I love used book stores. My favorite (ever) is Riverby Books on East Capitol Street, right across the road from our church. The Hill definitely has an intellectual culture, and it's evidenced in the great books (from all genres) that show up on Riverby's shelves.
Today Bobby and I ate lunch together then walked over to Riverby. Bobby got a book called Manhunt, a history of the capture of John Wilkes Booth - the author lives behind our church and next door to Pastor Mark. I found the new edition of Little House in the Big Woods, a collection of essays by Lisa Couturier called The Hopes of Snakes and Other Tales from the Urban Landscape (about wild animals in New York City...like hawks and stuff) and the prize: a large, beautiful hardback book called The Farmer's Alphabet by Mary Azarian. It's beautiful pictures of the alphabet done in woodcuts. The book was published in 1981 and cost only three dollars AND it's in great condition. You can get a new version for pretty cheap on Amazon, but there was something about finding this book (without an identifying dust cover) in the children's section and being blown away by the beauty of the art. Her work reminds me a bit of Nikki McClure (though McClure makes stencils, not woodcuts) and I'm so excited for little Lady J to get to look at these wonderful pictures.
Four hardover books for $19.00. Yup, I love Riverby.
2 comments:
Hopefully little Lady J will also be a big Laura Ingalls Wilder fan.
Sa-weeeeeeeeet.
That letter books is maybe the coolest thing I've ever seen. Ever.
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