Below is a list of items you will find at
the 2006 ABFFE Silent Auction at BookExpo America. You can see a
larger version of many of the images if you click on them. Looking for a
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Contact
Caitlin Delohery, ABFFE's Auction
Manager, with any questions about the auction.
ART
John McPhee’s
Uncommon Carriers: Autographed Poster and Book Package
 Total
Retail Value $400
Minimum Bid $100
Bid Increment $25
Win an
autographed poster of the cover art of Uncommon Carriers by John
McPhee, signed by the author and the jacket artist, Peter Sis. Also!
Win 12 copies of Uncommon Carriers. Donated by
Farrar, Straus and
Giroux.
Customizable
Ceramic Books by Suzy Staubach
Total
Retail Value
$500
Minimum Bid $125
Bid
Increment $25
Win a
hand-thrown three-quart stoneware jar or large bowl (your choice!)
filled with 50 handmade ceramic books. The books can be imprinted with
your logo or colophon if you wish or each book can be different. You
decide! The books make nice gifts for visiting authors. Handmade by
Suzy Staubach, former ABFFE Board Member and author of
Clay: the
History and Evolution of Humankind's Relationship with Earth's Most
Primal Element.
Autographed
Bill Owens Photography Books
 Total
Retail Value $400
Minimum Bid $80
Bid Increment $25
Win two
photography books by renowned photographer Bill Owens--Suburbia and
Leisure, both autographed by the artist. Donated by
Fotofolio / Artpost.
Jerry Garcia Artwork: Collector's Edition
 Total
Retail Value $200
Minimum Bid $100
Bid Increment $25
Win a
limited edition printing of Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork.
The book features 250 full-color illustrations, six additional
gatefolds, a Jerry Garcia Band CD with previously unreleased tracks, and
a numbered art print from the Garcia estate. The set is housed in a
cloth-wrapped clamshell box. Donated by
Avalon Publishing Group.
IPod Loaded with Young Adult Novels
 Total
Retail Value $550
Minimum Bid $150
Bid Increment $25
Listening
Library
is proud to offer a 60 GB IPod loaded with the audio edition of the
following young adult novels:
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The
Chocolate War
by
Robert Cornier
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The
Giver
by Lois
Lowry
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A
Wrinkle in Time
by
Madeline L’Engle
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The
Flies
by Sir
William Golding
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How
to Eat Fried Worms
by
Thomas Rockwell
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AUTOGRAPHED BOOKS
25
Autographed Copies of Let Me Finish by Roger Angell
 Total
Retail Value $625
Minimum Bid $200
Bid Increment $50
Win 25
autographed copies of Let Me Finish by Roger Angell. Donated by
Harcourt.
10
Autographed Copies of Education of a Coach by David Halberstam
 Total
Retail Value
$500
Minimum Bid $100
Bid Increment
$25
Win 10
autographed copies of Education of a Coach by David Halberstam.
Donated by
Hyperion
Books.
12
Autographed First Editions of Digging to America by Anne Tyler
 Total
Retail Value
$300
Minimum Bid $150
Bid Increment $50
Win 12
autographed first editions of Digging to America by Anne Tyler.
Donated by Random House.
12
Autographed First Editions of Eldest by Christopher Paolini
 Total
Retail Value
$1200
Minimum Bid $150
Bid Increment $50
Win 12
autographed first editions of Eldest by Christopher Paolini.
Donated by Random House.
12
Autographed Copies of The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
 Total
Retail Value
$1200
Minimum Bid $150
Bid Increment $50
Win 12
autographed first editions of The Year of Magical Thinking by
Joan Didion. Donated by
Random House.
BOOK
PACKAGES
Assorted
Books from Amber Communications
 Total
Retail Value
$500
Minimum Bid $125
Bid Increment $25
Win an
assortment of titles from Amber
Communications Group, the
nation’s largest African-American publisher of self-help books and
celebrity biographies. See the clipboard for a complete list of
titles. They include:
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Literary Divas: The Top 100+ Most Admired African American
Writers in Literature
by Heather Covington (5 copies)
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Kanye West in the Studio
by Jake Brown (3 copies) |
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No Mistakes! The African American Teen Guide to Growing Up
Strong
by Robin Henry (3 copies) |
Assorted
Titles from Chronicle Books
 Total
Retail Value
$750
Minimum Bid $250
Bid Increment $50
Win a long
list of adult, gift, and kids titles from
Chronicle Books. A
complete list is attached to the clipboard. They include:
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Marley Legend |
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A
Passion for Ice Cream |
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Manhattan Skyscrapers |
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The
Bad Girl Birthday Book |
Great Titles
from F & W Publications
Total
Retail Value
$770
Minimum Bid $250
Bid Increment $25
 Eighteen bestselling titles from the
following imprints of
F &
W Publications:
Writer’s Digest Books, North Light Books, Impact Books, Memory Makers
Books and David and Charles. See the clipboard for a complete list of
titles. They include:
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2007
Writer’s Market
(2 copies) |
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2007
Guide to Literary Agents
(2 copies) |
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Drawing and Painting Fantasy Worlds
(2 copies) |
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Simply Beautiful Weddings
(2 copies) |
Bestsellers
PLUS $300 Shopping Spree from Grove Atlantic
 Total
Retail Value
$600
Minimum Bid $200
Bid Increment $50
Ten bestselling
titles from
Grove Atlantic.
PLUS, $300 worth of titles of your choosing. See the clipboard for a
complete list of titles. They include:
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Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs (2 copies) |
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Tropic of Cancer
by
Henry Miller (2 copies) |
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Last
Exit to Brooklyn
by
Hubert Selby (2 copies) |
Exciting Titles from Hachette Book Group
 Total
Retail Value
$630
Minimum Bid $200
Bid Increment $25
Win an exciting collection of titles from
Hachette Book Group.
See the clipboard for a complete list. They include:
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Entertaining with the Sopranos |
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Look
Great, Feel Great |
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The Girl's Guide to
Nascar |
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A Passion for Collecting
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children's boxed gift set
 Total
Retail Value
$500
Minimum Bid $125
Bid Increment $25
Henry Holt
Books for Young Readers is proud to offer
ten boxed gift sets of Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle’s Three Bear
picture book series, including the following titles:
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Brown Bear
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Polar Bear
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Panda Bear
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Assorted
Titles from John Wiley & Sons
 Total
Retail Value
$500
Minimum Bid $125
Bid Increment $25
Twenty
cooking, craft and educational titles from
John Wiley and Sons. See the
clipboard for a complete list of titles. They include:
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Betty Crocker Cookbook |
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Weight Watcher New Complete Cookbook
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How
to Cook Everything |
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Su
Doku for Dummies |
The Complete Newmarket Shooting Script Series
 Total
Retail Value
$1120
Minimum Bid $400
Bid Increment $25
A complete
library of the Newmarket Shooting Script Series. 56 titles, including
screenplays of Capote, American Beauty, Adaptation and many more! See
the clipboard for a complete list of titles. Donated by
Newmarket Press.
Collection of Do-It-Yourself Law Books
 Total
Retail Value
$500
Minimum Bid $125
Bid Increment $25
An
assortment of titles from Nolo,
the nation’s leading provider of do-it-yourself legal solutions for
consumers and small businesses. See the clipboard for a complete list
of titles. They include:
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Every Landlord’s Legal Guide |
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Make Your Own Living Trust |
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Tax Savvy for Small Businesses |
Your
Choice of Backlist Titles From Perseus Books Group
 Total
Retail Value
$500
Minimum Bid $125
Bid Increment $25
Win a selection of your choosing of the
best backlist titles published by the
Perseus Books Group!
$500 Current Affairs Shopping Spree from Simon and Schuster
 Total
Retail Value
$500
Minimum Bid $150
Bid Increment $25
Winners
get a $500 shopping spree, choosing from
Simon & Schuster’s current
affairs books!
$500 Children’s Book Shopping Spree from Simon and Schuster
 Total
Retail Value
$500
Minimum Bid $150
Bid Increment $25
Winners
get a $500 shopping spree, choosing from
Simon & Schuster’s
children’s books!
Assorted Nonfiction Titles from Sterling Publishing
 Total
Retail Value
$1100
Minimum Bid $250
Bid Increment $25
Grab an
assortment of titles in non-fiction and do-it-yourself guides from
Sterling Publishing!
Books include the following Sterling's series: AARP Guides, Beginner’s
Guides, Classics Starts, New York Sun Crosswords and more. PLUS
many other titles! The complete list is attached to the clipboard.
Vegetarian Cookbook Package
 Total
Retail Value
$500
Minimum Bid $125
Bid Increment $25
Win
multiple copies of vegetarian and vegan cookbooks from the
Vegetarian Resource Group, a
nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public on
vegetarianism and the interrelated issues of health, nutrition, ecology,
ethics, and world hunger. The complete list is attached to the
clipboard.
SERVICES
Book Sense
Gift Card Package
 Total
Retail Value
$500
Minimum Bid $200
Bid Increment $25
Win this
fabulous Book Sense Gift
Card Package! It includes 500 Book Sense Gift Cards with imprint (choose
up to two designs from current offerings) and 500 coordinating
presenters. Book Sense will also take care of the transaction fees for
the cards (initial activation and as many balance checks and redemptions
for the life of the card). Plus, Book Sense will cover the art set-up
fee, all order processing, shopping and handling!
Two
Advertisements in Bookselling This Week
 Total
Retail Value
$500
Minimum Bid $200
Bid Increment $25
This lot
consists of two third or fourth position ads in the weekly ABA
e-newsletter edition of
Bookselling This Week. The ads can consist of up to 50
words of text, plus a URL link.
50% Discount
on All Monthly BookSense.com Subscription Fees
 Total
Retail Value
$1350
Minimum Bid $600
Bid Increment $50
BookSense.com, the e-commerce
component of the Book Sense marketing campaign, is offering a 50%
discount on all monthly BookSense.com subscription fees ($100/month) for
one year. This item will enable you to create your own professional
online store at a deep 50% discount.
Subscription
to
TitleSource™ 3
 Total
Retail Value
$1850
Minimum Bid $900
Bid Increment $100
Win a
one-year subscription to TitleSource™ 3! TitleSource™ 3 is the most
accurate and comprehensive online database and ordering tool in the book
industry. With over 4.7 million book, DVD, music and video game titles,
including pre-publication and out-of-print materials, plus Spanish
language and U.K.-published titles, Title Source 3 is THE information
resource and ordering tool for book, music, video and internet
retailers. Donated by Baker & Taylor.
Subscription
to ipage® Professional
 Total
Retail Value
$1380
Minimum Bid $600
Bid Increment $100
The winner
of this lot receives a one year subscription to ipage®
Professional. ipage® Professional provides 24/7 access to
more than 2 million titles from Ingram’s extended database, including
over 1 million titles available for immediate shipment from Ingram or
its OneSource partners. Access award winners, sort by Ingram demand,
browse by category or theme, check real-time Ingram stock info, and much
more. The most comprehensive Web-based data management tool available to
booksellers, ipage®
is available in three subscription levels, with ipage®
Professional being their premium service.
$500 Premium
Credit Towards LIBRIS Insurance
 Total
Retail Value
$500
Minimum Bid $150
Bid Increment $25
This lot
provides a $500 premium credit toward business or workers' compensation
insurance from LIBRIS. Bid
now and save money!
2000
Customized Copies of The Reader's Edge Newsletter
 Total
Retail Value
$100
Minimum Bid $250
Bid Increment $50
The
Reader’s Edge is a personalized customer newsletter written and
professionally designed exclusively for independent bookstores. The
Reader’s Edge is a way for you to stay in touch with loyal customers,
attract new customers, enhance your image within the industry, highlight
your competitive edge, and utilize publisher co-op. The highest bidder
will receive services to design, print, and ship 2,000 copies of The
Reader’s Edge newsletter and complete co-op claim request forms (worth
over $1400 in co-op credits from leading trade publishers). Donated by
Paz & Associates.
SIDELINES
Puppet
Collection from Folkmanis
 Total
Retail Value
$315
Minimum Bid $80
Bid Increment $20
This lot
contains 10 puppets from Folkmanis,
the premier manufacturer of plush puppets. A complete list of puppets
is attached to the clipboard. A sampling of the puppets include:
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Red Three-Headed Dragon |
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Swan |
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Harbor Seal |
Moleskine
Notebooks and More from Kikkerland
 Total
Retail Value
$640
Minimum Bid $150
Bid Increment $25
Kikkerland is proud to offer
18 Pocket Sized Moleskine Notebooks, 12 Large Moleskine
Notebooks, two sets of attractive sculpted bookends. and two novelty
clocks.
Franklin Dictionary
Stand from Levenger
 Total
Retail Value
$330
Minimum Bid $150
Bid Increment $25
Win a
Franklin Dictionary Stand! It’s ideal for holding a reference book or
displaying a large volume in a bookstore. It also works as a lectern
and stand-up desk! Solid alder with a domed magnifier. Donated by
Levenger.
Six Book
Displays from Ronnie Sellers Productions
 Total
Retail Value
$540
Minimum Bid $125
Bid Increment $25
Win six
book displays from Ronnie Sellers
Productions. They include:
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500 Cookies book display |
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500
Cupcakes book display |
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Bride’s Year Ahead book display |
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Nine Months and Counting book display
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Fifty Things book display |
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My
Home Workbook display |
UNIVERSITY
PRESSES
The Oxford
History of Western Music
 Total
Retail Value
$700
Minimum Bid $300
Bid Increment $25
The Oxford
History of Western Music
illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those
themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each
musical age. The main five volumes are filled with helpful
illustrations that enhance the historical context of musical
composition, as well as musical examples and black-and-white pictures
throughout. The sixth volume provides a comprehensive chronology,
further reading and other source material, and an index to the entire
set. The Oxford History of Western Music
will be essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand this rich
and diverse tradition. Donated by
Oxford University Press.
Princeton University
Booth
 Total
Retail Value
$8000
Minimum Bid $2500
Bid Increment $100
This lot
consists of all books exhibited by the Princeton University Press at
this year’s Book Expo. The Princeton booth contains over 300 titles
covering history, the arts, architecture and a host of other topics. A
complete list of titles is found on the clipboard. They include:
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On
Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt |
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The
Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World
Economy Bigger
by Marc Levinson |
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Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design
by Henry Petroski |
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How to Cure a Fanatic
by Amos Oz |
25
Titles for Nature Lovers from the University of Arizona
 Total
Retail Value
$525
Minimum Bid $125
Bid Increment $25
Win an
exciting collection of titles from
Indiana University
Press. A complete list of titles is found on the clipboard.
They include:
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Desert
Solitaire |
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Regreening the National Parks |
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The Nearsighted Naturalist |
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The
San Luis Valley |
55 Titles for
Travelers from University of California Press
 Total
Retail Value
$1530
Minimum Bid $600
Bid Increment $100
A wide-reaching selection of 55 assorted
titles for travelers from University of California Press. A complete
list of titles is found on the clipboard. They include:
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San Francisco Bay |
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Spain:
The Root and The Flower |
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My
Tibet |
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How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs
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