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The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show is fast approaching. We're taking a wide variety of things, including a lovely example of a modern jeweled binding. Please visit us in Booth 2423A. By the way, our sister store in Boston, Commonwealth Books, will be exhibiting next to us, in 2423B. The particulars on this lovely jeweled binding follow: Francois Villon; Illustrated by Lucien and Esther Pissarro. LES BALLADES DE MAISTRE FRANCOIS VILLON. London: Eragny Press and issued by Hacon…

On Sunday, May 6, 2012, A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar will be hosting a Book Signing by nationally recognized, award winning cartoonist, illustrator and caricaturist Rob Smith, Jr., also known as "Swampy." The Downtown Sarasota Book Signing starts at 12 noon, at 1488 Main Street, one storefront west of the southwest corner of Main Street and Lemon Avenue.…

On March 26, 1911, American playwright Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi. His works featured Southern settings and include; The Glass Menagerie, Night of the Iguana, and two Pulitzer Prize winning plays, A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.  In celebration of Williams' birthday, A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar offer the following two titles:…

March 17th is St. Patricks Day, commemorating the patron saint of Ireland. In celebration, A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaaar offer the following 4 items:

1. Wright, Thomas. HISTORY OF IRELAND.…

A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar will be exhibiting at the 31st Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend.  It's a great Fair, with many notable book dealers from across the…

In 1681, King Charles II of England granted a huge tract of land in the New World to William Penn to settle an outstanding debt. The area later became Pennsylvania. Two years later, Penn was busy with plans for a city he called "Philadelphia." As one of the earlier supporters of colonial unification, Penn wrote and urged for a Union of all the English colonies in what was to…

Margaret Higgins Sanger (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966) was an American sex educator, nurse, and birth control activist. Sanger coined the term birth control, opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, and established Planned Parenthood. Sanger's efforts contributed to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case which legalized contraception in the United States. Her famous article, The Case for Birth Control, was first published in the WOMAN CITIZEN, Volume 8, February…

On February 21, 1828, the first printing press designed to use Sequoyah's newly invented Cherokee alphabet (a system representing each syllable in the Cherokee language with a separate written character) arrives at New Echota, Georgia. Within months, the first Indian language newspaper, called the Cherokee Phoenix, appeared in print.



To celebrate this phenomenal achievement and to remind us how poorly we have treated our Native…

The Literacy Council of Sarasota is having its annual Author's Luncheon on Friday, February 17th, 2012. James E. Duffy, former President of ABC Television network and co-founder of Project Literacy US, will speak.  A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar have donated a $50 Gift Certificate as a door-prize for this worthy organization.…

Here's a fun twist on the famous real estate board game...Keynopoly is based on St. Armand's Key and Longboat Key properties and businesses. This vintage copy, from the early 80's, is the only example we've seen. Here's your chance to own all of St. Armand's Circle! Serious inquiries at A. Parker's…

On January 7th in 1789, America's first presidential election is held. As expected, George Washington won the election and was sworn into office on April 30, 1789.

A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar is offering the following to celebrate this historic day:



John Marshall.  LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON...Commander in Chief of the American Armed Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and…

A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar, in cooperation with the Literacy Council of Sarasota, has declared the 8th of every month to be Sarasota Literacy Day. To honor Sarasota's hard working and devoted Literacy Council staff, members, tutors and accompanied students, A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar offers them a 10% discount on…

Each month in 2012, we're donating Gift Certificates from our stores to the Sarasota Racing Dog Rescue Program. The new owners of the first dog adopted each month will receive a $10…

A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar is having a 20% Off Sale on all books, both in-store and online.  Please join us at 1488 Main Street, downtown Sarasota from December 10th through the 24th, or visit online.  Happy Holidays!…

A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar has joined with the Sarasota Literacy Council in declaring the 8th of every month to be Sarasota Literacy Day.  Staff, members, tutors and accompanied students receive a 10% discount on purchases made on the 8ths.  This holiday season, please consider a generous gift to the Sarasota Literacy Council.  Give the Gift of Reading.…

Just a reminder...each month, the first adopter of a greyhound from the Sarasota Greyhound Rescue Project receives a gift certificate from A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar. Located on Main Street in downtown Sarasota, A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar is proud to promote this worthy cause.

The…

Please Vote for Us.  Vote from November 25th through December 20th, 2011. Online at SRQMAG.com/VOTE.  Thank you, and Happy Holidays to You and Yours from…

The Kick-off Party for our Series of Literacy Day Celebrations went off without a hitch.  We met many of Sarasota's unsung heroes of literacy, the tutors.  Many volunteers, staff members and board members were present and honored, as well as Sarasota's most improved reader!

In this picture taken by John Pearce, Sarasota Literacy Council President Donald Kayton (L) and…

Beginning in December, 2011, we're donating Gift Certificates from our stores to the Sarasota Racing Dog Rescue Project. The new owners of the first dog adopted each month will receive a $10 Gift Certificate from A. Parker's Books and Book Bazaar. Please consider giving these retired dogs a worthy home.…