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NOW IN-STORE: OUR "STAY HOME & READ" SHIRT
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So many of you have asked about buying one of our "Stay Home and Read" shirts that we decided to order a few to sell in the store! They are selling fast, though, and we're down now to gray and red, in sizes L and XL (we have a few gray in 2XL as well). If you're interested in mail-ordering a shirt, drop us a line at info@iliadbooks.com .
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SOME OF OUR FAVORITE BOOKS
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Holy Bible, Containing the Sacred Text of the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocrypha at Large, Illustrated with Maps and Plates published by Roby, Kimball & Merrill in 1839. Bound in full leather, in good condition. Family Bible bound in full brown morocco with ribbed bands and gilt titles on spine and marbled endpapers; leather is worn and scratched, gilt is rubbed, corners and spine ends bumped and flaking, heavy foxing throughout, hinges have been professionally repaired, measures 11 1/2 inches by 9 1/2 inches by 3 inches. $250
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Robin: Search for a Hero by Fabian Nicieza, Freddie Williams II, and Joe Bennett. Trade paperback first edition published by DC Comics in 2009. In fine condition. $75
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Triskell Tales: 22 Years of Chapbooks by Charles de Lint, limited edition hardback in jacket published by Subterranean Press in 2000. Numbered 1040/2000, signed by de Lint, fine in fine jacket. $45
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, illustrated by Charles Vess. Limited edition hardback in slipcase published by the Donning Company . In fine condition, signed by Vess and numbered 104/1,000 on tipped-in plate. $125
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The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya, translated by Maurice Walshe. Hardback in jacket published by Wisdom Publications in 1995. Very good condition in very good jacket; jacket front and rear flaps creased; previous owner's plate on front pastedown, minor soiling to page edges. $85
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Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake. Mass market paperback (first paperback printing) published by Bantam Books in 1972. Bantam Q7003. In good condition - wraps are creased on spine, two long scratches on front cover, corners very slightly bent, pages starting to yellow. $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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Walden or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau, photography by Edward Steichen, hardback limited edition published by the Limited Editions Club in 1936, Very good condition. Signed by Steichen and numbered 41/1,500; corners heavily bumped, store label on rear pastedown. $600
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Here's a list of recent blog posts from us:
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Thanks to customer Nicole Gregory for this shot of Zeus falling asleep on the job.
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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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