library sale

attention as place/temporary library

My contribution to ROLU's residency at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. 14 books---a temporary library:
1. Floral Art of Japan--Tourist Library: 1 by Issotei Nishikawa, Japan Travel Bureau, 1936, 1949
2. Making Simple Constructions by Hansi Bohm, Studio Vista, 1971
3. The Art of Paper Tearing by Eric Hawkesworth, Faber and Faber, 1970, 1973
4. Whittling and Woodcarving by E.J.Tangerman, Dover Publications, 1936, 1962
5. Weathered Wood with Flowers by Mary G. Knight, William Morrow and Co., 1968
6. Creative Wood Design by Ernst Rottger, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1960
7. Building an Igloo by Ulli Steltzer, Groundwood/Douglas and McIntyre, 1981, 1990
8. Architecture: A book of projects for young adults by Forrest Wilson,Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1968
9. Sculpture in Wood by Ferelyth & Bill Wills, Douglas, David, & Charles, 1975
10. Meaning in Crafts by Edward L. Mattil, Prentice Hall Inc., 1959
11. Fun with Figures by Mae and Ira Freeman, Random House, 1946
12. Paper: Folded, Cut, Sculpted by Florence Temko, MacMillan Publishing, 1974
13. Sculpture in Stone by Paul Cummings, self published, 1989
14. The Further Adventures of Cardboard Carpentry by George Cope & Phylis Morrison, Workshop for Learning Things, 1973

I feel really honoured to be in a small way part of ROLU's residency. Thanks to Matt for the invitation. Please follow the action here and also here.

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2 stacks from today's Children's Hospital Foundation Book Market.

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...another library sale...

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Two stacks from a library sale this morning (all for $5)

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Stacks from today's Children's Hospital Foundation Book Market (Paperback sale).

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A few more from today's Children's Hospital Foundation Book Market (paperback sale), Winnipeg.

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Stack from a tour of Fargo and Minneapolis thrift stores. Back to posting soon.

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"Making a screen print photographically"
from The Batsford Encyclopaedia of Crafts by H.E. Laye Andrew, BT Batsford, London, 1978

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2 stacks from yesterday's Children's Hospital Foundation Book Market. Round one. Back today. (I keep buying books I already have.)

St. Vital Library

2 stacks from an awesome library sale this morning.

51 books for $10!

unpacking

Back home now. Stack from Los Angeles and Fargo.

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Today's stack from The Children's Hospital Foundation paperback sale.

misc. bookshelf

People of the Potlatch, Vancouver Art Gallery/UBC, 1956

Ship Models and How to Build Them by Harvey Weiss, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1973 (also by H.Weiss)

Far Beyond The Fringe (Three-Dimensional Knotting Techniques Using Macrame & Nautical Ropework) by Eugene Andes, VNR, 1973

String Figures and How to Make Them (A Study of Cat's Cradle in Many Lands) by Caroline Furness Jayne, 1962 (here)

New Trends in Church Architecture by Justus Dahinden, Universe Books, 1967 (previously)
Forest Flora of Canada by G.C. Cunningham, Department of Northern Affairs Forestry Branch (Canada), 1958 (1969)

some recent library sale and thrift store finds

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Stack from today's Children's Hospital Foundation book market (paperback sale). A few nice surprises: Yellow & Pink by William Steig, Everything Under a Mushroom by Ruth Krauss, some issues of Inuit Art and Crafts magazine (1983-84)...

Library Sale

My stack from a library sale yesterday. $5 for the lot!

Golden

an incomplete collection of Golden Guides, Golden Press 1950-1989

Thanks K.G.

A recent stack of kids' books found for me by the amazing and generous K.G.

Visit her Jem site or buy toys from her here.

Today's book market finds.

My stack from the Children's Hospital Book Market, yesterday. Hopefully, back for more today.