The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 27, 1977, Page Page 11, Image 11
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By CHRIS DEESE are arranged
Gamecock Staff Writer "Somebody
something, ]
Fred Mays likes books and he exactly where
likes people. But what he likes best can tell 'em i
is bringing the two together. He said his!
Mays is manager and controlling high-pressure
owner of The Bookhouse, a second-floor i
bookstore on Saluda Avenue that chairs invite t
contains more than paperback himself con
best-sellers and the latest how-to- chuckled as 1
do-everything books. reason for the
The Bookhouse is Mays' pride "Somebody
1 1 it T 1 1 ? ...
anujuy. i love my ooors, mey re and look at tl
like members of my family, like "and then the
children to me," he said. and then read
May's store has all kinds of thing you kn<
books on all kinds of subjects. against somet
still reading."
BECAUSE OF the lack of help
and his theory that many people MAYS LIKE
enjoy looking, not all of the books come aroum
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store is not set up for '^? ' ^
In one the
ooms, a couch and
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will get down a book Hl^^B^^RHgHKI
le jacket," he said,
inside duster
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he's backed up
hing and sits down, >
IS browsers. "1 don't
d and look over
people's shoulders and
around and keep askl
BH help you?'" he said. "I
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One small room coi
' editions. Some of ther
and all of them hai
i "Every book has a h
Ksaiu.
Hg told a story of Dr.
K. Sprague of the USC
department, who found
edition room a copy of i
storybook her mother 1
in 1934 and dedicated to
said she was delighte
find, which she bought
MAYS SAID most (
i books cost about a d<
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follow 'em new paperbacks go for abc
ng, 'May I and new hardback books
just let 'em the list price which he
usually about $3 or $4.
itains first "I keep my prices dow
a are rare, people interested in
re value. again," he said. "Televi
istory," he taken too many people aw
reading books."
rvusumuna He also otters a discount
philosophy his Bookhouse Club and
in the first trade-ins on some books, es
a children's paperbacks.
trad written Mays said he'd like to ha
her. Mays help so he could catalc
d with her books, adding that "if 1
for $1. computerized bookston
would like that. But a ti
)f his used lover likes the old sys
)llar, while browsing. You have to se
gal authority i
rity Prof, the auditorium of Currell
will speak
if the lay Hie presentation is ope
stration of public and admission is fi
at 8 p.m. in sponsored by the Columbia
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ittphen McCormack-THE* GAMECOCK
mt $2.00, jwhat you're looking for, like a
for half [treasure hunt.
said is
"mudekn STORES are cold,
n to get and I like the warm cozy type with
reading a relaxed atmosphere. That's
sion has what I've tried to do here."
'ay from t He said one item not found in the
modern bookstores is a jukebox
through made in 1942. Its box is in perfect
accepts condition and with some original
ipecially old records including a few early
u.. n: ?o 1?
Hiu? uy nuig v^rusuy, uie JUKeoox is
ve more for sale for $1,000, he said,
gue his "I love my work, and I do a
[ had a service. I'm not after the dollar,
e some although I do need to make a
ue book profit," Mays said. "If I treat
>tem of them (customers) right, they'll
arch for come back."
o speak
College, of Women Voters, the College of
Criminal Justice, the USC Uw
n to the School and the departments of
ee. It is sociology and government and
i League international studies.
fers wanted
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Belts, etc.
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display.