Destination Books Booth Debut

09/01/2019

Destination Books Booth Debut

A very good looking and colorful booth with an eclectic blend of books and magazines made its debut at the 2019 Georgia Book and Paper Fair at the Labor Day Decatur Book Festival. Thanks to the many who helped make it possible: Denise Casey, Bonnie Poore, Barb Shirkey, Mark Burrell, Paul Dry, Jim Adams and the Georgia Antiquarian Book Association.

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Books for Sale

Grand Union: Stories
Zadie Smith's first and latest collection of short stories published in 2019. Hardback edition. Like new. ISBN 978052558996. $9 plus S & H.
The Story of Civilization
A complete 11 volume set written by Will and Ariel Durant. These Simon & Schuster set was published from 1935 to 1975. $95 plus S & H.
Everything You Know About Indians Is Wrong (2010)
Paul Chaat Smith is an American Indian essayist, activist and cultural provocateur. This book is a series of essays expanding over 10 years as Smith ruminates about various related to Indian history and art, his own heritage, and portrayal of Native Americans. The Sun Magazine describes his style as a combination of smart-aleck, freewheeling with thoughtful scholarship. ($10 plus S & H). ISBN 978--0-8166-5601-1
The Book Shopper: A Life in Review
This 2009 book by Murray Browne (owner and stevedore at Destination Books) is a spirited and witty guide to the world of disheveled used bookstores and book culture. ISBN 9781589880566. ($12 plus S & H).
Democracy May Not Exist, But We'l Miss It When It's Gone
Astra Taylor's multidisciplinary and historical look at the where democracy stands as we finish the first quarter of the new century. ($8 plus shipping and handling). ISBN 978-1-250-17984-5.
The Graphic Work of M.C. Escher
Taschen GMBH publishers celebrated its 25th anniversary by reissuing these 76 M.C. Escher prints in a single book in 2008. Did you forget to save the posters from your dorm room in the 1970s? Now you can relive that decor for only $6 (plus shipping) while playing music of J.S. Bach.
Down & Outbound: A Mass Transit Satire by Murray Browne
This episodic work of fiction was designed specifically for mass transit riders ($11) plus shipping.
McLuhan on the Nature of Media: Essays, 1952-1978
Edited and compiled by Richard Cavell, this collection of essays (in hardback) is perfect for McLuhan junkies ($20). ISBN 978-1-58423-582-8
Seurat by Richard Thomson
Although this 1985 Phaidon Press Limited edition is in softcover has 225 illustrations with 60 in color on fine stock paper. ($10) + shipping. ISBN 0714826758
Songbook by Nick Hornby (signed)
This is a 2002 first edition of Nick Hornby's brief essays about the music he loves. Includes the accompanying CD ($50) plus S & H. The book is signed by Hornby and inscribed as well.
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby (signed)
This 2010 paperback is signed by the author.($15) Plus shipping

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