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SOME OF OUR FAVORITE BOOKS
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Night's Black Agents by Fritz Leiber, Jr. First hardback edition published by Arkham House in 1947. Condition is good in new facsimile jacket; gilt title on spine is rubbed, light soiling to binding, corners and spine ends bumped, binding cracking near rear, and foxing to endpapers. $75
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig. Hardback first edition in jacket published by William A. Morrow in 1974. Condition is very good in very good jacket, with minor sunning to jacket, light sunning to binding edges, light staining to pages edges, and binding is slightly shaken. $75
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Natural Curiosities from the Cabinet of Albertus Seba. Folio-sized paperback published by Taschen in 2003. Condition is very good, with minor creasing and wear to wraps, corners slightly bent, and price sticker inside rear cover. $75
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Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff. Hardback first edition in jacket published by Harper & Bros. in 1958. Matches all points for a first edition: $1.95 price printed on jacket front flap, 17 titles listed on rear panel, code 8249A on jacket front flap and 8250A on jacket rear flap. Condition is very good in good jacket; jacket is sunned and lightly soiled, some edge wear with tape repairs and several long creases on edges, one 1-inch chip is separated but present, corners and spine ends slightly bumped, and previous owner's name on front free endpaper. $75
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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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Cowboy Bebop: The Complete Manga Collection (5 volume set) by Hajime Yatate, Yutaka Nanten, and Cain Kuga. Five paperbacks in slipcase published by TokyoPop in 2002. Books are in fine condition (very minor wear to case). $500
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Here's a blog post from us talking about how books from our gardening section might help you create a more drought-resistant yard.
We were thrilled to be told that author Lucinda Berry named us as her independent bookstore pick on the Killer Author Club video series!
We've added a few more photos of beloved Iliad employee Bob Johnson to the tribute page we created for him.
We've been listing some interesting items on ebay recently - including rare Lenny Bruce stuff and a moon landing collection - so check out our ebay store!
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Zeus gets an E-ticket ride from employee Eric.
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