Friday, December 31, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

The Convalescent
By Jessica Anthony
McSweeney's 2009
Our price used: $12

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Year of the Flood
By Margaret Atwood
Random House $15

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Taroko Gorge
By Jacob Ritari
Unbridled Books $15.95

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Cut Throat Dog
By Joshua Sobol
Random House $15

Monday, December 27, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

The Farewell Symphony
By Edmund White
Knopf 1997
Our price used: $12

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

The Twelve Bots of Christmas
By Nathan Hale
Macmillan $14.99

Merry Christmas!

Friday, December 24, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Sketchy Santas
By Will Zweigart
Simon & Schuster $10.00

(Click through the picture to the blog that this book is based off of. Too good to pass up!)

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Watchmen
By Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
DC Comics $19.99

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Chronic City
By Jonathan Lethem
Random House $15.95

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Only Revolutions
By Mark Z. Danielewski
Random House $16.95

Staff Holiday Picks

The staff of Sam Wellers have all weighed in with their picks for holiday giving. Take a look:

  • Lane Richins - Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America by Donald Stokes
  • Debra Evans - Rabbit Problem by Emily Gravett and Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book by Andrew Williamson
  • Zach Sampinos - Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz
  • Frank Pester - King James Bible Quartercentenerary Edition with essay by Gordon Campbell
  • Bruce Christensen - Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
  • Jason Rabb - Listen to This by Alex Ross
  • Tony Weller - Red Book by C. G. Jung, 75 Years of DC Comics by Paul Levitz, World of Ornament by A. Racinet, Frank Lloyd Wright: 1917 - 1942 by Bruce B Pfeiffer, Dressing a Galaxy by Trisha Biggar
  • Todd Bailey - Twas the Night Before Christmas illustrated by Matt Tavares
  • Joan Nay - King James Bible Quartercentenerary Edition with essay by Gordon Campbell, Historical Atlas of the North American Railroad by Derek Hayes, Bible: The Story of the King James Version by Gordon Campbell
  • Jan - Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People by Amy Sedaris
  • Catherine Weller - Instructions by Adam Levin
  • Liz Shattler - Just Kids by Patti Smith
  • Stephanie Leitch - Trespass: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art by Ethel Seno and Andy Goldsworthy Project by Molly Donovan
  • Travis Nelson - Gilded Latten Bones by Glen Cook
  • Elizabeth Evaschuck - Spiderwick Chronicles (all of them!) by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
  • Neal Jensen - Lego - Atlantis BrickMaster and Lego Star Wars BrickMaster
  • Jennifer Nielsen - Photographic Card Deck of The Elements by Theodore Gray
As you can see, the interests of the Weller booksellers are a diverse and wide ranging bunch. We love to read. We love to talk about books. In fact, we STILL think books are among the best gifts to give and receive.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Lullaby
By Chuck Palahniuk
Random House $14.00

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
By Wendy Mass
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers $6.99

Friday, December 17, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

20 Under 40: Stories from the New Yorker
Macmillan $16.00

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Sam Weller's Book Scrip Still Available

We have issued a limited quantity of Sam Weller’s Book Scrip. Notes were issued in goofy increments of $650, $1400, $3800 and $8300. The notes are cool and maybe someday will be collectible, so when a note is redeemed, an authorized staff member will cancel it and return it to the bibliophile who cashed in with this program. The notes will be sold for the respective prices of $500, $1000, $2500 and $5000. So the added value participants will reap climbs thus: 30%, 40%, 52% and 66%! Though the idea came as a rare book incentive, the SWB Scrip may also be used on second hand books. Purchases may not be bought using charge or used book credit accounts, and the full value of the notes must be redeemed within 30 days of purchase.

We still have a few pieces of scrip left to sell. Sam Weller's Book Scrip is a great gift for the holidays! So, if you're a bibliophile, know a bibliophile, or maybe had your eye on a book that was just out of reach, now is the time to take advantage of great savings!

Book Cover of the Day

Smack
By Melvin Burgess
Macmillan $8.99

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Countdown
By Deborah Wiles
Scholastic $17.99

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Employees' Holiday Picks

The front of our store holds a growing display, our Employee's Holiday Picks table. Instead of throwing them all out at once, we in WellerWorld prefer a more gradual approach. Each day a new employee pick shows up on the table. It's rather like an advent calendar. Here's what has been selected so far:
  • Lane Richins - Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America by Donald Stokes
  • Debra Evans - Rabbit Problem by Emily Gravett and Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book by Andrew Williamson
  • Zach Sampinos - Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz
  • Frank Pester - King James Bible Quartercentenerary Edition with essay by Gordon Campbell
  • Bruce Christensen - Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
  • Jason Rabb - Listen to This by Alex Ross
  • Tony Weller - Red Book by C. G. Jung, 75 Years of DC Comics by Paul Levitz, World of Ornament by A. Racinet, Frank Lloyd Wright: 1917 - 1942 by Bruce B Pfeiffer, Dressing a Galaxy by Trisha Biggar
  • Todd Bailey - Twas the Night Before Christmas illustrated by Matt Tavares
  • Joan Nay - King James Bible Quartercentenerary Edition with essay by Gordon Campbell, Historical Atlas of the North American Railroad by Derek Hayes, Bible: The Story of the King James Version by Gordon Campbell
  • Jan - Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People by Amy Sedaris
  • Travis Nelson - Gilded Latten Bones by Glen Cook
Stay tuned! There's more to come.

Book Cover of the Day

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
By Siddhartha Mukherjee
Simon & Schuster $30.00

Monday, December 13, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Krazy & Ignatz 1916-1918
By George Herriman
W. W. Norton $24.99

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Alice for Short
By William De Morgan
Grosset & Dunlap, 1907
Our price used: $10

Friday, December 10, 2010

An Appreciation of Book Collecting


On Saturday, December 11th, Tony Weller and Joan Nay of Sam Weller’s Rare Book Department will celebrate, entertain and edify book collectors and those interested in book collecting with a series of short presentations:

  • At Noon, Joan will present rare highlights from the LDS, Utah, Western Americana and Indian sections.
  • At 1:30 Tony will present rare highlights from Juvenalia, Illustrators and Art sections.
  • At 3:00 Tony will present rare highlights from the Fiction and Literary sections.
  • At 4:30 Joan and Tony will offer free informal appraisals of books brought by customers.

Book Cover of the Day

Genesis
By Bernard Beckett
Houghton Mifflin $10.95

Hey Angel!

You’ve no doubt seen the edge of the M. Lynn Bennion Elementary School as you’ve driven up 400 S. or perhaps stopped for their students crossing 900 E. in Salt Lake City. Located at 429 S. 800 E., Bennion is a Title 1 School in which 86% of the students are economically disadvantaged. That’s not the whole story: Students at Bennion speak over 19 languages and represent cultures around the globe, and their teachers have an average of 20 years experience accompanied by a deep commitment to the academic and personal progress of each child. But let’s face it, in these tough economic times, schools like Bennion and its students need help more than ever.

That’s why Sam Wellers Books has chosen to mount an Angel Tree for Bennion Elementary. Beginning in early December and running through the holidays, customers of Wellers will be able to support the educational mission of Bennion by choosing a star from the Angel Tree conveniently located on the Main Floor and buying the school a book (or two!). Each title on the Angel Tree will be a title requested by the librarian, teachers, staff, and students of Bennion. So you know the book you chose will not be a duplicate or go to waste. To make the experience as easy as possible for you and for Bennion, Sam Wellers will deliver all of the donated books to the school in the first week of January. And to make the buying as painless as possible, Wellers will discount all Angel Tree donations 20%.

Join us in supporting a worthy school full of students eager to read. Then, when someone asks you, “Is heaven missing an angel?” you’ll know it’s not just a cheesy pick-up line

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

The Tattoo Chronicles
By Kan Von D
Harper Collins $29.99

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Wishin' and Hopin'
By Wally Lamb
Harper Collins $13.99

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Queer: 25th Anniversary Edition
By William S. Burroughs
Penguin $15.00

Monday, December 6, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

The Poster: 1000 Posters from Toulouse-Lautrec to Sagmeister
By Cees V. De Jong
Harry N. Abrams $35.00

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

What Technology Wants
By Kevin Kelly
Penguin $27.95

Friday, December 3, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

The Wager
By Donna Jo Napoli
Macmillan $16.99

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Nine Tomorrows
By Isaac Asimov
Bantam Books 1960
Our price used: $6

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Book Cover of the Day

Light Boxes
By Shane Jones
Penguin $14.00