Recent donations to the Friends of the Sierra Madre Library Book Sale Committee have contained some very special books including several signed first editions. These exceptional books will be featured in the Committee’s first Silent Auction to be held in the Sierra Madre Public Library, 440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre from Monday, October 1 through Monday, October 29. The books will be on display in the display case in the library’s main room. To inspect the books more closely, visit the library every Saturday in October from 1-2 PM.
Bidding sheets and rules will be available in a notebook located on the library’s checkout counter. Each of the fifteen books for sale at the auction will be numbered and will have a corresponding numbered bid sheet in the notebook. Bidders are asked to write their bid amounts and a contact telephone number on the appropriate bid sheet. At 7:30 PM on Monday, October 29, bid sheets will be removed from the notebook and placed on a table in the library for last minute bids. Bidding will close promptly at 8 PM on October 29. Winning bidders will be notified by telephone the next day and will then be able to pick up their books at the library.
Proceeds from the Silent Auction will benefit the Sierra Madre Library’s programs, services, and acquisitions. For more information, visit our website at www.sierramadrelibraryfriends.org. A complete list of the books to be auctioned follows.
SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM by T.E. Lawrence
First Edition for general circulation
Simon and Schuster 1935
THE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS OF JOHN JAMES AUDUBON for THE BIRDS OF AMERICA (reproduced in color from the New York Historical Society collection) American Heritage Publishing Co. 1966
BEASTLY THINGS by Donna Leon
New; Signed by author and inscribed to the Sierra Madre Library
Atlantic Monthly Press 2012
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION by Will and Ariel Durant (11 volumes)
Simon and Schuster 1954-1975
A MID-SUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM calligraphy by Graily Hewitt, illustrated by
Arthur Rackham
Abaris Books 1977
CHANCELLORSVILLE AND GETTYSBURG by Abner Doubleday
Charles Scribner and Sons 1882
O CALIFORNIA! Editor Stephen Vincent
First Edition
Bedford Arts 1990
THE CALIFORNIA I LOVE by Leo Carrillo
Prentice-Hall 1961
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM translated by Edward Fitzgerald
Dodge Publishing 1916
SEEKING THE BETTER LIFE IN SIERRA MADRE by Michelle Zack
Signed
Sierra Madre Historical Society 2009
ON A RIVERBOAT JOURNEY by Ito Jakuchu, poems by Daiten
First Edition
George Braziller Inc. 1989
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Richard Avedon
Random House 1993
DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS by Ray Bradbury
Signed First Trade Edition
Alfred A. Knopf 1985
LOVE AND MARRIAGE by Bill Cosby
Signed First Edition
The Easton Press 1989
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN Edited by Harriet Elinor Smith
New University of California Press 2010
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