Iliad Bookshop’s Blogs

There’s an excellent article in the LA Times (March 6, 2010) about the Iliad Bookshop. Written by Ann M. Simmons (who came by and soaked up the atmosphere and history of our store), the article is a welcome relief from the Times tendency to feature stories of major bookstore closings.

We’d like to thank Ann and the Times for writing such a good article and for focusing on bookstore success stories. And, of course, thanks to all of our customers for helping make Iliad the growing and successful used bookstore that it is.

And isn’t that picture of Zola on the front page of the article cool?

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We’ve just received large orders of brand new Lovecraft books from both Arkham House and Hippocampus Press (as well as lots of other great books), so c’mon down if you’re a Lovecraftian!

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Just put up a few sweet vintage paperbacks, including some primo Clyde Allison and Orrie Hitt titles. Check ‘em out!

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We’ve now got a complete stock of gorgeous 100% cotton t-shirts featuring R. Crumb’s illustrations from Edward Abbey’s The Monkey Wrench Gang.

Monkey Wrench Gang t-shirt

We’ve got six different styles in sizes L and XL.

And we’ve got new copies of the book featuring all of the Crumb illustrations!

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We just bought an amazing collection of books on military history and Napoleon, so I’ve added a “History” section to the books for sale on our website. These Napoleon books are absolutely stunning. If you have any interest in Napoleonic history, please take a look! Thanks.

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We’ve just added a bunch of great titles to the Vintage Paperbacks selection in the website. Look for early Michael Crichton novels (under the pseudonym “John Lange”), some Gold Medals, and a couple of ’60s era superhero parodies!

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We just added a few new items to the Iliad shopping cart, including a perfect hardback first edition of Richard Laymon’s MADMAN STAN AND OTHER STORIES, a few vintage paperbacks like a true first of Theodore Sturgeon’s THE COSMIC RAPE, and a copy of the scarce limited edition of Jack Ketchum’s THE DUST OF HEAVEN, signed by both Ketchum and Edward Lee.

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Last year I read ANIMAL FARM for the first time (no, I don’t know how I missed it in school either!) and loved it. Then today we got this in: A first American edition of the book in original jacket. I’m kinda floored by this…and sorely tempted to buy it myself. Hopefully someone will remove the source of temptation soon…!

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Just added another fistful of cool books to the “Signed” category at the website, including a Chuck Palahniuk, a PSYCHO, an Allen Ginsberg, and a Jack Kirby.

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We just added a double fistful of new books to the “Vintage Paperbacks” section, including a couple of Gold Medals (Fires That Destroy by Harry Whittington and Big City Girl by Charles Williams), a Dell “Map-Back” (Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie) an Ed Wood reprint (Death of a Transvestite) and the first paperback publication of Venus on the Half Shell under Philip Jose Farmer’s name (as compared to the “Kilgore Trout” pseudonym).

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