Rare Finds in time for the Election

The Audacity of Hope, thoughts of Reclaiming 

the American Dream

Barack Obama

• Crown 2006
• Fine 1st Edition
• First printing
• Hardcover in dust jacket (full number line)
• Not clipped or marked
• President's second book
• Signed by Obama on title page
• $750.00

Dreams from my Father, a story of Race and Inheritance

Barack Obama

• Times Books 1995
• Stated 1st Edition
• 2nd printing (2 in number line)
• Not clipped or marked
• Written when Mr. Obama was a law professor
• A slight bit of ink on edge of several pages (very, very slight to be exact, else near fine)
• $1250.00

Browse our huge selection of rare and collectible books in our online catalog (http://www.magersandquinn.com) and click Rare & Collectible under Browse Departments. From Rare Art to the Loomis Collection of Oz Books!!

Or stop by the store and visit our balcony showroom.

Stay tuned weekly for more Rare Finds.

Cold Weather, Warm Books

For many of us in this great state of ours, winter means hunkering down, starting a fire, drinking some wine, baking some pies and eating comfort food.

Luckily we have some wonderful, enticing books to get you started on your winter hibernation.

 Just One Pot

Who doesn't love a good crock pot dinner? Over 320 recipes to get you going.

Roasting

Baked chicken and potatoes? That's a good start. What's next?

 Essentials of Baking

You've hit the orchards, right? The Farmer's Markets? You should have plenty of apples to use when discovering these delicious new recipes. 

Winter Harvest Cookbook

Want to try a little bit of everything? Try this one out.

Pumpkin: A Super Food for all 12 Months of the Year

And we can't forget all those Pumpkins. Only one more week until Halloween!

All of these great books are here on our shelves, along with many more. Stop on in and get some ideas of how to warm your belly for the upcoming winter season.

A Music Fan Must Have

The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song

This came across my path and I stopped cold.

How could I pass it up?

A Graphic Novel about the Carter Family.

Awesome.

The Wildwood Chronicles

 Wildwood

If you are a fan of adventurous fiction filled with sassy kids and crazy battles in other worlds, you would be a fan of Wildwood by Colin Meloy. Or perhaps you just think it's cool reading a book by a rock star. (he is the lead singer of The Decemberists, you know). Or maybe both suits  you.

Whatever the reason may be to bring your attention to this fine book and its sequel, Under  Wildwood, I don't care. Just read them! They are delightful! Illustrated by Meloy's wife, Carson Ellis, you are taken to places that are vivid and imaginative. 

 Under Wildwood

Aren't the covers wonderful?

Carson Ellis and Colin Meloy

They even made our window display in a feeble attempt to win a contest they had going on the Wildwood blog for booksellers. Check it out here. After terrifying myself hanging a bunch of crows from very high ceiling rods, I accepted the fact that the prize may not be mine but atleast the books will get some added attention. 

Cheers!

Sumner Library Used Book Sale

We here at Magers and Quinn are very pleased to help sponsor the Sumner Library Used Book Sale. Please stop by Saturday, October 27 between the hours of 10 and 4 for wonderful book deals, most priced $1.00 or less. They will also have hundreds of DVDs and CDs.

611 Van White Memorial Blvd. Minneapolis, MN.  612-543-6875

A little bit about Sumner Library from their website:

A significant architectural and cultural landmark since 1915, Sumner Library was freshly renovated and expanded in 2004. It's now a state-of-the-art, fully accessible library with a strong collection of books, media, and community resources.

The new adult reading room blends in with the historic building, which features restored original woodwork and furnishings. The library is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts who was an outspoken abolitionist. With expanded space on the lower level for programs and literacy tutoring, the library is a community focal point and important gathering place where people meet, learn, research, and read.

Architecture

·     Built 1915

·     Expanded in 1927, 1939, and 2004

·     Minneapolis Historic Preservation Commission historic designation and listed on National Register of Historic Places

·     Two levels; 14, 600 sq. ft.; parking lot entered from 7th Ave.

Artwork

Sedimentary by Seitu Jones and George Roberts highlighting cultural heritage through wood and words.

Special Features

·     Gary N. Sudduth African American History and Culture Collection

·     Cargill Room and Nellie Stone Johnson Room for gatherings

·     North Side Learning Center provides tutoring program in lower level.

 

Just Hanging around

  Today we had some unique visitors. 

Photographer, Jordan Matter stopped by with some amazing women dancers and took some promotional shots for his upcoming book, Dancers Among Us. (due out November 2012)

 The photographer himself in action.

We were all just a little bit in awe.

Don't try this at home.

Or at our store.
Leave it up to these professionals. 

What's the word?

Our copies were here and now they are gone!

Tell us, dear readers, what do you think of this highly anticipated adult novel by J.K. Rowling?

Folks around the store seem to be quite pleased.

All things Local

We have a whole assortment of local authors that fill our shelves. 

Whether it's Adult books...

or Teen books...

 or even for the little ones....

We have a great variety of books by local authors or books about Minnesota.

Michael Chabon

 

In case you did not make it to the Talk of the Stacks event on Friday night, we have signed copies of 

Telegraph Avenue here.

A book I'm excited about

 

Mary Casanova, Frozen (University of Minnesota Press)

Book Description:

Sixteen-year-old Sadie Rose hasn’t said a word in eleven years—ever since the day she was found lying in a snowbank during a howling storm. Like her voice, her memories of her mother and what happened that night were frozen.

Set during the roaring 1920s in the beautiful, wild area on Rainy Lake where Minnesota meets Canada, Frozen tells the remarkable story of Sadie Rose, whose mother died under strange circumstances the same night that Sadie Rose was found, unable to speak, in a snowbank. Sadie Rose doesn’t know her last name and has only fleeting memories of her mother—and the conflicting knowledge that her mother had worked in a brothel. Taken in as a foster child by a corrupt senator, Sadie Rose spends every summer along the shores of Rainy Lake, where her silence is both a prison and a sanctuary.
One day, Sadie Rose stumbles on a half dozen faded, scandalous photographs—pictures, she realizes, of her mother. They release a flood of puzzling memories, and these wisps of the past send her at last into the heart of her own life’s great mystery: who was her mother, and how did she die? Why did her mother work in a brothel—did she have a choice? What really happened that night when a five-year-old girl was found shivering in a snowbank, her voice and identity abruptly shattered?
Sadie Rose’s search for her personal truth is laid against a swirling historical drama—a time of prohibition and women winning the right to vote, political corruption, and a fevered fight over the area’s wilderness between a charismatic, unyielding, powerful industrialist and a quiet man battling to save the wide, wild forests and waters of northernmost Minnesota. Frozen is a suspenseful, moving testimonial to the haves and the have-nots, to the power of family and memory, and to the extraordinary strength of a young woman who has lost her voice in nearly every way—but is utterly determined to find it again. (Mary Casanova's website)

If you are looking for a perfect blend of history and suspense, this is a great read. Good for readers young and old, local author Mary Casanova has written a gem.

 

Baby Lit. Oh yes.

Aren't these divine?

Why wait until high school or college to discover the classics?

Start at birth!

Board book versions for your little one.


BabyLit Books Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
Dracula
Alice in Wonderland
Romeo and Juliet
A Christmas Carol

Get them now before our staff with kiddos of their own snatch them up. I'm included in that bunch. I've been eyeing that Dracula one ever since I discovered it this afternoon.


No pressure.

Molly Ringwald

  
Look who stopped by our store today. Molly Ringwald. 

No big deal. It's cool.

(oh my god. oh my god. oh my god)

She is in town promoting her wonderful book, When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories.

New: $22.49
Pub. price: $24.99
Hardcover

Harper Collins

See her tonight at 7:00 at Common Good Books.

If you can't make that, we have signed books!

Rare Book School

What's that, you say? Rare Book School?

Yes, it exists.

Check out this article from the New York Times about this school at the University of Virginia. Here's a snippet. 

"For five weeks each summer Rare Book School brings some 300 librarians, conservators, scholars, dealers, collectors and random book-mad civilians together for weeklong intensive courses in an atmosphere that combines the intensity of the seminar room, the nerdiness of a “Star Trek” convention and the camaraderie of a summer camp where people come back year after year."

The whole article

Boy, what nerdy delight that would be.

Here at Magers and Quinn, we know a few things about rare books. We have more than a few and a whole host of staff members who could throw down in a rare book battle.

Next time you are in, take a gander upstairs and see what rare delights we have on our shelves.

Great Staff = Awesome Books to Recommend

We are a diverse bunch here at Magers and Quinn. 

 

One way we can show it is to display our personal book recommendations.

From philosophy to Stephen King, our staff will introduce you to some fabulous books.

Take a look.

Yum, Winter Vegetarian.

American Psycho? Crazy! Let the Great World Spin...what a good book.

Oh hey, it's my pick! How did that get it's own picture? 

If you stop on in, we'll be more than happy to talk your ear off about them and many others. 

 

Ever wonder...?

...what goes on behind those employee doors?

 or down the stairs to our basement?

(cue ominous music)

Okay, it's not that scary but it is busy. A well oiled machine of order packing, internet business, wholesale madness and lots and lots of books. And a little dust too. 

We have a few books.

Some orders packed up, ready to go.

Thank goodness we have this guy running the show. Cool, calm, confident. 

We can't forget our spooky elevator. (okay, that's just my opinion. Blame it on too many horror movies as a child) It gets the job done, if you are nice to it. 

We'd show you more but then we'd have to...well, you know. We can't let out ALL of our secrets.

 








 

Magers and Quinn T-shirts!

  If you follow us on Facebook, you may have seen these. They are our new T-shirts! $19.99

Just a reminder. 

They are pretty awesome.

Read this!

Read this! Handpicked Favorites from America's Indie Bookstores

I think you become officially famous if you are in a book. Our former store manager, Jay D. Peterson is featured in this little gem.

Page 91.

Check him out.

Oh and Hans Weyandt, co-owner of Micawber's Books in St.Paul is featured as well. That's pretty cool too.