Westport Library Book Sale Start Slated for End of April

Mark your calendar for the Westport Library  Spring Book Sale, to be held Friday, April 29th through Monday, May 2nd, 2022, inside the Westport Library at 20 Jesup Road, on the Library’s main level. 

This Book Sale offers something for everyone, with more than 25,000 gently  used books in over 40 categories, including children’s books, from infants to teens;  literature and classics, fiction, mysteries, and SciFi/fantasy, art, photography, history,  math, science, psychology, religion, biography, business, cooking, gardening,  performing arts, travel, foreign language and more, including Noteworthy, especially  antiquarian books; plus music CDs and movie and television series DVDs. Vinyl  records will be available at the Westport Book Shop, right across Jesup Green from  the Library. 

Book sale hours are: Friday, April 29th from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and on Saturday, April 30th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Sunday May 1st, hours are  Noon to 5:00 p.m., and everything will be half-price. Monday May 2nd hours are  9:00 a.m. to Noon, and shoppers can fill our Logo bag for $5 per bag, or buy  individual books at half-price. Admission to the sale is free. 

“Early Birds” can gain advance entry to a pre-sale shopping hour on Friday, April  29th at 8:00 a.m., by purchasing a pre-paid admission ticket, which will be sold online,  only, beginning Monday, April 18th at 9:00 a.m. at eventbrite.com, at https:// westportlibrary-springbooksale-earlybirdtix.eventbrite.com. For more information, visit  the book sale’s website at: www.westportbooksales.org

Of special interest for this sale:  

an extensive collection of books in German, and books in Czechoslovakian

ephemera, including book and cartography catalogs from important  dealers — always a useful source for bibliographic and reference materials

a large selection of vintage matchbooks from around the country 

antique photographs and daguerrotypes 

a broad selection of psychology texts, useful for the practitioner

a variety of Great Courses DVDs 

Collectors can look forward to our offering of noteworthy and antiquarian  books. A catalog of “Featured Specials” is available on the book sale’s website, at  www.westportbooksaleventures.org/our-events 

Special this year: four unique volumes will be sold via an online auction. The  auction will be held through the book sale’s new eBay store, and will be open for ten  days, beginning April 22nd. A description of the books to be auctioned is included in  the Featured Specials catalog, and the four books will be available for inspection at  the Spring Book Sale on Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29. The Book Sale’s eBay  store can be found at: ebay.com/str/westportbooksalesct 

To volunteer at this sale, please contact Judi Lake at:  

volunteers@westportbooksales.org  

Can’t make the sale? Visit the Westport Book Shop at 23 Jesup Road, across  Jesup Green from the Library, or shop any time 24/7 on our website’s Online Store for  current materials (www.westportbooksaleventures.org/shop), and our ebay store  (www.ebay.com/str/westportbooksalesct) for out-of-print and collectible books.

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