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The Big Eight Used Book Sales

Posted in Books for Sale on July 16th, 2010

Upcoming used book sales Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Kingston:

Mississauga Symphony Book Sale, Mississauga Sept 16 – 19

University of Toronto’s Victoria College, Toronto Sept. 25 – 29

Kingston Symphony Kingston, Sept. 28 to October 2

University of Toronto’s University College, Toronto, October 16 – 20

University of Toronto’s Trinity College, Toronto, 22-26 October

University of Toronto’s St. Michael’s College, Toronto, October 27 – 31

McGill University Montreal, late October

Rockcliffe Park Elementary School Book Fair, Ottawa, early November

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Wrong Demographic

Posted in Books for Sale on May 30th, 2010

(~~Elitist~~ Obnoxious snob alert:) I have too many books. So, after seeing an ad for a community garage sale I decided to buy a table and haul some out, in hopes of not having to haul them back in. Unfortunately

quite

quickly

be-

came

apparent

that this

was not

the right demographic for what I had to sell.

The tragedy is, that neither are used bookstore owners…none of them, it seems, these days, are terribly keen on buying or even trading for quality fiction in very good + condition. There really is a crying need for a good online used book exchange/marketplace website where like-minded buyers and sellers can meet freely, to conduct business successfully. Anyone know of such a place?

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Plan Your Vacation: America’s Biggest Summer Used Book Sales

Posted in Books for Sale on May 25th, 2010

Friends of Lancaster Public Library 55th Annual Book Sale	Lancaster, PA	250,000	May 25 – 26, 2010
Friends of Tompkins County Public Library Book Sale	Ithaca, NY	250,000	May 25, 2010
Kent Memorial Library Summer Book Sale	Kent, CT	100,000	May 28 – Jun 27, 2010
AAUW Buffalo Branch 56th Annual Scholarship Book Sale	Tonawanda, NY	100,000	Jun 2 – 6, 2010
Johnson County Library 2010 Sizzlin’ Summer Book Sale	Overland Park, KS	120,000	Jun 8 – 12, 2010
Friends of the Abilene Public Library Annual Book Sale	Abilene, TX	100,000	Jun 17 – 20, 2010
Friends of the Loudoun County Public Library Annual Book Sale	Leesburg , VA	100,000	Jun 25 – 27, 2010
Book Nook Bonanza 2010	York, PA	250,000	Jun 25 – 27, 2010
Kent Memorial Library Summer Book Sale	Kent, CT	100,000	Jul 02 – Aug 01, 2010
Friends of C.H. Booth LIbrary 35th Annual Book Sale	Newtown, CT	120,000	Jul 10 – 14, 2010
Friends of CH Booth Library	Newtown, CT	150,000	Jul 10 – 13, 2010
Friends of the Plano Public Library Annual Sale	Plano, TX	100,000	Jul 15 – 17, 2010
Friends of the Oak Park Public Library Book Sale	Oak Park, IL	100,000	Aug 6 – 7, 2010
IMCPL Foundation/Secondhand Prose	Indianapolis, IN	100,000	Aug 13 – 21, 2010

Source: Book Sale Manager

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50% Off Sale at Argosy Books in Ottawa, On.

Posted in Books for Sale on May 2nd, 2010

Near the nation’s capital? Lucky you. Argosy Books is celebrating an anniversary (26th if memory serves correct). All books in the store are 50% off. That’s half off on hard to find, out of print, used, and rare books. Week of May 1, 2010. Check it out: 209 Dalhousie Street

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Ottawa’s Monster Used Book Sale Weekend starts today!

Posted in Books for Sale on April 16th, 2010

Photo: Nigel Beale.

Check ‘em out:

Friday, April 16, 4:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. & Saturday, April 17, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Over 10,000 adult & children’s books and movies at great prices! Delicious baked goods! Kars Public School, 6692 Rideau Valley Drive, South, Kars. A portion of the proceeds to “Help Lesotho”.
Saturday, April 17, 2010 9 AM – 2 PM Robert Bateman Public School 1250 Blohm Drive
Saturday April 17, 9 am-12 pm Bayview Public School, 185 Owl Drive, South Ottawa
Saturday, April 17th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 18th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Mammoth Used Book Sale, held by the Friends of Ottawa Public Library Association, will take place on at the Nepean Sportsplex, 1701 Woodroffe Avenue, Hall F. More than twenty thousand books of all types are available at bargain prices. Admission and parking are free. For more information call 613-580-2424 x.41060.
April 17 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and on Sunday, April 18 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Signets Vanier Bookmarks, Vanier Branch, Ottawa Public Library, 310 Pères Blancs Avenue
Saturday April 17, 9 am-12 pm, Bayview Public School Garage and Book Sale Bayview School, 185 Owl Drive, South Ottawa

For more upcoming sales go here

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March 6, 2010: Book Auction

Posted in Books for Sale on February 28th, 2010

This received from Jan Carver of the Ammonoosuc River Auction Company 3247 Route 302 Lisbon, NH 03585. 603-444-1136:

"Saturday, March 6 at 10am, we'll sell 200+ old books, including very many antique books in excellent condition. All books are being sold for a local North Country family…liquidating a parent's home and family collection, which spans 100+ years. We'll also sell a large collection of old White Mountains, NH postcards, including one lot with approximately 175 unique cards.

Special note: the sale will also include an 1872 autograph book of the 42nd Congress of the U.S., with 70+ signatures including President Ulysses S. Grant, later president James Garfield, and many NH and New England representatives. A printable list of all signatures and titles that we could identify is available at www.amriverauction. We've only posted pictures of a few of the books, but are happy to photograph any for review of condition, by request.

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The 13 Biggest Used Book Sales in America

Posted in Books for Sale on January 29th, 2010

IMCPL Foundation/Secondhand Prose Indianapolis, IN 100,000 Feb 5 – 13, 2010

OLD BOOK SALE MACON, GA 125,000 Feb 17 – 21, 2010

31st Annual Friends of the Metropolitan Library Booksale Oklahoma City, OK 400,000 Feb 19 – 21, 2010

The Great Book Sale Jacksonville, FL 100,000 Mar 4 – 7, 2010

Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa FALL 2009 BOOK SALE Des Moines, IA 100,000 Mar 25 – 29, 2010

Friends of the Stone Ridge School Book Sale Bethesda, MD 125,000 Apr 16 – 19, 2010

Friends of Phoenix Public Library Book Sale Phoenix, AZ 250,000 Apr 23 – 25, 2010

FRIENDS OF THE ALACHUA COUNTY LIBRARY Spring Book Sale Gainesville, FL 300,000 Apr 24 – 28, 2010

Friends of Tompkins County Public Library Book Sale Ithaca, NY 250,000 May 8 – 25, 2010

AAUW State College Branch 49th Annual Used Book Sale State College, PA 200,000 May 8 – 11, 2010

IMCPL Foundation/Secondhand Prose Indianapolis, IN 100,000 May 14 – 22, 2010

Friends of Lancaster Public Library 55th Annual Book Sale Lancaster, PA 250,000 May 24 – 26, 2010

Friends of CH Booth Library Newtown, CT 150,000 Jul 10 – 13, 2010

Source: Booksalemanager.com

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Papermaking at Hayle Mill 1808-1987 for Sale

Posted in Books for Sale on August 20th, 2009

During my recent trip to Vermont I had the pleasure of getting to know Claire Van Vliet, proprietor of The Janus Press. I was much taken with the various books she showed me. One in particular won my heart, largely because it includes a map of Kent, on which Tunbridge Wells appears. My great great grandfather ran a successful construction company based in Tunbridge Wells which built many of the houses in the region during the latter part of the 19th Century, & early part of the 20th. On a whim, I bought ten copies, eight of which I plan to sell. Here’s a bit more information:

"Papermaking at Hayle Mill 1808-1987 is 68 pages with a text by Maureen Green that is both a readable and technical survey of the 180 years the Green family made handmade paper. (Please click on the link at the end of this description to get an idea of the quality of this collectible, private press limited edition publication)

There are five illustrations, fourteen tipped-in paper samples, and seventeen watermarks ranging from those created in the early 1800s to the one that was made for the last paper produced at the mill, Finale, on which this book is printed. The book is bound in Barcham Green Nefertiti paper with longstitch. In addition to the book there is included:

A map showing the twelve water powered mills that were on two and a half miles of the Loose Stream in 1865. The map is printed letterpress on Finale and opens out to three feet wide

A portfolio of twelve Barcham Green papers 7 x10 inches enclosed in an India Office paper wrapper

A portfolio of nineteen historic photographs from 1870 to 1977 of the mill and the processes of handpapermaking together with a diagram of the mill layout in 1978 all enclosed in a De Wint paper wrapper

Except for the photographs and the mill diagram, all the papers used in this project were handmade by Barcham Green and Company at Hayle Mill, Maidstone in Kent, England.

The four components come in a linen covered clamshell box lined inside with Martian Badger paper. The edition is limited to 200 copies at US$800.00 each ." Please go here, scroll to the bottom of the page, click on ‘attachment’ and view a slide show on the book.

I’ll post again shortly about why this book is valuable to libraries and others with special collections ‘on the book,’ to paper conservators and to ‘books on books’ collectors interested in a good investment.

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