[Rarebooks] fs: Special on Lit. Firsts / ABAA Benevolent Fund

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

Here's the deal- we will offer the books below at about a 33% discount, IF 
the buyer will send 10% to the ABAA Benevolent Fund, a contribution we will 
match.

So, the buyer is actually ending up with about a 20% discount once they 
send 10% to the Benevolent Fund, and we will match your contribution and 
send $10% to the Benevolent Fund ourselves.

I hope that's clear; if not, please ask me to try to make it clearer. The 
actual figures as they apply to each book are noted in the descriptions. 
See the bottom of this email for details about the ABAA Benevolent Fund.

Here are the books-

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Updike, John. THREE TEXTS FROM EARLY IPSWICH. A PAGEANT. Printed by the 
17th Century Day Committee of the town of Ipswich: 1968. "Composed by John 
Updike for Performance on Seventeenth-Century Day, August 3rd, 1968". 
Softcover. 6"x9", 15 pages. Light soil, tips barely thumbed. [05983] $150.00

SPECIAL PRICE-
You pay us $100, and send $15 to the ABAA Benevolent Fund (so you end up 
paying $115) and we will also send $15 to the Benevolent Fund.

Illustration-
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With a very nice inscription-

Beattie, Ann. FALLING IN PLACE. A NOVEL. New York; Random House:1980. 1st. 
Beattie's second novel, set in Suburban Connecticut, about people who don't 
say what they mean but do say things they shouldn't. With a very nice 
inscription- "To VAS and Ted- May you always find bluebirds -not John-Joel- 
up in the peach tree. with best wishes, Ann Beattie, Boston, June 
1982."  Hardcover.   6.5"x9.5", 342 pages; fine in a very, very (very) near 
fine dj. [29436] $150.00

SPECIAL PRICE-
You pay us $100, and send $15 to the ABAA Benevolent Fund (so you end up 
paying $115) and we will also send $15 to the Benevolent Fund.

Illustrations-
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---------THE ABAA BOOKSELLER'S BENEVOLENT FUND-----------

The Bookseller's Benevolent Fund, run by the Antiquarian Bookseller's 
Association of America, is a non-profit charity fund established by the 
ABAA in 1952 to benefit any bookseller (whether an ABAA member or not -most 
are not) in time of personal need. The Fund has given out more money than 
it has taken in this year, and is at its lowest point in several years.

The address is-

Antiquarian Booksellers' Benevolent Fund
c/o Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
20 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036-6604

It's a worthy cause- anyone else who is thinking of giving back a little 
this Holiday Season, please know that all contributions are welcome and 
appreciated.

-Forrest


JOSLIN HALL RARE BOOKS, ABAA
Fine books of the 16th-20th centuries
Post Office Box 516, Concord, Massachusetts 01742 USA
telephone (617) 492-5367

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TERMS:
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accept checks, money orders, American Express, Visa and Mastercard. Books 
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courtesies to institutions and the trade; Postage charges are $5.00 for the 
first book, and $1.50 for each additional book. Shipments outside the U.S. 
will be billed at cost. We accept returns if we are notified within ten 
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terms. Massachusetts residents must add 5% state sales tax.

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