SOME OF OUR FAVORITE BOOKS
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We've recently been working through boxes of collectible paperbacks, so this month is an all-mass market paperback edition of "Some of Our Favorite Books."
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The Roman Games by Roland Auguet. Mass market paperback published by Panther Books in 1975. Cover art by Richard Clifton-Dey. Condition is very good - wraps are lightly creased on spine, corners slightly bent. $10
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The Morning of the Magicians by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier. Fifth printing of the mass market paperback published by Avon Books in 1973. Condition is good - light sunning and wear to wraps, 1/2-inch chip on rear upper edge, rear cover is creased, price inked out on front cover, previous owner's initials on first page. $10
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Magic the Gathering: Rath and Storm edited by Peter Archer. Mass market paperback published by Wizards of the Coast in 1998. Condition is very good - light sunning to head, minor edge wear, corners slightly bent. $20
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Have you ever noticed the big safe full of books behind Iliad's front counter? We get asked about it frequently. "Is it really old?" is a common question (the answer: no, we bought it new just a few years ago). But most customers want to know what kind of books merit storage in a safe (we think of these as the rarest of our rare books), so in this column we'll pick one book every month and tell you about it. This month's book is...
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Jazz Life by William Claxton. Hardback in jacket published by Taschen in 2005. Signed and inscribed by Claxton. In original cardboard case; includes CD in sealed pouch. Condition is very good in very good jacket, with light rubbing to DJ; binding corners slightly bumped, previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper. $300
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We've just listed some wonderful old mystery magazines at our eBay page, so if you're looking for Cornell Woolrich, Fredric Brown, Agatha Christie and more, take a look! We've also recently listed a lot of beautiful motorcycle photography magazines, a vintage dial phone brochure, and some other fun odds and ends.
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Thank you to customer David Peterson for this absurdly adorable photo of Apollo making sure no humans can use the cash register.
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We'd love to include your photos in our newsletter! Feel free to send to info@iliadbooks.com , let us know that it's okay to use the photo, and we'll include it in a future newsletter.
If you need more photos/videos of Zeus and Apollo, or any of Iliad's past felines, please visit our Pet Gallery.
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