u/Critical-Situation78

In the last few weeks I found three Scientology books at thrift stores. They’re so weird - hard to pass up

Not a Ferrari expert. Is this a kit car?

Always amazed at the books you can find out in the wild. This signed copy of Duncan’s photographs of the Korean War was just sitting on a shelf in a thrift store. Signed in France where Duncan lived. Interestingly he was also known as one of the few photographers who got access to Picasso and his then wife.

I love signed books and especially books with a bit of history laid in. Usually it’s press clippings or old receipts. This time though it was letters from the author to her cousins and a few old photos.

While not rare in the sense that there is any demand for this book - it is rare in the sense that it is one of a kind.

Florence Burrill Jacobs was a writer from Maine who released two books and wrote many articles for the magazines of her day.

But I don’t respond well to being called “dense”. Meanwhile I would never spend $800 on a Spidernan Omnibus but that is the going rate for this particular edition. I’ve had a lot of interest and already sold a similar copy.

EDIT. These omnibus collectors are nuts.

Found this in one of those antique shops where each stand is separately owned. It’s actually a promo copy from 1932 - there’s a stamp inside stating that it is a review copy. There is only one other copy listed online for $299 but that one doesn’t have the DustJacket.

Anyway I’m a sucker for woodblock prints. So this was right up my alley.

Hard to find copy from 1980 a facsimile reprint of a 1952 copy

I was excited to find this copy of Player Piano in the wild. In very good condition.

This is a really cool cookbook from the historic neighborhood of Greenbush in Madison Wisconsin. It seems to collect all the classic Italian recipes of the residents along with vintage b/w photos of residents.

I recently picked up a first edition and first printing of this 2006 book by Jim Harrison. As I was flipping through it one last time before listing it I came across a letter written on a page in the book.

At first I was annoyed someone had ruined the book. But then I thought maybe it is Jim Harrison’s letter. He was known for his cursive letters. I have compared this letter with others and they are similar. I have forwarded this to his great friend and poet Dan Gerber who has confirmed it’s his handwriting.

I’d still like to find out who it is addressed to (JD?) and possibly how some of the locations mentioned relate to his life and travels so that I can confirm the authenticity. I notice terms like “Jordan Pond House”, “Wolfe’s in Rochester”, “Tradewinds Mary” and “Colette’s Homage” at the ends.

Any help deciphering/confirming this from any Jim Garrison experts on here would be appreciated as this is above my pay grade as an amateur rare book seller.

It’s a biography of a Mennonite missionary among the Cheyenne of Oklahoma written and signed by his daughter.

A painting by Ilya Repin 1877

I love eccentric books and this is one of the weirder cook books I’ve come across.