bonnettsbooks 7/3/24 - Open 7-9p, maybe later. Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
Open tonight, closed tomorrow, back to normal on Friday. Hope to see you soon!
Independence from monarchy is the reason for the season. Independence means taking responsibility for the system. 'We the People' are part of the system. Our job is to Vote!
6/28/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
We don't handle sports cards; but, we do handle books produced with sports cards inside!
These, from '90/'91 contain mini-bios of pro athletes' chilhoods. The last 5 pages of each are printed on perforated card-stock, 9 cards/page, with youth photos on front and stats on back. Collect the complete set!
6/22/24 — Open 6:30-9p... maybe later! Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
It's Dayton Airshow weekend!
I shot this photo during Friday practice. I'm zoomed in all the way, the planes are fast, the air is hazy, the heat distorts the light... A rather challenging photo session.
We've got a lot of aviation and other books in here. If you're in town, stop and check them out!
6/21/24 — Welcome to Summer.
Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
This old bookrack – frail, but still in use – is in the earliest photos from the shop. 80+ year old retailer bookshelves. I've never really stopped to appreciate them in this aspect. Through the years, we've lost a few to wear and this one's fading. There are 5 more still in use, thankfully in better condition.
5/30/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
If you're looking for books to read while camping this Summer, we've got you covered like a premium tent! But, maybe you should pick something other than James Dickey's "Deliverance."
5/29/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
By request, a little flashback to a 1966 newspaper article about the shop. This story mentions Dad (Walter Bonnett) too, so – early Happy Father's Day!
We've got great Father's Day Gift ideas on hand for all types of Dads!
5/28/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
Hey! It's been a minute. Lots of memorializing this weekend. Around here, the memories never seem to cease... here's a bit of our Hall of Fame, a couple of vintage Jet magazines, new stories about Lovecraft's old ones, a bestseller, an old parish cookbook, and an '80s TV tie-in! Don't forget, we've got vintage comics, movies, and a whole lot more!
5/22/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
A couple of recent arrivals. I'm a bit distracted so, I haven't any commentary at the moment – these vintage covers simply caught my eye. We have books of all types; something for nearly everyone. If you find yourself on our street, stop in for a look around!
5/16/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
I have a soft spot for books in matched sets. It's said these riffed on James Bond–An
American art historian/collector uses his job as cover, & pays for his hobby performing hits for a secret gov't org.
The Eiger Sanction was also a 1975 mountain-climbing action film produced, starring, & dir. by Clint Eastwood, who did most of his own stunts.
5/2/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
Even Nostradamus didn't predict I'd spend so much time 2024 with Westerns, Horseback Riding, Harness Racing, & Horse Care. I rode a horse once–part of Summer camp, a Scout badge, or something like that... My jam is sci-fi. Maybe it's time I rewatch that space Western series, Firefly.
4/29/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
Art & Logic are not mutually exclusive, though they do occasionally exist in isolation, to their own detriment. I believe there is artfulness in everything. Logic often finds that even chaos has order if we can look close enough. Perhaps, after all, they're really part of the same thing.
4/23/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
It's insect season. Some are good, some aren't. These will help you know the difference. You might look the bugs up on your phone; but real books are better... You can swat the bad bugs with an old book. Try that with your phone and you could be out a few hundred bucks!
4/22/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
I'm still corralling our Westerns. Louis L'amour reigns in the genre. Here's a 3-vol. collection of "The Sacketts" & a DVD miniseries, to boot! Take the dusty trail to our Arts section for a book of Charles Russell paintings. Saddle up & mosey in for many more!
4/20/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
Happy Earth Day!
Here's a slightly sun-faded bio of silent-film star Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin's first film with sound was "The Great Dictator," a hilarious & damning satire of Hitler & fascism in WWII-era Europe. Fire up your 4/20 Saturday a enjoy a 'little tramp" film festival!
4/2/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
Today's date is a palindrome. 4224 or 2442, depending on your standard. 42 is the answer to Life, The Universe, & Everything according to Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Odd subjects for a numerically even Tuesday. Today I present 2 books with 4 aliterative adjective pairs about unusual inventions. Enjoy!
3/28/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
It's baseball season's Opening Day! Our sports section is ever popular, from vintage back-issues of Sports Illustrated to biographies and more. Go Redlegs!
3/26/24 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
Who doesn't love a good pop-up book; and–1 month from #ALIENDay, why has Ridley Scott's movie never had one?
The used book market doesn't often see pop-ups in working condition. This one is 100% functional with a small, unintended fold of the frontal lobe. In other words, it has minor brain damage.
3/25/24 — Open 6-9p. Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
Reminder... The solar eclipse is just 2 weeks away. Masses of people, normally safe at home during darkness, will be gathered to watch the moon block the sun's light – a 3-minute bonus-round smorgasbord for creatures of the night!
3/23/24 — Open 6-9p. Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
This here's a sign up in Bonnett's Bookstore, hangin' near a few toys from our collection; Huckleberry Hound, Ziggy, & Bugs Bunny. The poster stakes claim to our Western Stories section. It was drawed for us by friend to the shop, Adaline Hawkey, in the days and style of a pulp magazine cover, more'n 4-score years ago.
3/21/23 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
Here in SW Ohio are many prehistoric first-peoples archaeological sites: Fort Ancient's Great Serpent Mound, SunWatch Indian Village, and more which could make interesting Solar eclipse viewing...