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2006 February 10 Moved: Postcards are (almost) all now in the postcard file cabinet and in the rack atop it near the end of the counter under the window. Changed:
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Collection of Vintage Mystery & Science Fiction/Fantasy Paperbacks, not in the best shape, but lots of good reading. They're out on the shelves. Also many more Pulp Magazines than we've had in quite a while, almost 4 shelves worth. Large collection of older & vintage books and pamphlets on Engineering, Steam, Gas, Lathes, all sorts of how to build stuff, how to run machines. Library from a machine shop. Some of it's out, some of it's still being worked on, but should be out in the next few weeks. Lots of Books
on Tape at the moment, and even a some on CD.
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2005 October 07 Moved: Beat Generation / 60's Literature & History moved to Classics area in back room. Erotica / Sex moved to back room. Changed:
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2005 August 20 Moved: Hunting to small bookcase against the wall down the same isle. Trains to Transportation isle. Playboy magazines to counter under register Genealogy to the very top shelves above art/collectibles Mountain Climbing to Travel & Adventure (into other room 1st bookcase you'd run into) Jewish/Holocost History moved to back room middle isle. Pulp Magazines moved to above the Science Fiction hardbacks, back room middle isle. Opera & Composers moved from Music to below U.S. History Changed:
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2005 June 29 New Arrivals Just received a nice collection of Railroad books - they should be up & out soon. 2 or so shelves of Hot Rod magazines & similar titles batched up into collections by title/years. New Postcards & many previous cards have been marked down to 10 cents. |
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2005 May 11 Celebrate Reading - Book Donation drop off point, bring in your donations from now until June 4th. The books will be given out from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 4 at International Elementary School, 700 Locust Ave., Long Beach. New Arrivals
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2005 April 8 New arrivals - Collection of books on Dolls, Dollhouses, & books of Paper Dolls, around a shelf full, or more. Large military collection - 1/3 is done & priced (about 8-10 boxes) mostly Equipment, vehicles, planes, and modeling stuff. There will be more as there is room for the other 2/3. Architecture books - about another half shelf. We also have a couple of auctions going right now - a set of 40 Jimmy Stewart photographs & a James Garner proof sheet. ReOrganizations -
Long Beach Reads One Book. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury |
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2005 February 11 Piles of those Harlequin type serial romances just went out on the $1.00 carts. |
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2005 January A large collection of Biography - mostly Hollywood & Entertainment - already on the shelves. Some rare Comic Art, original art, Prints, portfolios, etc, mostly out on the walls or the magazine rack. Quite a few Cartoons / comic strip collections - in the humor section, and some collectable titles in the Vault. AUTOGRAPHED copies of Carrie Fishers NEW book _The Best Awful_ ReOrganizations - The Railroad section has moved to the shelves directly under the cash register. How-To is now against the wall in the far front corner across from the register behind the art section. (Just ask) The Computer books are on the top shelf in the last isle in the first room - by the bathroom. The Business books are in the 2nd room - thru the hall - straight ahead just to the left. Even More books on tape than ever on the large spin-rack by the Vault it's packed on all shelves, and the small bookcase by the register has the overlarge boxes/sets & books on CD (what few we may have) Sad News to report that Kelly Freas (SF cover Artist), & Will Eisner
(Master of the Graphic Novel) recently passed away.
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2004 November 13: Biography by the ton - recent collection of Biographies about doubles our previous selection up to nearly 2 full bookcases. Lots of Hollywood stars and Entertainers. There are piles of Hard Back Biography $1.00 books too. | |||
2004 November 6: Romance paperbacks on the $1.00 carts. Haven't had much out there in a little while. |
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2004 September: Original Comic Book Art & Portfolios. Nice collection, much of it up on the walls already. |
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2004: We've been working hard to organize the sections & better label them. All the Fiction, Mystery, SF, etc. are in Author order with label cards. Most all sections now have label cards on the shelf. |
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