The basement, home to sections on sociology, Marxism, military history, women's studies and more religions than I care to think about, is looking marvelous. It's well-lighted, dry and pleasant (unlike any other used bookstore basement I can recall).
My biggest finds were these two Cynthia Harnett books, to go with my other three. I'm getting close to a complete set of her works.
Not quite as exciting, but I've never read the final book Madeleine L'Engle wrote about the Murray-O'Keefe clan. Plus, it has a cover by the illustrator Trina Schart Hyman (subject of a post I haven't managed to write yet).
I couldn't resist these 1950s-era geography and science texts, which used to belong to the Leroy-Ostrander Public School.
It should be fun (perhaps painful fun) to read all the pithy details about the peoples of the world, as understood 60 years ago.
I also found a 1980 paperback called ShrinkLits, by Maurice Sagoff, featuring "seventy of the world's towering classics cut down to size" -- poetically, too!
If his opening lines for Beowulf are any indication, it will be an enjoyable read:
Monster Grendel's tastes are plainish
Breakfast? Just a couple Danish.
Looks like a great bookstore.
ReplyDeleteIf/when you're in Chicago, take a look at the Seminary-Coop Bookstore. The whole place is a basement, also clean, well-lighted, and dry.