly christened by you as "A reference work I can't read" sounds the most mysterious and captivating!
And there’s enough of it to be captivating for a long time. My brother’s wife will be able to read it. When they visit in a few months, at least we’ll find out what it is!
WOW! Where did you find it???? Good acquisitions with accessible prices.
I never found a cheap don quixote!!!!
I need to know this bookstore!!!!
Hugs, William!
Isn’t it amazing? All but one are from a tiny bookstore at our public library, operated by the library’s Friends to help raise money for the library. The Nobel Prize book is from a local thrift store.
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