Born on this date: 1819 – Walt Whitman, 1898 – Norman Vincent Peale, 1968 – John Connolly.
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Item of the day:


035795
*Signed 2x* G.I. Joe: Tales From The Cobra Wars
Max Brooks; Chuck Dixon; Matt Forbeck; Jonathan Maberry; John Skipp; Cody Goodfellow; Duane Swierczynski; Dennis Tafoya; Jon McGoran; Gabriele Dell'Otto

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Shelved a stack of Signed 1st Edition F/F Hardcover Mystery & some Thrillers & Horror.
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Born on this date: 1901 – Cornelia Otis Skinner, 1922 – Hal Clement, 1962 – Kevin Eastman.
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Item of the day:
033951b
*Jhonen Vasquez Signed* Invader Zim Mint Tin: Prepare For Some Doom
Jhonen Vasquez

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Purchased three collections of books, including three boxes of signed Mystery Hardcovers.
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Born on this date: 1874 – G. K. Chesterton, 1893 – Max Brand, 1906 – T. H. White.
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Item of the day:

035804
*Nolan Signed 2x* Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Master's Choice
Alfred Hitchcock [Editor]; William F. Nolan

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Shelved a stack of James Thurber hardcovers, including an autographed copy.
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Born on this date: 1908 – Ian Fleming, 1940 – Maeve Binchy.
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Item of the day:
019529
National Geographic Magazine 1890, Vol. II (2) No. 3 (Reprint)
National Geographic

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Shelved two boxes of pocket books, lots of vintage SF & other genre fiction.
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Born on this date: 1894 – Dashiell Hammett, 1907 – Rachel Carson, 1915 – Herman Wouk, 1925 – Tony Hillerman, 1930 – John Barth, 1934 – Harlan Ellison.
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Item of the day:



035888
The Fallen Man (A Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee Mystery, Book 4)
Tony Hillerman; George Guidall [Narrator]

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Shelved a stack of Magick, Witchcraft & Tarot books. Shelved some YA chapter books, and several stacks of non-fiction hardcover.
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Item of the day:


034839
*Signed* An Innocent at Polebrook: A Memoir of an 8Th Air Force Bombardier
Stevens, Charles N.

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Shelved a stack of classics, amongst other genres.
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Born on this date: 1898 – Scott O'Dell, 1910 – Margaret Wise Brown, 1921 – James Blish, 1958 – Mitch Albom.
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Item of the day:


033505
*Pogany Signed* Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 1942
Omar Khayyam; Willy Pogany [Illustrator]; Edward Fitzgerald [Translator];

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Purchased a stack of classics, and some vintage Elbert Hubbard.
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Born on this date: 1859 – Arthur Conan Doyle, 1914 – Vance Packard, 1927 – Peter Matthiessen, 1936 – M. Scott Peck.
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Item of the day:
035640
*Rowena Signed* Project Pope
Clifford D. Simak

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Born on this date: 1903 – Manly Wade Wellman, 1916 – Harold Robbins, 1944 – Janet Dailey.
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Item of the day:

017504
*Signed* Notebook for Fantastical Observations (Spiderwick Chronicles)
Holly Black; Tony DiTerlizzi; Illustrator-Tony DiTerlizzi

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Just in - Playboy 1953 December - the very first issue.
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Born on this date: 1799 – Honoré de Balzac, 1911 – Gardner Fox, 1949 – Mary Pope Osborne, 1956 – Douglas Preston.
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Item of the day:

023753
*Signed by Barks* Pato Donald; n. 162 Walt Disney Publicacion Juvenil (Walt Disney's Donald Duck Comics Magazine)
Carl Barks (Signed)

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Born on this date: 1907 – Irene Hunt, 1930 – Fred Saberhagen, 1952 – Diane Duane.
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Item of the day:


035772
*Niven Signed* Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction
Frederik Pohl [Editor]; Martin H. Greenberg [Editor]; Joseph D. Olander [Editor]; Tommy Soloski [Illustrator]; Larry Niven [Contributor]

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Six boxes of donations came in today.
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Born on this date: 1939 – Gary Paulsen, 1946 – F. Paul Wilson.
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Item of the day:


027303b
*Signed* Black Kiss #1,2,3,5 & 6
Howard Chaykin

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Purchased a box of yu gi oh cards.
Purchased 6 boxes of textbooks.
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Born on this date: 1906 – Margret Rey, 1912 – Studs Terkel, 1950 – Bruce Coville.
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Item of the day:


035764
*Signed 2x* Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels : An English-Language Selection, 1946-1987 (1st)
Pringle, David; Tim Powers (Signed); James P. Blaylock (Signed)

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Purchased over 600 Pokemon cards - they're all in the box for 25cents each.
Purchased 8 boxes of textbooks.
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Born on this date: 1856 – L. Frank Baum, 1890 – Katherine Anne Porter, 1904 – Clifton Fadiman, 1929 – George Selden, 1936 – Paul Zindel.
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Item of the day:

035646
*Rowena Signed* Power Play
Anne Mccaffrey; Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

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Shelved a giant stack of hardcovers, mostly non-fiction, all sorts of subjects.
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Born on this date: 1900 – Hal Borland, 1965 – Eoin Colfer.
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Item of the day:

029417
*Signed* Rural Free: A Farmwife's Almanac of Country Living (1st)
Peden, Rachel

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Purchased 5 loads of books today, guess everyone was cleaning the garage over the weekend.
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Born on this date: 1907 – Leslie Charteris, 1921 – Farley Mowat.
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Item of the day: 021274B
*Hogarth Signed* The National Cartoonists Society Presents The Portfolio of Fine Comic Art 3
Burne Hogarth; Wally Wood; Will Eisner; Al Williamson; Frank Frazetta; Harvey Kurtzman

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Item of the day:
035835
*Signed 2x* Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers


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Born on this date: 1898 – Ariel Durant.
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Item of the day:

035778
*Signed* Between the Rivers (1st)
Turtledove, Harry

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Born on this date: 1860 – J. M. Barrie, 1906 – Eleanor Estes, 1920 – William Tenn.
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Item of the day:

035679
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (from 'The Little White Bird') 1st American
J. M. Barrie; Illustrations Arthur Rackham

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Shelved 4 or so boxes of hardcover Fiction, SF, Fantasy, & Horror books, mostly 1st Editions.
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Born on this date: 1940 – Angela Carter.
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Item of the day:


033508
*Signed* Cursed Pirate Girl (1st) HB
Bastian, Jeremy

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Born on this date: 1868 – Gaston Leroux, 1915 – Theodore H. White.
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Item of the day:

003453
*Signed* Fear Itself: A Fearless Jones Novel (1st)
Walter Mosley

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Purchased 14 boxes of hardcover fiction. Shelved a few choice picks already.
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Born on this date: 1813 – Søren Kierkegaard, 1890 – Christopher Morley, 1903 – James Beard.
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Item of the day:


035650
*Ken Kelly Signed* Conan: Red Nails
Rober E. Howard

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Born on this date: 1940 – Robin Cook, 1956 – David Guterson.
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Item of the day:



035498
Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday? (I Can Read It All By Myself Beginner Books)
Palmer, Helen

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We ran out of FCBD titles around 4:30, first year that has ever happened. (think a few people were taking more than their fair share...) but there were not too many disappointed FCBD grabbers, since they pretty much stopped showing up around then.
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Item of the day:

015168
*Signed* Batman Cover to Cover: The Greatest Comic Book Covers of the Dark Knight (1st)
Chip Kidd (Signed); Frank Miller; Jim Lee; Tim Sale

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Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day! Saturday May 3rd

Stop by and pick up some FREE Comics on Saturday May 3rd.
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Born on this date: 1890 – E. E. Smith.
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Item of the day:


034779
*Bradstreet Signed* Hawkworld Number 32 (Flights End Conclusion)
Tim Bradstreet (Inks)

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