Hoosier Hills Book Fair

 

Faithful readers of the blog will not be surprised to learn that once again I went to the Hoosier Hills Book Fair and handed over a sizable donation to the food bank in exchange for a rolling bag full of books. I spent a very happy morning with a huge spreadsheet of books-to-be-found and filled that bag up like there would never be another book fair ever. I have logged my treasures from the first day (I'll probably go back with the hubby at some point). Today's tally (including upgrade duplicates that I picked up) is 45 books, one audio book on CD, and one Hoosier Hills t-shirt. We'll see if I pick up any more before the weekend is over. I'm not entirely sure I will...despite this year's sale being advertised as "bigger and better than ever, from my point of view it wasn't. The mystery section the better, vintage book area was only about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the previous years. The children's section (where vintage mysteries have, in the past, been mysteriously shelved as well) wasn't well-stocked either. There were way more CDs and DVDs than before, but that's not really what i look for. I usually go back on half price day and find another good (though smaller) bunch. Not sure that will happen this year... 

Here's what I found on opening day (Thursday):

Vintage Mysteries (pre-1960)

The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley (Dell Scene of the Crime Mystery)

Beverly Gray's Romance by Clair Blank (upgraded copy with dustjacket)

Double Indemnity by James M. Cain (Avon #137)

Murder With Mirrors by Agatha Christie (Pocket Books #50450)

The Dark River by Philip Clark

A Murder by Marriage by Robert George Dean (Bantam Books #6; upgraded copy)

Sent to His Account by Eilis Dillon (upgraded reprint)

Rehearsals for Murder by E. X. Ferrars (Hardback)

The Case of the Curious Bride by Erle Stanley Gardner (Pocket Books #177)

The 3rd Man by Graham Greene (Bantam #797)

Net of Cobwebs by Elizabeth Sanxay Holding (Bantam #26)

The Man Who Didn't Exist by Geoffrey Homes (Hardback)

Obelists Fly High by C. Daly King (upgraded reprint copy)

A Shot in the Dark by Richard Powell (Graphic Mystery #55)

The Pub Crawler by Maurice Procter (Green Door Mystery)

Death from a Top Hat by Clayton Rawson (upgraded reprint copy)

The Headless Lady by Clayton Rawson 

No Coffin for the Corpse by Clayton Rawson

The Claverton Affair by John Rhode (upgraded reprint copy)

Trial by Fury by Craig Rice (Dell Great Mystery Library Vol. 2)

Shadow of a Lady by Holly Roth (Inner Sanctum Mystery; upgraded edition)

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers (a unique edition for me)

The Dead Tree Gives No Shelter by Virgil Scott (Popular Library #296)

The Evil Day by Thomas Sterling

The Torn Branch by Arthur W. Upfield

Silver Age Mysteries (1960-1989; my definition)

A House Possessed by Charity Blackstock

A Sad Song Singing by Thomas Dewey (Pocket Books #65044)

Service of All the Dead by Colin Dexter (Dell Murder Ink Mystery)

The Judas Pair by Jonathan Gash (Dell Scene of the Crime Mystery)

A Death for a Dilettante by E. X. Giroux 

A Death for a Doctor by E. X. Giroux (upgraded edition)

The Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes (Dell Murder Ink Mystery)

The Old Fox Deceiv'd by Martha Grimes (Dell Murder Ink Mystery)

Midnight Ferry to Venice by Ben Healey

Death of a Shipowner by Thomas Henege

The Cradle of Crime by John Buxton Hilton

Twice Retired by Richard Lockridge (upgraded dustjacket hardback)

The Right Jack by Margaret Maron

The Red Pavilion by Robert Van Gulik

Fiction

Bath Tangle by Georgette Heyer

Call Her Savage by Tiffany Thayer (Avon Books #14)

Science Fiction

After Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer

Nonfiction

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca (Hardback)

Book on CD

Fer-De-Lance by Rex Stout (read by Michael Prichard)