Booksales

Yesterday was a day filled with one of my favourite events: not one, but TWO secondhand booksales! There’s a library discard book sale this weekend, as well as another Save the Children booksale.

It was wonderful, even if I came home completely dusty and with grimy hands from handling all those old books and rather poorer than when I started…

From the library booksale:
(Organised by language, by author name. (M) indicates a book M bought – yes he’s much less obsessed than I am.)

The voice of hope: Conversations with Alan Clements by Aung San Suu Kyi
Epileptic 1 by David B
The turning point: Science, society, and the rising culture by Fritjof Capra
Astronauts, lost souls and dragons: Voices of today’s Chinese Australians in conversation with Diana Giese
The 158-pound marriage by John Irving
The forgotten arts: A practical guide to traditional skills by John Seymour (M)
The pigeon by Patrick Süskind
Sisters of the road by Barbara Wilson
Meyers Buch vom Menschen und von seiner Erde Meyer’s book of humans and their earth by James Krüss
中国人的信仰和崇拜 The belief and worship of the Chinese people by 傅才武 Fu Caiwu
黑、白、红– 兵团知青生活写真 Black, white, red: Portraits of soldiers and educated youth by 宫柯 Gong Ke
当代神童故事一百篇 100 stories of contemporary child prodigies by 霍道贤Huo Daixian
少年天子Young emperor by 凌力Ling Li
Patah sayap terbang jua Flying with broken wings by Abdul Samad Ismail
Sandera by Arena Wati
Seorang tua di kaki gunung The old man at the foot of the mountain by Azizi Haji Abdullah
Merinci ufuk Defining the horizon by Darma Mohammad
Hidayah Guidance by Harun Haji Saleh
Gugurnya langit hijau Nanga Tiga The falling of the green sky at Nanga Tiga by Jong Chian Lai
Jibam by Ujang
Kamus Jawi ejaan baru Jawi dictionary with new spelling by Mohammad Ali Abdul Hamid
…dari tulang rusukku From my ribs by Muhd. Mansur Abdullah
Kepulangan Homecoming by Jiro Osaragi
Percutian berdarah Bloody holiday by Rajawali [horror]
Sejalur sinar terbenam A ray of setting light by Rejab F.I.
Bunga putik putih White buds by Siti Zainon Ismail

From the Save the Children booksale:

The Web: 2027 by Stephen Bowkett et al (M)
Pastures of the blue crane by H. F. Brinsmead
The Malayan trilogy by Anthony Burgess
One pair of hands by Monica Dickens
Strange Dreams edited by Stephen R. Donaldson (M)
The great jubilee book : the story of the Australian nation in pictures by Jules Feldmann
Classical Chinese: Present day Chinese and English renditions by Feng Shujian
The Web 2028 by Maggie Furey et al (M)
The mountain is young by Han Suyin
Famous Chinese Short Stories by Lin Yutang
White Fang by Jack London
Patrick White : letters edited by David Marr
The nice and the good by Iris Murdoch
The tree of man by Patrick White
The patient by Georges Simenon
Daughter of earth by Agnes Smedley
This earth of mankind (Buru Quartet) by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Brideshead revisited by Evelyn Waugh
A fringe of leaves by Patrick White
The Twyborn affair by Patrick White
Marooned in real time by Vernor Vinge (M)
Neverness by David Zindell (M)
三色貓圣诞快乐 Merry Christmas, tortoiseshell cat! by 赤川次郎 Jiro Akagawa
我的第一次 My first time by 琦君 Qi Jun
證嚴法師说故事Sister Cheng Yen tells stories by 釋證嚴 Shi Zheng Yan
黑雪Black Snow by 哲夫 Zhe Fu
Jalan Bandungan Bandungan Road by Nh Dini
Misteri gadis tak bernama Mystery of the nameless girl by S Mara Gd [crime]
Ubat-ubatan tradisional Traditional medicines
Perayaan orang Melayu Malay festivals by Abdul Aziz Deraman and Wan Ramli Wan Mohamad
Permainan tradisi orang Melayu Traditional Malay games by Haji Aziz Deraman and Wan Ramli Wan Mohamad
Adat dan pantang larang orang Cina Chinese customs and taboos by Ann Wan Seng
Meniti kala Crossing time by Arena Wati
Guruh Thunder edited by Othman Puteh
Tunggul-tunggul gerigis Jagged stumps by Shahnon Ahmad
Menuju ke puncak Heading to the peak by Zaharah Nawawi

Total spent: $86.50, for sixty two books. The library booksale wasn’t as enjoyable as in previous years – the range of books available didn’t seem as good. The Save the Children sale on the other hand was as good as ever. I’m resisting the urge to go back a second time. As you can see, both sales had lots of Malay language books. This is somewhat unusual – normally there are more Indonesian language titles. I’m not complaining!

Continuing my love affair with the scanner, I scanned some of my favourite covers.