Another Collector’s Title Offered

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Railroad and San Diego history buffs will find this one a good buy. We are offering this book at the amazing price of only $50.00 The average of 19 Internet offerings found was $174.00.

Hanft, Robert M., San Diego & Arizona-The Impossible Railroad,Trans-Angio Books, 1st Ed., 224 pp. Offered at $50.00

E-mail us at booksales@sancarlosfriendsofthelibrary.org if you are interested in purchasing this book. Give us your name, phone number and e-mail address.

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Special COLLECTOR’S Edition Books: $100.00

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

The SCFOL is offering the following rare titles at the special price of $100.00 each. All books are in good-to-fine condition. Lonesome Dove is the only one with a dust jacket, is protected with a mylar cover, and is in fine condition. Ask about them at the monthly book sale, happening the first Saturday of every month from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm at the San Carlos Library. You may also leave a note at the library for Jim Shields or send a mesage to him at booksales@sancarlosfriendsofthelibrary.org. Type Book Sale in the subject heading. Include your name, phone #/e-mail address. Shipping charges will be added if the book is to be mailed. No C.O.D.

Prices in parenthesis are researched quoted prices.

Mathis, Kenneth C., The Histoorical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts 1789–1983, Free Press, 1982, 302 pp. ( $602.99–$1952.04 ).

Tuttle, Hudson, Arcana of Nature; or The History and Laws of Creation, Berry, Colby and Company, 1860, 471 pp., First Edition. ($354.00).

Percy, William Alexander, Lanterns on the Levee, Knopf, 1941, 348 pp. SIGNED ($238.50–$853.50 ). The flyleaf inscription denotes the book was signed and the recipient was a personal acquaintance of the author.

McMurty, Larry, Lonesome Dove, Simon & Shuster, 1985, 843 pp., SIGNED ( $129.50 – $428.50 ). The error noted on publication: “Use of ‘none’ instead of ‘done’ , line 16, p 621, is present.”

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