Thursday, May 27, 2010

Hunches Abound *

Our Doors Are Open

With Memorial Day fast approaching we are looking forward to a much needed boost in sales. We have some fantastic New Arrivals in the Texas section and added two book cases in the Religion section to accommodate the many Theology books that were donated. (Thank you kind sir, you know who you are.) Between a few library and estate sales and our kind sir’s excellent donation, we brought in approximately 30 boxes of fine reading in the last week.  So, skid on in here before the Memorial Day crowd to get that treasure destined to reside on your shelf at home.

New Arrivals

Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove by Frederick Law Olmstead,
Limited Edition, 405 of 500, $100

Naked by David Sedaris, Signed First Edition, 1997, $90

The Presbyterians, Religion on the American Frontier, 1783 – 1840 by William Warren Sweet, First Edition, 1936, $65


Book of Jonah by Ismar David,
Signed Limited First Edition, 1991 $145 


Renewal of the Covenant in the Methodist Church by David Tripp,
First Edition, 1969, $150

1870 Editions of Jane Austen’s Works

Northanger Abbey, $350
Mansfield Park, $200
Memoir of Jane Austen and Lady Susan, $150
Emma, $450
Sense and Sensibility, $550

Extraordinary Texana

The Slaughter Ranches and Their Makers 
by Mary Whatley Clarke,
Signed First Edition, 1979, $850


Texas Towns by Fred Massengill,
First Ed., 1936, $300


Signers of the Declaration of Independence by Louis Wiltz Kemp, 
Limited First Edition (unbound printers proof), $750



Cracker Barrel Chronicles by John Jenkins, 
First Edition, 1965, $300


Boone Boys by Pecos Pat Boone, 
Signed First Edition, 1976, $75


Charles Goodnight by J. Evetts Haley, 
Signed First Edition, 1936, $1400

Ranch Rodeos in West Texas by Lawrence and Lea Clayton, 
Limited Signed Edition, #18 of 40, $200

Watt Matthews of Lambshead by Laura Wilson,
with cover box, 1989, $250


“A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.” – Frank Capra

Here, hunches abound,
Lucy and David

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