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SOME OF OUR FAVORITE BOOKS
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Eragon (Inheritance Book One) by Christopher Paolini. Hardback first edition in jacket published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2003. Flat-signed by Paolini on first blank. Condition is very good in very good jacket: "Signed Copy" sticker on jacket front panel, jacket is else fine; light wear to spine top, a few pages have slightly bent corners. $100
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Images of a Golden Era: Paintings of Historical California by Ben Abril. Hardback in jacket published by Arthur H. Clark Co. in 1987. Condition is near fine in near fine jacket. Signed Christmas card from Abril is laid in, the book is signed by Abril on half-title page. $100
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The Most Holy Trinosophia of the Comte de St. Germain by Manly P. Hall. Hardback fifth edition in jacket published by Philosophical Research Society in 1963. Condition is very good in very good jacket: light edge wear, rubbing, and staining to jacket; corners and spine ends slightly bumped. $75
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Profiles in Jazz from Sidney Bechet to John Coltrane by Raymond Horricks. Hardback in jacket published by Transaction Books in 1991. Condition is very good in fine jacket: previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper, else fine. $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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Dark Testament and Other Poems by Pauli Murray. This is the very scarce hardback first edition of the author's only book of poetry, published by Silvermine Publishers in 1970. Condition is very good in very good jacket: the jacket has light sunning and edge wear, and is price-clipped; corners and spine ends are slightly bumped, very light soiling to front free endpaper. $1,000
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Check out our current ebay sales! We've got some rare sheet music, a few fun non-book items, and more.
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Here's a blast from the past: Zeus and Apollo in October 2014, when they were still just a few months old, wrasslin' on the couch.
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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 please visit our Instagram page or our Pet Gallery (where you can also see photos of our earlier felines).
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