Bells
Jingle Bells, church bells, sleigh bells, bell ringers, oven timer bells and alarm clock bells. Everyday is Christmas here, without the bells. Books arrive, are unwrapped and displayed with care. Escape the bells in your head and the clutter of details in our quiet, homey bookstore. Bring your guests to Berkman’s, have a cup of coffee, or just be.
Orbit
You may have noticed I have not been at the store quite so much or that there has not been a newsletter in months. I have taken a job at Hasting’s in Kerrville. The thing I miss the most is keeping in touch with you through the newsletter and blog. However, a paycheck is totally awesome!
You may have noticed I have not been at the store quite so much or that there has not been a newsletter in months. I have taken a job at Hasting’s in Kerrville. The thing I miss the most is keeping in touch with you through the newsletter and blog. However, a paycheck is totally awesome!
Working at a big corporate store has made it quite clear that there is nothing in this world like Berkman Books. Two bookstores could not be more different, like in different orbits. It drives home the importance of keeping small stores alive. Not only is our space creative and beautiful, we have a refuge for the rare and classic, familiar and forgotten, where books live. Most have lived many lives.
Certainly big stores fill a need and readers still appreciate a good book wherever it comes from. Even with the distractions of overhead announcements and the occasional sound of a whoopee cushion emanating from the giggly goofy gift department, there are still conversations and stories shared. Even with booksellers running back and forth to keep up with constant corporate demands, they (we) are knowledgeable book lovers and always gratified to send a reader home with a book in hand.
The most noticeable difference: the experience. And they don’t have a kitty. And their door is not constantly blowing open. - Lucy
The half price sale continues!
It is working for us and inspires book lovers to own a treasure. Get 50% off when you select $50 worth of books.
Reminder
Bring us your clean used bubble wrap and packing peanuts, we use LOTS.
eBay Store
Berkman’s has a constant flow of distinctive titles coming weekly, too many for this humble newsletter to keep up with. Go to the eBay store to see the latest. stores.ebay.com/berkman-books
New Arrivals
Since the last newsletter, we have acquired several dozen New Arrivals. Most recent are many Art Books!
Helen Frankenthaler: Prints Signed, 1993 by The National Gallery of Art/Abrams. Exhibition catalog 1993. $275
Helen Frankenthaler: Prints Signed, 1993 by The National Gallery of Art/Abrams. Exhibition catalog 1993. $275
Cellini by John Pope-Hennessy. First Edition, 1985, $95
Albrecht Durer: Paintings-Prints-Drawings by Peter Strieder. Translated by Nancy M. Gordon and Walter L. Strauss. First Edition, 1982, $95.
Mondrian: Path to Abstraction 1892 -1914 Catalogue by Hans Janssen and Joop M. Joosten. 2002, for exhibition at Musee d' Orsay, Paris and Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth. $60
Andy Goldsworthy, A Collaboration With Nature by Goldsworthy, First Edition, 1990, $55 (My favorite art book in the whole world this week)
Horta, Art Nouveau to Modernism by Francoise Aubry and Jos Vandenbreeden, First Edition, 1996, $125
Collectibles
The Mansion by William Faulkner. First Printing, 1959, $60
North Toward Home by Willie Morris. Signed, First Printing, 1967, $200
El Libro de Dona Petrona: Recetas de arte Culinario por Petrona C. de Gandulfo published in Mexico City in 1949. Dona Petrona was a famous Argentine Cook, instructor who had the reputation of being the Julia Child of Latin American cooking. $300
The Mickey Mouse Fire Brigade by Walt Disney. First Edition, 1936, $400
Live Boys in Texas or Charley and Nasho in Texas by Albion Morecamp, 1878, $175
Big Little Books
Terry and the Pirates, 1939, $40
Mickey Mouse and Pluto, 1936, $45
Phantom: Sign of the Scull, 1939, $75
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
