Friday, December 31, 2010
Purchased a few things.
Shelved a few stacks of kids books.
Shelved a stack of DVDs.
Organized the back storage, and behind the counter a bit.
Book of the day:

Al Jaffee Draws a Crowd by Al Jaffee
Signet 1978 Paperback
Shelved a few stacks of kids books.
Shelved a stack of DVDs.
Organized the back storage, and behind the counter a bit.
Book of the day:
Al Jaffee Draws a Crowd by Al Jaffee
Signet 1978 Paperback
Click to Purchase on ABE Books
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Processed and packed the online orders.
Put 2 boxes online.
A pile of DVDs were donated, should have them out soon.
Book of the day:

Wyvern 1st by A. A. Attanasio
Ticknor & Fields 1988-08 Hardcover
Put
A pile of DVDs were donated, should have them out soon.
Book of the day:
Wyvern 1st by A. A. Attanasio
Ticknor & Fields 1988-08 Hardcover
Click to Purchase on ABE Books
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
New Receipt Coupons - return with your receipt coupon within 5 days get $5 off a purchase of $25 or more.
Sorted 8 boxes from storage.
Shelved some art books.
Purchased a couple mystery novels.
Book of the day:

The Clue of the Velvet Mask. (#30: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories) by Caroline Keene
Grosset & Dunlap 1953 Hardcover
Sorted 8 boxes from storage.
Shelved some art books.
Purchased a couple mystery novels.
Book of the day:
The Clue of the Velvet Mask. (#30: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories) by Caroline Keene
Grosset & Dunlap 1953 Hardcover
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Processed and packed the online orders, bit slower, must have been a sort of x-mas rush last few weeks.
Shelved the last of those Vinyl records, more classical, and lots of vintage classic rock albums.
Item of the day (staying with the vinyl again):

Nat King Cole At the Piano [7 inch VINYL 45 rpm] by Nat King Cole
Capitol Records Vinyl
Shelved the last of those Vinyl records, more classical, and lots of vintage classic rock albums.
Item of the day (staying with the vinyl again):
Nat King Cole At the Piano [7 inch VINYL 45 rpm] by Nat King Cole
Capitol Records Vinyl
Monday, December 27, 2010
Finished some online orders.
Updated online ads.
Cleaned up a bit.
Shelved more Vinyl records, almost finished the box...
Item of the day:

Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On / It'll Be Me [7 inch VINYL single 45 rpm] by Jerry Lee Lewis
SUN Records Golden Treasure Series Vinyl
Updated online ads.
Cleaned up a bit.
Shelved more Vinyl records, almost finished the box...
Item of the day:
Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On / It'll Be Me [7 inch VINYL single 45 rpm] by Jerry Lee Lewis
SUN Records Golden Treasure Series Vinyl
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Shelved some more Vinyl records.
Processed and packed the online orders.
Item of the day:

PS2 Guitar Hero Game Set: 2 Guitar controllers, 3 Games 1, 2, and Rocks the 80s for Playstation 2 by
Playstation 2 Toy
Processed and packed the online orders.
Item of the day:
PS2 Guitar Hero Game Set: 2 Guitar controllers, 3 Games 1, 2, and Rocks the 80s for Playstation 2 by
Playstation 2 Toy
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry

Book of the day:
A Christmas Ball (Leisure Historical Romance) by Jennifer Ashley; Emily Bryan; Alissa Johnson
Leisure Books 2009-09-29 Mass Market Paperback
Friday, December 24, 2010
Vinyl Vinyl Vinyl
Shelved a box and a half of Vinyl records. Lots of great 60's rock, some classical, musicals box sets, and kids stuff.
Shelved 2 stacks of hardcover, some rare and not Art, fiction trade-paper, and others.
Item of the day:

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Picture Disk Collectors Edition Original Motion Picture Soundtrack LP MCA-6113 by John Williams
MCA Records Vinyl
Shelved 2 stacks of hardcover, some rare and not Art, fiction trade-paper, and others.
Item of the day:
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Picture Disk Collectors Edition Original Motion Picture Soundtrack LP MCA-6113 by John Williams
MCA Records Vinyl
Click to Purchase on ABE Books
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Purchased 2 collections of books.
Shelved a stack of art books.
Processed and packed the online sales.
Book of the day:

The Panorama of the Renaissance by Margaret Aston
Harry N. Abrams 2000-03-01 Hardcover
Shelved a stack of art books.
Processed and packed the online sales.
Book of the day:
The Panorama of the Renaissance by Margaret Aston
Harry N. Abrams 2000-03-01 Hardcover
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Shelved 2 large stacks of books, mostly hardcover, some trade-paper, all various subjects, Cookbooks, young adult, history, ancient history, California, ships, military, fiction, reference, trivia, more.
Did some backups to the computer.
Item of the day:

Inside Sauter-Finegan RCA Victor 45EP - EJC 1003 [7 inch VINYL 45 rpm] by Sauter-Finegan; Jim Flora
RCA Victor 1954 Vinyl
Did some backups to the computer.
Item of the day:
Inside Sauter-Finegan RCA Victor 45EP - EJC 1003 [7 inch VINYL 45 rpm] by Sauter-Finegan; Jim Flora
RCA Victor 1954 Vinyl
Click to Purchase on ABE Books
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Still wet out.
Processed and packed the online orders.
Organized some stuff on the computer, so while it took nearly all day, it doesn't look like anything was actually done...
Item(s) of the day:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 12' Figures Set Series 1 + Terry Gilliam as the Bridgekeeper (Michael Palin as Sir Galahad, Terry Jones As Sir Bedevere, John Cleese as Sir Launcelot, Graham Chapman As King Arthur, Eric Idle As Sir Robin) by Monty Python
Sideshow Toy 2001 Toy
Processed and packed the online orders.
Organized some stuff on the computer, so while it took nearly all day, it doesn't look like anything was actually done...
Item(s) of the day:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 12' Figures Set Series 1 + Terry Gilliam as the Bridgekeeper (Michael Palin as Sir Galahad, Terry Jones As Sir Bedevere, John Cleese as Sir Launcelot, Graham Chapman As King Arthur, Eric Idle As Sir Robin) by Monty Python
Sideshow Toy 2001 Toy
Monday, December 20, 2010
Still raining (just in case you didn't notice...)
A Bit busier today, people must be running out of books after nearly a week of being trapped inside by the rain.
Book of the day:
Signed If We Can Keep a Severed Head Alive...Discorporation and U.S. Patent 4,666,425 by Chet Fleming
Polinym Press 1988-02 Hardcover
A Bit busier today, people must be running out of books after nearly a week of being trapped inside by the rain.
Book of the day:
Signed If We Can Keep a Severed Head Alive...Discorporation and U.S. Patent 4,666,425 by Chet Fleming
Polinym Press 1988-02 Hardcover
Click to Purchase on ABE Books
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Enough rain already.
Processed & packed the online orders.
Book of the day:

*Signed* M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman; Gahan Wilson
Subterranean Press 2007-07-26 Hardcover
Processed & packed the online orders.
Book of the day:
*Signed* M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman; Gahan Wilson
Subterranean Press 2007-07-26 Hardcover
Click to Purchase on ABE Books
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Rain. Store was pretty empty all day, until right at the last minute a whole crowd came in.
Book of the day:

Jean Craighead George Signed Julie (sequel to Julie of the Wolves) by Jean Craighead George; Illustrator-Wendell Minor
HarperCollins 1994-09-30 Hardcover
Book of the day:
Jean Craighead George Signed Julie (sequel to Julie of the Wolves) by Jean Craighead George; Illustrator-Wendell Minor
HarperCollins 1994-09-30 Hardcover
Friday, December 17, 2010
Bah rain, but at least the books aren't getting damp.
Finally getting over this rotten cold.
Book of the day:

Looking at drawings: A guide to technical terms by Paul Goldman
British Museum Publications 1979 Staple bound Pamphlet
Finally getting over this rotten cold.
Book of the day:
Looking at drawings: A guide to technical terms by Paul Goldman
British Museum Publications 1979 Staple bound Pamphlet
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Okay now, explaining that this book is too much because you're just going to cut up the book is not the way to get the price lowered... In fact it's almost enough to make it suddenly twice as expensive...
Purchased a huge box of CDs, will try to get them out tomorrow.
Processed and packed the online orders.
Book of the day:

*Signed* Peter Pan (100th Anniversary Edition) *Remarqued* by J. M. Barrie; Illustrator- Michael Hague
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) 2003-10-01 Hardcover
Purchased a huge box of CDs, will try to get them out tomorrow.
Processed and packed the online orders.
Book of the day:
*Signed* Peter Pan (100th Anniversary Edition) *Remarqued* by J. M. Barrie; Illustrator- Michael Hague
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) 2003-10-01 Hardcover
Click to Purchase on ABE Books
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Bills and accounting - and yes that does take all day...
Item of the day:

Back Stage (New Avon Library, #64) by Vicki Baum
Avon Book Co. 1945 Mass Market Paperback
Item of the day:
Back Stage (New Avon Library, #64) by Vicki Baum
Avon Book Co. 1945 Mass Market Paperback
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Finally got back the stuff from the Bazaar, & reshelved them.
Made a special holiday shelf spot.
Processed and packed the online orders, and they got picked up early.
Shelved 2 boxes of mostly fiction hardcover, but some of trade-papers, and kids, and history too.
A big stack of recent paperbacks were traded-in and put on the spin-racks already.

Polar Lights #7512 Land of the Giants Snake Scene Plastic Model Kit by
Polar Lights Toy
Made a special holiday shelf spot.
Processed and packed the online orders, and they got picked up early.
Shelved 2 boxes of mostly fiction hardcover, but some of trade-papers, and kids, and history too.
A big stack of recent paperbacks were traded-in and put on the spin-racks already.
Polar Lights #7512 Land of the Giants Snake Scene Plastic Model Kit by
Polar Lights Toy
Monday, December 13, 2010
Processed all the donations & purchases from the last few days.
Reshelved some of the Christmas books we took to the Bazaar on Sunday.
Shelved 2 boxes of books; mostly Fiction, trade-paper's and some hardcover, plus some few of history and other subjects.
Worked on webpage for displaying all the items we have for sale online.
Signed up for Tumblr, although don't know what we'll do with it.

The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman (Volume 1 ONLY) by Cuthbert Bede
Little, Brown and Co 1893 Hardcover
Reshelved some of the Christmas books we took to the Bazaar on Sunday.
Shelved 2 boxes of books; mostly Fiction, trade-paper's and some hardcover, plus some few of history and other subjects.
Worked on webpage for displaying all the items we have for sale online.
Signed up for Tumblr, although don't know what we'll do with it.
The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman (Volume 1 ONLY) by Cuthbert Bede
Little, Brown and Co 1893 Hardcover
Click to Purchase on ABE Books
Sunday, December 12, 2010
The Bazaar seemed to go ok, David helped and ran our booth so we could have the store open.
Seems to be a problem getting the stuff back tho... a little bizarre that.

Early English Meals and Manners: John Russell's Boke of Nurture, Wynkyn De Worde's Boke of Keruynge, The Boke of Curtasye, R. Westes' Booke of Demeanor, Seager's Schoole of Vertue, The Babees Book, Aristotle's A B C, Urbanitatis, Stans Puer Ad Mensam, The by Frederick J. Furnivall, M.A.
Early English Text Society / Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1868, 1984, 1904 Hardcover
Seems to be a problem getting the stuff back tho... a little bizarre that.
Early English Meals and Manners: John Russell's Boke of Nurture, Wynkyn De Worde's Boke of Keruynge, The Boke of Curtasye, R. Westes' Booke of Demeanor, Seager's Schoole of Vertue, The Babees Book, Aristotle's A B C, Urbanitatis, Stans Puer Ad Mensam, The by Frederick J. Furnivall, M.A.
Early English Text Society / Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1868, 1984, 1904 Hardcover
Click to Purchase on ABE Books
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Holiday Bazaar tomorrow, getting our spot set up now.

Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos Vol.1 [24 issues] 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 47, 49, 50, 52, 55, 56, 62, 88, 120 (last original) + Marvel Special Edition 14 Sgt. Fury (lot of 24) by Stan Lee; Roy Thomas; Gary Friedrich
Marvel Comics Group 1963-1974 Comic
Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos Vol.1 [24 issues] 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 47, 49, 50, 52, 55, 56, 62, 88, 120 (last original) + Marvel Special Edition 14 Sgt. Fury (lot of 24) by Stan Lee; Roy Thomas; Gary Friedrich
Marvel Comics Group 1963-1974 Comic
Click to Purchase on ABE Books
Friday, December 10, 2010
Managed to shelve a few things, some Anime VHS, a couple of books, 1st ed, Signed.

HR Giger Screen Saver Computer Program by -
Cyberdreams Computer Program
HR Giger Screen Saver Computer Program by -
Cyberdreams Computer Program
Click to Purchase on ABE Books
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Processed and packed the online orders despite a cold having caught up.
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Fixed some online listings, shelved some signed novels.
Started getting things together for the bazaar on Sunday.
Started getting things together for the bazaar on Sunday.
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Processed and packed the online orders.
Purchased some more Anime VHS and more Signed Books, shelved most of the books.
Purchased a small stack of history & military books.
Purchased some more Anime VHS and more Signed Books, shelved most of the books.
Purchased a small stack of history & military books.
Monday, December 06, 2010
Updated the website slightly.
Shelved a few... Swords, well priced and put them up anyway.
Slow in store, but that just let us have time to shelve 3 boxes of rare and signed books, including some rare Dali & Picasso.
Shelved a few... Swords, well priced and put them up anyway.
Slow in store, but that just let us have time to shelve 3 boxes of rare and signed books, including some rare Dali & Picasso.
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Shelved another few stacks of vintage paperbacks.
Processed and packed the online orders.
Took in a few books and some VHS movies.
Processed and packed the online orders.
Took in a few books and some VHS movies.
Saturday, December 04, 2010
According to the schoolgirls overheard in the store today - We carry the BOOK of all BOOKS -
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(by which they meant the Twilight series... )
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(by which they meant the Twilight series... )
Friday, December 03, 2010
First Fridays 8
Sold a nice pile of vintage paperbacks, this morning.
First Friday was quite busy.
Hubbell was here.
Shelved some collectables, 1st editions, and Signed books.
Processed 3 boxes of vintage mmpb's and re-filled the vintage paperback rack.
Re-filled the $1.00 cart with piles of VHS.
First Friday was quite busy.
Hubbell was here.
Shelved some collectables, 1st editions, and Signed books.
Processed 3 boxes of vintage mmpb's and re-filled the vintage paperback rack.
Re-filled the $1.00 cart with piles of VHS.
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Gift Certificates Available
Gift Certificates Available
In Any Amount, just ask for them at the Register
Free Books for First Friday
Fixed some online listings, on eBay and Amazon, and answered some email.
In Any Amount, just ask for them at the Register
Free Books for First Friday
This Friday December 3rd 9:30 in the morning until 10:00 at night. Just come and get them from the designated carts out front.
Processed and packed the online orders.Fixed some online listings, on eBay and Amazon, and answered some email.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Fixed online listings so that more of the items we have listed will actually show up.
Shelved a box of toys & games, the highlight of which, was: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 12' Figures Set Series 1 + Terry Gilliam as the Bridgekeeper (Michael Palin as Sir Galahad, Terry Jones As Sir Bedevere, John Cleese as Sir Launcelot, Graham Chapman As King Arthur, Eric Idle As Sir Robin). Also some new board and card games, fuzzy d20's.
Shelved a box of toys & games, the highlight of which, was: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 12' Figures Set Series 1 + Terry Gilliam as the Bridgekeeper (Michael Palin as Sir Galahad, Terry Jones As Sir Bedevere, John Cleese as Sir Launcelot, Graham Chapman As King Arthur, Eric Idle As Sir Robin). Also some new board and card games, fuzzy d20's.
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