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Iliad Bookshop's August 2023 Newsletter (#79)

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Hi Gang!

We hope you're surviving the heat and that any summer travels have been disaster-free (is that even possible anymore? My last trip involved one plane that arrived 8 hours late...yeah, that was fun. NOT.).

In case you're wondering if we'll have a Halloween t-shirt this year, the answer is a resounding YES! We've already seen the rough from our chosen artist, and we couldn't be happier with it - it's a wild one! As usual, the shirts should be available in October; as newsletter subscribers, you'll be the first to know when they're here!

Have you been following us on Instagram? We've been having fun recently posting everything from book maintenance tips to (surprise) cat pics. Follow us and join the fun!

We hope to see you soon, preferably IRL.

Dan, Lisa, Poul, Matt and Sean (and Zeus and Apollo)

SOME OF OUR FAVORITE BOOKS

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin, hardback sixth printing in jacket published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2006. Condition is very good in near fine jacket, with bumped corners and spine ends. $75

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Batgirl Volume 1: Silent Knight by Kelley Puckett, Scott Peterson, Damino Scott, and Robert Campanella. Trade paperback first edition published by DC Comics in 2015. Condition is very good: Light wear to wraps and corners very slightly bent. $75

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Monster Rally by Charles Addams. First paperback edition, published by Pocket Books (50061) in 1965. In very good condition: wraps are sunned and lightly worn, book has a spine slant. $20

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The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford. Mass market paperback 7th printing, published by Bantam Books in 1983. Condition is very good: light sunning to wraps, corners slightly bent, and pages yellowing. $45

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Heart Matters by Xenia Hausner, edited by Wieland Schmied. Hardback in jacket published by Forum Gallery in 2000. Condition is very good in very good jacket: Light sunning and wear to jacket; corners and spine ends bumped, ink mark whited out on front free endpaper. $75

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Modern Western Armenian for the English-Speaking World: A Contrastive Approach by Dora Sakayan. Paperback published by Arod Books in 2000. Signed and inscribed by author; folded promotional flyers laid in. Condition is very good, with just slightly bent corners. $75

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WHAT'S IN THE SAFE?

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...

Icon: A Retrospective By the Grand Master of Fantastic Art Frank Frazetta by Arnie and Cathy Fenner. Signed and limited hardback in jacket and slipcase, published by Underwood Books in 1998. Numbered 214/1,200 and signed by Frazetta, official blind stamp on limitation page. $400

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EBAY

We've just listed a complete set of Avant Garde magazines, as well as even more vintage issues of Saturday Evening Post and Esquire featuring first publications of J. D. Salinger stories. We've also got a rare signed book on the Bel Air Country Club, collectible car magazines, some wonderful vintage mystery magazines, and other cool stuff - check it out!

Iliad on eBay

ZEUS AND APOLLO

Thanks to employee Matt for these adorable shots of the boys.

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.

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