MATISSE: Among the special items at next week’s Friends of the Princeton Public Library Book Sale, held June 23-24 in the library’s Community Room, is a copy — not the one shown here — of “Henri Matisse Catalogue Raisonné de L’œuvre Gravé.”

The 2017 Friends of the Princeton Public Library Book Sale will take place June 23-24 in the library’s Community Room.

One of the top used book sales in the region, this year’s sale includes more than 10,000 books for all ages and across a wide variety of topics. Most books are priced between $1 and $3, with art books and special selections priced higher.

The event opens with a Preview Sale Friday, June 23, from 10 a.m. to noon. A ticket for the Preview Sale is $10, but is free for Friends of the Library. Numbered tickets will be available at the door starting at 8 a.m. Customers enter the sale in numerical order. Barcode scanners will be permitted at the tables, but collecting books to scan will not be allowed.

Starting at noon, admission to the book sale is free for the remainder of the sale. Hours are noon-8:30 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

The sale includes literary classics, fiction, mysteries, art, science and math, history and politics, as well as of children’s and many other categories. Buyers will also find books in a variety of world languages for all ages, numerous cookbooks, travel books, plus old and unusual books, including many wonderful vintage children’s books.

Special items at this year’s sale include: a “Henri Matisse Catalogue Raisonné de L’œuvre Gravé”; a complete set of the “Encyclopaedia Britannica” 11th Edition Handy Volume, published in 1911; a 1946 first American edition of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, from Eleanor Roosevelt’s Hyde Park library, with her initials on the binding, and a beautiful bookplate; Cycle of the Werewolf and Silver Bullet, both signed by Stephen King; several signed first editions from John McPhee, and an eclectic collection of books from Freeman Dyson’s library.

For more information, contact Lauren Glattly, Friends Administrator, (609) 924-9529 ext.1280, or lglattly@princetonlibrary.org.

The library is in the Sands Library Building at 65 Witherspoon Street in Princeton. Convenient parking is available on neighboring streets and in the Spring Street Garage, which is adjacent to the library. For more information about library programs and services, call (609) 924-9529 or visit www.princetonlibrary.org.

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