KnC Books - Used and Vintage Bookstore
@kncbooks.bsky.social
Unrepentant bibliophile - collect them, sell them, review them, ceaselessly acquire them.
Reader. Writer. Researcher. Retired.
Hopeful, human, humane, hippie.
No automatic follow back.
Reader. Writer. Researcher. Retired.
Hopeful, human, humane, hippie.
No automatic follow back.
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The Door In the Wall by De Angeli, Marguerite. Newbery Medal story of Robin, the crippled son of a nobleman, and his journey to find a place in the world. Scholastic Books, 9th printing, no date....
www.biblio.com
We are an independent used bookstore specializing in out-of-print and hard to find vintage books. Emphasis on 20th century American works, across genres.
Online sales only. Look for us on Biblio, the world's largest independent book marketplace.
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Online sales only. Look for us on Biblio, the world's largest independent book marketplace.
www.biblio.com/search.php?d...
#indiebookstore
I love getting the backstory ...
HANOVER, 13, Meterstrasse.—FRAULEIN LILY PABST would be glad to fill TWO VACANCIES in her educational establishment for DAUGHTERS of GENTLEMEN. Founded 1875. Prospectus sent on application.
The ad in the January 10, 1891 Times that Dorothy Richardson/Miriam responded to.
The start of Pilgrimage.
The ad in the January 10, 1891 Times that Dorothy Richardson/Miriam responded to.
The start of Pilgrimage.
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I love getting the backstory ...
Just passing stuff along (PSA)
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Haven't you heard?
Books make the world go 'round 📖
#indiebookstores #bibliophile #GentleMadness
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Haven't you heard?
Books make the world go 'round 📖
#indiebookstores #bibliophile #GentleMadness
Need a little mermaid magic this #Christmas? Step into Lowena’s Globe, where you’ll get exactly what you wish for… ✨🧜♀️
Links:
UK: amzn.eu/d/eZ06A8y
USA: a.co/d/jbJtQNG
#stockingfiller #Christmas2025 #booksky #readers #childrensbooks #fantasybooks #SFF
Links:
UK: amzn.eu/d/eZ06A8y
USA: a.co/d/jbJtQNG
#stockingfiller #Christmas2025 #booksky #readers #childrensbooks #fantasybooks #SFF
December 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Just passing stuff along (PSA)
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Haven't you heard?
Books make the world go 'round 📖
#indiebookstores #bibliophile #GentleMadness
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Haven't you heard?
Books make the world go 'round 📖
#indiebookstores #bibliophile #GentleMadness
Support independent bookstores and the freedom to read 📖
#indiebookstores
#indiebookstores
December 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Support independent bookstores and the freedom to read 📖
#indiebookstores
#indiebookstores
The court concluded that there was no constitutional “right to receive information" through the presence of certain books in the public library.
Support the freedom to read and the fundamental right to know.
#libraries #librarians #indiebookstores
Support the freedom to read and the fundamental right to know.
#libraries #librarians #indiebookstores
Thank you @librarianjones.com and Suzette Baker for this powerful piece. 38 million Americans now live in an unfortunate place and time where censorship is legal.
“Authoritarians gain power when citizens stop paying attention. Visit your local library, check out books, and keep reading. If we stay unified and informed, we can ensure reading w/out restriction remains the foundation of our democracy and a fundamental freedom for all.”
time.com/7341120/book...
time.com/7341120/book...
December 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The court concluded that there was no constitutional “right to receive information" through the presence of certain books in the public library.
Support the freedom to read and the fundamental right to know.
#libraries #librarians #indiebookstores
Support the freedom to read and the fundamental right to know.
#libraries #librarians #indiebookstores
The court concluded that there was no constitutional "right to receive information" through the presence of certain books in the public library.
#bookbans #libraries #librarians #bannedbooks
#FreedomToRead #RightToLearn #FirstAmendment
#bookbans #libraries #librarians #bannedbooks
#FreedomToRead #RightToLearn #FirstAmendment
Banger of a piece from Suzette Baker and @librarianjones.com in TIME magazine: time.com/7341120/book...
The Supreme Court Just Opened the Door to a New Era of Book Bans
The Supreme Court’s inaction puts Americans’ First Amendment rights at risk.
time.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The court concluded that there was no constitutional "right to receive information" through the presence of certain books in the public library.
#bookbans #libraries #librarians #bannedbooks
#FreedomToRead #RightToLearn #FirstAmendment
#bookbans #libraries #librarians #bannedbooks
#FreedomToRead #RightToLearn #FirstAmendment
"... the Fifth Circuit issued its en banc decision, ruling 10 to 7 that library patrons do not have the right to force a library to keep any particular book on its shelves ... that there was no constitutional “right to receive information" through the presence of certain books in the public library"
Banger of a piece from Suzette Baker and @librarianjones.com in TIME magazine: time.com/7341120/book...
The Supreme Court Just Opened the Door to a New Era of Book Bans
The Supreme Court’s inaction puts Americans’ First Amendment rights at risk.
time.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"... the Fifth Circuit issued its en banc decision, ruling 10 to 7 that library patrons do not have the right to force a library to keep any particular book on its shelves ... that there was no constitutional “right to receive information" through the presence of certain books in the public library"
"She’s out there talking to libraries, approaching readers, saying smart things, so readers can see how much she believes this (genre) is not some weird corner of the world, only for weird people, but a rich place for everyone.”
#libraries #librarians #FreedomToRead
It's all about books 📖
#libraries #librarians #FreedomToRead
It's all about books 📖
Meet Becky Spratford, a librarian, readers' advisory specialist, and ALA Editions author who has "spent her career tirelessly nudging horror literature into the American mainstream."
The Chicago Tribune has named her Chicagoan of the Year in Books. Congrats Becky! https://bit.ly/494ILq2
The Chicago Tribune has named her Chicagoan of the Year in Books. Congrats Becky! https://bit.ly/494ILq2
Chicagoan of the Year in Books: If you’re into horror, thank the librarian Becky Spratford
She’s the unassuming champion behind the rise in horror lit. “To me, Becky is the spark plug, lynchpin, head coach and fairy godmother of horror,” says author Daniel Kraus.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"She’s out there talking to libraries, approaching readers, saying smart things, so readers can see how much she believes this (genre) is not some weird corner of the world, only for weird people, but a rich place for everyone.”
#libraries #librarians #FreedomToRead
It's all about books 📖
#libraries #librarians #FreedomToRead
It's all about books 📖
Some books for #WorldHIV/AIDSAwarenessMonth 📚:
- The Wisdom of Whores, by Elizabeth Pisani (2008)
- Sex, Work and Professionalism, by Katie Deverell (2001)
- Men Who Sell Sex, ed. by Peter Aggleton (1999)
- The Wisdom of Whores, by Elizabeth Pisani (2008)
- Sex, Work and Professionalism, by Katie Deverell (2001)
- Men Who Sell Sex, ed. by Peter Aggleton (1999)
December 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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"As double Booker winner Margaret Atwood publishes her own long-awaited memoir, Book of Lives, we cast an eye over 10 Booker winners who have published their life story – in one form or another – and what we learned about them."
#indiebookstores #FreedomToRead
"As double Booker winner Margaret Atwood publishes her own long-awaited memoir, Book of Lives, we cast an eye over 10 Booker winners who have published their life story – in one form or another – and what we learned about them."
#indiebookstores #FreedomToRead
Who went bra shopping with John Berger? Whose childhood routine involved visits from the snake charmer? Who disliked the “big, unfriendly giant” Roald Dahl? Was it the same person Dahl told to try children’s fiction because “the little bastards’d swallow it?”
I read some memoirs by Booker winners:
I read some memoirs by Booker winners:
Ten of the best memoirs by Booker Prize-winning authors | The Booker Prizes
Discover the inner workings of some of the greatest Booker Prize-nominated authors with our list of captivating memoirs
thebookerprizes.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Passing this along ... 👇
"As double Booker winner Margaret Atwood publishes her own long-awaited memoir, Book of Lives, we cast an eye over 10 Booker winners who have published their life story – in one form or another – and what we learned about them."
#indiebookstores #FreedomToRead
"As double Booker winner Margaret Atwood publishes her own long-awaited memoir, Book of Lives, we cast an eye over 10 Booker winners who have published their life story – in one form or another – and what we learned about them."
#indiebookstores #FreedomToRead
Words matter.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Words matter.
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"... whether a sound legal basis for the lawsuit exists is not allowed to get in the way of the main focus: to silence critics preemptively, both with respect to the target news outlet and all other outlets and, potentially, to pull other punitive levers against the independent press."
#1stAmendment
#1stAmendment
President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the BBC, which seeks an extraordinary $10 billion, represents a coercive ploy to globalize his domestic threats to a free and independent press and to chill reporting overseas, says PEN America. Full statement: pen.org/press-releas...
By Suing the BBC, President Trump Exports His Anti-Press Tactics Abroad
President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the BBC, which seeks an extraordinary $10 billion, represents a coercive ploy to globalize his domestic threats to a free and independent press and to chil...
pen.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"... whether a sound legal basis for the lawsuit exists is not allowed to get in the way of the main focus: to silence critics preemptively, both with respect to the target news outlet and all other outlets and, potentially, to pull other punitive levers against the independent press."
#1stAmendment
#1stAmendment
Support the freedom to read by patronizing your local library and/or independent bookstore 📖
#libraries #librarians #FreedomToRead #bannedbooks
#indiebookstores
#libraries #librarians #FreedomToRead #bannedbooks
#indiebookstores
What do librarians do when we’re under attack? You better believe that WE FIGHT BACK, for your right to read freely. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... ✊✊📚
US librarians tackle ‘manufactured crisis’ of book bans to protect LGBTQ+ rights
In at least half a dozen states, librarians have joined forces with civil rights groups to oppose book bans, often facing personal and professional repercussions
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Support the freedom to read by patronizing your local library and/or independent bookstore 📖
#libraries #librarians #FreedomToRead #bannedbooks
#indiebookstores
#libraries #librarians #FreedomToRead #bannedbooks
#indiebookstores
I grew up on Scholastic books - they started me on becoming a serious reader. As a bookseller and collector I still have a weakness for them.
Spent some time this afternoon adding a few to inventory. This takes a little longer as I can't resist peeking inside for a quick read. 📖
#indiebookstore
Spent some time this afternoon adding a few to inventory. This takes a little longer as I can't resist peeking inside for a quick read. 📖
#indiebookstore
December 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I grew up on Scholastic books - they started me on becoming a serious reader. As a bookseller and collector I still have a weakness for them.
Spent some time this afternoon adding a few to inventory. This takes a little longer as I can't resist peeking inside for a quick read. 📖
#indiebookstore
Spent some time this afternoon adding a few to inventory. This takes a little longer as I can't resist peeking inside for a quick read. 📖
#indiebookstore
December 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“The Day the Books Disappeared” by Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard, was born out of the uptick in censorship and challenges to literary access happening over the past few years. Since publication, though, it has become a cultural artifact ... by being censored in its own right.
What do the authors of “The Day the Books Disappeared”, @joannahowrites.bsky.social and @carolinekpritchard.bsky.social, say to those who argue a certain book might be too advanced for a child? Do not "underestimate the brilliance of young people”. #Velshi #VelshiBannedBookClub
Velshi Banned Book Club: 'The Day the Books Disappeared' by Caroline Kusin Pritchard and Joanna Ho
“The Day the Books Disappeared” by Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard, was born out of the uptick in censorship and challenges to literary access happening over the past few years. Since publication, though, it has become a cultural artifact, a microcosm of American culture today, by being censored in its own right.
www.ms.now
December 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“The Day the Books Disappeared” by Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard, was born out of the uptick in censorship and challenges to literary access happening over the past few years. Since publication, though, it has become a cultural artifact ... by being censored in its own right.
Among the 200 offensive words or phrases not to be used in Head Start documents…
“Gulf of Mexico”
Unbelievable…
www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
“Gulf of Mexico”
Unbelievable…
www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
www.npr.org
December 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
School librarians deal with the conservative criticism of #schools and #teachers ... AND the critiques of #librarians and #libraries as well. Double the trouble.
And yet they persist!
Thank you for all you do.
#SchoolLibrarians
Speaking as a student, a parent, and the son of a teacher.
And yet they persist!
Thank you for all you do.
#SchoolLibrarians
Speaking as a student, a parent, and the son of a teacher.
Thank you @aimeelucido.bsky.social for sharing your books with our school’s community of readers. Since this was #CSEdWeek, I’ve been reading EMMY IN THE KEY OF CODE & I’m really enjoying it. I can think of a few readers to hand it off to once I’m done! #kidlit #MGLit
December 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
School librarians deal with the conservative criticism of #schools and #teachers ... AND the critiques of #librarians and #libraries as well. Double the trouble.
And yet they persist!
Thank you for all you do.
#SchoolLibrarians
Speaking as a student, a parent, and the son of a teacher.
And yet they persist!
Thank you for all you do.
#SchoolLibrarians
Speaking as a student, a parent, and the son of a teacher.
Doing our bit against inflation - for the remainder of 2025, all titles are 25% off ...
Meanwhile, adding inventory and updating scans.
www.biblio.com/search.php?s...
Meanwhile, adding inventory and updating scans.
www.biblio.com/search.php?s...
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Doing our bit against inflation - for the remainder of 2025, all titles are 25% off ...
Meanwhile, adding inventory and updating scans.
www.biblio.com/search.php?s...
Meanwhile, adding inventory and updating scans.
www.biblio.com/search.php?s...
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Support the Freedom to Read, and the Right to Learn.
New guidelines at Texas Tech with rules for teaching about race and gender raise concerns that the university could turn "into a megaphone for the government," PEN America's Laura Benitez tells WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/texas-tech-college-curriculum-flowchart-race-gender-7888880f
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Support the Freedom to Read, and the Right to Learn.
Passing this along to those living in or visiting Chicagoland!
Poets For Chicago charity event 📖
Details 👇
Poets For Chicago charity event 📖
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Co-hosting this charity reading on Thursday! Join us! There will be nine readers, hundreds of books from various presses, wine, tote bags, and much more. 100% of the proceeds benefit immigrant & refugee rights. Please amplify if you can ❤️
December 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Passing this along to those living in or visiting Chicagoland!
Poets For Chicago charity event 📖
Details 👇
Poets For Chicago charity event 📖
Details 👇
Do you feel more connected to characters when reading print?
New research on paper vs. screen reading explains why and how our brains adapt.
Explore it here:
New research on paper vs. screen reading explains why and how our brains adapt.
Explore it here:
Paper vs. Screen Reading: What New Research Says About Focus, Retention, and Emotional Engagement
Explore the debate of paper vs. screen reading. Discover how format affects focus, comprehension, and emotional engagement.
writestats.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Are you part of a #book club? Give one of our short stories a try? Each one comes with suggested discussions questions. buff.ly/5x59su6
philosophy #ethics #shortstory #bookclubs #readinggroup #BookClub
philosophy #ethics #shortstory #bookclubs #readinggroup #BookClub
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Tomorrow (Tuesday, December 9) at
Noon-1:00pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
There is life (and books) west of the Mississippi.
Read on!
#indiebookstores
Noon-1:00pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
There is life (and books) west of the Mississippi.
Read on!
#indiebookstores
Join me, Diana Wichtel, and Sarah Shieff on Dec 9th as we discuss Makeshift, the newest title in the Recovered Books series from Boiler House Press.
Register for free on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link.
Register for free on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link.
December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Tomorrow (Tuesday, December 9) at
Noon-1:00pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
There is life (and books) west of the Mississippi.
Read on!
#indiebookstores
Noon-1:00pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
There is life (and books) west of the Mississippi.
Read on!
#indiebookstores
It's no mystery ...
"Our Holiday Gift Guide is very much alive, thriving, and full of excellent ideas ... From blockbuster new releases and timeless classics to bibliomysteries, exclusive merch, stocking stuffers, and more—there’s something for every reader on your list."
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"Our Holiday Gift Guide is very much alive, thriving, and full of excellent ideas ... From blockbuster new releases and timeless classics to bibliomysteries, exclusive merch, stocking stuffers, and more—there’s something for every reader on your list."
#indiebookstores
Check out our weekly update for the best new murder mysteries on the market! mailchi.mp/mysteriousbo...
December 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's no mystery ...
"Our Holiday Gift Guide is very much alive, thriving, and full of excellent ideas ... From blockbuster new releases and timeless classics to bibliomysteries, exclusive merch, stocking stuffers, and more—there’s something for every reader on your list."
#indiebookstores
"Our Holiday Gift Guide is very much alive, thriving, and full of excellent ideas ... From blockbuster new releases and timeless classics to bibliomysteries, exclusive merch, stocking stuffers, and more—there’s something for every reader on your list."
#indiebookstores