The Friends of the Library Bookhouse is brimming with thousands of bargain-priced books, vinyl records, puzzles, board games, artworks, comic books, DVDs, and more. Snap up these great items during the Friends of the Library's Spring Book Sale, April 22-26, at the Bookhouse, 430-B North Main St. in Gainesville. Profits from the sale help support the Alachua County Library District and community literacy projects. Most items are priced between 25 cents and $4.
The sale hours are:
- Saturday, April 22, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- Sunday, April 23, 12 - 6 p.m.
- Monday, April 24, 12 - 6 p.m.
- Tuesday, April 25, 12 - 6 p.m. – All items in the general collection are half-price.
- Wednesday, April 26, 12 - 6 p.m. – All items are 10 cents.
The Collector's Corner features rare and unusual items from many genres. Books may be leather-bound, signed, first editions, out of print, or published by small presses. Larger sections include Art, Military History, Literature, Non-Fiction, Florida, Genealogy, Regional, Early Cookbooks, Natural History, Vintage Children’s Books, Pop-ups, and “Grandma’s Bookshelf." The Collector's Corner is open from Saturday, April 22 to Tuesday, April 25.
Featured items in the 2023 Spring Collector's Corner include the following:
ART, ARCHITECTURE, and PHOTOGRAPHY:
Harold Feinstein: A Retrospective, signed, 2012.
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, by Naomi Beckwith, etc., 2014.
Picasso Lithographe Notices et Catalogue etàblish Vol. IV, 1956-1963 by Fernand Mourlot, 1964.
Sarasota Modern by Andrew Weaving, 1st edition, 2006.
Spinach Green and Mutton-fat White Chinese Jades of the Quing Dynasty (1644-1911), catalog
by the Harn Museum of Art, 2 copies.
The Book of Ugly Ecstacy by Austin Osman Spare, 1996.
ASTRONOMY:
Sky Atlas, by Wil Tirion & Roger Sinnott, 2nd edition, 1998.
BIOGRAPHY:
The Diary of Anne Frank: The Critical Edition, by Frank, David Barnouw, B. M. Mooyaart, 1989.
John Glenn: A Memoir, by John Glenn with Nick Taylor, 1st edition, signed, 1999.
Truman by David McCullough, 1st edition, signed.
CHILDREN:
Granny, Iliko, Illarion and I, by Nodar Dumbadze, translated into English, 1981.
Le Paradis Tricolore, by l’Oncle Hans, 1918.
A large selection of Young Adult and Children’s books by well-known Russian and Estonian authors,
translated into English
FICTION, including SCIENCE FICTION and MYSTERY:
Gone Bamboo, by Anthony Bourdain, paperback, signed, 2000.
Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts, signed, 2004.
Mohawk, by Richard Russo, paperback as first issued, 1st edition, signed, 1986.
Self Portraits, by Osamu Dazai, 1st paperback edition in the U.S., 1993.
Tree of Codes, by Jonathan Safran Foer, 1st edition, 2010.
The Monkey’s Raincoat, by Robert Crais, 1st UK edition, signed, 1989.
The Monkey’s Raincoat, by Robert Crais, 1st US edition, signed, 1989.
An extensive selection of “Hashman” Books by George McDonald Fraser, many 1st editions.
A large selection of Dr. Who paperbacks.
FLORIDA:
The Green Turtle in the Gulf of Aden and the Seychelles Islands, by Harold Hirth and Archie Carr, signed by Carr, 1970.
Soldiers of Florida in The Seminole Indian, Civil and Spanish-American Wars, 1st edition, 1903.
The Hawk is Dying, by Harry Crews, 1st edition, signed, 1973.
Our Place in Time: A Chronology of Putnam County, by Nancy Cooley Alvers and Janice Smith Mahaffey, 1st edition, signed by both authors, 1995.
The Origin, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida War, by John T. Sprague, facsimile, 1964.
Jacob’s Ladder, by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 1st separate edition, published by U. of Miami Press, signed, 1950.
The Birdlife of Florida, by Henry M. Stevenson & Bruce H. Anderson, 1st edition, 1994.
Aquiferious, by Margaret Ross Tolbert, signed, 2010.
Adventures in a Green World, by Marjory Stoneman Douglas, 1st edition, signed, 1973.
History of Alachua County Florida, by F. W. Buchholz, 1929.
An extensive selection of fiction books by David Leavitt.
FOLKLORE:
The Dark Way, by Hamilton & David, 1st edition, signed, 1990.
GENEALOGY:
A wide selection of specific family histories.
HISTORY:
Reports of Cases Argued & Determined in the Court of Appeals of VA. 2 volumes, edited by Bushrod Washington, nephew of George Washington, 1798 and 1799.
History of the Crusades, 2-volume set, published by Barrie, Engravings by Doré, c.1880.
Leslie’s Weekly Illustrated, bound volume, May 1898-April 1899.
History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia, by Wills De Hass, 1st edition, 1851.
The Diary of Edmund Ruffin, edited by William Scarborough, 1st edition, 1989.
The Soldier – Bishop Ellison Capers, by Walter B. Capers, 1st edition, 1912.
100 Best True Stories of World War II, 1945.
Haut Liska WWII Illustrated Book of Sketches, by Haut Liska, 1st edition.
The Fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, by Edwin E. Marvin, 1st edition, 1889.
Phrase/Language Books, issued by the Gov’t, TM series, 1944. Italian, Danish, Turkish, Swedish, Icelandic. (WW II military)
HUMOR:
Love is Hell: A Cartoon Book, by Matt Groening, 1st edition, 1984.
LITERATURE, CLASSICS and ESSAYS:
Bonfire of the Vanities, by Thomas Wolfe, 1st edition, signed.
Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf, 1st American edition, 1938.
A large selection of Flannery O’Connor, Analysis and Correspondence.
MAGAZINES:
Skeptical Inquirer 1987-1992. Multiple issues, sold in sets by year.
Comedia Illustré #20, year 4, condition very fine, 1912.
Life Magazine, 1st issue, 3 different sizes, rare, condition very fine, 1937. Sold as a group.
Life Magazine, The Promise and Purpose of Life. Collection in 8 folios, condition fine, 1961. Sold as a group.
Transcontinental mini-manual, includes article, page 15, of the Urban Guerilla magazine, condition good, 1940.
The Illustrated London News; The Royal Children, condition good, Christmas 1970.
MUSIC:
DÁFOS, a 12” – 45 rpm framed record in its jacket. Music is by Mickey Hart, Airto, and Flora Purim.
CDs:
Many recordings by Tom Petty, Gamble Rogers, and Sister Hazel.
An extensive collection of Bluegrass and Folk Music Artist’s Biographies and Histories.
RELIGION:
The Didache, by Aaron Milavec, 2003.
A History of Kentucky Baptist from 1769-1885, by T. H. Spencer, 1886.
MISCELLANEOUS:
How to Become a Ventriloquist, by Edgar Bergen, 1st printing, 1938.
Exo-psychology: A Manual on the Use of the Human Nervous System According to the Instructions of the
Manufacturers by Timothy Leary, signed.
A linen-backed single map (The Geologic Map of New Jersey), revised by Meredith Johnson in 1950 as an update of a map first referred to as Atlas Sheet 40, in 1910. This full-color map measures approximately 49”x27” and is originally based on an 1877 survey of 4 miles to the inch.
Welcome Center Packet to the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, 1970s. (Will be in the NASA box on the table in the Collector’s Corner.)
An extensive selection of vintage automobile advertisements, and associated items.
A very large selection of vintage tobacco advertisements, and associated items.
Artwork in the Art area:
A framed map of the world, 6' 8" by 3' 9"
Signed and framed prints by local artists Jeff Ripple, Kenneth Kerslake, and Susan Dauphine