The following books are offered. The books may be seen in the Park Forest Public Library's showcase (across from the Circulation Desk) after March 1, 2003. Or you may bid online. Bidding starts on February 14th and ends March 8th. Winners will be contacted by phone or e-mail. Special mailing arrangements will be made through Helene Cox if the winning bid goes to a person living beyond the Park Forest vicinity. Please read bidding directions below carefully.
 

FOR THE MARCH 8 - 9 BOOK SALE, THESE BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE TO BID ON:

AUCTION BOOKS SPRING 2003

Books on display in the library after  March 1, 2003

History of Technology, 5 volumes, by Singer Holmyard and Hall Williams,
C.1957, Fine condition with excellent DJ, Minimum Bid - $50.00

Marcus Aurelius: A Biography, by Anthony Birley

Elbert Hubbard’s Scrap Book, c. 1923, in scrap book format

Runaway Rhymes, by Alice Higgins and Tom Lamb, c. 1931

The Indian War of 1864, by Eugene Ware
Introduction by Clyde Walton, c.1960

The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso
Translated by Lawrence Grant White, c.1948

The Fables of Jean De La Fontaine
Translated by by Auslander and LeClercq  2 vol. c.1930

The diary of John Quincy Adams 1794-1845,
Edited by Allan Nevins, c.1951

Leon Bloy, by Rayner Heppenstall, c. 1954

Pippa Passes, by Robert Browning, c.1900

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
Of Freemasonry
Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, c.1921

The World and the 20s: Golden Years of New York’s
Legendary Newspaper, edited by James Boylan, c.1973

The Leather Kid and several others, by Rupert Hughes, ca.1927

Jesting Pilate, an intellectual holiday, by Aldous Huxley, c. 1926

This is Chicago: An Anthology, Ed. Albert Halper, c1952

The Amiable Baltimoreans, first edition, by Francis F. Beirne  C.1951,

Come Hither, a collection of rhymes and poems for the young
of all ages, by Walter de la Mare and Alec Buckels, c. 1923

Life Class, by Ludwig Bemelmans, c.1938,

Battle for Chicago, by Wayne Andrews, c. 1946

A Soldier’s Story, by Omar N. Bradley, c. 1951

The Sand Dunes of Indiana: the story of an American wonderland
told by camera and pen, by E. Stillman Bailey, c.1917

Old Prints and Engravings, by Fred W. Burgess, c.1937

Evocations of Love, first printing, c. 1960

Alexander King presents P. Altenberg

Stories & Poems and a play, Still Waters c.1940
by Alaine Buck Boswell, #22 of 50 copies

Britain in Pictures, various copyrights
9 volumes in a large series
Minimum Bid - $50.00

The  Scottish Chiefs, by Jane Porter (Scribners)
Illus. by N.C. Wyeth, c. ?

Poems of Childhood, by Eugen Fields, c. 1920 ( Scribners)
Illus. By Maxfield Parrish

Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments, by Q. David Bowers,
like new,  reissue 1997. Minimum Bid - $20.00

Wilhelm Busch Album, Pioneer of comic strip,
1500 cartoons entirely in German, c. 1924

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USED DISTRICT 227 - RICH HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS ARE AVAILABLE
AT THIS FRIENDS' LINK (CLICK HERE).
 

BID ON THE BOOKS ABOVE BY U.S. POST:

Please fill out a separate entry for each book you are bidding on.

Your Name_______________________________
Your Address_____________________________
City, State, Zip____________________________
Phone Number:___________________________
Your E-mail ID____________________________

Book You are Bidding on:

Title____________________________________
Author__________________________________
Your Bid (beyond the minimum bid) ________________________________
Date and Time of Bid____________________________(In the case of a tie, the earliest date and time wins.)

Send your bid by US Post to:

Helene Cox
Friends of the Park Forest Public Library
400 Lakewood Boulevard
Park Forest, IL  60466

(Please mark "Silent Auction" on the outside of the envelope.

BID BY E-MAIL USING A FACSIMILE OF THE FORM ABOVE:
Please send a separate e-mail for each item you are bidding on.
Please duplicate the information above, fill in the information and e-mail to:

Helene Cox - E-mail

If you have the winning bid and if the item(s) is to be mailed, extra charges (book rate) will be assessed.

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