{"id":12952,"date":"2013-05-23T19:22:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T02:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=12952"},"modified":"2013-05-23T19:22:41","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T02:22:41","slug":"library-silent-auction-item-close-up-views-next-two-saturdays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=12952","title":{"rendered":"Library Silent Auction Item Close-up Views Next Two Saturdays"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0An eclectic selection of collectible books, including several signed first editions, is being featured in the Best Used Book Sale Committee\u2019s second Silent Auction.\u00a0 The books can be seen in the display case in the main room of the Sierra Madre Public Library, 440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre through Monday, June 3 during library hours. \u00a0To inspect the books more closely, visit the library on May 25 and June 1 from 1-2 PM when a member of the Book Sale Committee will be happy to help you.<\/p>\n

Bidding sheets and rules will be available in a notebook located on the library\u2019s checkout counter.\u00a0 Each of the fifteen books for sale at the auction will be numbered and will have a corresponding numbered bid sheet in the notebook.\u00a0 Bidders are asked to write their bid amounts and a contact telephone number on the appropriate bid sheet.\u00a0 Bidding must begin with the stated opening bid posted on the bid sheet and increases must abide by the posted increase each time a bid is made.\u00a0 Bidding will close promptly at 8 PM on Monday, June 3.\u00a0 If not present at that time, winning bidders will be notified by telephone the next day and will then be able to pick up their books at the library.<\/p>\n

The auction offers a rare opportunity to purchase some truly unique and beautiful books while supporting our local public library.\u00a0\u00a0 Proceeds from the Silent Auction will benefit the Sierra Madre Library\u2019s programs, services, and acquisitions.\u00a0 For more information, visit our website at www.sierramadrelibraryfriends<\/strong>.org<\/a> or call us at 626 355-7186.\u00a0 <\/cite>A complete list of the books to be auctioned follows.<\/p>\n

A Photographer\u2019s Life<\/span> 1990-2005<\/span> by Annie Leibovitz, Random House 2006<\/p>\n

Everything to Gain-Making the Most of the rest of Your Life<\/span> by Jimmy and Roslyn Carter (signed, first edition) Random House 1987<\/p>\n

History of Pasadena and the SG Valley, CA<\/span> by Harold D. Carew (Sierra Madre resident \u2013 forward written from Pulpit Lodge, S.M.) S.J. Clark Publishing Co. 1930 (only 1 of 3 volumes)<\/p>\n

Jungle Jest<\/span> by Talbot Mundy, The Century Co. 1932 (first printing)<\/p>\n

Lalla Rookh<\/span>, An Oriental Romance<\/span> by Thomas Moore, London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1854<\/p>\n

Paintings in the Hermitage<\/span> by Colin, Eisler, Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1990 (first edition)<\/p>\n

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens<\/span> by J.M. Barrie\/illustrator Arthur Rackham Weathervane Bks. (first edition) 1975<\/p>\n

Rod McKuen\u2019s Book of Days and a Month of Sundays<\/span> by Rod McKuen, Cheval Books\/Harper and Row 1981 (1st<\/sup>printing, inscribed, also signed postcard found inside the book)<\/p>\n

Silas Marner <\/span>by George Eliot, illustrator C.E. Brach, J.M. Dent and Co. 1905<\/p>\n

Sincerely, Andy Rooney <\/span>by Andy Rooney, Public Affairs 1999 (signed first edition)<\/p>\n

The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds<\/span> by John K. Terres, Alfred A. Knopf 1980<\/p>\n

The Presidency <\/span>by Stefan Lorant, MacMillan 1951 (first edition) bookplate from library of Jean Hersholt donated to Motion Picture Country Home<\/p>\n

The Stories of O. Henry<\/span>, illustrator John Groth, Easton Press 1965<\/p>\n

The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray<\/span> by William Makepeace Thackeray, Smith, Elder and Co. (24 volumes) 1869, 1880 (leather-bound and appraised at $1200-1500)<\/p>\n

Treasures of the World<\/span> (16 volumes), Stonehenge Press 1982, 1983<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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