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March 6, 2010: Book Auction

Posted in Books for Sale on February 28th, 2010



This received from Jan Carver of the Ammonoosuc River Auction Company 3247 Route 302 Lisbon, NH  03585. 603-444-1136:

"Saturday, March 6 at 10am, we'll sell 200+ old books, including very many antique books in excellent condition.  All books are being sold for a local North Country family…liquidating a parent's home and family collection, which spans 100+ years. We'll also sell a large collection of old White Mountains, NH postcards, including one lot with approximately 175 unique cards.
 
Special note:  the sale will also include an 1872 autograph book of the 42nd Congress of the U.S., with 70+ signatures including President Ulysses S. Grant, later president James Garfield, and many NH and New England representatives.  A printable list of all signatures and titles that we could identify is available at www.amriverauction. We've only posted pictures of a few of the books, but are happy to photograph any for review of condition, by request.


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The 13 Biggest Used Book Sales in America

Posted in Books for Sale on January 29th, 2010


IMCPL Foundation/Secondhand Prose Indianapolis, IN 100,000 Feb 5 – 13, 2010

OLD BOOK SALE MACON, GA 125,000 Feb 17 – 21, 2010

 31st Annual Friends of the Metropolitan Library Booksale Oklahoma City, OK 400,000 Feb 19 – 21, 2010

The Great Book Sale Jacksonville, FL 100,000 Mar 4 – 7, 2010

Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa FALL 2009 BOOK SALE Des Moines, IA 100,000 Mar 25 – 29, 2010

Friends of the Stone Ridge School Book Sale Bethesda, MD 125,000 Apr 16 – 19, 2010

 Friends of Phoenix Public Library Book Sale Phoenix, AZ 250,000 Apr 23 – 25, 2010

FRIENDS OF THE ALACHUA COUNTY LIBRARY Spring Book Sale Gainesville, FL 300,000 Apr 24 – 28, 2010

Friends of Tompkins County Public Library Book Sale Ithaca, NY 250,000 May 8 – 25, 2010

AAUW State College Branch 49th Annual Used Book Sale State College, PA 200,000 May 8 – 11, 2010

IMCPL Foundation/Secondhand Prose Indianapolis, IN 100,000 May 14 – 22, 2010

Friends of Lancaster Public Library 55th Annual Book Sale Lancaster, PA 250,000 May 24 – 26, 2010

Friends of CH Booth Library Newtown, CT 150,000 Jul 10 – 13, 2010

Source:  Booksalemanager.com


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Papermaking at Hayle Mill 1808-1987 for Sale

Posted in Books for Sale on August 20th, 2009

During my recent trip to Vermont I had the pleasure of getting to know Claire Van Vliet, proprietor of The Janus Press. I was much taken with the various books she showed me. One in particular won my heart, largely because it includes a map of Kent, on which Tunbridge Wells appears. My great great grandfather ran a successful construction company based in Tunbridge Wells which built many of the houses in the region during the latter part of the 19th Century, & early part of the 20th. On a whim, I bought ten copies, eight of which I plan to sell. Here’s a bit more information:

"Papermaking at Hayle Mill 1808-1987 is 68 pages with a text by Maureen Green that is both a readable and technical survey of the 180 years the Green family made handmade paper. (Please click on the link at the end of this description to get an idea of the quality of this collectible, private press limited edition publication)

There are five illustrations, fourteen tipped-in paper samples, and seventeen watermarks ranging from those created in the early 1800s to the one that was made for the last paper produced at the mill, Finale, on which this book is printed. The book is bound in Barcham Green Nefertiti paper with longstitch. In addition to the book there is included: 

 

A map showing the twelve water powered mills that were on two and a half miles of the Loose Stream in 1865. The map is printed letterpress on Finale and opens out to three feet wide 

A portfolio of twelve Barcham Green papers 7 x10 inches enclosed in an India Office paper wrapper

A portfolio of nineteen historic photographs from 1870 to 1977 of the mill and the processes of handpapermaking together with a diagram of the mill layout in 1978 all enclosed in a De Wint paper wrapper 

Except for the photographs and the mill diagram, all the papers used in this project were handmade by Barcham Green and Company at Hayle Mill, Maidstone in Kent, England. 
 
The four components come in a linen covered clamshell box lined inside with Martian Badger paper. The edition is limited to 200 copies at US$800.00 each ." Please go here, scroll to the bottom of the page, click on ‘attachment’ and view a slide show on the book.

I’ll post again shortly about why this book is valuable to libraries and others with special collections ‘on the book,’ to paper conservators and to ‘books on books’ collectors interested in a good investment.

 

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