Books
2007 Auction Donations Online
The 2007 auction is over. A good time was had by all. Thanks to all helpers and attendees.
Browse and enjoy this online sampling of items from the 2007 auction.
Seattle Performs
Created by the Students of Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences
Value: $35 each
Donated by Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences
Imagine learning about all the creators, educators, performers, technicians, and managers who live and work in Seattle. This beautifully compiled work is a treasure for all arts and science buffs. Carolyn Meyer, director of the Louis Braille School, brailled the article on page 220 for Michael Gil, piano tuner. The children of Seattle Academy’s middle school wrote, illustrated and produced this attractive book. Two copies available.
The World Heritage: Poland on the UNESCO List
by Adam Bujak and UNESCO, Published by Biay Kruk
317 Pages of Polish Culture and National Heritage
Value: $100
Donated by Piotr Maciejewicz
Whether or not your heritage is Polish, this exquisite book is well worth owning. A few years ago Piotr Maciejewicz, a Polish ophthalmologist, asked permission to use our Louis Braille portrait to illustrate an article he was writing about braille. The article was published in a Polish professional journal. When Dr. Maciejewicz learned about our auction, he sent us this unique book.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection, and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972. First Edition January 2004, English Translation, Cracow.
One Man Show! (2 autographed copies)
Editorial cartoons by David Horsey, Seattle PI Political Cartoonist
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize
Value: $50 each
Donated by David Horsey
“One Man Show” is the fourth collection of David Horsey’s cartoon collections from the Seattle PI. It’s a one-man art exhibit that illuminates the final curious years of humanity’s most tumultuous century. A fourth-generation Washingtonian, David Horsey resides in Seattle with his family. This book was published by Seattle Post-Intelligencer in 1999
From Hanging Chad to Baghdad (2 autographed copies)
Editorial cartoons by David Horsey, Seattle PI Political Cartoonist
Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize
Value: $50 each
Donated by David Horsey
“From Hanging Chads to Baghdad” is the fifth collection of David Horsey’s cartoons from the Seattle PI, and chronicles the four world-changing years in between 1999 and 2003. The book includes 24 pages in full color, plus excerpts from Horsey’s interview on NPR’s “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross. A fourth-generation Washingtonian, David Horsey resides in Seattle with his family. This book was published by Seattle Post-Intelligencer in 2003.
Five Cookbooks by Greg Atkinson
Recipes from the San Juan Islands
Sasquatch Books, 1992, hardcover (out of print) $10
In Season: Culinary Adventures of a San Jan Island Chef
Sasquatch Books, 1997, paperback $17
The Northwest Essential Cookboo
Sasquatch Books, 1999, paperback $20
Entertaining in the Northwest Style
Sasquatch Books, 2005, paperback $30
West Coast Cooking
Sasquatch Books, 2006, hardcover $35
Donated by Greg Atkinson
Individually or as a set of five, these books are gorgeous as well as essential for the creative cook. Greg Atkinson is a Northwest original who now has a consulting business, Northwest Essentials. He has been the chef at award-winning restaurants Canlis and Friday Harbor House. He published his first book in 1992.
BRAILLE Into the Next Millennium
600 Pages
Value: $15
Donated by A friend
Enjoy reading articles written by twenty four different authors in this attractive paperback. This book is a collection of thought bringing braille from its historical roots, to present day and then in to the future. The contributors are an impressive list of experts in their respected fields with many years of experience using and teaching braille. This is a paperback book published by National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and Friends of Libraries for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals in North America, Washington, DC, 2000.
Sole Proprietor
Self Employment Wisdom by Jane Pollak
Value: $15
Donated by Jane Pollak
For those of you who have contemplated starting your own business, but have been a bit apprehensive, this book will guide you to the self-confidence you need to strike out on your own. Jane’s career shot to a new level when she was asked to decorate an egg for the White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll, not long after she began a business creating artistically decorated eggs.